can't start game Win 7: Function call failed: return value was -110100 (VFS directory not found)

[mst]

Attached message after attempt on a win 7 home premium OS system.

0ad bug rpt.txt

[historic_bruno]

Hi, please attach the crashlog files as it says, you can find them in the game's log folder. By "log in", do you mean starting the game?

[mst]

Yes I do mean that I can't start the game. the problem is intermittent, as in it only happens sometimes. This attached bug report is more verbose. if this does not help I will root out the one in the log folder. Thanks.

bug rprt2.txt

[historic_bruno]

Hi, the error is identical to the one reported here. Where did you install the game? Can you check if uninstalling, then reinstalling (in the default path on the C drive) fixes this?

[niektb]

It isn't a problem to run from other partitions dan C:.

At least on my Win XP I've installed 0 A.D. in the D: partition and everything works fine.

[historic_bruno]

It isn't a problem to run from other partitions dan C:.

At least on my Win XP I've installed 0 A.D. in the D: partition and everything works fine.

Can you confirm that all the files (except logs, etc. created when the game runs) get installed on D:? I wonder if people run out of disk space on C:, so choose to install on another drive/partition, but the installer fails somehow. It's strange that this error has been reported so often.

[niektb]

Can you confirm that all the files (except logs, etc. created when the game runs) get installed on D:? I wonder if people run out of disk space on C:, so choose to install on another drive/partition, but the installer fails somehow. It's strange that this error has been reported so often.

As far as I know, yes. But I do not have the time to check yet, tomorrow I'll do so.

[Romulus]

This post should be moved to the help section.

[historic_bruno]

It's a bug report, it's fine here.

[niektb]

I couldn't find any other files than the ones located at my D: drive. So yes, I can confirm that everything gets installed on the D: (in my case)

[feneur]

I'm not certain, but I do seem to recall people having had issues in the past when they didn't have enough space on the C drive - not because the game installs to it, but rather that it uses it (to store temporary files or similar) during the installation.

[historic_bruno]

I'm not certain, but I do seem to recall people having had issues in the past when they didn't have enough space on the C drive - not because the game installs to it, but rather that it uses it (to store temporary files or similar) during the installation.

That's a good point and now that you mention it, I've heard that too. But the installer really should fail in that case, that's a kind of serious bug

[feneur]

That's a good point and now that you mention it, I've heard that too. But the installer really should fail in that case, that's a kind of serious bug

Maybe it does, it might not be related to this at all. I just remembered it It would probably be helpful to know if the person encountering these issues have got any free space on the C drive in any case, just ot have one more known variable