I’m having a hard time getting the latest version to start:
I downloaded the latest version and unzipped it on my E drive (not my main drive but it has more space and I run all my Steam games off it with no issue). This is standalone, no installation of COAS on my machine.
Unzipped the zip within the zip, so now I’m looking at a standard game folder with the executable, module folder, etc.
Ran config.exe but it tells me it can’t find either start.ini (I’m looking right at it) or the options file.
Shrugged that off and ran the game executable itself. The first load was lengthy but it did mention “Loading modules (folder: modules\)… 44 loaded” which as I understand it is good. But when the game itself booted up, the camera was inside a ship model in a weird way and there was nothing else on the screen. Closed that out and tried again, now the .exe crashes every single time.
Ran vcredist_x86_2008.exe as the setupnotes instructs, still crashes… downloaded and ran directx_Jun2010_redist.exe, still crashes.
On unzipping the download, Windows flags and quarantines the file dvm.dll, saying it has an “Obfuscator.XZ” file in it. It did this for past versions too. Any idea why?
