I'm following the advice on Tomlong's site in regards to installing FCOM, but when I try to install WarCry in BAIN I'm hit with this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):  File "C:\Oblivion\Mopy\basher.py", line 6373, in Execute    self.data.install(self.selected,progress,last,override)  File "C:\Oblivion\Mopy\bosh.py", line 11113, in install    installer.install(archive,destFiles,self.data_sizeCrcDate,SubProgress(progress,index,index+1))  File "C:\Oblivion\Mopy\bosh.py", line 10310, in install    self.unpackToTemp(archive,dest_src.values(),SubProgress(progress,0,0.9))  File "C:\Oblivion\Mopy\bosh.py", line 10295, in unpackToTemp    raise StateError(_("%s: Extraction failed\n%s") % (archive.s,"\n".join(errorLine)))bolt.StateError: Oblivion WarCry.7z: Extraction failed

Can you figure it out? Thanks.

Are you using Wrye Bash v283? Does it work if you restart Bash?

Using v284. I'll see if restarting it works.

EDIT: Same error after the restart.

Try v283. I have not tried v284 yet. The other thing to do is to unzip it and check the packaging. I am not sure if I am remembering the FCOM components correctly, but that might be the one that works after tossing the Read Me (at the top level) into (what should be) the top level folder.

I don't know if this is making a difference, but in Tomlong's instructions a file called "Thumbs.db" is mentioned. I can see winRAR extracting that file, but I can't find it after it's extracted. What's going on there?

Try 7-zip then. It is linked all over the site...

I've been using it where you specifically mention it, but not otherwise. I'll try that now.

EDIT: Used 7-zip, still not there.

If that's version 108,I think it's Got the Readmes in the top, one level above Data, shohld go Down

That file is not important, and it should be down a folder. I do not remember such a file in WarCry, anyway...



This is what I was talking about... Repack the archive with this change.


Edit: Could you link the page that you are going through? I really do not remember a Thumbs.db file with the FCOM setup...

Repackaged it, problem solved... for now. Thanks for the help, guys

EDIT: Tomlong, this is the page I was talking about: http://sites.google.com/site/oblivionpoinfo/walkthroughs/fcomguide/bainconfigfcom

Thumbs.db is a windows file that gets placed into a folder if you have pictures or movies in that folder (I believe it is a hidden file) on XP (not on Win7 though). So if you grabbed that directory it may have been included in the 7z file and caused an issue in BAIN. My theory.

I have not seen that file... I mean it is not in my version of the archive, but many of mine are modified...

If there were no picture files in the directory then I would assume thumbs.db would not be there. Thinking further, even if that file was part of the archive, I cannot see how Wrye would not just ignore it as it is not a recognized file by it.

I thought Wrye Bash did ignore it, but I have all of the image skips checked and whatnot, and I cannot think of an example (in my 800 or so packages) off of the top of my head. If I happen to check the skipped list of one of the packages that contains, hopefully I'll remember to test. Although, this question could probably be answered quickly and simply enough in the Wrye Bash thread.

Thumbs.db is a system file that contains cached image data for a folder. Unless deliberately disabled, Windows accesses it (and creates it if its missing) every time an image is previewed. It is simply there to speed up the time it takes to preview an image. If it is missing, Windows will regenerate it as needed. If you have hidden and/or system files hidden, you won't see it.

Desktop.ini is another system file and it contains information about special folders. Things like which icon the folder should display, and whether that folder gets special treatment by Windows in some fashion. Unlike thumbs.db, Windows will not typically regenerate desktop.ini. Like thumbs.db, if you have hidden and/or system files hidden, you won't see it.

Neither file is important in any way whatsoever for Oblivion. They would just clutter the Data directory if present and possibly cause unexpected behavior in the case of desktop.ini, so Bash explicitly skips both files. They will never be installed.

I have not seen that file in my Data folder in a while, and I'm glad I haven't...