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No shortcuts created during installation - How to run the Updater?

Related ticket: http://dev-heaven.net/issues/13899

If you installed the updater into: C:\Program Files (x86)\Six-Updater

then the commandline for the shortcuts should be:

GUI

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Six-Updater\tools\ruby\bin\ruby.exe" -rubygems six-updater-web.rb webrick

Console

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Six-Updater\tools\ruby\bin\ruby.exe" -rubygems six-updater.rb

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Six-Updater"

How to convert an existing modfolder to be compatible with updater

Related ticket

Web GUI

• Requires latest six updater setup >= 0.15 and six-updater library >= 0.20.0
  Run "Update RubyGems" or "Six Updater GUI", to make sure all libraries are updated to the latest version
• On the main page, select a preset with the mods you wish to convert
• Then set action to "Convert" then hit "Execute"
• After completion you can use the "Install or Update" action to update the mod to the latest version

Console

• Requires latest six updater setup >= 0.15
  Run "Update RubyGems" or "Six Updater GUI", to make sure all libraries are updated to the latest version
• Open a command prompt, must be "Run as administrator" on Vista/7
• The following assumes @ACE as example mod and that you have installed ArmA in: C:\games\arma 2
  and the updater in C:\Program Files (x86)\six-updater

• C:
  cd "\Program Files (x86)\six-updater"
  tools\ruby\bin\ruby.exe six-rsync.rb --convert "C:/games/arma 2/@ACE"

If no errors occurred, you can now use the Six Updater or Six Updater GUI to start updating to the latest version.

Custom ArmA installation folder

Either make sure the registry entry at HKLM\Software\Bohemia Interactive Studio\ArmA 2\MAIN is pointing to the correct installation folder, (On x64: HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Bohemia ...)

Or define the path to your arma installation in the web-client, in your favorite Settings profile (A2 Standalone, A2 Any (autodetect) and A2 Oa Any (autodetect), are 3 available defaults).

You can change the settings profiles in Configuration -> Settings Profiles.
Don't forget to save/execute, on the Main page, otherwise the settings are not saved.

You can also manually set :app_path: C:/bla/arma 2 manually in your six-updater.yml, mind you, the / as opposed to \ is required!

Force select specific ArmA 2 Edition

e.g to force "ArmA 2 OA: Combined Ops"; Create a custom Settings Profile

1. Configuration -> Settings -> Create New
2. set the type to "Arma2OaCo"
3. save it
4. select this new settings profile on the main page, click save to confirm fix.

Permission Denied

There probably have been data model additions, please reset System Data, on the Configuration page.

Exit, Bug, Segfault etc.

Please exclude six-updater\tools\ruby\bin\ruby.exe   from DEP (Data Execution Prevention).

Updater stalls during rsync operations

Try installing the software in e.g C:\Six-updater instead of the program files folder.
Refs #7112.

Filter the filetypes that will be downloaded

In Configuration -> Mods. If you edit a mod, there is an include and an exclude field.

By default these are empty. However it allows you to for instance, only download/update bikey files, without downloading all the rest, for this all you have to do is add; *.bikey to the include field of the mod, save it, and run the usual actions.

Installer creates no shortcuts

Please create one manually: Six Updater Suite+shortcut

Default Username and Password

admin / admin

Disable Gamespy features

Remove gslist.exe from Six-Updater\tools

Web-client doesn't start / chcp errors

Copy

C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com

to Six-updater\tools\ruby\bin and rename the copy to chcp.*exe*

Updater hangs/freezes during unpacking operations

• Try installing the updater outside Program Files folder
• Try unpacking This zip file into Six-Updater\tools (Default installation folder is under C:\Program Files)

Software not working due to antivirus

The software doesn't seem to run properly with (old versions of):

• BitDefender (#6758)
• Symantec Endpoint Protection (#6803)
• ESET Smart Security, new version fixed #6990

This might just be a version issue, and updating your software to the latest might resolve it.
Some have worked around it by disabling certain parts of the security software.
Some people have uninstalled the software and have switched to Avast (Home edition, free).

IMPORTANT NOTE: Disabling firewall/antivirus software usually has no effect, because their filters remain active/loaded!

Webupdater window disappears / website unreachable

Tracked at: #6853

Unable to open Database

After installation, go to the installation folder (where the program resides, not the configuration).
Create a new text file (extension .txt), and name it: legacy
Then run the software. It should not create directories/files in the application data folder, and instead should use the database in the program folder, etc.

Otherwise, check #7408 (note-12)

Updater says latest version is installed, but version ingame is lower

Vista / 7 Users be aware; UAC / Virtual store issues
If you have weird behaviour, mods that say they are installed but no modfolders exist, or different versions are reported than are installed, please clean your virtual store (any arma/six-updater related files should be removed) and always run the software "as Administrator", check related ticket: #6806 for details.

WARNING : Folder Already exists but seems incompatible. Not Installing

The current mod installation folder seems to already exist but is not compatible with Six Updater.

If you wish to use the software with this mod, please move the current mod folder away or delete it.

Then run the software again.

Userconfig error when starting the game

• ReRun the "Userconfig" action, from the web-client, Main page.
  or
• Manually copy ArmA 2\@mod\userconfig\*** to ArmA 2\userconfig\mod\***

Otherwise retry updating one more time. If all fails, delete the @mod folder and retry.
Also, please make sure if you use the Official ArmA 2 Beta, that your shortcut has the correct "Start in" set to your ArmA 2 install folder
*NOT* the beta folder

Error compiling pixel shader

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA2:_Error_compiling_pixel_shader

Encoding::CompatibilityError

Example: "Incompatible character encodings: CP850 and UTF-8 (Or other)"

Please try adding -U behind "ruby.exe" in the shortcut.

Non English Users

By furomeshiner: For non Engilsh-OS users:
if you cant open Web intarface http://localhost:16333, try this step

1,Right click DOS window's Title bar

2,press T (or select second from bottom)
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3,chose preset code page value to 437 (red circle)
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then restart Six updater
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Logitech Webcam

Cygwin software may trigger a 100% CPU spin on a Logitech service software used for webcams.
Reference here: http://forums.logitech.com/t5/Webcams/Conflict-between-Logitech-LVPrcSrv-service-and-Cygwin/m-p/4062

Workaround:

• stop and disable LVPrcSrv service. It's named Process Monitor with description Injector service.