Errors when installing DAzips through DAUpdater

[markusDAO]

Hi there,

 

I recently purchased the Digital Download copy of Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition through the EA Store.

 

After hunting through my program folders to find DAUPdater I've found using it to put in modded game content a total non-starter.

 

I've had no problem using mods which make use of the Overide folder. Actually no trouble at all.

 

But whenever I try to open a DAzip file using the Updater it dies just before completion and pops out an error log.

 

Not sure why, right now. I am new to this. But after trying three separate DAzips I got the same end result.

 

Can anybody assist, or explain?

 

I'll add the error reports to this thread for assessment.

 

Thanks.

[markusDAO]

Firstly the following, which was for the Devout Armor, found on this forum:

 

 

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02/05/2011 16:02 - , Information - Settings: DAUGameTCPPort: 8000

02/05/2011 16:02 - , Information - Settings: DAUGameUDPPort: 8001

02/05/2011 16:02 - , Information - Settings: DAUIdleShutdownTime: 60

02/05/2011 16:02 - , Information - Settings: DAUFinishDownloadsAfterShutdown: True

02/05/2011 16:02 - , Information - Settings: DAUDeleteDownloadsAfterInstall: True

02/05/2011 16:02 - , Information - Settings: DAUMaxActiveDownloadSegments: 2

02/05/2011 16:02 - , Information - Settings: DAUProxyURI:

02/05/2011 16:02 - , Information - Settings: DAUDebug: False

02/05/2011 16:02 - , Information - Settings: DAUMinDiskSpace: 16777216

02/05/2011 16:02 - , Information - Settings: DAUHttpTimeout: 100

02/05/2011 16:02 - , Information - Settings: DAUBinaryWriteRetryCount: 5

02/05/2011 16:02 - , Information - Settings: DAUBinaryWriteRetryTimeout: 1

02/05/2011 16:02 - , Information - Settings: DAUFileMoveRetryCount: 5

02/05/2011 16:02 - , Information - Settings: DAUFileMoveRetryTimeout: 1

02/05/2011 16:02 - Engine.Utilities.DAGameInfo, Information - Found Dragon Age install path: C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Dragon Age™ Origins - Ultimate Edition

02/05/2011 16:02 - Engine.Utilities.DAGameInfo, Information - Found Dragon Age exe version: 1.4

02/05/2011 16:02 - Engine.Utilities.IniFile, Information - Reading ini: C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\Settings\DragonAge.ini

02/05/2011 16:02 - DAUpdater, Information - Localization file C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Dragon Age™ Origins - Ultimate Edition\data\DAUpdater.xml loaded.

02/05/2011 16:02 - DAUpdater, Information - Language set to: en

02/05/2011 16:02 - DAUpdater, Information - C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Dragon Age™ Origins - Ultimate Edition\bin_ship\DAUpdater.exe

02/05/2011 16:05 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

02/05/2011 16:05 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Processing manifest for: C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents\DAO Stuff\Devout_Armor.dazip

02/05/2011 16:05 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Successfully processed manifest.

02/05/2011 16:05 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracting: C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents\DAO Stuff\Devout_Armor.dazip

02/05/2011 16:05 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Location: C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\temp\Devout_Armor\

02/05/2011 16:05 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Contents/addins/Devout_Armor/core/data/2DAs.erf

02/05/2011 16:05 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Contents/addins/Devout_Armor/core/data/Devout_Armor_modcore.erf

02/05/2011 16:05 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Contents/addins/Devout_Armor/core/data/Hiearchies.erf

02/05/2011 16:05 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Contents/addins/Devout_Armor/core/data/Materialobjects.erf

02/05/2011 16:05 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted dir: Contents/addins/Devout_Armor/core/textures/

02/05/2011 16:05 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted dir: Contents/addins/Devout_Armor/core/textures/high/

02/05/2011 16:05 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Contents/addins/Devout_Armor/core/textures/high/Texturepack.erf

02/05/2011 16:05 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted dir: Contents/addins/Devout_Armor/core/textures/medium/

02/05/2011 16:05 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Contents/addins/Devout_Armor/core/textures/medium/Texturepack.erf

02/05/2011 16:05 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Contents/addins/Devout_Armor/module/data/Devout_Armor_module.erf

02/05/2011 16:05 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Contents/addins/Devout_Armor/module/Devout_Armor.cif

02/05/2011 16:05 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Contents/packages/core/data/Devout_Armor_package.erf

02/05/2011 16:05 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Manifest.xml

02/05/2011 16:05 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extraction successful.

02/05/2011 16:05 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Install mutex not found.

02/05/2011 16:05 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Error - Error loading AddIns XML: System.Xml.XmlException: Invalid character in the given encoding. Line 30, position 47.

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String arg)

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Int32 pos, String res)

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.InvalidCharRecovery(Int32& bytesCount, Int32& charsCount)

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.GetChars(Int32 maxCharsCount)

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ReadData()

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseCDataOrComment(XmlNodeType type, Int32& outStartPos, Int32& outEndPos)

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseCDataOrComment(XmlNodeType type)

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent()

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()

at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadNode(Boolean skipOverWhitespace)

at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadDocSequence(XmlDocument parentDoc)

at System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace)

at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)

at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(String filename)

at DAUpdater.Engine.Content.ContentInstaller.LoadAddInsXml()

02/05/2011 16:05 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Installing Devout_Armor folder: C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\temp\Devout_Armor\Contents\packages to: C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\packages\

02/05/2011 16:05 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Installing Devout_Armor folder: C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\temp\Devout_Armor\Contents\addins to: C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\AddIns\

02/05/2011 16:05 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Updating AddIns.xml

02/05/2011 16:05 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Error - Couldn't update XML file, error: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

at DAUpdater.Engine.Content.ContentInstaller.UpdateAddInsXml(String UID, XmlNode newAddInItem)

at DAUpdater.Engine.Content.ContentInstaller.InstallContent(InstallInfo installInfo, Boolean bDeleteAfterInstall)

02/05/2011 16:05 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Error - Install failed!

 

Edited May 2, 2011 by Thandal

[markusDAO]

And secondly from a Mod of the Bioware Social Site, for alternate faces for Morrigan, Leliana and Sten (DOA Trailer Edition):

 

 

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02/05/2011 16:10 - , Information - Settings: DAUGameTCPPort: 8000

02/05/2011 16:10 - , Information - Settings: DAUGameUDPPort: 8001

02/05/2011 16:10 - , Information - Settings: DAUIdleShutdownTime: 60

02/05/2011 16:10 - , Information - Settings: DAUFinishDownloadsAfterShutdown: True

02/05/2011 16:10 - , Information - Settings: DAUDeleteDownloadsAfterInstall: True

02/05/2011 16:10 - , Information - Settings: DAUMaxActiveDownloadSegments: 2

02/05/2011 16:10 - , Information - Settings: DAUProxyURI:

02/05/2011 16:10 - , Information - Settings: DAUDebug: False

02/05/2011 16:10 - , Information - Settings: DAUMinDiskSpace: 16777216

02/05/2011 16:10 - , Information - Settings: DAUHttpTimeout: 100

02/05/2011 16:10 - , Information - Settings: DAUBinaryWriteRetryCount: 5

02/05/2011 16:10 - , Information - Settings: DAUBinaryWriteRetryTimeout: 1

02/05/2011 16:10 - , Information - Settings: DAUFileMoveRetryCount: 5

02/05/2011 16:10 - , Information - Settings: DAUFileMoveRetryTimeout: 1

02/05/2011 16:10 - Engine.Utilities.DAGameInfo, Information - Found Dragon Age install path: C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Dragon Age Origins - Ultimate Edition

02/05/2011 16:10 - Engine.Utilities.DAGameInfo, Information - Found Dragon Age exe version: 1.4

02/05/2011 16:10 - Engine.Utilities.IniFile, Information - Reading ini: C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\Settings\DragonAge.ini

02/05/2011 16:10 - DAUpdater, Information - Localization file C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Dragon Age Origins - Ultimate Edition\data\DAUpdater.xml loaded.

02/05/2011 16:10 - DAUpdater, Information - Language set to: en

02/05/2011 16:10 - DAUpdater, Information - C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Dragon Age Origins - Ultimate Edition\bin_ship\DAUpdater.exe

02/05/2011 16:10 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

02/05/2011 16:10 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Processing manifest for: C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents\DAO Stuff\Trailer Edition Faces\DAO Trailer Edition.dazip

02/05/2011 16:10 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Successfully processed manifest.

02/05/2011 16:10 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracting: C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents\DAO Stuff\Trailer Edition Faces\DAO Trailer Edition.dazip

02/05/2011 16:10 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Location: C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\temp\DAO Trailer Edition\

02/05/2011 16:10 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Manifest.xml

02/05/2011 16:10 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Contents/addins/wab_wardsarcane/core/data/wab_wardsarcane_modcore.erf

02/05/2011 16:10 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Contents/addins/wab_wardsarcane/module/data/wab_wardsarcane_module.erf

02/05/2011 16:10 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Contents/addins/wab_wardsarcane/module/wab_wardsarcane.cif

02/05/2011 16:10 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Contents/packages/core/data/wab_wardsarcane_package.erf

02/05/2011 16:10 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extraction successful.

02/05/2011 16:10 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Install mutex not found.

02/05/2011 16:10 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Error - Error loading AddIns XML: System.Xml.XmlException: Invalid character in the given encoding. Line 30, position 47.

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String arg)

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Int32 pos, String res)

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.InvalidCharRecovery(Int32& bytesCount, Int32& charsCount)

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.GetChars(Int32 maxCharsCount)

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ReadData()

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseCDataOrComment(XmlNodeType type, Int32& outStartPos, Int32& outEndPos)

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseCDataOrComment(XmlNodeType type)

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent()

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()

at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadNode(Boolean skipOverWhitespace)

at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadDocSequence(XmlDocument parentDoc)

at System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace)

at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)

at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(String filename)

at DAUpdater.Engine.Content.ContentInstaller.LoadAddInsXml()

02/05/2011 16:10 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Installing wab_wardsarcane folder: C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\temp\DAO Trailer Edition\Contents\packages to: C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\packages\

02/05/2011 16:10 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Installing wab_wardsarcane folder: C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\temp\DAO Trailer Edition\Contents\addins to: C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\AddIns\

02/05/2011 16:10 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Updating AddIns.xml

02/05/2011 16:10 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Error - Couldn't update XML file, error: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

at DAUpdater.Engine.Content.ContentInstaller.UpdateAddInsXml(String UID, XmlNode newAddInItem)

at DAUpdater.Engine.Content.ContentInstaller.InstallContent(InstallInfo installInfo, Boolean bDeleteAfterInstall)

02/05/2011 16:10 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Error - Install failed!

 

[markusDAO]

And this one for the Armor of the Elven Warden, also from this site:

 

 

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02/05/2011 16:39 - , Information - Settings: DAUGameTCPPort: 8000

02/05/2011 16:39 - , Information - Settings: DAUGameUDPPort: 8001

02/05/2011 16:39 - , Information - Settings: DAUIdleShutdownTime: 60

02/05/2011 16:39 - , Information - Settings: DAUFinishDownloadsAfterShutdown: True

02/05/2011 16:39 - , Information - Settings: DAUDeleteDownloadsAfterInstall: True

02/05/2011 16:39 - , Information - Settings: DAUMaxActiveDownloadSegments: 2

02/05/2011 16:39 - , Information - Settings: DAUProxyURI:

02/05/2011 16:39 - , Information - Settings: DAUDebug: False

02/05/2011 16:39 - , Information - Settings: DAUMinDiskSpace: 16777216

02/05/2011 16:39 - , Information - Settings: DAUHttpTimeout: 100

02/05/2011 16:39 - , Information - Settings: DAUBinaryWriteRetryCount: 5

02/05/2011 16:39 - , Information - Settings: DAUBinaryWriteRetryTimeout: 1

02/05/2011 16:39 - , Information - Settings: DAUFileMoveRetryCount: 5

02/05/2011 16:39 - , Information - Settings: DAUFileMoveRetryTimeout: 1

02/05/2011 16:39 - Engine.Utilities.DAGameInfo, Information - Found Dragon Age install path: C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Dragon Age Origins - Ultimate Edition

02/05/2011 16:39 - Engine.Utilities.DAGameInfo, Information - Found Dragon Age exe version: 1.4

02/05/2011 16:39 - Engine.Utilities.IniFile, Information - Reading ini: C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\Settings\DragonAge.ini

02/05/2011 16:39 - DAUpdater, Information - Localization file C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Dragon Age Origins - Ultimate Edition\data\DAUpdater.xml loaded.

02/05/2011 16:39 - DAUpdater, Information - Language set to: en

02/05/2011 16:39 - DAUpdater, Information - C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Dragon Age Origins - Ultimate Edition\bin_ship\DAUpdater.exe

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Processing manifest for: C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents\DAO Stuff\elven warden\EWArmor0.1.dazip

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Successfully processed manifest.

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracting: C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents\DAO Stuff\elven warden\EWArmor0.1.dazip

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Location: C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\temp\EWArmor0.1\

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Manifest.xml

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Contents/addins/kytx_ewarmor/core/data/kytx_ewarmor_modcore.erf

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Contents/addins/kytx_ewarmor/module/data/kytx_ewarmor_module.erf

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Contents/addins/kytx_ewarmor/module/kytx_ewarmor.cif

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Contents/packages/core/data/kytx_ewarmor_package.erf

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted dir: Contents/addins/kytx_ewarmor/core/textures/

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted dir: Contents/addins/kytx_ewarmor/core/textures/high/

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Contents/addins/kytx_ewarmor/core/textures/high/texturepack.erf

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted dir: Contents/addins/kytx_ewarmor/core/textures/medium/

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Contents/addins/kytx_ewarmor/core/textures/medium/texturepack.erf

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Contents/addins/kytx_ewarmor/core/data/materialobjects.erf

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Contents/addins/kytx_ewarmor/core/data/modelhierarchies.erf

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Contents/addins/kytx_ewarmor/core/data/gloves_medium_variation_aoew.gda

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Contents/addins/kytx_ewarmor/core/data/helmet_medium_variation_aoew.gda

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extracted file: Contents/addins/kytx_ewarmor/core/data/2da.erf

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Extraction successful.

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Install mutex not found.

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Error - Error loading AddIns XML: System.Xml.XmlException: Invalid character in the given encoding. Line 30, position 47.

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String arg)

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Int32 pos, String res)

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.InvalidCharRecovery(Int32& bytesCount, Int32& charsCount)

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.GetChars(Int32 maxCharsCount)

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ReadData()

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseCDataOrComment(XmlNodeType type, Int32& outStartPos, Int32& outEndPos)

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseCDataOrComment(XmlNodeType type)

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent()

at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()

at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadNode(Boolean skipOverWhitespace)

at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadDocSequence(XmlDocument parentDoc)

at System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace)

at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)

at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(String filename)

at DAUpdater.Engine.Content.ContentInstaller.LoadAddInsXml()

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Installing kytx_ewarmor folder: C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\temp\EWArmor0.1\Contents\packages to: C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\packages\

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Installing kytx_ewarmor folder: C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\temp\EWArmor0.1\Contents\addins to: C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\AddIns\

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Information - Updating AddIns.xml

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Error - Couldn't update XML file, error: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

at DAUpdater.Engine.Content.ContentInstaller.UpdateAddInsXml(String UID, XmlNode newAddInItem)

at DAUpdater.Engine.Content.ContentInstaller.InstallContent(InstallInfo installInfo, Boolean bDeleteAfterInstall)

02/05/2011 16:40 - Engine.Content.ContentInstaller, Error - Install failed!

 

 

Anybody got a clue?

[Thandal]

Welcome, marcusDAO!

 

Sorry you're having a problem. Usually this error indicates an issue with a filepath not being "as expected" when DAUpadter tries to manipulate the contents of the ".dazip" file. (This is probably your situation, with the mod author having coded the default retail-disc install paths into the archive.)

 

One solution others have used is to extract the contents and then place them into "\addins" manually.

 

Another is to use "DAO-Modmanager" (DAMM), instead of DAUpdater. DAMM allows you to edit the paths for all the various components of DA to match your specific environment. :thumbsup:

 

Let us know if you succeed.

 

Good Luck! :thumbsup:

[markusDAO]

  On 5/2/2011 at 5:24 PM, Thandal said:

Welcome, marcusDAO!

 

Sorry you're having a problem. Usually this error indicates an issue with a filepath not being "as expected" when DAUpadter tries to manipulate the contents of the ".dazip" file. (This is probably your situation, with the mod author having coded the default retail-disc install paths into the archive.)

 

One solution others have used is to extract the contents and then place them into "\addins" manually.

 

Another is to use "DAO-Modmanager" (DAMM), instead of DAUpdater. DAMM allows you to edit the paths for all the various components of DA to match your specific environment. :thumbsup:

 

Let us know if you succeed.

 

Good Luck! :thumbsup:

 

Hi Thandal.

 

I gave that a go.

 

Downloaded the Modmanager, extracted to a folder on my desktop, tried to run it, and...

 

Error.

 

"An error occurred while reading the Addins.xml

Invalid character in the given encoding. Line 30, position 47

 

they want the file repair?"

 

YES/NO/CANCEL

 

Any clue what has gone wrong here?

[Thandal]

  On 5/4/2011 at 9:03 PM, markusDAO said:

... Downloaded the Modmanager, extracted to a folder on my desktop, tried to run it, and...

 

Error.

 

"An error occurred while reading the Addins.xml

Invalid character in the given encoding. Line 30, position 47

 

they want the file repair?"

 

YES/NO/CANCEL

 

Any clue what has gone wrong here?

So at that point did you check/edit the paths for your install using the "Options" tab (the last one on the right) on the DAMM screen? The DD version may have slightly different paths (but since I don't have that installation, can't say with any certainty...)

[markusDAO]

  On 5/4/2011 at 11:48 PM, Thandal said:

  On 5/4/2011 at 9:03 PM, markusDAO said:

... Downloaded the Modmanager, extracted to a folder on my desktop, tried to run it, and...

 

Error.

 

"An error occurred while reading the Addins.xml

Invalid character in the given encoding. Line 30, position 47

 

they want the file repair?"

 

YES/NO/CANCEL

 

Any clue what has gone wrong here?

So at that point did you check/edit the paths for your install using the "Options" tab (the last one on the right) on the DAMM screen? The DD version may have slightly different paths (but since I don't have that installation, can't say with any certainty...)

 

As of yet, I don't know. Because the Application won't start. It brings up that error prompt, and I'm a bit loath to click to 'Repair' not being sure if it'll do any damage elsewhere.

[DarkeWolf]

Does the username of the account that you're logged into have any characters other than letters or numbers in it?

Such as !@#$%^&*()`~<> ? That can cause errors with DA, as the game engine can't read those.

 

For instance:

C:\Users\John-$mith\

As soon as it hits John- the updater is gonna go "WTF???" and crash out.

 

Just an idea, and thought I'd ask.

[markusDAO]

  On 5/6/2011 at 9:58 PM, DarkeWolf said:

Does the username of the account that you're logged into have any characters other than letters or numbers in it?

Such as !@#$%^&*()`~<> ? That can cause errors with DA, as the game engine can't read those.

 

For instance:

C:\Users\John-$mith\

As soon as it hits John- the updater is gonna go "WTF???" and crash out.

 

Just an idea, and thought I'd ask.

 

Now you mention it I believe the system is still under the default name of "Compaq_user". Is there any work around for that? As I'm pretty sure I'll have infinitely more problems trying to set up a separate User Account on the PC.