Stingm on 25/9/2016 at 16:59
I sent it too you in a private message. Hope it helps
Edit: I couldn't find an email for you. Thanks again for the help
ticky on 25/9/2016 at 20:32
Some feedback on version 1.3.2. :
- the program starts very slow for the first time (after each windows startup, it takes like 15 seconds
- as I scroll through the missions and doing SINGLE mouse clicks on them, some mission just START Thief
- as I srcoll through the missions, clicking on some missions take very long to load the info
My config is win7, core i5 3,3 Ghz, 8GB RAM and never had any problem like this even with the previous version of NewDarkLoader.
Any suggestions? Am I doing something wrong?
R Soul on 26/9/2016 at 00:55
Quote Posted by Stingm
I sent it too you in a private message. Hope it helps
It did help. An error was caused because the first FM in your list, Arboretum, has an html readme. That problem has been rectified.
Here's a link to 1.3.3:
(
http://catmanofiowa.com/RSoul/NewDarkLoader1.3.3.zip)
I can't log in to Mediafire right now but if I can get back in the link will change.
ticky, your PC specs are similar to mine, except for the OS, which for me is Windows 10. It should be much quicker than that.
I can't explain the other problems either. I've been using VirtualBox with unactivated versions of other Windows OSs, and for me on Win7 it works fine. The first thing I suggest is trying the above version, though I doubt that would have any effect.
What if your mouse is faulty and it's sending lots clicks when you single click? It doesn't explain things fully. Another thing to consider is that your version of the .net framework 4.5.1 isn't quite right, and reinstalling might work.
Stingm on 26/9/2016 at 02:48
That worked R Soul. Thanks a bunch. All games are now on version 1.33
czyys on 26/9/2016 at 13:25
Hey R Soul, if you're looking for some new features to implement, a button opening FM archive folder would be nice, or being able to hide certain columns. The text "Press F5 to look for new FMs" when hovering over table should really say "Press F5 to refresh the list" (Edit: I just noticed that the table doesn't update when deleting missions, so the prompt is actually correct..)
Also, I experience the same problem as ticky with long startup. Though it happens with other games like Dustforce as well, I'd guess it might be HDD/RAM related.
Finally, if any of you have problems scanning "The Chalice of Souls", deleting the release date in fm.ini fixed the problem for me.
Thanks for the NDL, it's great :thumb:
ticky on 26/9/2016 at 19:06
Quote Posted by R Soul
It did help. An error was caused because the first FM in your list, Arboretum, has an html readme. That problem has been rectified.
Here's a link to 1.3.3:
(
http://catmanofiowa.com/RSoul/NewDarkLoader1.3.3.zip)
I can't log in to Mediafire right now but if I can get back in the link will change.
ticky, your PC specs are similar to mine, except for the OS, which for me is Windows 10. It should be much quicker than that.
I can't explain the other problems either. I've been using VirtualBox with unactivated versions of other Windows OSs, and for me on Win7 it works fine. The first thing I suggest is trying the above version, though I doubt that would have any effect.
What if your mouse is faulty and it's sending lots clicks when you single click? It doesn't explain things fully. Another thing to consider is that your version of the .net framework 4.5.1 isn't quite right, and reinstalling might work.
Thank you for the reply. I just discovered that my HDD works REALLY hard when I click on newdarkloader 1.3.3. for the first time after windows startup. Also, it does the same sometimes when I open a folder with many files in it - but in fact, just for the first time. After that, everything works fine.
I have the latest framework also.
So I don't really have any idea. It's doing something different from the old darkloader, since the old one didn't do this.
R Soul on 27/9/2016 at 01:28
Quote Posted by czyys
Hey R Soul, if you're looking for some new features to implement, a button opening FM archive folder would be nice, or being able to hide certain columns. The text "Press F5 to look for new FMs" when hovering over table should really say "Press F5 to refresh the list" (Edit: I just noticed that the table doesn't update when deleting missions, so the prompt is actually correct..)
Nah, it should remove deleted FMs, but I didn't think of it. That's done now, and I've changed the text to 'refresh'. I initially eschewed that word because I didn't want to give the user the impression it would re-scan the data.
Quote:
Finally, if any of you have problems scanning "The Chalice of Souls", deleting the release date in fm.ini fixed the problem for me.
The value is supposed to be a hexadecimal number (the number of days since 1/1/1970) but that FM has it in mm/dd/yy format. NDL should be able to work it out if the format matches your 'date format' option, but if you use dd/mm/yy, it won't work. An improper format is now treated as empty, and the program continues with other ways of working it out (readme modified date, for example).
Quote Posted by ticky
Thank you for the reply. I just discovered that my HDD works REALLY hard when I click on newdarkloader 1.3.3. for the first time after windows startup. Also, it does the same sometimes when I open a folder with many files in it - but in fact, just for the first time. After that, everything works fine.
I have the latest framework also.
So I don't really have any idea. It's doing something different from the old darkloader, since the old one didn't do this.
Also in response to czyys:
I'm afraid I haven't noticed anything odd. The procedure for finding and listing FMs hasn't changed much, but it's interesting that you both mention having performance problems in other situations too. Older versions of NDL are in (
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=146917&p=2331507&viewfull=1#post2331507) this post so it would be helpful if you could try those versions so we can see if the problem is caused by a change to NDL or something that's recently started with your hard drives.
But anyway, here's version 1.3.4
(http://www.mediafire.com/download/fuzrl99l485ll15/NewDarkLoader1.3.4.zip)Changes:
* The refresh feature works better, and is called 'Refresh'.
* If you delete an FM and then select it without refreshing, NDL will remove it from the table instead of crashing.
* I discovered one FM with a strangely formatted readme file, so NDL can handle them now.
czyys on 27/9/2016 at 10:28
Quote Posted by R Soul
The value is supposed to be a hexadecimal number (the number of days since 1/1/1970) but that FM has it in mm/dd/yy format. NDL should be able to work it out if the format matches your 'date format' option, but if you use dd/mm/yy, it won't work. An improper format is now treated as empty, and the program continues with other ways of working it out (readme modified date, for example).
Thanks for the explaination, I did wonder how NDL still managed to figure out the release date.
I tested running Thief after PC starts with NDL 1.0, NDL 1.3.4 and FMsel. There seem to be no difference between NDL versions, they both take ~10 seconds to start, FMsel takes ~4 seconds, so I Imagine NDL is just somehow more resource heavy and my HDD is tired. There's also no difference whether FM archive folder is empty or not.
All the other changes work fine.
ticky on 27/9/2016 at 13:26
Quote Posted by czyys
Thanks for the explaination, I did wonder how NDL still managed to figure out the release date.
I tested running Thief after PC starts with NDL 1.0, NDL 1.3.4 and FMsel. There seem to be no difference between NDL versions, they both take ~10 seconds to start, FMsel takes ~4 seconds, so I Imagine NDL is just somehow more resource heavy and my HDD is tired. There's also no difference whether FM archive folder is empty or not.
All the other changes work fine.
Hi Guys!
Same here, except my NDL versions take like 15 seconds. The HDD is 1TRB and not THAT old, it's from the end of 2012. FMsel for me takes 3-4 seconds. Darkloader (old) takes 2 seconds.
I wonder how this problem can be solved.
I'm not an IT guy but it looks like NDL is scanning the whole FM directory at startup, or loads more info right at startup instead of doing it when you click on a mission. This could partly explain the fact that I never experienced any problem like this even with GarretLoader.
