Re: [Bug-freedink] doesn't work on windows

[Sylvain Beucler]

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 09:53:17PM +0530, jivan wrote:
> Reply in-line :-
> 
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Sylvain Beucler<address@hidden> wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 12:55:59PM +0530, jivan wrote:
> >> Hi there,
> >>  I installed the game but installed it to E:/Program Files/Freedink/
> >>
> >> When I am trying to run the game using the DFArc v3 front-end it
> >> doesn't lemme play. I tried altering the options but still it doesn't
> >> work.
> >>
> >> It says
> >>
> >> Execution of command 'dink.exe  -truecolor -game "C:\Program
> >> Files\Dink Smallwood\dink" -referdir "E:\Program Files\Freedink\dink"
> >> failed (error 9806217790619650:the system cannot find the file
> >> specified)
> >>
> >>
> >> Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > How about using "freedink.exe" instead of "dink.exe"?
> 
> Hi ,
>  thank you for getting back. Some progress. It now halts at
> 
> Invalid -refdir option C:/Program Files/Dink Smallwood/dink/graphics
> and/or C:/Program Files/Dink Smallwood/dink/tiles are not accessible.
> 
> Press Esc to Exit.
> 
> Pressing Escape I get Dink Smallwood failed. Error code 1.
> 
> Where are these values being taken from?

It's a default value - this needs fixing indeed.

In "Options", use "Override the Dink Smallwood directory" and type
E:/Program Files/FreeDink , it should work.

To try the game only (not the D-Mods), you can also just double-click
on freedink.exe.

-- 
Sylvain