Sivodsi Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 I've had PBEM Helper working without fault for almost s year now, and without consciously doing anything different it has ceased to work when I press 'play'. I tried reinstalling, but this had no effect. The game does have all the correct locations because "open directory" works and the directory for the game is fine. I can even get it to run CM from PBEM, just not when I press 'play'. Even tried the ol' fixit of restarting the computer but alas, to no avail. Frustrating. Anybody have any idea about what is going on? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivodsi Posted March 9, 2006 Author Share Posted March 9, 2006 Gah! Tried to avoid the problem by restoring the system to an earlier point. When I tried it again it would at least start CM when I tried to play a PBEM file, but it would not look into the directory to find the file. I downloaded the latest PBEM Helper file again and installed over the top, but when I tried again I got the same result as before: nothing happens when I press play. This is driving me knuts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Does this occur with all games you have going on, or just one? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivodsi Posted March 9, 2006 Author Share Posted March 9, 2006 I have four ongoing games and the same thing happens. I even tried sending myself a new game to see if it was something to do with sequencing, but same result. Have run virus checks, used spybot and reinstalled vbscripts (scripten.exe). But nothing helps. At least I can still send files, this does not seem to have been affected. Just 'play' for some reason. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJK Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Are you missing the following files?: CMBO.VBS CMBB.VBS CMBO.INI CMBB.INI CMAK.INI 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivodsi Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 I have all those files except CMBO.VBS. Don't know how important this is because I don't play CMBO (though I know that different games make use of the same files). Perhaps useless information: The size of the CMBB.VBS file is 45kb, while the other INI files are only 1kb each. But all these files should be okay because I did a complete reinstall of the game. Very puzzling. Cheers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Other Means Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 I know you said the game directory was fine but do you have the CDV version? In which case the install directory (options->modify installed programs, select CMAK -> modify) is: $Programs$\Battlefront\Combat Mission Afrika Korps|$Programs$\Combat Mission 3 Afrika Korps\Run I think the BFC direct one doesn't have the "Run". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivodsi Posted March 13, 2006 Author Share Posted March 13, 2006 I have the BFC version, and it is pointing to the right file in the right folder. I've gone through and made sure that everythimg is pointing in the right direction according to the guides. This is just bizarre. It has been working perfectly well for a year, and then it just refuses to start CM, even after a complete reinstall. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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