MW:LL installing it (beta version)

[James Tiberius Kirk]

The first thing to keep in mind is this is a Beta version.
by choosing to install it, you accept the fact that you will be doing so as a beta tester. its not all beer and skittles.
this is also written on the assumption you have the Crysis CD, not a copy from D2D or Steam.

i recommend a clean install of Crysis, though thats not mandatory, and i suggest you create a profile if you havent done so.

i also recommend making a copy of Crysis.exe and placing it in a seperate folder (this will help with an issue to do with emulation software if it comes up)
you can find Crysis.exe in

C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis\bin32 (for windows 32 bit)

C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis\bin64 (for windows 64 bit)

now we need to patch Crysis, this is done in two steps

first install this patch

crymod.com/filebase_redirect.php?fid=4701

then this one

crymod.com/filebase_redirect.php?fid=5161

This will bring your Crysis install up to the 1.21 hotfix level ready for the mod.

a check of the bottom right corner of your Crysis main menu screen should show the numbers 1.1.1.6156. this will confirm the 1.21 hotfix is installed.
if you get an error message saying

conflict with emulation software detected

replace the Crysis.exe file in bin32 (bin64 for windows 64 bit) with the one we saved earlier. this will fix that error message

next download the mod file.
i got mine here, an so i can verify it works ok

www.onionwars.net/mwll/MWLL-OpenBeta1.rar

(full list of dowload sources are here)
www.mechlivinglegends.net/forum/index.php/topic,6217.0.html



now to open the .Rar file you need winrar, a free copy can be Downloaded here

download.cnet.com/WinRAR/3000-2250_4-10745708.html

now this is important, dont just right click on openbeta1 and extract.
right click on the winrar icon and run as administrator, if you dont do this on vista you will get errors creating the target files.
run winrar "as admininstrator" and then select the MWLL-OpenBeta1.rar file, and extract to
C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis
using the extract and overwrite option

almost there,

next we need to find the file
"example_actionmaps_for_joystick.xml"

it should be in
C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis\mwll\mods



Copy and Paste this file to your Crysis profile found in - My Documents\My Games\Crysis\Profiles

You will have to paste to both profiles (if you have another one besides the default Crysis)

ensure you do this in both the default and YOUR PROFILE directory
My Documents\My Games\Crysis\Profiles\default\actionmaps.xml
My Documents\My Games\Crysis\Profiles\JamesTKirk\actionmaps.xml

Finally delete your old "actionmaps.xml" and rename the copied "example_actionmaps_for_joystick.xml" to "actionmaps.xml"

dont worry about the word joystick, this applies even if you dont have one



now create a shortcut on your desktop, point it to the Crysis.exe file in

C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis\bin32 (for windows 32 bit)
or
C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis\bin64 (for windows 64 bit)

now right click on your shortcut and choose properties

and in the target box paste this (including the quotation marks/rabbit ears)
"C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis\Bin32\crysis.exe" -mod mwll”

replacing the original target string thats there.

now click on the shortcut and Crysis will launch
it will launch like normal, dont worry
once the main menu is up click on the mods tab, and choose the MWLL mod, you will get a message saying game will reboot, say yes........

and it reboots in MWLL mode

now there is no offline content at this stage, its all multiplayer, so you will need a gamespy comrade account (this gets installed during the original crysis install from cd, but you can find it in the subdir on your CD called comrade. run this and create an account. you can actually uninstall comrade afterwards once the account is created if you want (i did) but you need this account and password to access multiplay.

and thats it, simple really

there will be bugs, its a beta version
but ive installed it using these directions and have played online, and hosted a dedicated server.

Good luck, and feel free to contact me if you need help

keymap is here

www.mechlivinglegends.net/images/betaimages/MWLLKEYMAP.jpg

Kirk out


Hotfix.

this will upgrade your beta install to version 3

download the hotfix patch file

www.thelivinglegends.net/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=78

you want the file called MWLL-OpenBeta1-Hotfix1.rar

once you download it, run Winrar "as administrator"

point it to this new file and extract it into

C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis

using the extract and overwrite option

click the "yes to all" button

and its done

you will now be able to join the version 3 servers

[Mr Spock]

This is definitely the MOST painfull experience I have ever been through in an installation.

Besides the elusive winrar unpacking problems (which seemed to finally have been resolved). I believe the process was so buggered up that i decided to do the complete reinstall of Crysis from scratch and go from there.

Well guess what....now I cant even get crysis to run by itself. It locksup my computer and blacksout my monitor and i have to use task manager to get out of it. I'm about to give up after 3 yrs of waiting for this thing. It's very discouraging.

One thing i noticed is that after i uninstalled and reinstalled crysis complete with the 2 patches, I checked the game folder and the previously downloaded mod files were still there!? Not sure how this is possible after presumably wiping out the game and reinstalling from the cd. Any suggestions?

[James Tiberius Kirk]

i hear you mate, its a nightmare to install.

my suggestion would be to use windows control panel to uninstall
then go back and delete the entire crysis directory and subfolders

the windows uninstall wont clean up the mod stuff on its own

then try using my instructions step by step
including getting a new rar file.

i sat in game chat and the MWLL teamspeak server soaking up the issues yesterday.
some of the rar files are corrupt.
the one i linked to is a good one, and it takes about 40 mins to download now that the rush is over

ill be in MSN for the next hour or so

[Mr Spock]

Another issue i ran into was in trying to paste the pathname for the shortcut (C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis\Bin32\crysis.exe" -mod mwll) it comes back with an error stating the pathname is invalid, does not exist.

However if I cant get the basic game running again this problem will be a mute point

[James Tiberius Kirk]

Dec 29, 2009 9:24:33 GMT 10 Mr Spock said:

Another issue i ran into was in trying to paste the pathname for the shortcut (C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis\Bin32\crysis.exe" -mod mwll) it comes back with an error stating the pathname is invalid, does not exist.

However if I cant get the basic game running again this problem will be a mute point

you have to paste the rabbit ears as well copy the entire line below quotes and all, this is straight from my working shortcut


"C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis\Bin32\crysis.exe" -mod mwll”


a clean directory should be

C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek

with just warhead under that, crysis subdir should be gone entirely
then reinstall from CD and patch

[Mr Spock]

Right...

I'm uninstalling crysis again, I'll check for leftovers when it finishes

[James Tiberius Kirk]

yeah once you uninstall it go back and manually delete the crysis folder

i was where you are now yesterday, but i reckon an hour from now we can be walking around the maps on enterprise, chin up mate its doable

if i can do it anyone can

[James Tiberius Kirk]

Im not giving up on your install this easy,
weve waited 3 years, we can spend 3 days debugging it if we have to

im sure we can crack it

Yar can confirm i threw my hands up several times yesterday and said im done with this cagal, but then i started drinking and thinking, and ive got a working copy.

i actually think the solution to your black screen of death at the launch of Crysis.exe is a simple one to fix, and has to do with Crysis.exe itself.

so if you are willing old friend, and remember the SF code of conduct, we dont give up on ourselves or each other when times get tough, lets have another crack.

ive spent the afternoon neck deep in ablution solution and like archimedes, ive had some ideas.

first of all we need to flush Crysis again, both by using the windows uninstall, and then deleting the Crysis folder and all the folders under it.
delete the shortcuts and the old Rar mod files, except the one we will use to patch crysis
then reinstall...... and re patch 1.2 and 1.21
then we need to confirm that works, run crisis from your games folder use the dx10 version, and make sure you get the usual main menu .if it does we need to create a profile called MrSpock (it doesnt like our tags or spaces as i recall)
then, and this is the important part, we need to copy Crysis.exe out of bin32 (or bin64 if you are running windows 64 bit) to somewhere safe like my documents, or if you like create a folder called crysis patches. and save it there. you may also want to save the 1.2 and 1.21 patch files there, this saves time downloading them off the net each time we hammer away at this beast.

Ok, so weve deleted all the junk, reinstalled and got a good copy of crysis patched to 1.2.1 hotfix.

now go into bin32 (or bin64), and make a safe copy of crysis.exe, we will need this file later.
now run winrar "as administrator" and target the mwll-openbeta1 file.
extract it into the crysis directory and let it overwrite whatever it likes.

find the file
example_actionmaps_for_joystick.xml

it should be in
C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis\mwll\mods
(we need to do this again, because the crysis reinstall will have put vanilla files back)


Copy and Paste this file to your Crysis profile found in - My Documents\My Games\Crysis\Profiles

You will have to paste to both profiles

My Documents\My Games\Crysis\Profiles\default\
My Documents\My Games\Crysis\Profiles\MrSpock\


now go into C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis\bin32 (or bin64) and delete Crysis.exe

i think its this file thats giving you the black screen of death, then copy the one we saved after the last known good copy of crysis back in its place.

i reckon that will fix it.

you will need to create the shortcut on the desktop again and insert the new target string as per previous instructions, but the more i think about it the more i reckon replacing the crysis.exe with the original will work.

you can also find the orginal on the CD under Binari~1.cab (Bin32) or Binari~2.cab (Bin64) and unpack it using winrar. but i reckon doing it this way is just as good.

of course we need a good copy of the rar file, and if i thought your last one was good, i would have said just unpack the one from the CD and replace. but i fear we will need to do this from scratch to be sure. up to you though if you want to try a quick fix thats a way to do it, but im concerned some of your files were corrupt.
there was a lot of talk in chat and TS about corrupt rar files, the word was the torrent version was the best, but thats not the version i used.

i had to swap out my Crysis.exe file to fix an issue i had, and while you dont have the same error message, i still feel the problem occuring where it does in your game start is related to the crysis.exe file.

its definatly worth a try

so to recap, flush and reinstall, copy out crysis.exe from a known working copy of the game, extract the patch and do the fiddly bits with the profiles, and then copy the old crysis.exe back
tweak the desktop shortcut and cross your fingers

[James Tiberius Kirk]

this in reply to the same instructions posted at MWLL

i followed your advice about everything except create a shortcut to your desktop i just used a copy of the mwll launcher shortcut and placed it on the desktop it works fine!

excellent! you rock! now beam me up scotty!

that might be worth a try too

[James Tiberius Kirk]

the first of the Hotfixes has been released, this will patch your Beta to version 3.

ive updated the install guide in the OP (opening post) to reflect the extra data and step

[James Tiberius Kirk]

there are some tips regarding game crashes here

www.mechlivinglegends.net/forum/index.php/topic,6568.0.html

[Mr Spock]

Well i am now downloading the Beta again, for the 5th attempt. Every other download I have attempted is corrupted. I am trying the living legends site now and I am at the 33% mark. I really dont understand why I cant seem to get a clean download. I tried the one used by Kirk twice and both attempts were corrupted (and the same files were corrupted each time). But kirk got a clean download first attempt.

I have saved the crysis patches to speed up the re-attemps. Also i run a test on the download with winrar prior to actually unpacking the archive file (it will detect corrupted files so I dont have to install only to find out the download was no good.)

Once I get a clean copy of everything i will then try to get this d**n thing working. But until I can get a clean download, there is no sense trying.

[Mr Spock]

Another failure, I will try another site tomorrow

[James Tiberius Kirk]

Make sure you delete any copys of the rar file on your HD before downloading another one, otherwise it often just checks the files extents and doesnt actually copy new bits.
also i will burn off the file i used to CD and mail it to you at home, and we can try and extract from that.
Its new years day here tomorrow so the mail will be out, but i will have a CD on its way to your doorstep ASAP

[Mr Spock]

Failed attempt #7. still getting corrupt files in the download. I tried to unpack and install anyway as the only corupted file was a level pak. Still getting a black screen lockup when trying to start the game. There is still an issue that I believe is seperate from the corupt download, but i have no idea what it could be.

My next attempt I think will be to install Crysis to another folder and try again.