Install-Prob

koenich · Post by **koenich** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:08 am

Yesterday, I wanted to play with you.
I downloaded the mappack,
but in the moment I wanted to install it,
it said me: I cant find POE on your system!

Poe is installed on my system and it works!
What is the prob, HELP

PLEASE

styphon · Post by **styphon** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:06 am

Sounds like the reg wasn't installed properly. Re-install POE2

MrPaladin · Post by **MrPaladin** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:05 am

Install programs use entries in the registry to determine if a game is installed or not.... either your registry entries arnt correct (do you use a registry cleaner) or you installed POE2 into a non tandard directory and the install program only looks for the default path

Ramrod64 · Post by **Ramrod64** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:32 am

the installer i had only asked for my bf2/mod/ folder and put the files into the right place. wonder why the installer was looking for the poe installation.

Winter_Lion · Post by **Winter_Lion** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:50 am

Mods don't depend on the registry like the base game does.

Poe does install shortcuts on the start\programs menu to make it possible to start your BF2 with the POE mod up and running when you logon. Saves you from using Community\custom games tab and then having to restart BF2.

You may have dupllicated a mod or levels folder at some point and now the installer is confused. I had two days of frustration trying to upgrade my Nero 7 to Nero 7 Ultra Enhanced simply because the cab files were one folder farther down the folder tree than the default location and the standard issue installer most applications use now is just too stupid to look around when it finds a problem and just too cheap to have a drop down style menu allowing the user to choose alternate cab file sources, ect.

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"C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\BF2.exe" +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +modPath mods/poe2

This is where my Poe mod, listed in Programs menu looks to find .exe files as well as the optional commands that follow said BF2 exe file.

Is your shortcut icon similar, the same or not even close?

Winter

Here's a thought..............Try pointing the mappack install program at your POE shortcut on the desktop. It should follow the chain all the way down to "mods/poe2", and even the freeware installer app. can find it's way home with that much help.

Give it a shot..............nothing to lose at present.

Post by **Goggles** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:18 am

To fix the issue with "cannot find POE2" upon install do these easy steps

Copy this text into notepad and save it on your desktop as "something.reg" -- the .reg bit is important!

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PoE:2]
"NSIS:StartMenuDir"="Point of Existence 2"
"DisplayName"="PoE:2 1.1.5.0"
"UninstallString"="C:\\Program Files\\EA GAMES\\Battlefield 2\\mods\\poe2\\uninstall.exe"
"DisplayIcon"="C:\\Program Files\\EA GAMES\\Battlefield 2\\mods\\poe2\\poe2.ico"
"DisplayVersion"="1.1.5.0"
"URLInfoAbout"="http://www.pointofexistence.com"
"Publisher"="Point of Existence"
"NSIS:Language"="1033"

Double click the file you just saved to execute it, and it will insert those lines into your registry. Make sure that the locations are correct first, though

They're in default installs now.

That should be it, you should be able to install the POE2 maps now

koenich · Post by **koenich** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 4:58 am

Thank you!
I will try it

Post by **Ash2Dust** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:39 pm

The reg example above specifies a specific directory. You may have to alter the directory path in the example, if BF2 was not installed in the default directory.

koenich · Post by **koenich** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:02 pm

Sure