Unable to launch EIA

[Stenan]

Hi,
I have been having problems running the Beta 1.50 with the program refusing to launch.
Followed the instructions to instal 1.23.08, followed by 1.27.4 and at that stage everything works as normal. I can start the game and it runs as expected.
I then copy the Beta folders & files into my Beta game folder and try to run the game, but it will not start. I have tried opening via the PLAY option in the menu box/program where you have several options to select (play. Game manual, register, forums, etc) and I have tried by selecting the EIANW application directly within the game folder but without success.
I have tried the above installation procedure multiple times and checked access permissions for the program and folders but EIA refuses to launch. That being said it appears to be open in the background as I can see it as an open process in task manager.
running in widows 11 with a compatibility setting of windows XP and run as an administrator selected.
Now caught in a loop of try and try again but nothing works.
I have had no problems with my non Beta 1.27.4 installation.
Any suggestion as to what I could be doing wrong or could be happening ?

[pzgndr]

Playtesters have been able to open the zip file and copy&paste the updates into their new beta game folder and play OK. Are you doing something else perhaps? Try uninstalling your beta installation, reboot, and try again.

[Stenan]

Hi,
Thanks for the quick reply,
I uninstalled, rebooted then installed in another location 1.23.08. Game opened and worked.
I then installed 1.27.4 and the game started.
Rebooted and the unzipped EIANW 1.50029 Beta file and cut and paste contents into my Beta folder (version 1.27.4). During operation message for copying 144 file, replace 19 came up. I accepted then when finished I rebooted.
went directly to the Beta folder location and ran the .exe but the game did not launch. Once again I checked task manager and the program was listed as being open.
All very strange as up to 1.27.4 in my normal installation location everything works fine. When I instal in a new Beta location up to version 1.27.4 the program opens and appears to work fine.
It is only when I cut and paste the contents of the 1.50029 beta version into this folder that I get a problem with the game not opening.
I am going to uninstal and try again but pretty sure it is going to arrive at the same end point and not open up on the screen

[pzgndr]

Only thing I can suggest is to maybe copy&paste the individual files or subfolders into the game folder where they belong, to ensure everything is there. Sometimes the game will not start if files are missing, and perhaps what you were doing was missing something. I don't know. It should work to simply copy&paste the contents of the zip file into the game folder. Another thing to try would be to unzip the files into a dummy folder and then copy&paste the unzipped files into your game folder. That might work.

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[Stenan]

Bill,
I followed your advice and copied and pasted the individual files and exe into the Beta folders but had the same result, no launch. I had actually tried that approach soon after you released the beta earlier in the month.
Probably going to put my efforts on hold and see what happens with the release version.
I dont want to sound defeatest but before I sent my call for help message I had tried dozens of times to instal the beta without success so there must be something unusual taking place on my PC
All very strange as any installation I have done upto the 1.27.4 update has worked fine?

Thanks for your help

[pzgndr]

All very strange indeed. All we're doing is adding/replacing files? Alright, hang in there. Release may not be too far off.

[pzgndr]

I got a response from a playtester:

I've had no issues what so ever.
Download the zip file from the browser without logging into dropbox.
Transfer the zip file to our host computer.
Browse into the zip file.
Select all files and 'copy'.
Go to EiA folder and select 'paste' + 'Overwrite all' (when prompted).
This is on a Windows 11 computer using Chrome for downloading from dropbox and the host computer is a Windows 10 machine.

So maybe something about your system is different and causing an issue. Maybe this helps.

[Stenan]

Bill,

Update from myside that in my opinion confirms the "something about my system" statement.

I also have a laptop so decided to instal EIA and apply the Beta patch on that system and now 1.50 opens !
Why I didn't think about trying it out on that piece of equipment before is beyond me.
Although early days, all appears to work. I have only setup a new game so far and navigated around the new look and feel, which looks good.
I can now give it a spin and see how I get on.
I also need to try and work out what the differences are between the laptop and my main PC ?
I am still confused as to why on my main PC I can instal and run 1.23.08 and then update to 1.27.4 and everything runs ok But then it fails when I cut and paste the beta files into the folder ?

Anyway, I can finally get 1.50 up and running so will give it a go.

Thanks for your continued support.

[pzgndr]

I'm thinking perhaps there may be a problem with copy&paste and that some files may not be overwriting the old files? Particularly the EXE. The old version may not run with all of the other new files. I would start with that and see if the new EXE installs and runs. If not, then as tedious as it may be, try deleting all of the old files that have updates in the zip folder and then try copy&paste again. Maybe that might work. If not, then you have some other issue. But the beta runs OK on your laptop, so that's a plus!