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Thats subjective bud, I'm a coke boi. Dr Pepper is king though!

The current setup of IA is unique in that it uses ttfs (as it always has I believe), but we also distribute it via the launcher. Its simply another way to download it and join. Normal renegade clients that connect will be prompted to download the missing files as always, while launcher users will already have them. Thats it.

For the record (minor detail, clarification point here): The W3D-Hub launcher does not list renegade servers because we don't currently support renegade or have any stock servers. Also, beings as the game is not released as freeware by EA, we can not distribute a full installable copy of stock renegade. And even if we did so, we would likely only list our own stock ren server(s), as renlist is a different tool performing a different job, aimed at a different crowd.

At this point, I see no reason to take the conversation private. As long as it remains civil, I think it can probably be handled here.

@shaitan Hello! I've heard your name for years but I don't believe we've ever spoken. Nice to meet you. And thanks for the IRC help, etc. And Wally is just bantering as he said He does that. I'm not going to issue an "official" answer to this question or anything, but I did want to try to get something clarified really quick. What do you mean exactly here? Whats getting installed twice? Thanks.

That would be so much work though. Pushwall doesn't have much help with APB stuff, much less the funds to hire MiG pilots and Cruiser captains. I do it for free tho

My sources tell me that the portal has stabilized.

Hello there, and welcome to W3DHub! Be sure to check out our community rules so that you stay out of trouble 😉 Currently we don't really have the man-power to start another fresh project from the ground up. But you are welcome to begin development yourself if you have interest and aptitude for it. We have tools and tutorials available to learn all about development on the W3D engine, as well as many development veterans who love to teach. If that sounds like something you would be interested in doing, just speak up!

Completely understandable man. Look on the bright side though! You've spawned another tester! You can play together in a couple years

You have been blocked by the anti-cheat. If you receive a message while trying to join a server that says: ...then either you are cheating or you simply have corrupted or extra file(s) in your data folder for the game in question. To remedy this problem, try the following steps: Remove any files you may have placed in your data folder. For Renegade and Interim Apex: Delete the file mentioned in the message, and then try to rejoin the server. A fresh copy of the file may be downloaded from the server when you connect. For Renegade: run mixcheck.exe located in the game's main folder. This will check for consistency in the stock game files and fix any errors. For all other W3D games distributed via the Launcher: Delete the file mentioned in the message, and then use the Launcher's "Repair Installation" function, found in each game's section of the Launcher. This will re-install the file in question. If the file mentioned is not found in the data folder, then it is located within one of the game's asset archive files (always.dat, always2.dat, etc) or within a map file. Deleting and re-installing one of those files may be necessary in this case. Make a thread in this subforum if none of these steps corrected the issue. "Launcher failed to connect to backend" error There are a various few situations in which the launcher can not correctly connect to the w3dhub backend to download updates for itself and for games. We have observed that one such situation may be caused by a DNS misconfiguration, which could reside on your PC, your router, your ISP, or elsewhere on your network, and may be the product of malware, user tampering, or the failure or delay of DNS propagation. There is a troubleshooting step to identify a DNS-related issue, which in some cases also serves as a workaround (not solution) for these issues. By installing a manual entry in your PC's "hosts" file, some users have reported that it restores normal operation. Begin by navigating to the following file and opening it in Notepad: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts (note: the "hosts" file has no extension, and it will not function if it is saved with an extension, such as a .txt file) Once open in notepad, add the following line to the bottom of the file: 176.31.21.179 secure.w3dhub.com - [NOTE - All other lines in this file are comments, and they begin with a '#' character which tells the operating system to ignore them. DO NOT add this character before the line that you add to the file!] Do not edit any other part of the file. Save the file, and close notepad. [NOTE - You may need to run Notepad as Administrator in order to save your changes] Run the Launcher and see if anything has changed. If it appears to be fixed - great! If the issue persists, then remove the line you added to the hosts file immediately. Make a note for yourself if you have added the line and plan to leave it for a while, as you may need to remove it at some point in the future. Game or Launcher updates fail to install This can be caused by the issues outlined in the section above regarding DNS issues, but another possible cause for games failing to install or update while showing the following error, is a nearly full hard drive. If you see an error like the one above, then check your available space. If you need help reclaiming some drive space, we can probably help. If these steps nor the ones provided by Danpaul above were able help solve your issue, then please make a post in this subforum and we will do our best to assist you in finding a solution.

@des1206 Any chance you want to rejoin the team?

Yeah this definitely isnt a fix, just a workaround until whatever gets fixed (ISP issue maybe?). You'll want to remove that edit some day. Glad you can play now though

I had him to add that line for troubleshooting just FYI. Didnt want anyone to be confused by the random hosts file lol

Whats up doc!? Always wanted to say that Welcome to W3D Hub! I hate to hear that you're having trouble getting the games to run. Luckily we have people here that can usually figure stuff like this out. Hey @jonwil any ideas?

Has your antivirus gotten involved behind the scenes maybe? Its happened before.

Exactly. They are "good" but you're actually just paying for a brand, and very unique problems in the future. They have been known to do weird stuff like forcing RAID on a single disk, and other weirdness. And Alienware is purely a "gaming"-geared setup. You want a "sleeper" so to speak. Lots of power and utility, but without the flashy lights and custom drivers that cause issues later. My 2 cents

One of these will probably do you very well. I sold a similar (older) model to an engineering student a couple years ago and he hasn't had the first problem out of it. I don't sell many in this "class" of computer simply due to the price, but they seem to be solid from what I've seen. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAFJ87MZ8610 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA7AB6UR7959

Interesting.... Have you had any issues with other programs acting strangely on your PC? You might try running a disk check and maybe a memory test and see if anything turns up. These issues sound to me like corrupted files, which a disk or memory error could definitely cause.

C:\ProgramData\W3D Hub\Launcher\package-cache\games\ecw @Expack3

Care to share please so we can use the solution for future problems?

@Jerad2142 halp pls

That would be 1.2.0 Beta sir And FYI I liked this map. Call me strange, it wouldn't be the first time. Interesting map concept. It does remind me of Camos Canyon and Hourglass though.... Meh, only so many shapes that can exist right? ?

@OWA Is there a way to have help threads like this default to chronological order instead of the all-confusing "most favorite answer" order?

It is indeed c#, and only around 150-200 lines the last time I looked at it. Shouldn't be too much labor involved at all hopefully.

Hmmmmm. What OS are you running? Lets get on TS3 sometime and see if we can figure it out.