Connecting to planet

GMan · Post by **GMan** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:02 am

Everytime I try to connect to a planet I get an error and the game freezes.

Also I have a question. Is the loggin screen supposed to come up every single time you run the game? Everytime I start the game again it comes up and I have to retype my email address. It seems like it's not getting registered or something.

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Also, just thought I'd mention it, I had installed this game before and the same thing happened except I could connect to planets but everytime I did, the loggin screen would appear again. So I would have to retype my email address when I started the game and every time I connected to a planet.

paintballkev812 · Post by **paintballkev812** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:08 am

no, it shouldn't ask for you to log in every time.

What Operation System do you have?

Post by **Magicfinger** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 11:56 am

are you starting the game from a shortcut? if so check the working path is the same as the orignal exe path otherwise it wont pick up the tractor.cfx file which provides the login details to the gal server.

socom · Post by **socom** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 3:29 pm

I got the same problem minues the logging in screen.

djaj88 · Post by **djaj88** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 3:40 pm

Magicfinger wrote:are you starting the game from a shortcut? if so check the working path is the same as the orignal exe path otherwise it wont pick up the tractor.cfx file which provides the login details to the gal server.

Are you serious? Tractor is from A Tractor...You have keep the original file. I compley shook that it uses an old file like that.

Post by **Magicfinger** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 5:23 pm

theres lots of references around... what do you think atm stands for ?

djaj88 · Post by **djaj88** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 6:46 pm

Magicfinger wrote:theres lots of references around... what do you think atm stands for ?

A Tractor Memorial

VDZ · Post by **VDZ** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 7:01 pm

Since it's a model file, it's probably A Tractor Model.

zaroba · Post by **zaroba** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 10:07 pm

yea, its a-tractor model. since the game was still named A-Tractor when the first model convertor came around. its also in the extention database at cknow.com curtosy of me submitting it and a few other of the games extensions last janurary.

djaj88 · Post by **djaj88** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 10:25 pm

zaroba wrote:yea, its a-tractor model. since the game was still named A-Tractor when the first model convertor came around. its also in the extention database at cknow.com curtosy of me submitting it and a few other of the games extensions last janurary.

But I perfer to call it A-Tractor Memorial because it reminds me of A-Tractor...I know its a D*mn Model but I like my way because it sounds better.

GMan · Post by **GMan** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 10:38 pm

I don't think it's the shortcut. Here is what I have for the shortcut:

Target: "C:\Program Files\TheUniversal\Galaxy.exe"
Start In: "C:\Program Files\TheUniversal"

I even clicked directly on the .exe and same things happen including the error when entering a planet.

VDZ · Post by **VDZ** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:41 am

Try
Target: "C:\Program Files\TheUniversal\Clients\TheUniversal.exe"
Start In: "C:\Program Files\TheUniversal\Clients"

GMan · Post by **GMan** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:30 pm

Didn't work VDZ, same problems still arose.

Post by **Fooli** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:45 pm

You need to provide a lot more information than that for the staff to help you... what error? what system you running it on? OS/gfx in particular.... exactly what happens?

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zaroba · Post by **zaroba** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:47 pm

don't know if it matters much and probably isen't the issue, but
is the pc yours or one in a school, library, or colledge campus? if so and if its useing windows xp, does your account have permissions to create or edit files in the TheUniversal directory and its subfolders? if not it might prevent the game from making the file. same could be said if the directories got write protected.

overall, if this problem can't be solved for you, i do know of a possible way around it.

GMan · Post by **GMan** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:39 pm

I am using Windows XP, on a laptop at my house.

And the error message I get when I connect to a planet is just a generic windows error message. It's the one where it gives the option to "send" or "don't send" and error report, then the game closes.

I'm not sure but here are some things that might cause the login screen to reapear everytime:
I am using Norton Internet Security. I am also behind a router.

But the login screen isn't the big problem, because last time I had the game installed I still got the login screen error, but I COULD connect to planets. So if we can fix my planet problem that should be enough, the login error is just a minor annoyance.

djaj88 · Post by **djaj88** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 4:41 am

GMan wrote:I am using Windows XP, on a laptop at my house.

And the error message I get when I connect to a planet is just a generic windows error message. It's the one where it gives the option to "send" or "don't send" and error report, then the game closes.

I'm not sure but here are some things that might cause the login screen to reapear everytime:
I am using Norton Internet Security. I am also behind a router.

But the login screen isn't the big problem, because last time I had the game installed I still got the login screen error, but I COULD connect to planets. So if we can fix my planet problem that should be enough, the login error is just a minor annoyance.

It sound to me that the monkey computer is rejecting the banana disk.
This may have to be resolved in a later version...

I feel so sry for you that you can't play...Oh well it better then not having a computer at all.

paintballkev812 · Post by **paintballkev812** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 6:16 am

maybe you should try the A Tractor client. You can get it at http://www.gameislands.net. It's basically the universal with less worlds and has no space.

djaj88 · Post by **djaj88** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:21 am

paintballkev812 wrote:maybe you should try the A Tractor client. You can get it at http://www.gameislands.net. It's basically the universal with less worlds and has no space.

Actualy I do have it installed on my computer... I just don't use it very often because the planet I go to is not on the list.