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Ive got a logitech wingman extreme joystick, but again, works fine with fsx fs2004, IL-2, every soft I got really. Got Track IR 4 pro too, which again works fine with these sims. And just a normal dell optical mouse. Ive got dsl, not cable. I ve got spyware doctor with antivirus. Im still downloading the data1.cab again. But if this doesnt work, I ll turn antivirus off while I re download the files. (not ideal going online without it tho.) This game s better be worth it. lol u ll see Im gonna finally get it to run, just to crash a few minutes later.

Thanks guys, I havnt completely abandonned this software. I was just going to leave it aside, until something new happened on the developpers side. I ll try redownloading the data file (I downloaded the setup.exe a few times already). The data file is a cab file, but it display on my pc as a winzip file, thats ok isnt it? I've got 2gig of ram. My paging file is set to custom : initial size 3070mb max size: 4092mb I ve setup the paging file to "system managed size" then rebooted. didnt change a thing. I ll try turning it off completely as well. Sounds more likely like a corrupted file, as all my other games work fine.

@GF_Mastiff - installed it under safe mode. Then back into normal windows, still doesnt work. oh, and btw, the technical support email doesnt work. It bounced back twice for me. great! I just played the demo of lock on air combat and installed full IL-2 on my pc. both run fine, no issues at all. Im not gonna bother anymore. They better fix this thing soon. And I guess I'll never see a refund. :(

windows safe mode? I'll give that a go.

@GF_Mastiff: Thanks for trying to help. I can see something odd here. I've got a setup.exe and dat1.zip in a folder on my hard drive. (not same folder as game install). My dat1.zip is 918,936 KB and setup.exe is 1,371,296 KB Yours is 1,731,296 KB ?? Whats going on here? [EDIT: oh, did you mispell that? 731 instead of 371?] These 2 files were downloaded from the DCS website after I made the payment. I downloaded the setup.exe a few times from the different mirrors, and always ended up the same size. My disk space is fine, 38+ gig left cheers

@GF_Mastiff : No, Just paid and downloaded the 2 files from DCS website. Then put them in same folder, then installed it. So far so good, just when I double click the desktop icon, it loads the splash screen for 5 secs, then error pops up. Now if its an issue with starforce, I dont know. Its possible I installed other games before with the same copy protection system. Would that cause an issue? EDIT: deleted starforce drivers I had on the pc with the starforce removal tool. Re-installed black shark, still doesnt work.

So...is this only happening to me?? I read a lot of issues with the launcher on this forum. Can I, at least, get those missing files? Just bought this game today...for nothing...It cant be my pc if there's clearly files missing.. I've downloaded and installed the game following the small info there is! Check again the error pic on my first post. I hope this issue gets resolved soon, I feel I ve been robbed at the moment.

Ok, I tried to put that me_failures.lua in the \BlackShark\ folder but it still gives me the same error message. I then tried to put copies of that same .lua file in all the folders the error message mentionned. (luagi5, luaSerializer, etc.) if you look at the 1st screenshot I posted, its missing me_failures.dll files as well. Anyway, I appreciate the help, but why isnt the installer doing all this properly? thanks.

Oh sorry Groove, didnt see you attached the file. I'll try. Thanks

@DarkWanderer - I installed it in C:\ka-50 (before it was in the default C:\Programfiles\...etc. @Groove - You mean I create a C:\BlackShark folder? then unzip the dat1.cab in there with the setup.exe? and install it? thx for trying to help guys.

The "BlackShark.lua" is there, but all those "me_failures.lua" are missing in their respective folders.

Yes, I use the desktop shortcut. It doesnt work, and neither the startup link under "all programs".

I tried to install in a "\ka-50" folder. That didnt help. When I start the DCS multiplayer, it crashes saying DCS.exe caused an error, etc. I've got a "setup.exe" and "data1 zip" file in the same folder. The installation proceeds normally. I can see the loading screen, until the error message pops up, and when I click ok, it quits. Its the english downloadable version of the game on the DCS website. Any idea from the developpers? I just paid over £30 for this. My pc is fine, I've got other games installed, everything runs fine. Really frustrated.

Im on WinXP32 SP3 I'll try to install to a different folder. Thats the fourth time I reinstall. :(

I did yes. And even turned off my antivirus. Could it be a problem with the downloaded files? seemed to install fine though. Why are these files missing? my specs are : WinXP SP3 Pentium D 3.2ghz 2g Ram Geforce 8800GT 512mb

Hi, I installed the simulator just fine. But when I double click the desktop shortcut, I see the load screen and this error message. Any idea? looks like files are missing, but the installation went without a glitch. cheers