So.. somewhere between steps 18 and 19 you forgot to copy the contents into a new directory..

Do that, and see if it helps...

oops.. guess you did that in 19.2.. I'll check it out when I can see with more than one eye open..

 

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Heheh, I so very hear you on that. Thanks bud

 

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Fully disabled Windows Firewall, reinstalled AC/Decal/ACDC, nothin doin.

 

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How I got mine to work on my Win 7-64 Ultimate was I installed Decal, ACDC and AC normally (ie didn't run the setup/installs as administrator) as you did, but I didn't have anything, including ACDC run as administrator or in any "Compatibility" mode and left UAC on.
There was a couple of times were I did get the error about a client already running (happened after a client/system crash) but hitting the Find Path button fixed it.

 

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It has no problem finding the right path upon install. When I launch the second client for the first time, it updates the client, then tries to launch to the Character screen, and gives the error.

 

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Try running "WhereAC" after launching the first path and see if it sets the path to the second path. My guess is that something isn't running right and it isn't properly detecting the first path as being "in-use".

You can also try manually clicking "Find Path" before logging into each account and see if it properly detects it then. Other than that, I don't know exactly what to tell you

Oo. Could very much be it. Reinstalled AC/Decal, verified, reinstalled ACDC. Tried, no dice. Then:


1. Launched ACDC

2. Disabled Auto-Port, manually set to 9002

3. Launched WhereAC - no path in use, Current Port: 9002

4. Clicked "Find Path"

5. Login 1, started clicking Get Path -- nothing until it got past launcher. Upon "Connected/Patching Done!" splash screen, WhereAC showed C:\Games\Asheron's Call


Groovy.


6. ACDC, switched to 2nd account - WhereAC shows Current Port: 9008, and C:\Games\Asheron's Call as in use.

7. Clicked "Find Path"

8. Login 2, started clicking Get Path -- goes to Asheron's Call Launcher, starts updating launcher. Update completes, it tries to log into server, and poof - "There is already a client running..." error message.


When I reinstall ACDC and I launch my 2nd account for the first time (after copying files within ACDC setup), "Asheron's Call Launcher" splash screen does do an update. So, the launcher's at least being run from the 2nd directory (I assume) - It creates ACDCClient.exe in the new directory once I try to login from the second account, but perhaps it's still trying to run acclient from the main directory.


It's some sort of progress, I'll take it tyty!

 

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check how your launcher.ini file is set up in your AC Paths. They should NOT be hard-coded to the paths that AC will use. They should be using relative paths if I remember correctly.

your launcher.ini should say GameInstallDirectory=. under the [LAUNCHER] section. If it says anything else, set it to what I just posted. also the Application=acclient.exe

my launcher.ini starts with:

[LAUNCHER]
Application=acclient.exe
GameInstallDirectory=.
ExtraArgs=

Make sure yours says the same. It looks like ACDualClient is working properly and choosing the correct paths, but perhaps your AC Launcher isn't.

Both are set to:


[LAUNCHER]

Application=ACDCClient.exe

GameInstallDirectory=.

ExtraArgs=

DefaultUsername=JoeBobBiffingtonIIIesq (no, not really)

DefaultDataCenter=0

DefaultFauxDataCenter=0

LastAcceptedEulaVersion=3


[DataCenter_0]

name=Main

serveraddress=gls.ac1.turbine.com

serverport=5002


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Okay, so. Edited both launcher.ini files (in main and \2 directories) to Application=acclient.exe. Fired it back up, and same error. Shut down the game, and ACDC, edited .inis again while everything was down. Fired up ACDC, looked at the .inis, and both were back to ACDCClient.exe


Tried to get funky, edited the files while ACDC was running. Edited it. Launched first client. And both were ACDCClient again. Edited second launcher.ini to acclient.exe, fired it off, file stayed edited, but no joy :/

 

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ACDC is supposed to edit the launcher.ini. That's how it hooks itself in to know what paths are hopefully being run (in addition to starting up Decal ingame if you have it set to run) That is perfectly normal.

Not entirely sure though why AC would be choosing the wrong path even though it seems that ACDualClient is choosing the right paths.