Keeperfx will not start

[rickee88]

I have the same problem too. I've read the Readme but they don't tell you what they need and when I used the launcher it always say that "Files needed not found" even if I have the image for DK1 and have copied and installed using Dosbox to get whatever files needed.

I decided to try and copy files over manually and here's my log:- (Before manual copy, the log is the same as Lemon's)


Dungeon Keeper FX ver 0.4.0.386 (standard release)
LOG CREATED @ 22:29:57 16-11-2011

Sync: LbMouseChangeMoveRatio: New ratio 256x256
Sync: CPU GenuineIntel type 0 family 6 model 5 stepping 5 features bfebfbff
Sync: PhysicalMemory 32
Sync: Memory-demanding features enabled.
Sync: LbMouseChangeMoveRatio: New ratio 256x256
Sync: LbScreenSetup: Mode 640x480x32 setup succeeded
Sync: Moon phase 0.3035
Sync: LbScreenSetup: Mode 640x480x32 setup succeeded
LbDataFree: freeing "*PALETTE"...done
LbDataFree: freeing "*SCRATCH"...done
Sync: GraphicsHeap Size 8388608
Sync: SoundHeap Size 8388608
Sync: Sound samples in banks: 840,126
Sync: Pentium Pro polygon rendering on
Sync: Recomputing fade tables
Sync: setup_game: Speech recognition disabled: KeeperSpeech module not found
LbDataFree: freeing "data/hpointer.dat"...done
LbDataFree: freeing "data/hpointer.tab"...done
Error: LbDataLoadAll: Can't load file "ldata/frontft1.dat"
Error: LbDataLoadAll: Can't load file "ldata/frontft1.tab"
Error: LbDataLoadAll: Can't load file "ldata/frontft2.dat"
Error: LbDataLoadAll: Can't load file "ldata/frontft2.tab"
Error: LbDataLoadAll: Can't load file "ldata/frontft4.dat"
Error: LbDataLoadAll: Can't load file "ldata/frontft4.tab"
Error: setup_screen_mode_minimal: Unable to load vres256_load_files_minimal files
LbDataFree: freeing "*SCRATCH"...done
LbDataFree: freeing "*TEXTURE_PAGE"...done
LbDataFree: freeing "data\creature.tab"...done
LbDataFree: freeing "data\palette.dat"...done
LbDataFree: freeing "data\bluepal.dat"...done
LbDataFree: freeing "data\redpall.dat"...done
LbDataFree: freeing "data\lightng.pal"...done
LbDataFree: freeing "data\dogpal.pal"...done
LbDataFree: freeing "data\vampal.pal"...done

[DragonsLover]

I thought the original thread said I didnt need dk1, where would I get these files if I didnt have them?

That was for older versions of KeeperFX. Now, you need an original copy of the game to play KeeperFX. Search around and you may find what you need.

I decided to try and copy files over manually and here's my log:- (Before manual copy, the log is the same as Lemon's)

Big mistake. DO NOT copy files from the CD to the KeeperFX directory. You must use the integrated installer in order to make the game running.

[lemonlord]

could I get the version that doesnt need dk1 off of his website? that seems a lot simpler.

[DragonsLover]

Sure, just get an older version. Version 0.37 upgraded to 0.37c should run pretty fine.

[Mothrayas]

That does kinda defeat the whole point of the whole "requiring DK1" thing, though.

[lemonlord]

oh man I cant get .37 anymore he took it down

[DragonsLover]

Either ask Mefisto to get it back or try to locate an image disc of the game somewhere to use with the latest version of KeeperFX. If you search a bit, you should get what you need.

[mefistotelis]

Yeah, most of older versions won't download anymore, only patches can still be downloaded. Sorry for that; these files were deleted from the server.