Post by perfectBlue333 in ERAS II Update comments

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Bought the Maelstrom engine and downloaded ERAS II. Tried three times to download and install. Always failed. Tried to find instructions and it is a wall of text with direct X options galore. No matter what I do, if I try launching from any of the direct x folders I get CORE:: LoCheck Create Entity failed message. Sometimes it is simply 'couldn't find start.ini' But the file is right there in the directory. I don't mean to be rude, but is there a clear set of instructions on how to get this thing to work?

I don't get it. I tried both manually unzipping to C:/Maelstrom to match the instructions and when that didn't work, I tried using the itch.io suggested path. Hitting launch from the itch client didnt work, and none of the config or malestrom.exe links from any of the DirectX folders work. (again, it is either the CORE LoCheck error or it can't find the start.ini file) My system should be 64 bit but I only see a 32 bit option in the config. Not that it matters as I tried them all and nothing seemed to be able to initialize.

Edit: I'm on Win10 64 bit.

ChezJfrey4 years ago

Page 3 of MaelstromSetup.pdf is the key (with screenshots) to launching a particular game. Edit the Maelstrom ERAS 2 shortcut and make sure that Target: is the full path on your machine (wherever you installed the Maelstrom files) to the Maelstrom.exe you want to play (e.g. C:\Maelstrom\gentlemen-of-fortune-maelstrom-engine\Maelstrom.exe); your path may be different.

Make sure the Start in: is the path where the ERAS files are (i.e. the directory that contains the Programs, RESOURCE and start.ini files for the mod). Example: C:\Maelstrom\games\gentlemen-of-fortune-historical-eras-module-2

Click OK after you change those two paths. Double-click the Maelstrom ERAS 2 shortcut you just edited. It should launch the game.

If you did not put the game in the suggested directories, then unfortunately the Itch process does not allow for on-the-fly editing of the shortcuts and .toml file that drives their client launcher, so you will have to either edit the .toml file for the Config to work, or you can also make a shortcut for each mod Config. There is also a sample shortcut provided you can edit, called: Maelstrom ERAS 2 Config Example

Change the properties for the Target and Start in.

Target for sample: C:\Maelstrom\gentlemen-of-fortune-maelstrom-engine\DirectX9_32bit\Config.exe "..\\..\\games\gentlemen-of-fortune-historical-eras-module-2" Change this to

Target: C:\MypathforMaelstrom\DirectX9_64bit\Config.exe "C:\mypathforERASstuff"

Start in: C:\MypathforMaelstrom\DirectX9_64bit

perfectBlue3334 years ago

Thank you. As usual, user error was to blame. The shortcut step threw me for a loop but I figured it out. Thanks for the clarification and this fantastic work.