1.0.2 broke my BlackShark

[DaveRindner]

I don't know what happened. I installed 1.0.2 patch and BS stopped working. Won't even start. I get command prompt window stating;

"Error getting table field 'command'

PANIC: unprotected error in call to Lua API <attempt to index a nil value."

 

That's all she wrote.

 

I uninstalled 1.0.2. using 1.0.2. uninstalled. The rolled back 1.0.1 still won't run. No error message, just won't start. Period.

Uninstalled BS completely from system using build in uninstaller.

 

Reinstalled original 1.0 from CD.

The original won't start either.

Reinstalled 1.0.2. patch. BS still won't start, but it does re-issue the above error.

 

Can I fairly conclude that beta testing wasn't quite up to snuff.

 

At this point I don't know how to proceed. Uninstalling and reinstalling is not doing. Seems like 1.0.2 patch did something to my OS (Vista 64) that has made running BS impossible.

[Insanatrix]

Did you try using the new 1.02 shortcuts? 1.02 uses a new .exe and has the startup files in a different directory so launching with old or custom made shortcuts will not work unless you update them.

 

If that's not the case try installing to a different directory than Program Files. I have Win7 x64 and I use a second hard drive. I use D:\Eagle Dynamics\KA-50\...

 

Sometimes UAC in vista and Win7 can be annoying and cause programs not to run correctly.

 

If that still doesn't work try downloading the patch again. I recommend using the torrent because it has built in error checking on files. So you don't have to worry about corrupted downloads. Sometimes downloading larger files through Internet Explorer can be a PITA.

[DaveRindner]

1.0.2 patch is correct English version, and reports successful update. The problem is that it completely broke BS so that it won't run at all, not even when cleanly re-installed. What is UAC and where is it? What I need is someone from the developers to troubleshoot this. Why is this so complicated, its just a game/sim.

[Panzertard]

Check your virtualstore, if you've installed to C:\Program Files.

- Clean out any old settings from 1.0.2

Post #1, explains where too look: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=44466

 

You can try to install outside C:\Program Files to get around any problems regarding VirtualStore.

[DaveRindner]

The ViartualStore has no EagleDynamics folder. The problem still persists, no matter where I install. Running the original 1.0.0 instalation from distribution CD does not solve anything. The application does not run. No error messages, no activation screens, nothing, the executable simply does not run. Forget 1.0.2 patch, 1.0.0 won't run. I can see in the Processes, when I try to launch BlackShark. the Launcher.exe process is created but nothing happens. My machine is a laptop with GeForce 9800M. It has not been changed. Original BS 1.0.0 ran. Until I tried to update it to 1.0.2. Now neither 1.0.2 nor original 1.0.0 will run. Even when freshly installed from disto CD.

[Panzertard]

Did you re-install to f.ex C:\Games\DCS or something similar?