USB Eastern Front mod can't find COH directory

Hmm just noticed something strange: I had changed my registry entry of Install directory to C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Company of Heroes but it reverts itself everytime I start EF to C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Company of Heroes\CoH

I check again after I change it and quit and it seems fine but everytime I run EF it keeps adding CoH to the end.

Unable to located Company of Heroes directory.

Here is my CoH folder: http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2926/37956984.png

Start EF on "C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Company of Heroes\" not in "C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Company of Heroes\CoH".

Looks like EF_Launcher has that bug if it's opened in the wrong path. And remember to delete CoH folder.

Ok, I deleted the CoH folder, uninstalled and reinstalled EF into Company of Heroes folder (where RelicCoH.exe is) I start EF from the launcher there, I tried showing every folder into the settings place, but I still get the same error. It doesnt seem like anyone else gets this problem something must be awfully wrong with my PC  ???

What's the path that the launcher recognizes as CoH directory?

Did you checked after uninstalling EF the registry had the correct path?

Did you check if EF was installed on C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Company of Heroes\ and not on C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Company of Heroes\Eastern Front?

Well, I suggest to:

1) Uninstall EF and check that the EF files & folders were wiped out. If there are survivors kill them.
2) Check the coh path in the registry and fix it if necessary.
3) Install EF, and check that the path the installer shows be "C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Company of Heroes\". In your case this is the path where it should be installed.
4) Run the game. You shouldn't have any problem at this point, just update with the launcher; if you cannot find any patch you can download them from this site(patches [IP address redacted] to [IP address redacted]).

Ok,

1) Uninstalled EF, deleted all remaining EF files.

At this point the Registry shows: C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Company of Heroes

2) Installed EF to: C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Company of Heroes

3) Started launcher at: C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Company of Heroes

Eastern Front Doesnt appear to be installed on your system.

4) From settings, I tried to show the correct path but the message is:

Unable to locate Company of Heroes directory.




Then I Uninstalled EF, deleted all remaining EF files again,

Updated to ([IP address redacted]) manually, all updates installed to: C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Company of Heroes\

Still Eastern Front Mode doesnt appear to be installed on your system :'(
ToV works just fine but its boring after such a long time, I am very excited about this mod but unfortunately it seems hopeless for me

Could you post these registries?

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{97AFD0D8-5720-4A59-BFDC-CB92A36FADF9}_is1

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Eastern Front

Here is the first one:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{97AFD0D8-5720-4A59-BFDC-CB92A36FADF9}_is1]
"Inno Setup: Setup Version"="5.3.7 (a)"
"Inno Setup: App Path"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\THQ\\Company of Heroes"
"InstallLocation"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\THQ\\Company of Heroes\\"
"Inno Setup: Icon Group"="Company of Heroes Eastern Front"
"Inno Setup: User"="Can"
"DisplayName"="Company of Heroes: Eastern Front 1.20"
"UninstallString"="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\THQ\\Company of Heroes\\unins000.exe\""
"QuietUninstallString"="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\THQ\\Company of Heroes\\unins000.exe\" /SILENT"
"Publisher"="Eastern Front Team"
"URLInfoAbout"="http://www.easternfront.org/"
"HelpLink"="http://www.easternfront.org/"
"URLUpdateInfo"="http://www.easternfront.org/"
"NoModify"=dword:00000001
"NoRepair"=dword:00000001
"InstallDate"="20100929"
"EstimatedSize"=dword:000e0823



Here is the second one eastern front:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Eastern Front]
"DisplayName"="Eastern Front"
"DisplayVersion"="[IP address redacted]"
"URLInfoAbout"="EasternFront.org"

Do you installed EF with admin rights?

Are you sure that you updated the game? because the version says "[IP address redacted]".

Well, as our work seems to be futile, there's one last thing you can do.
Create a shorcut with this as target:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Company of Heroes\RelicCoh.exe" -dev -mod Eastern_Front -nomovies

I don't remember what is the disable vsync and triple buffer command if you want to add them and I'm not at home so I hope that one user that knows the answer post it here or I'll post it some time later, like 6 hours later.

It appeared [IP address redacted] becouse I typed in the wrong order in my previous post.

I just tried reinstalling all as admin, no luck. But the shortcut you have me worked! Unfortunately all texts and menu icons were corrupt  :-X

Could you check the MD5 of your installer?

EF 1.20 Installer MD5 = 9AF7A662DCED463B051FE22539F851E0

You can get it with HashTab.

Btw what language your CoH has?

My CoH is in english. Ok checked the hashes for my EF installer 1.2.0. :

MD5 = 7114F2D4C87016F49BAD8F2B37473795

Last edited September 29, 2010 at 6:36 PM by Verya

7114F2D4C87016F49BAD8F2B37473795?

Could you post the link where you downloaded your version or was from ModDB?

You mean the setup file? I am afraid I dont remember where, but I did googled CoH Eastern Front and downloaded it from one the first sites that came up. Do you think the installer I got is corrupt somehow?

Try downloading it from here.

I did download the file from the link you gave and reinstalled from it. I did get the hash from the the file I downloaded first: http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6950/15795395.

Registry is good. Installed in the correct folder. Ran as admin. Still no use, I get the same errors.

Edit: Just tried playing CoH: ToV and all the text of the original CoH is corrupted aswell. Dont know whats messed up now but I guess I'm gonna have to reinstall that aswell... meh

Last edited September 30, 2010 at 1:22 AM by Verya

That's exactly what i was going to ask you... could you post and screenshot to show your corrupted CoH?

Also, do you installed any other mod, skin pack, sound files for the factions or anything that could change the CoH core files?

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/2702/12047385.png

All texts except unit descriptions are corrupt like in the picture.
And no, absolutely nothing else external, no mods, no skin packs absolutely nothing but EF.

I think you should uninstall it, wipe the remaining files on CoH path and install & update.

Install EF and update.

Are you sure you have .NET Framework 2.0/3.0/3.5 installed?

Are you sure you have Visual C++ 2005/2008 redistributable?

I managed to get CoH working properly I think it was the CoH folder or one of the EF files I deleted. I resored them and it worked. I can run Eastern front properly at this point with the shortcut you gave me, I am not sure if its the patched version but it sure is an awesome mod. Thank you for all your help and sorry about the troublesome issue :)

No problem, by the way if you want to update EF, i guess you will because 1.20 removed bergetiger by mistake, you can download them from here:

http://www.files.easternfront.org/updates/

Download & install from [IP address redacted] to 1.2.3.2.

Enjoy EF ;D!