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Soldat Maps & Mapmaking => Mapping Help / Resources => Topic started by: Underworld on August 21, 2008, 02:32:02 pm
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Setting Up Windows Vista for Polyworks
Do Not Copy Any Info or Pics From This Tutorial ; Thank You!
Before downloading any unneeded files check below what your problem is ;)
Files :
Soldat Polyworks v1.4 (http://individual.utoronto.ca/caek/Soldat_PolyWorks1417.zip)
ComDLg32.Ocx (http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/comdlg32.zip?0VGmUEYFmS)
Dx8vb.Dll (http://www.dlldump.com/download-dll-files_new.php/dllfiles/D/dx8vb.dll/5.03.2600.2180/download.html)
Direct X 9c (http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/directxdownload.html)
Getting It Working! :
1.Getting Polyworks :
First you must download soldat polyworks HERE (http://forums.soldat.pl/index.php?topic=174.0)
Extract the Rar and double Click the Soldat Polyworks.exe.
Make sure it is running as Windows Xp2 and as an Administrator (If This Is Possible).
Click You Right MouseButton And Select Properties :
(http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/2871/compactiblepicture.jpg)
PICTURE (http://img22.imageshack.us/my.php?image=compactiblepicture.jpg)
2.One's you started Polyworks on Vista it MAY give u a DLL or OCX error
(http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/8969/dllerrorpic.jpg)
PICTURE (http://img22.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dllerrorpic.jpg)
Before we start downloading and registering the missing files we are going to turn of UAC
because Vista prevends all users (even administrators) to edit the reg because of security settings.
Go to Search and look for "MSconfig" Run it and go to the Last Tab, turn of UAC and Restart your Computer.
(http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/215/msconfigauc.jpg)
PICTURE (http://img22.imageshack.us/my.php?image=msconfigauc.jpg)
3.Now that you have restarted your Computer we go download Our Missing Files
If Your getting an Error about dx8vb.dll you Download it :
HERE (http://www.dlldump.com/download-dll-files_new.php/dllfiles/D/dx8vb.dll/5.03.2600.2180/download.html)
If Your getting an Error about Comdlg32.ocx it should be in your Soldat Polyworks folder,if its not :
DOWNLOAD (http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/comdlg32.zip?0VGmUEYFmS)
MBMouse.ocx and mscomctl.ocx can also be found in the Soldat Polyworks folder.
Now enter your Windows folder,that can be found in Computer\Main Hard Drive
Continue to the System32 Folder and look for "regsvr32.exe" now drag the missing file(s) into the system32 map
and then drag them on to the "regsvr32.exe" this should give you a message that it was succesfully added.
(http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/7587/regsuccespic.jpg)
PICTURE (http://img22.imageshack.us/my.php?image=regsuccespic.jpg)
4.Now for people using a Laptop/Notebook or a computer with a very old graphic card you may get this error aswell :
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PICTURE (http://img11.imageshack.us/my.php?image=direct3derror.jpg)
Reregister dx8vb.dll (step 3) then :
Download Direct X 9c HERE (http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/directxdownload.html)
If this link is down you can use THIS (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2DA43D38-DB71-4C1B-BC6A-9B6652CD92A3&displaylang=en) link altough it needs validation,so it requires a LEGIT windows version.
The file is around 100Mb so when its finished extract it to a a new created Folder.
RUN "DXSETUP.EXE" and let it complete find out what your Graphic Card is and get a Driver Update for it.
(http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/7564/updatingdriver.jpg)
PICTURE (http://img408.imageshack.us/my.php?image=updatingdriver.jpg)
Restart pc.
5. Start Up Polyworks and Sellect Window,click Show all
Done ,enjoy polyworks!
(http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/4830/polyworking.jpg)
PICTURE (http://img408.imageshack.us/my.php?image=polyworking.jpg)
My Working Polyworks on Vista ;D
The Pictures,Links Info and Errors where all collected by myself,i Fixed all this errors myself therefore
Do Not copy any info or Pictures from this post!
I hope this helped,if not be sure to drop your error here and il do my best to solve it!
Grtz Underworld
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Sorry for the bump, but this ain't workin for me. I created a shortcut for RegSvr32, dragged all the .dll's onto it, started polyworks and I still get the dx8vb.dll error.
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I need to do anything after that? move all the shortcuts back or something?
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What I done (only ever had the dx8vb error):
Downloaded the dll.
Put it in C:\Windows\System32.
Found the executable called 'cmd' in C:\Windows\System32.
In the black box, I typed in 'regsvr32 dx8vb.dll', then a window popped up saying it done something, and polyworks worked.
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Figured I'd give it a try.
4.Final Steps :
Now drag dx8vb.dll unto RegSvr32 shortcut,you should get a message that
it was succesfully added.
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amidoinitrite
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My polyworks 'works' but when i try to use the color vertex tool it leaves behind large black squears and you cannot see what is directly under the tool due to this, simalarly it basicly does the same thing with the squear selection tool. Do you know how to fix this? I have tried every combiniation of settings in the compatability tab to no avail...
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I got it now, I had to create shortcuts of the DLL's in the polyworks folder instead of just copy and pasting them onto the desktop, this should be noted in case anyone else has this problem
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i putted that dx8vb file to system32 different way, i simply moved that dx8vb to system32 foldaer and then i opened that cmd thing as admin and wrote there "regsvr32 [file, this time dx8vb]" and then it worked. same way as chutem.
and i have same black path problem as do Hacktank. that annoying black path follows some tools like colour verticles tool.
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I got another problem... ??? when I run polyworks i got error:
"Direct3D initialization failed
Error creating Direct3D objects
ActiveX component can't create object"
and when i click on the window THIS appears :
"Error loading
Error initializing DInput
Object variable or with block variable not set"
I tried run as admin etc. BUT NOTHING HELPS ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ou... and sorry for my english...
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ok after playing for about 4 years and trying every game mode and playing thousands of maps i would rlly like to make my own but i have vista and i am not computer literate enough to install polyworks then add the files to the correct places and so forth so is there any way that someone could just update the polyworks download so that there is a working vista version as well becuz i know lots of people are having the same problems....
i would contact anna but i heard she is inactive now
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Not working.... :'(
The problem is the MBMouse.ocx
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I got another problem... ??? when I run polyworks i got error:
"Direct3D initialization failed
Error creating Direct3D objects
ActiveX component can't create object"
and when i click on the window THIS appears :
"Error loading
Error initializing DInput
Object variable or with block variable not set"
I tried run as admin etc. BUT NOTHING HELPS ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ou... and sorry for my english...
try downlaoding the latest version of direct x and updating your graphic card driver
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nan. it's a register prob.
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meh poly works is full of problems but its vista that causing all this bulls**t
I have reseted my PC to system settings to take pictures and to update my Tutorial,it willl now cover any error asked in this forum.
i Hope it once and for all fixes EVERY problem with Polyworks and vista; but if you till have an error be sure to drop it here.
Also a thank you is apriciated
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You dont need DirectX 9 for Vista. You can easily make it comaptible with DirectX 10.
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Ik merk dat je nederlands bent, het is mischien handiger als je het allemaal her-upload in het engels weet je o.O.
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jah tuurlijk man effe men pc resette en dan op engels gaan zette dan all die errors hermaken en heruploade, jah tuurlijk man,apriceer eerst is het werk dak er heb ingestoken!
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Nice guide.
If anyone needs it, here's a guide with pics and stuff using the method chutem and Maza mentioned:
http://elitectf.com/newaccess/index.php?article=4981
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jah tuurlijk man effe men pc resette en dan op engels gaan zette dan all die errors hermaken en heruploade, jah tuurlijk man,apriceer eerst is het werk dak er heb ingestoken!
xD ik zeg niks meer :-X, ik denk ik waarschuw effe :). ik bedoel er niks slechts mee!
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jah tuurlijk man effe men pc resette en dan op engels gaan zette dan all die errors hermaken en heruploade, jah tuurlijk man,apriceer eerst is het werk dak er heb ingestoken!
xD ik zeg niks meer :-X, ik denk ik waarschuw effe :). ik bedoel er niks slechts mee!
kwam over of ik die guide op 5 minute heb gemaakt terwijl ik er 2 uur van mijn tijd heb ingestoken,om oplosingen te zoeken voor die fouten die heir gepost werdern,en ik dus geen last van had...
alles herdoen in engels is gen optie,ik heb voor de duidelijkhuid er nog een rooie kring rondgetrokken,als ze daar niks van kunne maken hebben ze pech.
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Underworld, I love you ;D With the first one I didnt get it, but now it works perfectly! Good thing :)
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None of this has worked for me :/ I'm using Vista 64-bit Ultimate.
Come to think of it, when is Polyworks going to come out for Vista anyways?
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Come to think of it, when is Polyworks going to come out for Vista anyways?
Probably can't/won't, considering the tool it was written in was last released in 1999 and is pretty much deemed obsolete by microsoft... (VB6)
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This is awesome, better than mine, stickied.
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You might want to include in the guide that if you are using 64-bit Vista, you must use "Windows/SysWOW64" instead of "Windows/System".
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DO NOT put any of the legacy components used by PW into any of your system folders. It's better to keep them in your PW folder so they won't litter your system and cause any additional incompatibility problems.
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I have better tutorial:
1. Get rid of Windows Vista.
2. Install Windows XP
3. Enjoy :)
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So how do I do this on Vista 64 Bit? Because when I try to register the dlls and ocxs I only get the message, that it isn't compatible with 64bit version and it asks me to search for a compatible version. What should I do? The files are both in the sys32 and syswow64 folder (I didn't know that I had to put em into syswow64 first, that's why they're in sys32 too) but when I go : cmd: -> regsvr32 dx8vb.dll -> Not compatible blablabla. What should I do??? help pls. or reference to whoever solved that. Pls.
Solved. I used the normal cmd.exe that would start up when I entered cmd in the searchbox in the startmenu. But that was the wrong one, had to use the one in the system32 folder.
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I have polyworks running but the only thing that doesn't make any sense to me is that when I use the select tool, it comes up completely black...
Idk why or what is causing it to do this but is there any way I can fix it?
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yea i got it working but my palette
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Whenever i try to dowload the dx8vb.dll i get an error that says, "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action please install a program or, if one is already installed, create an association in the Default Programs control panel.
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use PW installer (http://forums.soldat.pl/index.php?topic=35195.0)...