Erm.. Newbie needs help.. Very sorry!

Abaddon · Post by **Abaddon** » August 2nd, 2004, 11:32 am

ARGH i cant belive this, normally i am totally fine when i start something new, but i jsut cannot find how to install this game! i downloaded the file, unzipped it... but can find nothing that causes instal..

erm, help!?!?

Abaddon · Post by **Abaddon** » August 2nd, 2004, 11:42 am

so what am i doing thats so stupid i cant even see it?

Post by **ettin** » August 2nd, 2004, 11:44 am

Abaddon wrote:ARGH i cant belive this, normally i am totally fine when i start something new, but i jsut cannot find how to install this game! i downloaded the file, unzipped it... but can find nothing that causes instal..

What platform are you on? What version of the game did you download?

PS. Post moved to Technical Support.

SteelP · Post by **SteelP** » August 2nd, 2004, 11:44 am

It seems you have downloaded the code, not the installer... you can download the installer for your operating system (20mb in the downloads section) or you can try to compile it (I think you'll find help in the "Manual" section, at the top of the page).

Abaddon · Post by **Abaddon** » August 2nd, 2004, 11:47 am

im on windows Xp pro, il have a skeg(look

) about for a proper download...

wesnoth-8.0.tar is the file i downloaded.

Abaddon · Post by **Abaddon** » August 2nd, 2004, 11:51 am

HAaha. i saw "Binaries" and that mean nothing for me so continued looking for the game download..

perhaps it could be re-labelled for people like me, or am i alone in my stupidity?

scott · Post by **scott** » August 2nd, 2004, 2:03 pm

Think of it this way. You are now smarter for having done it the hard way and you're now a registered forum user.

Post by **quartex** » August 2nd, 2004, 5:34 pm

I hope you enjoy Wesnoth, Abaddon. If you have any other problems feel free to post to the forums.

Also, perhaps the "binaries" can be clarified so new players who don't necessarily understand computer jargon know what they are? It seems simple to us, but others might be confused.

Post by **Dave** » August 3rd, 2004, 2:12 am

IMHO the Windows and Mac binaries should be displayed the most prominently at the top of the page.

Or maybe our website detect IE and display "THIS IS THE FILE YOU PROBABLY WANT" if IE is the client

David

Circon · Post by **Circon** » August 3rd, 2004, 8:42 am

*supports "THIS IS THE FILE YOU PROBABLY WANT" for IExploder*

Post by **Viliam** » August 3rd, 2004, 9:43 am

Yes, IExplorer should be detected, maybe also other browsers if they say they come from MS Windoze. But instead of saying "this is what you probably want" I would prefer simply highlighting the option: light yellow background, bold text, when mouse is over text play sound "click-me-NOW.wav".

And perhaps also change the text "Windows: wesnoth-windows-0.8.exe" into something more newbie-friendly, like "Installation program for Windows (version 0.8 )".

Lunar2 · Post by **Lunar2** » August 3rd, 2004, 3:24 pm

Can we PLEASE have an 8.1 binary, or at least not be locked out of the main server then? I cannot compile it on my Win XP without overriding a lot of school(college) security, and I'd rather not get caught doing that(downloading the library files).

AT · Post by AT » August 3rd, 2004, 3:27 pm

Play on Server.wesnoth.org until the binary comes out.

Lunar2 · Post by **Lunar2** » August 3rd, 2004, 3:29 pm

And the odds of finding someone else going there after such a spectacular patch are...about nil...

Elvish_Pillager · Post by **Elvish_Pillager** » August 3rd, 2004, 3:30 pm

Lunar2 wrote:And the odds of finding someone else going there after such a spectacular patch are...about nil...

I just played a game there.

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