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Submitted by iryan on Sat, 2014-03-29 17:14

bare_elf wrote:
As you know I am running windows 7. I was able to get gmax installed and registered. DS1 Tool Kit and DS2 Tool Kit are both installed in the only place that win7 will install them.
Program Files x86. now when I try to install the art packs for ds1 I keep getting the error message that DS1 Tool Kit is not installed and the stupid installer does not allow me to change where DS1 tool kit is. What Do I Do NOW!

Elf


Looking at my installation of GMax, the ArtAssets are installed into gmax\gamepacks\SiegeMax\Scenes\Artassets.

Obviously they can't be installed there if the installers won't let you and it appears that the installers can't find where the DS1 Tool Kit is installed.

Now to what to do. A silly question maybe but have you tried running Siege Editor at least once? I know from experience that until it is run at least once certain folders that it uses for editing the game aren't created. GMax needs those as that's where any new material you may create gets deposited.

If you have already done that then maybe check in the registry that the DS1 Tool Kit is installed properly. Run regedit.exe from the search box in the start menu. The settings for the DS1 Tool Kit is found in Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Wow6432Node/Gas Powered Games\DSTK\1.0 (for 64bit Win7, it's a little different for 32bit Win7). What does the install directory say? Warning! Don't change any values unless you really, really know what you're doing.

Then there's the old and sometimes true method. Uninstall the DS1 Tool Kit and then reinstall and run it at least once. I remember when I first tried GMax on Win 7 it made me jump some hurdles before everything worked but I can't quite remember what exactly (sorry was over 18 months ago).
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