Update to 4.3.1 freezing. Mod rendered unplayable afterwards.

[helloa2134]

Hello, I brought this question up verify on Moddb yesterday, but when it became apparent that the fix wouldn't be super simple, I decided to bring the issue here.  Yesterday I attempted to update my mod from 4.3 to 4.3.1 via the launcher.  The update was approximately 170mb.  The update to the launcher went swimmingly.  After that there were six files which had to be updated.  The first 5 went well but the update froze before the sixth file.  After waiting for hours, I killed the process using the task manager.  When I tried to update again I received the following error: Exception Message: Object Reference not set to an instance of an object.  Afterwards, when trying to play the game, it would crash whenever I tried to start s skirmish.  I had to completely reinstall the game and mod. 
Any thoughts?

[Turin Turumbar]

Well, is your game and the mod working after reinstalling?
Did you install the update again after reinstalling?

[helloa2134]

The exact same thing happened.  4.3 would work, but then the whole mod would be messed up after trying to update to 4.3.1.  It even froze at the same point in the update.
My thought was that perhaps the first time it happened was a fluke, but now that it's happened twice I figure that there's a problem. 

[Turin Turumbar]

Could you please upload the generated logfile and post the link here?

[helloa2134]

Here is the log file changed into a .txt so that i could upload it

Thank you for the help Turin

[Turin Turumbar]

A quick view isn't helping here sadly... gonna look into this tomorrow evening. Still can't really explain that error. I might send you some experimental builds tomorrow to see which line of code is leading to it.

[helloa2134]

I really appreciate the help Turin.  Also, if it is any help my launcher is a bit messed up.  By which I mean the news boxes only say "Label" and "text block."  I re downloaded the launcher from the Moddb page, though that did not fix the issue however it did enable me to play the game again.  So now I have a fully working 4.3, but don't have the ability to update further.

[Turin Turumbar]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/f7vwhjlmnuwbo12/Edain_Mod_Launcher.exe?dl=0
Try that one and tell me what the message box says after "Selected server:" when you click on Update.
The label thing is due to not being able to download the news. Probably gonna fix that later too, some issue with not finding the servers before.

[gandalf the white]

the launcher has problèmes it doesn't make updates !

[Turin Turumbar]

It does if your computer is configured correctly and read all the previous answers. Download the newest launcher here:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/edain-mod/downloads/edain-mod-launcher-1200-edain-demo-required
Then try again.

[helloa2134]

Ok Turin I've done as you instructed and the message was as follows:

Selected Server: http://modding-union.com/updates/edain2/updates/

[Turin Turumbar]

Does the error message still appear? After or before the selected server message?

[Canis carcharothias]

For me, it doesn't appear. The server message appeared but the launcher downloaded and installed the update just fine.
Thank you very much, Turin.
I secretly love you now.

[helloa2134]

The error message didnt appear and the download started.  However, after downloading the first of seven files the download timed out.  I will try again just to be sure.

However when i first run the launcher you put on drop box i get the following error:

Error: The launcher is not running in the defaults game path.  The launcher might not work correctly in this case.  Game folder according to registry: "Correct Path"  Current folder C:\users\me\Desktop\ (which is where i extracted it)

[Canis carcharothias]

Yeah, the timeout happened to me as well, but then it worked nice!

[helloa2134]

I tried again and it got through four updates.  This all seems so random 

Canis, what did you do to fix it after the timeout.

[Canis carcharothias]

Nothing at all... just pushed "ok" in the error and then, by it's own, it continued downloading. It was just... magic. I can't explain it, I might be the chosen one.

[helloa2134]

Did it continue immediately or did you have to wait a bit first?

[Canis carcharothias]

Continued almost inmediately, between the 1st and 2nd file. I was going to press "update" again, but it just started loading spontaneously.

[helloa2134]

For seemingly no reason, I didn't get a time out this time and the download worked completely and I now have a fully updated mod.  So thank you very much Turin for your help, I really appreciate it.  And thanks as well to Canis for basically just getting me to try again and again. 

This thread can be locked since the issue is solved, if that is appropriate.

[Turin Turumbar]

Wow, its so weird to me too. I have no idea what is causing these problems honestly. 
But never mind, you can play the latest update now, so i am fine.

[Naillimixam]

Hello everybody!

How do you guys manage to update? Is it trial and error or plain luck? I really need a proper fix or perhaps a manual patch download. I have the same errors but unfortunately i just can't fix it like you guys did. Please help been here all day.

Thank you in advance!

[Turin Turumbar]

Did you download the mentioned files? What is the server message saying?

[Naillimixam]

Thanks for replying Turin!

I downloaded and installed the files previously mentioned. The problem is, the launcher downloads the 4 out of 6 parts of the patch and it stopped there. I left it sitting there after 3 hours and nothing happened. Did the same process thrice and the same result. Stuck at 4 of 6 patch. I have to kill the Launcher using task manager. If there's a download link to the latest patch i would rather patch it manually. Thank you and i appreciate any help i can get.

[Naillimixam]

Now it gives me this error Exception Message: Object Reference not set to an instance of an object.

 

[Turin Turumbar]

Well, if you downloaded the file posted on the last page from my dropbox and copied it to the rise of the witchking folder folder, then you should get a message which server is selected when you click on update. What does it say?

[helloa2134]

Just out of curiosity, and if you don't mind me asking, what made the launcher you posted here different than the one that is commonly downloaded? I saw that it is slightly larger in size but didn't notice any huge difference.

[Turin Turumbar]

The size difference is due to integration of the first few images for the Submod section.
By the way: the link is updated now. So the messages should not appear anymore.
@Naillimixam: If you still get the error message, try this one and please tell me if it worked:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f7vwhjlmnuwbo12/Edain_Mod_Launcher.exe?dl=0

[Naillimixam]

Well, good morning everyone! I apologize for the delayed reply it's 5:35 AM here (Philippines).

@helloa2134: I've been monitoring this thread and not bothering trying to figure it out myself, following everything. I can assume what i got is the same as everyone else's. It is just weird that i haven't had this problems patching/installing since version 3.8 until 4.3. (Some minor bumps but..) Yes, and i noticed the difference in size.

@Turin Turumbar: I'll try it sir as soon as i can and i'll give you a feedback
. Thank you very much 

[Turin Turumbar]

I also released 1.2.0.3, please try that one first. It might fix it too.

[Naillimixam]

Good day Turin!

I am still being prompted by the same error even with the new Launcher. I think i will just reinstall everything from scratch and see if the same error persists.

Thank you for your time!