StalkerSoup installation problems...

Sword2012 wrote:

Until Aleks1970 modifies the Installer, the only thing I can see that looks out of place is your installation folder of 'Programs 2'

Try removing the space, in case Windows or the Installer has problems with it, or just call the folder 'Games', so that your installation path is D:\Games\Stalkersoup

Let us know how it goes, please

No dice. It's not that big a problem though, I can wait a couple of weeks for the installer to be fixed. I have a backlog I've been meaning to go through anyways.

I have those messages...



And...



I've been able to play it before without any problem, but... there's no luck this time...

Arthoryum wrote:

I have those messages...

As a matter of interest, how come your StalkerSoup game is named 'S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow of Chernobyl'? instead of 'STALKERSOUP'?

Surely there's got to be a clue there...

Sword2012 wrote:

Arthoryum wrote:

I have those messages...

As a matter of interest, how come your StalkerSoup game is named 'S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow of Chernobyl'? instead of 'STALKERSOUP'?

Surely there's got to be a clue there...

'cause i paste there the files of the folder StalkerSoup, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl is where i install the main game, and StalkerSoup is where the files of the installation of the mod are.

Arthoryum wrote:

Sword2012 wrote:

Arthoryum wrote:

I have those messages...

As a matter of interest, how come your StalkerSoup game is named 'S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow of Chernobyl'? instead of 'STALKERSOUP'?

Surely there's got to be a clue there...

'cause i paste there the files of the folder StalkerSoup, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl is where i install the main game, and StalkerSoup is where the files of the installation of the mod are.

Stalkersoup is NOT a mod for SoC. It's a full game in itself, includes a highly modified version of the XRay engine, and is definitely NOT meant to be installed into an SoC folder...

Please see the installation guide here [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Sword2012 wrote:

Arthoryum wrote:

Sword2012 wrote:

Arthoryum wrote:

I have those messages...

As a matter of interest, how come your StalkerSoup game is named 'S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow of Chernobyl'? instead of 'STALKERSOUP'?

Surely there's got to be a clue there...

'cause i paste there the files of the folder StalkerSoup, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl is where i install the main game, and StalkerSoup is where the files of the installation of the mod are.

Stalkersoup is NOT a mod for SoC. It's a full game in itself, includes a highly modified version of the XRay engine, and is definitely NOT meant to be installed into an SoC folder...

Please see the installation guide here [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

It gives me the same message... , it tells me that i don't have that dll... MSVCP100.dll, !

Arthoryum wrote:

It gives me the same message... , it tells me that i don't have that dll... MSVCP100.dll, !

You may have had other files pre-existing in your folder, that the game didn't overwrite, but actually needs to work

May I suggest that you save your _appdata_ folder, totally delete the game and all its registry entries, and reinstall it from scratch following the guide to the letter?

If you need another installation of SoC, CoP, Clear Sky, Call of Chernobyl, Lost Alpha, etc then put them in their own folders. STALKERSOUP should be in a folder of its own, and not joined with any other game...

Sword2012 wrote:

Arthoryum wrote:

It gives me the same message... , it tells me that i don't have that dll... MSVCP100.dll, !

You may have had other files pre-existing in your folder, that the game didn't overwrite, but actually needs to work

May I suggest that you save your _appdata_ folder, totally delete the game and all its registry entries, and reinstall it from scratch following the guide to the letter?

If you need another installation of SoC, CoP, Clear Sky, Call of Chernobyl, Lost Alpha, etc then put them in their own folders. STALKERSOUP should be in a folder of its own, and not joined with any other game...

I'll see what can i do, thank you!!

Arthoryum wrote:

Sword2012 wrote:

Arthoryum wrote:

It gives me the same message... , it tells me that i don't have that dll... MSVCP100.dll, !

You may have had other files pre-existing in your folder, that the game didn't overwrite, but actually needs to work

May I suggest that you save your _appdata_ folder, totally delete the game and all its registry entries, and reinstall it from scratch following the guide to the letter?

If you need another installation of SoC, CoP, Clear Sky, Call of Chernobyl, Lost Alpha, etc then put them in their own folders. STALKERSOUP should be in a folder of its own, and not joined with any other game...

I'll see what can i do, thank you!!

It also helps if Soup is installed on a separate drive preferably an internal SSD with sufficient space to allow for archived saves and screenshots.

Arthoryum wrote:

Sword2012 wrote:

Arthoryum wrote:

It gives me the same message... , it tells me that i don't have that dll... MSVCP100.dll, !

You may have had other files pre-existing in your folder, that the game didn't overwrite, but actually needs to work

May I suggest that you save your _appdata_ folder, totally delete the game and all its registry entries, and reinstall it from scratch following the guide to the letter?

If you need another installation of SoC, CoP, Clear Sky, Call of Chernobyl, Lost Alpha, etc then put them in their own folders. STALKERSOUP should be in a folder of its own, and not joined with any other game...

I'll see what can i do, thank you!!

That dll is part of Microsoft Visual C++ 2010, and is either missing or damaged. Try re-installing it from:
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] (32 bit)

and
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] (64 bit)

Install both. If the installer says it's already installed, then do a repair install. This dll is found in \Windows\System32, and not in the STALKER directory. For some reason, this is not an uncommon error with Windows 10.

Good luck.

kd6dm wrote:

Arthoryum wrote:

Sword2012 wrote:

Arthoryum wrote:

It gives me the same message... , it tells me that i don't have that dll... MSVCP100.dll, !

You may have had other files pre-existing in your folder, that the game didn't overwrite, but actually needs to work

May I suggest that you save your _appdata_ folder, totally delete the game and all its registry entries, and reinstall it from scratch following the guide to the letter?

If you need another installation of SoC, CoP, Clear Sky, Call of Chernobyl, Lost Alpha, etc then put them in their own folders. STALKERSOUP should be in a folder of its own, and not joined with any other game...

I'll see what can i do, thank you!!

That dll is part of Microsoft Visual C++ 2010, and is either missing or damaged. Try re-installing it from:
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] (32 bit)

and
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] (64 bit)

Install both. If the installer says it's already installed, then do a repair install. This dll is found in \Windows\System32, and not in the STALKER directory. For some reason, this is not an uncommon error with Windows 10.

Good luck.

Thank you so much, to everyone but in special to kd6dm, 'cause finally i can play the game without any problem... !!

bisousbisous wrote:

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It seems, that the xrGame.dll file is unreachable or missing from the bin folder.
I need screenshot of your STALKERSOUP folder and also bin (bin, bin_DX11 and bin_DX11_SweetFX) folders...

bisousbisous wrote:

Spoiler:

Date stamps of the files are ok.
Now I would ask you if you're ready to check/compare the permissions for the STALKERSOUP files and folders on your computer with this: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
file

I have found some websites to read about the win10 permissions and their solutions:
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HOLY SHIT IT WORKS AFTER USING THAT TAKE OWNERSHIP REGEDIT

THANK YOU

Edit:
@Aleks1970

One more thing, what does hardcore mode change in the launcher?

bisousbisous wrote:

Edit:
@Aleks1970

One more thing, what does hardcore mode change in the launcher?

STALKERSOUP becomes a little harder than on the normal version...

Aleks1970 wrote:

bisousbisous wrote:

Edit:
@Aleks1970

One more thing, what does hardcore mode change in the launcher?

STALKERSOUP become somewhat harder than on the normal version...

That much i guessed but I was just wondering about specifics like less ammo drops, guns get dropped in lower condition, etc.

bisousbisous wrote:

That much i guessed but I was just wondering about specifics like less ammo drops, guns get dropped in lower condition, etc.

It will change the:
carrying capacity,
environmental immunity
weapons damage...

Hi guys, general info for everyone installing Stalkersoup. Follow the good advice of Aleks1970, and sword 2012. Then, do 2 things:
1. Remove the read-only attribute from ALL files in your Stalkersoup directory.
2. Take Ownership like both aleks1970 and I recommended in previous posts.

Windows 10 is known to screw things up with permissions. As Owner, you should have full control over the Stalkersoup directory. Good luck to you.

kd6dm wrote:

1. Remove the read-only attribute from ALL files in your Stalkersoup directory.
2. Take Ownership like both aleks1970 and I recommended in previous posts.

Windows 10 is known to screw things up with permissions. As Owner, you should have full control over the Stalkersoup directory. Good luck to you.

Good advice and thanks, kd6dm

I'll ensure that it goes into the Installation Help guide

After building my new PC using the same operating system from my previous PC, the STALKERSOUP installation setup executable is telling me it is not compatible with my version of windows(? Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit) and will not allow me to install the game.

rusty_shackleford wrote:

After building my new PC using the same operating system from my previous PC, the STALKERSOUP installation setup executable is telling me it is not compatible with my version of windows(? Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit) and will not allow me to install the game.

Would you explain what you mean by "using the same operating system from my previous PC"?

Did you install Windows 7 afresh, or did you migrate the old installed OS onto your new PC (which is a terrible idea!)

If it has a fresh installation, did you follow the Installation Help Guide to the letter?

It's a fresh installation, and I've installed STALKERSOUP plenty of times before. Doing everything the same as last time. What I meant was it's the same OS version of Windows.

rusty_shackleford wrote:

It's a fresh installation, and I've installed STALKERSOUP plenty of times before. Doing everything the same as last time. What I meant was it's the same OS version of Windows.

I also use Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, and in creating the Installation Help guide I listed every step I took when installing StalkerSoup

The guide was then updated to include every known problem others have encountered in installing the game

The latest online version is here
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If you've followed the instructions to the letter and still have problems, please let us know so we can resolve it, because it'll be a new issue that needs adding to the guide...

Okay, I believe the issue might be caused by the fact I still have my old HDD plugged into my PC that hasn't been formatted yet so I'm going to format that drive as I upgrade to Windows 10 today. I'll post when I am finished upgrading.

EDIT: Okay, no more previous error but now I get this:



I am in fact running as admin.

EDIT 2: The 1.1.0012 Game Verifier doesn't actually do anything for me either.

The game is in my e: drive and when I launch, I get an error saying the engine is missing and I looked in all the folders. Sorry, I'm such a pest.

you are trying to run it from a shortcut, it probably needs to be recreated as the index to the hdd has changed

None of the folders have the xr engine in them. I think that's what it's looking for. I'll do a re-download and reinstall.

rusty_shackleford wrote:

Okay, I believe the issue might be caused by the fact I still have my old HDD plugged into my PC that hasn't been formatted yet so I'm going to format that drive as I upgrade to Windows 10 today. I'll post when I am finished upgrading.

Spoiler:

I am in fact running as admin.

Create a new "StalkerSoup_installer" folder and move the installation program files:
STALKERSOUP game setup.exe
STALKERSOUP game setup-1.bin
STALKERSOUP game setup-2.bin
STALKERSOUP game setup-3.bin
STALKERSOUP game setup-4.bin
STALKERSOUP game setup-5.bin
STALKERSOUP game setup-6.bin
STALKERSOUP game setup-7.bin
STALKERSOUP game setup-8.bin
STALKERSOUP game setup-9.bin
STALKERSOUP game setup-10.bin
in the new folder...

rusty_shackleford wrote:

EDIT 2: The 1.1.0012 Game Verifier doesn't actually do anything for me either.

Move "STALKERSOUP 1.1.0012 Game Verifier.exe" to the "StalkerSoup_installer" folder an then start the Game Verifier program...

Installed 1.10012 and it worked fine until I updated to 1.10014 setup. I continued from a save and my inventory showed military PDA's. Oh!! The update work...until I returned to Cordon....loading user autosave...Black screen of death...submit crash. Tried reboot of computer...same problem. Tried starting a new game...saw Doctor...took my medicine like a good boy...black screen again. Because of my advanced years, slow reflexes and instinctive fear of death, I play in God mode.

Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope.

Bobby

Rocketman wrote:

Installed 1.10012 and it worked fine until I updated to 1.10014 setup. I continued from a save and my inventory showed military PDA's. Oh!! The update work...until I returned to Cordon....loading user autosave...Black screen of death...submit crash. Tried reboot of computer...same problem. Tried starting a new game...saw Doctor...took my medicine like a good boy...black screen again. Because of my advanced years, slow reflexes and instinctive fear of death, I play in God mode.

Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope.

Bobby

This is not the update you are looking for.

It sounds as if you have the original 110014 release. This had an error which caused crashes when teleporting - which is what happens when you take Doc's medicine. There is a micro-patch to fix this. Download Aleks1970's revised updater here:
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and it should install the micro-patch for you.

Please Help , I don't have an extra drive to put this game on , what do I do ?

DragonMaster wrote:

Please Help , I don't have an extra drive to put this game on , what do I do ?

you need only 19 gb hard disc space.

Sword2012 has put together an excellent STALKERSOUP installation how-to at [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

I'd thoroughly read Sword2012's how-to befor continuing.

Assuming Win10, ideally you want to re-arrange the main partition to include a new, 30Gb or so STALKERSOP partition that you own and install there. For instance, the standard "C" partion needs broken up into "C" and say, "E". I haven't done this for a while but DO NOT use the windows partition tool as it won't work for your needs. Some managers can be viewed at [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] but I'm not sure which to use.

If all that seems like a lot of work, at least make a C:\STALKERSOUP directory and assume ownersihip of it and all files under it.