Author Topic: Gnomish log rotator 3.1 and windows 7 ultimate 64 (Read 492 times)

Hellblazer · « **on:** November 03, 2011, 10:15:24 am »

I finally upgraded my os a few days ago, but since then I'm unable to make the glr work, even with a new installation of the little thing.

Any idea?

Masterjack · « **Reply #1 on:** November 03, 2011, 11:01:17 am »

I use the script that I got from here. It starts NWN and GLR at the same time. I just had to make sure the script and GLR ran as administrator. Sometime I get an error when I run sometimes not

If you are not sure what the script is, it's this in a word pad. There is more to it but I forget how to set it up.

@echo off
SET NWN_PATH="C:\\NeverwinterNights\\NWN\\"
SET GLR_PATH="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Gnomish Log Rotator"
cd %NWN_PATH%
start /w nwn.exe
cd %GLR_PATH%
glr.exe

Hellblazer · « **Reply #2 on:** November 03, 2011, 11:43:57 am »

Yeah I'm using that too, except that the path for neverwinter night for me is in the program files (x86) also.

But once I run the program (as the game starts) and try to save a log (after i get out of the game) it gives me an error, invalid path

So for me it goes

@echo off
SET NWN_PATH="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\NWN\\"
SET GLR_PATH="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\NWN\\Gnomish Log Rotator"
cd %NWN_PATH%
start /w nwn.exe
cd %GLR_PATH%
glr.exe
_______

Pibemanden · « **Reply #3 on:** November 03, 2011, 12:01:35 pm »

It might be that it has troubles with the spaces.. I do not know how to make a literal space in the command promt scripting language

Hellblazer · « **Reply #4 on:** November 03, 2011, 12:05:07 pm »

The spaces are that way already when you open the bat file, that's what you see. I'm stumped. At first I thought it was the darn permissions but i've set the whole nwn folder to full control and turned the UAC off.

Pibemanden · « **Reply #5 on:** November 03, 2011, 12:33:22 pm »

I was not saying they were missing in the file, I would just guess that you cannot simply write the path with spaces like that... I wouldn't know though, parenthesis might be a problem as well...

Hellblazer · « **Reply #6 on:** November 03, 2011, 12:46:17 pm »

hmm that could be. Although I'm not the one who wrote it. That's the file you get from installing the glr.

Hellblazer · « **Reply #7 on:** November 03, 2011, 12:53:16 pm »

Quote from: Masterjack

Sometime I get an error when I run sometimes not

I guess it's not fully compatible with win 7 64 then. A shame.

Pibemanden · « **Reply #8 on:** November 03, 2011, 12:58:53 pm »

Try inserting these quotation marks... Again it is only a suggestion, but it might solve your issues

@echo off
SET NWN_PATH="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\NWN\\"
SET GLR_PATH="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\NWN\\Gnomish Log Rotator"
cd "%NWN_PATH%"
start /w nwn.exe
cd "%GLR_PATH%"
glr.exe

Dorganath · « **Reply #9 on:** November 03, 2011, 01:11:24 pm »

Try using the older GLR 3.1 (I think) vs. the newer GLR 5000 (or whatever they call it).

Hellblazer · « **Reply #10 on:** November 03, 2011, 01:18:29 pm »

I'm using the 3.1 I haven't used the 5000 since I noticed that you couldn't change the name of your log file on demand (when closing nwn). Guess I'm going to have to try that one (glr 5000) again.

Hellblazer · « **Reply #11 on:** November 03, 2011, 01:21:44 pm »

Quote from: Pibemanden

Try inserting these quotation marks... Again it is only a suggestion, but it might solve your issues

@echo off
SET NWN_PATH="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\NWN\\"
SET GLR_PATH="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\NWN\\Gnomish Log Rotator"
cd "%NWN_PATH%"
start /w nwn.exe
cd "%GLR_PATH%"
glr.exe

trying.

Nope same problem "runt ime error 76.. path not found."

It's weird though since the glr does start. It's something to do with saving the file under an other name.

Hellblazer · « **Reply #12 on:** November 03, 2011, 01:23:34 pm »

Right well I'm getting somewhere i think.
I tried to redo the config of the GLR through the config application that comes with it, and I'm getting the same error.

Hellblazer · « **Reply #13 on:** November 03, 2011, 01:40:17 pm »

K well glr 5000 works, but no new version adding the ability to name your log at the save period.

Hellblazer · « **Reply #14 on:** November 03, 2011, 01:45:56 pm »

Since I got a pm asking me the steps I took with this.

Install the glr 5000 (i simply copied the GLR.exe that comes with the glr 5000 in the old glr folder over writing the previous glr.exe

Then edit the nwn.bat so it looks like this

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@echo off
SET NWN_PATH="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\NWN"
cd %NWN_PATH%
start /w nwmain.exe

Since glr can start as a process when windows start, you don't need to have the nwn.bat start it. But you can still use that nwn.bat to start the game if you want.

SET NWN_PATH="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\NWN" <- this here should be the path of your neverwinter night game installation.

Lance Stargazer · « **Reply #15 on:** November 03, 2011, 01:59:23 pm »

Quote from: Hellblazer

I guess it's not fully compatible with win 7 64 then. A shame.

Good old solution.. run it as Administrator.

I got the 5000 and running as that works

Hellblazer · « **Reply #16 on:** November 03, 2011, 02:02:49 pm »

Quote from: Lance Stargazer

Good old solution.. run it as Administrator.

I got the 5000 and running as that works

It has full administrative rights and the UAC is on off, that shouldn't be a problem at this point. Hope I do find a solution though cause really, I prefer the gold old one to the new shiny one... :p

Lance Stargazer · « **Reply #17 on:** November 03, 2011, 02:05:09 pm »

Same. but since mine got some kind of odd bug that didn't work anyway . had to get used to the 5000.. hehe.

Cheers

Hellblazer · « **Reply #18 on:** November 03, 2011, 02:07:45 pm »

Might ask my bro to take a look at the glr 5000 and see if he can't update it to include the naming option.

Dorganath · « **Reply #19 on:** November 03, 2011, 10:28:27 pm »

OK, I just did this...meaning in the last half hour or so.

GLR 3.1 does work with Windows 7 64-bit, with proper tweaking.

Of importance, you should make sure that your user account is explicitly given full permissions to the GLR installation folder (i.e. C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Gnomish Log Rotator). Do not just assume it will inherit things properly because the Administrators group has these rights and your user account is administrative.

Windows 7 (and Vista to a lesser extent) in general places additional security on the Program Files and Program Files (x86) directory trees. Note that I do not recommend granting oneself full permission to the entire Program Files or Program Files (x86) folder.

You may also need to give your account full permissions to the NWN folder, or at least to the logs subfolder below. My NWN installed under C:\\NeverwinterNights\\NWN rather than into the C:\\Program Files (x86) tree, so there's less of a permission issue there.

If you set these rights (and you take full responsibility for any problems they may cause), you shouldn't have to run GLR as an Administrator on the Compatibility tab of its properties.