Installed (finally) but get errors when trying to run

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Edge386

It Wandered In From the Wastes
I've done the image installation trick, worked like a charm. BUT (damn those inevitable "but"s) When I try to run the game, i get this error

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ERROR! C:\dev\bos\common\language.cpp(120): **fatal error!**: Failed to Parse: gui\gui_text.txt

What in mother loving shit does this mean? I installed FOT on my slave drive (drive E: ) So where is this C:\ coming from? Also a minor issue my shortcut didn't work.

What I did was create an ISO image of disc's 1 & 3 but NOT 2. I extracted the images with ISObuster onto my slave drive that the installation directory was to be. I ran install from the extracted ISO image for disc one. popped in disc two when prompted, directed to disc 3 image when prompted, then back to the disc 1 image to finish installation. Try to run the program and said error occurs. Confused yet? I am. Any help would relieve my aching pains to play some more fallout goodness.
 
It kept prematurely shutting down installation whenever I used the discs, it got to 99% then shut down without prompting me for my first disc again. Its weird because I never had this problem the first time I installed the game, the day it hit the shelves.
 
Man I tell you what, there sure are heaps of help here in this forum. Ridiculous I swear.
 
This is baffling. You had the problem installing too right?

Don't go blaming xp either, I installed it on my laptop, when I was using win-xp sp2 beta.

The problem most likely is, that you got the infamous damaged disk-3. (I think it was almost always disk three). This used to not be much of a problem, just take it back to the store/send it to IPLY, then get a new one.

You may need to get another copy from somewhere else. Don't know where you can get a copy for free though. :look:
 
I sent you a reply requiem. Dove, I think it might be both disc 1 and disc 3. Any idea about that gui_text.txt file? Man I'm really fried about this one. I personally enjoyed tactics thoroughly despite others' distaste for it. Thanks for the replies everyone, I was beginning to think I was posting in a "nail polish for obese middle aged women" forum.
 
I can't help you much, without breaking the anti-piracy rule on these forums. All I can say is my copy works, and I had to get it through less than honorable methods. I just could not find a copy anywhere.
 
Well, I've found locale_o.bos and have replaced my corrupt version of that file with the uncorrupt version. Now when I try to load the game, I no longer get the error, and instead get nothing at all. The game doesn't even load! I have a feeling that I will need to purchase a new copy regardless.
 
Contact the shop where you bought the game and try to get a new one or buy it..
 
try copieing all files off all your cds to your HD, and putting them in a folder, then run the setup thats on disc one and let it install off your comp


ive had many probloms with FOT, when i first got it it worked fine, then it would shut down like u said at 99%, or have an error, or something else, theres allways something.

once you get your FOT on your HD i sudgest burning a copy of it on cds, sooner or later the original cds will become useless

to install just copy everything back to your hd from the burnt cds into the right directry, then use a FOT crack
 
Edge386 said:
The game doesn't even load! I have a feeling that I will need to purchase a new copy regardless.
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How do you mean the game doesn't load? Does the launcher not start up, or do you get a black screen when you choose play? If the latter try deleting Mssa3d.m3d and Mssa3d2.m3d from the miles folder. After you've patched the game.
 
I'll get prompted to register (What a joke!) Ill decline all two/three times, then nothing at all. No launcher, no game, nothing. About contacting the store I bought it from, I'm not sure if Best Buy can dig up a copy of that game or not. I'll probably just get a copy online somewhere...but who's to say that copy isnt corrupt either? It's a cruel world out there...thanks for the replies everyone. Not one dickhead comment in this thread, I like that.
 
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