plugin faliure

big_daddy2 · Post by **big_daddy2** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 9:05 pm

i do -loadplugin "C:\fairCTF.zip\fairCTF.dll"

and i do /loadplugin fairCTF.dll

and this doesn't work

please tell me what i am doing wrong

Post by **macsforme** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 9:50 pm

Try moving your plugin outside of the .zip file, and trying again. While Windows explorer can browse inside .zip files, I'm not sure that BZFlag can access files within a .zip file.

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:05 am

bzflag can not read a zip file.

big_daddy2 · Post by **big_daddy2** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:34 pm

what cna it read?

Post by **joevano** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:43 pm

big_daddy2 you need to use an application like WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) or the open-source 7-Zip (http://www.7-zip.org/) to extract the file (Windows own unzip could be used, but it has been know to have some reliability issues at times, you use it by right clicking on the zip file and selecting "Extract All..."). Then it won't be "zipped" anymore, zip is a compression routine that makes files smaller (usually for faster downloading or conserving space on a hard drive) by representing redundant data in a more efficient manner. For MOST applications to use data in a zip file, you must uncompress it first to put it back into it normal format.

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:35 pm

it assumes the files are extracted

big_daddy2 · Post by **big_daddy2** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:48 pm

so do i still enter .zip, i extracted all the files so should it work now?
i mean if its not then i did somthin wrong because i hit extract all and i went through the steps

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:50 pm

no, you do not use the zip file at all, we want the full path to the real file.

this is standard file management, just tell us where the real file is.

big_daddy2 · Post by **big_daddy2** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:51 pm

ok its still C:\fairCTF.zip\fairCTF.dll

big_daddy2 · Post by **big_daddy2** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:59 pm

big_daddy2 wrote:ok its still C:\fairCTF.zip\fairCTF.dll

so it still has .zip at the end, it doesn't change

Tanner · Post by **Tanner** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:20 pm

Open Windows Explorer.

Right click on fairCTF.zip, select Extract All. Click Next/Extract.

A new folder will be created called "fairCTF". Notice it has no zip extension.

The new path is:

C:\fairCTF\fairCTF.dll

-Tanner

big_daddy2 · Post by **big_daddy2** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:40 pm

ok now it says it can't find MSVCP71D.dll

big_daddy2 · Post by **big_daddy2** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:33 am

i need the other .dll file so can someone pm me it?

A Meteorite · Post by **A Meteorite** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:46 am

big_daddy2 wrote:i need the other .dll file so can someone pm me it?

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JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 4:21 am

that is a debug DLL, have whoever made it for you make a release version.

big_daddy2 · Post by **big_daddy2** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:58 pm

ok but do you do "/loadplugin fairCTF" to load that plugin?

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:59 pm

you can, once you get the release version.

or you can do it in the command line with -loadplugin

both are valid ways to load them.

big_daddy2 · Post by **big_daddy2** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:22 am

can the windows bzflag 2.0.8 support plugins?

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:00 am

yes.

I'm moving this to a server setup section, cus it has nothing to do with development, it's just you trying to learn how to use basic file paths.