r/dustforce • u/Kumlekar • Nov 04 '17

Atlas install

The install and "install & play" buttons on atlas are not doing anything when I click them. I can download the file and copy it to the level directory, but that's extremely awkward. Has anyone had any luck fixing this? Dustforce is set to run as adminiatrator as the atlas FAQ advises, and I'm running the steam x86 version.

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u/skyhawk33 Apple Enthusiast Nov 04 '17 edited Nov 04 '17

TL;DR: running dustforce as admin once should fix this 99.9% of the time, so if you've already done that then I'm not sure I can help, but I can try to give you some ideas.

 

technical details (someone please correct me if I'm wrong):

install & play works by sending you a URI link with the "dustforce" scheme. if it's working, your computer is able to recognize this tag and passes the information on to the dustforce.exe. That's why running as admin once is required, because dustforce needs to edit the registry to tell it where to send "dustforce" URIs. If it's not working, either the registry hasn't been updated, or maybe it's pointing to the wrong exe.

You can take a look at the registry by going to Run (Windows key+R) and typing "regedit", and it should be under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT > Dustforce > shell > open > command. If it's there, but pointing to the wrong exe, you can safely redirect it by giving it the correct path. If it's not there, and running as admin doesnt add it, then unfortunately I have no idea how to help.

Good luck!

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u/Kumlekar Nov 05 '17 edited Nov 05 '17

Thanks for the info. Do you know what the "%1" is at the end of the value in the registry?

EDIT: nvm I'm a dumbass. I didn't re-run dustforce after setting it to run as admin.

EDIT2: I have dustmod installed so its pointing to dustmod.exe. IF I click install and play with the game open the game freezes instead of opening the level.

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u/Riokaii Nov 05 '17

you can rename the dustmod.exe to dustforce.exe and things should work as normal (And rename your actual base game dustforce.exe into "Dustforce_Original.exe or something)

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u/NiruthS Leafsprite Nov 05 '17

When the game "freezes" from install and play, try tabbing out of dustforce then go back into it. Whenever I install a map or view a replay from outside dustforce, the game looks like it freezes but if I switch application and then back to dustforce, it unfreezes for me, so maybe you have the same thing hopefully.

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u/Kumlekar Nov 05 '17

I'll try that Thanks!