[Feedback] [LIVESERVER] New downloadable client.

[Sue1000]

dont actually know where it is!

[Tibirius]

'The program can't start because api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.'

Uninstalled and reinstalled it several times to no avail, any suggestions guys?

[Tibirius]

Oh, and it's really not helpful to have the screenshots on your how-to guide on the new downloadable client thread in German...

[Sue1000]

when i questioned this i was told just to blindly follow the instructions - this to me is just another incident of BB being disrespectful to their customers

[Mannerheim]

'The program can't start because api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.'

Uninstalled and reinstalled it several times to no avail, any suggestions guys?

If you have win7 you have not installed all recommended or optional windows updates, probably vc++ redist updates

[Tibirius]

Thanks Mannerheim, guess I'll have to learn how to work this darned computer thingy...

[Larili]

when i questioned this i was told just to blindly follow the instructions - this to me is just another incident of BB being disrespectful to their customers

I feel your pain Sue, but I am afraid this has been the case through out this game. On the odd occasion when the customers that they do respect, dare I imply their countrymen and women, start getting more vocal, and force their hand into doing the job with a bit more reverence to their customer base, then it improves temporarily for all the customer base, but only temporary.
I stopped investing real money into this game quite sometime ago because I saw this and was disgusted that they were getting away with it. It became more of an issue than their obvious inability to code their own game with any degree of competence. ( Which I was considering as a valid reason not to continuing to support financially for their poor quality of work. I mean in any other business I could return faulty goods and get a refund, in a online game you don't get that option. Bad workmanship it seems will continue to get rewarded!! )
When I saw the announcement by our community manager with the instructions of the client download not even bothering to translate the instructions from German on an EN server forum, I knew exactly where I stood as a valued player and customer.
I guess forum rules only apply to some:

Please make sure you speak English on the forum and in the default in-game chat channels. Use of other languages can result in a temporary ban as we need to know that what is said respects the rules of the game.

Once again though the TSO community has stepped into the breach , many thanks to Hades8840, Norton_c, Mannerheim and so many others who have stepped into help. You are all treasures and put BB to shame. I sincerely hope you are all still around when /if they do the move to unity as we will surely need you then as well. Merry Christmas TSO Community and Bah Humbug to BB.

[blackbull1]

go to the download location you installed the client check to make sure the folder is there named "The Settlers Online" make sure you see the following https://prnt.sc/w5nsue then check the folder named client check inside for the file called client.swf swap it with one from some who the game is working for or download mine https://easyupload.io/rc6k2p once you swapped close all reboot and try the app again it should work hopefully

well have got it up and running following these links running on a win 7 64 bit with edge had to copy in the whole client folder as was missing it also copied in the client file from hades so thank you for posting this and to every one who helps on here.

now to fix the boot file on my normal laptop

[steffansluis]

Hi!

I managed to fixed the issues I had with legacy login and get the new client to run on Linux (Pop!_OS 20.04). This potentially would also work for Mac users.

Based on:
https://forum.thesettlersonline.com/...t-login-issues

How to potentially fix legacy login issues:
1. Login using UPlay (create a new account if necessary), but don't finish registration
2. Cancel the registration (click complete registration at the top and then click cancel registration)
3. Login using legacy (it magically works now for some reason?)
4. (Optional (not really)): Link UPlay account to legacy account to avoid issues in the future.

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Based on:
https://forum.diesiedleronline.de/th...Laufen-bringen
https://forum.thesettlersonline.com/...l=1#post360692

How to get the client working on Linux:

Requirements:
- PlayOnLinux (4.3.4 in my case) (https://www.playonlinux.com/en/)
- Wine 5.0.3 64-bit (probably? I tried with 5.20 and 5.19, they didn't seem to work) (http://wiki.playonlinux.com/index.ph...or%20POL%2FPOM.)
- Maybe winbind? I installed this at some point because of an error I was seeing, not sure if it did anything (sudo apt install winbind, or something similar)

1. Install the client into a new namespace in PlayOnLinux. (for me this created a shortcut named 'The Settlers Online' in PlayOnLinux)
2. In any browser with a network log (e.g. Chrome), login to the TSO website and click the 'Play Now' button.
3. Find the link starting with 'tso://' in the network log of the browser and copy it. (https://developers.google.com/web/to...vtools/network)
4. From a command line, run:

playonlinux --run The\ Settlers\ Online "the_link_you_just_copied"

Example:

playonlinux --run The\ Settlers\ Online "tso://lang=en-uk&e=true&ubb=true&bb=http%3A%2F%2Fw02bb01.thesettlersonline.com%2F&s=https%3A%2F%2Fubistatic-a.akamaihd.net%2F0018%2Flive%7Chttps%3A%2F%2Fubistatic-a.akamaihd.net%2F0018%2Flive&chatS=http%3A%2F%2Fw02chat01.thesettlersonline.com%3A80&chatB=http%3A%2F%2Fw02chat01.thesettlersonline.com%3A80&country=NL&realmBeta=false&realmLang=uk&dsoAuthUser=1234567&dsoAuthToken=fakeauthtoken&baseUri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesettlersonline.com%2Fen&realm=2

5. At this point the game should launch and start loading. You will probably get some errors like:

wine: Unhandled page fault on read access to FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF at address 000000007BC6ED88 (thread 0080), starting debugger...

This happened a few times for me but each time the game seemed to get further in loading/broke at a different point, and after a few times it loaded up successfully.

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Make it easier to launch the game:

The original post mentions using xdg-open to allow launching the game from your regular browser just using the 'Play Now' button. It didn't work for me but it basically says:

1. Create a .desktop shortcut:

cp /usr/share/applications/PlayOnLinux.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/TSO_Client.desktop

2. Edit TSO_Client.desktop to look like the following:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=TSO
Comment=The Settlers Online
Type=Application
Exec=playonlinux --run The\ Settlers\ Online %U
Icon=playonlinux
Categories=Utility;Emulator;
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/tsorc;text/html;

3. Associate the tso:// protocol with the desktop application

xdg-settings set default-url-scheme-handler tso TSO_Client.desktop

This should make it so the game opens automatically when you click the 'Play Now' button from the browser. Didn't work for me but it might for you?

Cheers!

Edit: Got the xdg-open to work, the protocol should be tso, not tsorc

[The_Sarmatian]

then dual boot windows and play so simple, you could all be playing now instead of complaning if you installed wincan x x64

Reboot computer to resolve all issues? How typical of windows os. One of the reason I use Linux from 2007. I do not have windows partition. I do not have any dual boot. Plus last time I fought the grub 2, it was a huge pain.

With Wine you should be able to run windows programs without rebooting. The whole issue, how to install it on Wine, so there are no issues.

BB help? This is 3rd day I can not log into TSO. Linux guide please?