[PROGRAM] X Plugin Manager : V1.87 : 2024-01-06

Valkyrie004 · Post by **Valkyrie004** » Sun, 24. Jan 10, 11:07

Hiya!

I loaded the manager today to install something, and it requested permission to update, so I said yes. It installed, then the whole program stopped working. Now I get an error whenever I try to open the manager.

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The procedure entry point
?GetCurrentDirectory@CPackages@@QAE?AVCyString@@XZ could not be located in the dynamic link library spk.dll.

Post by **Cycrow** » Sun, 24. Jan 10, 11:39

yeah its a problem with the auto updater from the old version, just download the full installer and reinstall and it should work.

the auto updater is fixed in 1.10, so it'll work to update to future versions

Web Goblin · Post by **Web Goblin** » Sun, 24. Jan 10, 11:59

I havent played TC for over a year now but have just installed in in my new computer. Along with my ATI5870 it should run very smoothly so it looks like time to start again.
Cycrow its good to see that you are still supporting this game.
One question though, as for installing ships with the new manager where do they appear or how do I assign them to shipyards?

Mnay thanks

Ian

Post by **Cycrow** » Sun, 24. Jan 10, 12:03

ships can be assigned to shipyards from the ship creator, then they should be added to the shipyards of what ever races were assigned.

Valkyrie004 · Post by **Valkyrie004** » Sun, 24. Jan 10, 12:44

Cycrow wrote:yeah its a problem with the auto updater from the old version, just download the full installer and reinstall and it should work.

the auto updater is fixed in 1.10, so it'll work to update to future versions

Okay. I download & installed it. It works again. Thank you.

heh...such an easy fix, feel silly for even asking about it. lol

Web Goblin · Post by **Web Goblin** » Sun, 24. Jan 10, 13:18

Cycrow,
I take it I need to install the old plugin manager as well to get the ship creator?

Post by **Cycrow** » Sun, 24. Jan 10, 13:37

no the old ship creator is included in the full installer, just goto the option at the bottom for Old Tools

Web Goblin · Post by **Web Goblin** » Sun, 24. Jan 10, 14:58

Cycrow,
Have installed the old tools package, forgot to check the box forst time.
When I pick the X3 directory the ship creator says it cannot find the exe file even though it is the correct directory. Tried to point to it manually and get the same error. Plugin manager lite finds the x3 directory ok.
The auto updater for the SPK library also gives a SONAR warning in NORTON IS 2010.
Any ideas?

Post by **Cycrow** » Sun, 24. Jan 10, 15:37

the ship creator is only the old one, and it only works with X3 Reunion

the warning is from auto Updater.exe itself ?

no idea y it would be cause that, as its just a basic file downloader in .net

Post by **Cycrow** » Sun, 24. Jan 10, 16:57

ok i looked into SONAR some more and seems like your own opens is to exclude the file from being scanned.

only way to make it not bring up a false positive is to add a digital signature to the file, which isn't cheap.

nikvest · Post by **nikvest** » Mon, 25. Jan 10, 14:30

Hi, I have a practical question:

Do I have to uninstall old Plugin Manager v2.20 b6 before installing Plugin Manager Lite v1.10? And what should I do with active scripts if I uninstall old one - deactivate them prior to installing or what?

Post by **Cycrow** » Mon, 25. Jan 10, 15:57

You can ininstall the old first althou it doesn't matter
The scripts will all be fine the new one will recognise what's already installed by the old manager and use that

Web Goblin · Post by **Web Goblin** » Mon, 25. Jan 10, 17:33

Thanks Cycrow,
I forgot that the ship creator didnt work with TC. I might try the downloader later without NORTON turned on for just the download then it can scan the file after to check if it wants to.
Just a bit busy playing Bioshock at the moment. Could not get it to run correctly on my last computer but eith my new graphics card its sweet.

Thanks

Ian

nikvest · Post by **nikvest** » Mon, 25. Jan 10, 18:04

Is Plugin Manager supposed to create 10.dat and 10.cat files? In my particular case it created 11.dat and 11.cat, because my old 10.dat and 10.cat from Plugin Manager v2.20 v6 weren't deleted when uninstalled.

Edit: NVM, solved it. It was EMP, it creates fake patch files.

Valkyrie004 · Post by **Valkyrie004** » Mon, 25. Jan 10, 21:14

Is there any other program like ship creator that is compatible with X3:TC? Or is there a possible update for Ship creator?

Post by **Cycrow** » Mon, 25. Jan 10, 23:33

nikvest wrote:Is Plugin Manager supposed to create 10.dat and 10.cat files? In my particular case it created 11.dat and 11.cat, because my old 10.dat and 10.cat from Plugin Manager v2.20 v6 weren't deleted when uninstalled.

Edit: NVM, solved it. It was EMP, it creates fake patch files.

you dont need EMP anymore, the plugin manager generates the files for you

Post by **Cycrow** » Mon, 25. Jan 10, 23:34

Valkyrie004 wrote:Is there any other program like ship creator that is compatible with X3:TC? Or is there a possible update for Ship creator?

there is no chance for an update to the ship creator, the source code was lost so no way to make any changes.

a new version will be available eventually however

nikvest · Post by **nikvest** » Tue, 26. Jan 10, 00:27

Cycrow wrote:
nikvest wrote:Is Plugin Manager supposed to create 10.dat and 10.cat files? In my particular case it created 11.dat and 11.cat, because my old 10.dat and 10.cat from Plugin Manager v2.20 v6 weren't deleted when uninstalled.

Edit: NVM, solved it. It was EMP, it creates fake patch files.
you dont need EMP anymore, the plugin manager generates the files for you

Thanks. I actually didn't know that.

lionheart_001 · Post by **lionheart_001** » Tue, 26. Jan 10, 03:27

Cycrow,

I just installed the new X Plugin Manager Lite and cannot seem to find the EXE file. Can you tell me where its located? Ive looked all over C drive and H drive. I have X3 on H drive presently. I looked in the Plugin Manager folders and found no EXE files.

Many thanks and thanks for these awesome programs.

LH

pepperg · Post by **pepperg** » Tue, 26. Jan 10, 04:46

xpluginmanager attempted to auto update to 1.10 but failed, at least i think so. it won't open now and gives this error whenever I try to open it:

The procedure entry point ?SetOverrideFiles@CBaseFile@@QAEX_N@Z could not be located in the dynamic link library spk.dll

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