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Originally Posted by doctorhook;[url=http://forums.gleemax.com/showpost.php?p=17226656&postcount=85
Okay]Wizards Community - View Single Post - Character Builder Installation problems[/url], I've downloaded and successfully installed both the .NET 3.5 SP1 Framework and the Character Builder (via the downloader), as far as I can tell. I've also reset my computer several times since then. However, when I go to begin the program, it gives me a splash page for a little bit, and then gives me the following error:
So, I click Send Report, but the report is always unable to connect to the server. Then, I hit close, and I'm back to the splash page, which sticks around for a few seconds before closing. What gives?
Thanks in advance for the help! You Tinker Gnomes are alright!
Any advice, team? I'm really excited about trying this out!
FWIW, if this is as good as everyone seems to think, I believe it bodes very well for the future of D&DI and the D&DI tools, like the Game Table! Cool!
Any advice, team? I'm really excited about trying this out!
FWIW, if this is as good as everyone seems to think, I believe it bodes very well for the future of D&DI and the D&DI tools, like the Game Table! Cool!
Hmm. The error message talks about a problem getting a proxy while connecting to the WotC web page. (It appears they are definitely using WPF. The "Frame" object in question is able to display a web page within the app, I assume they are using it on the start screen or so...)
I can give only very vague hints, but apparently it is attempting to use a proxy and this fails. Are you behind a firewall or proxy (typically on company networks?). Do you have the proxy configured somewhere? (I think .NET uses the system proxy which might be settable via the IE).
Or are you just plain off-line? The fact taht you can't even send an error report implies you might.
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I'm totally knocked out. This application delivers on the promises I wasn't sure Wizards could keep.
I've made characters quickly, easily, efficently. There are some minor things, but at this point my biggest problem with it is the idea that I have to wait until after the beta to access levels beyond 3.
I'm also a primary mac user, although I do have PCs in the house and can run parallels on my Mac, so I'm not overly concerned about the lack of Mac support. Don't get me wrong, I would LOVE to be able to use this on my Mac, but the program is worth the extra effort it takes to use it.
Oh, and I also need the barbarian and some other preview content added to the toolset, so those developers had better get to work!
Hmm. The error message talks about a problem getting a proxy while connecting to the WotC web page. (It appears they are definitely using WPF. The "Frame" object in question is able to display a web page within the app, I assume they are using it on the start screen or so...)
I can give only very vague hints, but apparently it is attempting to use a proxy and this fails. Are you behind a firewall or proxy (typically on company networks?). Do you have the proxy configured somewhere? (I think .NET uses the system proxy which might be settable via the IE).
Or are you just plain off-line? The fact taht you can't even send an error report implies you might.
Hmm... Well, I'm pretty sure that I am online, being able to access these forums and all, (), but firewall/proxy is definitely possible. (That would certainly explain the myriad of weird download problems I sometimes deal with on this computer!) I'm not especially knowledgeable about the firewall on my computer, but I'll fiddle with it and see if I can make it go!
Hmm. The error message talks about a problem getting a proxy while connecting to the WotC web page. (It appears they are definitely using WPF. The "Frame" object in question is able to display a web page within the app, I assume they are using it on the start screen or so...)
The installer's problems with proxy's seem to run quite deep. I ensured that every single setting on my machine was correct, but the installer still couldn't "connect to network". Then I had the company's proxy disabled for five minutes, changed the appropriate settings in IE, and bingo! Worked first time.
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Bugged instalation, I'm disappointed having to install .NET ...
The bugs are a problem, not .NET.
The tiny dirty secret is that if they wouldn't have used .NET, they would have "secretely" installed a lot of other libraries that only their application would have used. .NET 3.5 for example includes the WPF stuff that is effectively their graphics library. Of course, there will be parts of .NET that will remain unused here - though that's only true as long as you're using just one .NET application. And a some point, you might be using more...
(And of course, if you were running Vista, you would also have .NET installed by default, just not necessarily the latest version or service pack)
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Just installed this morning using Vista 32-bit sp1 and Firefox 3.0.3.
As mentioned earlier in the thread, the .NET progress bar seemed to reach 100% fairly quickly but nothing appeared to be happening after that. Instead of canceling (cancelling for our European friends), I went to make a sandwich. The completion window was waiting for me when I got back.
Install finished on reboot and... Wow! (Sorry, that could be a sore spot....Gee!).
I wasn't personally predisposed to expect a poor application but many previous comments have had me leaning in that direction. I gotta say, no disappointment here.
The professional in me says "Don't sign off till all the test scripts have been run and re-run."
Has anyone else been having performance issues? There's a tolerable (though not, if this were a finished product, acceptable) delay any time I click a button, but far worse than that, any time I try to type into any of the fields like character name and stuff like that, it hangs for several seconds.
I've got a gaming quality computer, not cutting edge top of the line but still should be plenty powerful for this.
Has anyone else been having performance issues? There's a tolerable (though not, if this were a finished product, acceptable) delay any time I click a button, but far worse than that, any time I try to type into any of the fields like character name and stuff like that, it hangs for several seconds.
I've got a gaming quality computer, not cutting edge top of the line but still should be plenty powerful for this.
Haven't had at work. I'll see what it's like on my not-so-flash home computer.
I get the same message. I've installed the .NET framework and the SP1. I'm running XP.
Check your add/remove programs. I had the same message after the installer had (supposedly) installed .net w/Sp1. However it hadn't installed SP1 at all, it wasn't in add/remove progs. So I manually installed SP1 and was off and running.
Any advice, team? I'm really excited about trying this out!
FWIW, if this is as good as everyone seems to think, I believe it bodes very well for the future of D&DI and the D&DI tools, like the Game Table! Cool!
double and triple check .NET 3.5 with SP1 is installed.
EDIT: @Asmor runs fine on my quasi crappy (but lots of RAM) laptop.
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I think the issue is that I had 3.5 already, and the installer downloaded SP1 and then told me to restart but I never did. I didn't realize at the time the distinction, and couldn't understand why it was downloading something I already had.
Check your add/remove programs. I had the same message after the installer had (supposedly) installed .net w/Sp1. However it hadn't installed SP1 at all, it wasn't in add/remove progs. So I manually installed SP1 and was off and running.
Thanks!
I thought I had installed SP1 directly from Microsoft's site yesterday, but obviously something had gone wrong, because the SP1 wasn't in fact there. Today I tried again and I was able to run the program.
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I've just reported my first bug for the thing: it seems to be impossible to set a XP number not suficient for levelling up. Either your character has 0 XP or 1,000 and more.
Actually, this is possible. On the "Level Up" screen, if you choose from the drop down menu a level higher than your current level and click "Level Up", it will automatically give you the minimum XP necessary. BUT, all you need to do is type a new total in the box and click "Set XP" (which toggles with the "Level Up" button). In fact, if you don't want to level up but want to update your XP total, all you need to do is leave your current level as the default in the drop down list, then type in what you want in the XP box, and again click the "Set XP" button.
I probably don't make it sound easy, but it is!
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), but firewall/proxy is definitely possible. (That would certainly explain the myriad of weird download problems I sometimes deal with on this computer!) I'm not especially knowledgeable about the firewall on my computer, but I'll fiddle with it and see if I can make it go!
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