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Game wont export

PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:32 pm
by 157pl
i made a game at school but when i hit export it looked like it was doing something but nothing happened
i took it home and tried but that didn't help
can anyone help

Re: Game wont export

PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 4:05 pm
by RippeR7420
Hmm, that is weird. Make sure you know where you're output destination
Folder for your game is. And I would try to export in different export types
Just to see if .EXE isn't working or if all of exports arent(.DAT, .GED, ETC.)

Re: Game wont export

PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 5:01 pm
by lcl
I've had the same problem with big games.
Ge just froze, but didn't export. And if it did export the executable didn't work.

However, it seems that the bug has been fixed, because when I updated my Ge, I was
able to export normally.

So, try to download and install Ge again. :)

Re: Game wont export

PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 7:21 pm
by 157pl
i tryed all of the export types and im useing the new ge

what i do is i go to file and hit export
then i type a name and go to select
i navagate to the desktop and hit ok
i select windows exicuteable and hit export
it goes to the hour glass the hour glass goes away and nothing happens

Re: Game wont export

PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 11:50 pm
by skydereign
By the new gE do you mean the 1.5 version? If so you can't export with it, as it is missing its bin directory.

Re: Game wont export

PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 5:22 pm
by 157pl
no im not using 1.5

Re: Game wont export

PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 5:47 pm
by 157pl
i got it to export but anything whose parent is the view does not show up and the view wont move :?

Re: Game wont export

PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 10:39 pm
by master0500
if you pm me the ged i'll try to to export it for you

Re: Game wont export

PostPosted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 1:57 am
by 157pl
i did find out that it works with small files just not this one
i updated ge but nothing happened
here try to export it
robot apocolypse.zip
(1.04 MiB) Downloaded 121 times

Re: Game wont export

PostPosted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 6:19 am
by master0500
hmm... this is strange, you may have to modify it a bit to work

Re: Game wont export

PostPosted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 10:05 am
by skydereign
Well, you came across a very peculiar problem. In the exported versions, your view actor doesn't exist (it was never created). Despite this, the game can continue more or less. This was partially caused by a bug, I'll take it up with akr. But, you set the view to not be created on startup. This doesn't do anything in game mode, but when you go to export the game, the exported version never creates the view actor.

One protection from this (that doesn't seem to work) is that you aren't supposed to be able to parent actors to any actor that has its create at startup disabled. For some reason you were allowed to with the view... Anyway, set the view to create at startup and your problem is fixed.

Re: Game wont export

PostPosted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 4:39 pm
by 157pl
that was weird i don't remember setting the view to not create on startup works fine now though
thanks +1

Re: Game wont export

PostPosted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:06 am
by master0500
darn! you beat me Sky' you always seem to amaze me with your knowledge
well... heres the export anyway and i added an icon and fixed the problem
here you go: http://db.tt/IyKSy8ul

PS: pretty good game