How to create an Eastern Front shorcut

[vikingsteve]

Doesn't work. Just launches regular Company of Heroes.

"D:\Steves Stuff\Games\Company of Heroes\RelicCOH.exe" - dev -mod Eastern_Front -nomovies

Going to try it again without a space before dev... hopefully that works.

[Blackbishop]

- dev

That doesn't need the space.

[t308madness]

I have tried the shortcut both ways, it still says same as launcher, " cant find location". Help, I used to play EF when it first came out, now I cant. I have the retail CoH, and also ToV and Oppsing Fronts downloaded from steam. I tried downloading EF both ways, also didnt work. Both ways meaning "Games\THQ" etc., and Steam\steamapps\etc.

[Blackbishop]

Could you post an screenshot of the folder where you installed EF? Make sure all the files and folders fit.

If you have both CoH versions, the launcher is not going to work correctly because you are supposed to have only one of them.

You will need to create a shorcut in order to make it work, or check your registry entry of CoH to see where the installlocation value points. But I would like to see your CoH directory before that .

[t308madness]

Ill try, here goes.

[Blackbishop]

with

But I would like to see your CoH directory before that .

I was refereing to what i wrote first:

Could you post an screenshot of the folder where you installed EF? Make sure all the files and folders fit.

and what I mean with that was if you could take an screenshot from the directory itself, not the written path XD.

[t308madness]

I think this is what you are talking about, I hope.

[Blackbishop]

Try creating a shorcut with this path as target:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\company of heroes\RelicCoH.exe" -dev -mod Eastern_Front -nomovies

including quotes. Looks like you installed EF in the correct path so, Eastern_Front.module should be in that directory.

[t308madness]

When I try to make the shortcut it says "file cannot be found"

Yes, Eastern_front.module  is listed.

[Blackbishop]

Are you sure you have RelicCoH in your Company of Heroes directory?

You should have it, because you are not supposed to rename it or delete it otherwise you won't be able to play CoH or any other mod.

[t308madness]

I see RelicCoH, its an application file. Also, I play the blitzkreig mod all the time, it works fine.

[Blackbishop]

Are you sure you keep the quotation marks as I suggested in a previous post?

Because I just create a shorcut with the string I put you and run fine; but I removed the quotes and gave me a not found error.

[t308madness]

Yes, ive done it with and without quotes.
Post Merge: September 22, 2011, 01:40:16 AMHey, the shortcut works now, but it brings up ToV instead of EF.
Post Merge: September 22, 2011, 01:42:25 AMIm going to uninstall ToV and see if that makes a diff.
Post Merge: September 22, 2011, 01:44:55 AMNow it pulls up Opposing Fronts, lol
Post Merge: September 22, 2011, 07:24:50 PMI uninstalled all of it, CoH, ToV, and Opposing Fronts. Reinstalled Opposing Fronts, the shortcut now works, but it pulls up Tales Of Valor.
Post Merge: September 22, 2011, 07:41:21 PMIt works, finally. I wasnt aware that I could change the path of the launcher. Thx for the help Blackbishop.

[jinx]

Howdy Ho! Well it didnt work out on the shortcut...same reaction as getting started on EF menu...

Here's a log:

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######     Eastern Front Launcher Log   ######
###### http://www.easternfront.org/ ######

Created : 2012-02-09 20:39:55
OS Build : Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
Launcher Version: 3.2.0.0
2012-02-09 20:39:55 : MESSAGE : Retriving Eastern Front Mod version from registry...
Eastern Front Version: 1.6.0.1

##############################################################
2012-02-09 20:39:55 : MESSAGE : Creating a new instance of Eastern Front Launcher...
2012-02-09 20:39:55 : MESSAGE : Initializing...
2012-02-09 20:39:55 : MESSAGE : Checking language file version...
2012-02-09 20:39:55 : MESSAGE : Language file check passed.
2012-02-09 20:39:55 : MESSAGE : Creating tooltips...
2012-02-09 20:39:55 : MESSAGE : Tooltips created.
2012-02-09 20:39:55 : MESSAGE : Initialized Succesfully.
2012-02-09 20:39:55 : MESSAGE : Preparing to check for updates...
2012-02-09 20:39:55 : MESSAGE : Creating update thread...
2012-02-09 20:39:55 : MESSAGE : Updated thread started.
2012-02-09 20:39:55 : MESSAGE : Gathering update information...
2012-02-09 20:39:56 : MESSAGE : Update information recieved.
2012-02-09 20:39:56 : MESSAGE : Reading update information...
2012-02-09 20:39:56 : MESSAGE : Retriving Eastern Front Mod version from registry...
2012-02-09 20:41:05 : MESSAGE : Calling settings window...
2012-02-09 20:41:05 : MESSAGE : Initializing settings window...
2012-02-09 20:41:05 : MESSAGE : Loading settings from config file...
2012-02-09 20:41:05 : MESSAGE : Settings loaded succesfully.
2012-02-09 20:41:05 : MESSAGE : Retriving Company of Heroes directory from registry...
2012-02-09 20:41:05 : MESSAGE : Creating tooltips...
2012-02-09 20:41:05 : MESSAGE : Tooltips created.
2012-02-09 20:41:05 : MESSAGE : Initialized Succesfully.
2012-02-09 20:41:53 : MESSAGE : Set new Company of Heroes directory value in registry.
2012-02-09 20:53:48 : MESSAGE : Calling settings window...
2012-02-09 20:53:48 : MESSAGE : Initializing settings window...
2012-02-09 20:53:48 : MESSAGE : Loading settings from config file...
2012-02-09 20:53:48 : MESSAGE : Settings loaded succesfully.
2012-02-09 20:53:48 : MESSAGE : Retriving Company of Heroes directory from registry...
2012-02-09 20:53:48 : MESSAGE : Creating tooltips...
2012-02-09 20:53:48 : MESSAGE : Tooltips created.
2012-02-09 20:53:48 : MESSAGE : Initialized Succesfully.
2012-02-09 20:54:10 : MESSAGE : Set new Company of Heroes directory value in registry.
2012-02-09 20:54:29 : MESSAGE : Calling settings window...
2012-02-09 20:54:29 : MESSAGE : Initializing settings window...
2012-02-09 20:54:29 : MESSAGE : Loading settings from config file...
2012-02-09 20:54:29 : MESSAGE : Settings loaded succesfully.
2012-02-09 20:54:29 : MESSAGE : Retriving Company of Heroes directory from registry...
2012-02-09 20:54:29 : MESSAGE : Creating tooltips...
2012-02-09 20:54:29 : MESSAGE : Tooltips created.
2012-02-09 20:54:29 : MESSAGE : Initialized Succesfully.
2012-02-09 20:54:36 : MESSAGE : Set new Company of Heroes directory value in registry.
2012-02-09 21:02:39 : MESSAGE : Exiting launcher...

Made a shortcut:
"C:\thq\Company of Heroes Gold\RelicCOH.exe" of Heroes\RelicCoH.exe -dev -mod Eastern_Front -nomovies
As I can see shrtcut has left a trace on log...

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######     Eastern Front Launcher Log   ######
###### http://www.easternfront.org/ ######

Created : 2012-02-10 18:48:06
OS Build : Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
Launcher Version: 3.2.0.0
2012-02-10 18:48:06 : MESSAGE : Retriving Eastern Front Mod version from registry...
Eastern Front Version: 1.6.0.1

##############################################################
2012-02-10 18:48:06 : MESSAGE : Creating a new instance of Eastern Front Launcher...
2012-02-10 18:48:06 : MESSAGE : Initializing...
2012-02-10 18:48:07 : MESSAGE : Checking language file version...
2012-02-10 18:48:07 : MESSAGE : Language file check passed.
2012-02-10 18:48:07 : MESSAGE : Creating tooltips...
2012-02-10 18:48:07 : MESSAGE : Tooltips created.
2012-02-10 18:48:07 : MESSAGE : Initialized Succesfully.
2012-02-10 18:48:07 : MESSAGE : Preparing to check for updates...
2012-02-10 18:48:07 : MESSAGE : Creating update thread...
2012-02-10 18:48:07 : MESSAGE : Updated thread started.
2012-02-10 18:48:07 : MESSAGE : Gathering update information...
2012-02-10 18:48:09 : MESSAGE : Update information recieved.
2012-02-10 18:48:09 : MESSAGE : Reading update information...
2012-02-10 18:48:09 : MESSAGE : Retriving Eastern Front Mod version from registry...
2012-02-10 18:48:16 : MESSAGE : Calling about window...
2012-02-10 18:48:16 : MESSAGE : Initializing about window...
2012-02-10 18:48:16 : MESSAGE : Retriving Eastern Front Mod version from registry...
2012-02-10 18:48:16 : MESSAGE : Initialized Succesfully.

I do not how to insert images of screenshots hlp pls


I suppose my EF is up to date...
Eastern Front Version: 1.6.0.1
Launcher Version: 3.2.0.0
Launcher Author: Will Waywell (Hawk)
Author's Website: www.gsclan.co.uk [nofollow]

[Blackbishop]

What a huge wall of text ... please use the code tags in the future .

"C:\thq\Company of Heroes Gold\RelicCOH.exe" of Heroes\RelicCoH.exe -dev -mod Eastern_Front -nomovies

That shorcut is wrong; if your CoH dir is the quoted one then the shorcut should be:

"C:\thq\Company of Heroes Gold\RelicCOH.exe" -dev -mod Eastern_Front -nomovies

Supposing that Eastern Front module file is on "C:\thq\Company of Heroes Gold\RelicCOH.exe"

Could you upload your warnings.log file?