ATTK not working at all

[amborgeson]

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/27959

 

There's a running conversation in the threads with me and owner. I'm just baffled.

 

For what ever reason, my computer doesn't always take well to skyrim, and I want to improve this relationship.

 

SKSE and HiAglo work just fine, but ATTK just... fails to launch. GUI starts up, and when I click the ATTK button the GUI, a brief pause, the config GUI goes away, and... then nothing happens. bleh?

 

Using winxp and in an admin account.

 

Tired and I just want this to finally work. Going to go take a shower for now.

[SineWaveDrox]

I was having a problem with getting it to launch correctly from the GUI as well. If you go into the Skyrim\Data\ATTK and run the attk.exe from there, it may work. I set up all the options I wanted from the GUI, and now just run it from there with no problems.

 

Edit: Just read you post in the mod comment thread that you already tried that. No idea what else to try.

[Jason2112]

Looks like I have a runner, you are to stay within the quarantine zone ...

 

 

amborgeson - "attk-not-working-at-all"

 

Didn't you say you were running it, Just not in window mode ?

You seem to be purposely being dramatic ...

 

I have a feeling you never took the time to read the Main Page

or any other in ATTK's comment section ...

 

Do you have all your [ .dll ] files > VBasic and WScript

as XP don't come with them stock.

 

 

attk.exe and pause.exe are written as .vbs scripts

the other are .ahk scripts. AutoHotKey

 

Both are compiled

Edited January 20, 2013 by Jason2112

[Jason2112]

Do you have the current [ .dll / .exe ] files

for VBasic and WScript and AutoHotKey

installed ...

 

Two tests to check if you have the right files installed

copy and paste into a notepad and save

 

AutoHotkey test

File download if fail ... http://www.autohotkey.com

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MsgBox,80,Test,This is only a Test,0

 

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Re-Name to test.ahk and run.

 

VBasic test

File download if fail [ wscript.exe ]

If you use a 64-bit version of Windows, you should

also copy wscript.exe to C:\Windows\SysWOW64\

------------------

 

Dim WshShell

Set WshShell=WScript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

WshShell.Popup "This is only a test",0,"Test",80

 

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Re-Name to test.vbs and run.

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Edited January 20, 2013 by Jason2112

[ilikecheese1337]

I had the exact same problem. Turns out there was a spare attk.ini file floating around my Windows folder. Deleting it, rebooting and reinstalling ATTK fixed it for me.

[Jason2112]

Good point, ilikecheese1337, ATTK has moved to it's own folder within the Data folder

 

The Main Page tells you to uninstall everything reboot and start over just like that.

Edited January 20, 2013 by Jason2112

[amborgeson]

Your main page is long, and not terribly neat I'm afraid. Those who are good with technical stuff are not always good with visual design :) you should have vBasic and AutoHotKey listed under prerequisites. Might I recommend the following?

 

** Before you can Install Attk v5.0.1 **

Skyrim Configurator - by Pfannkuchen Gesicht

download: skrm_conf (1.6 or above)

 

** Before you can use Attk v5.0.1 **

Skyrim Script Extender - by Ian Patterson, Stephen Abel and Paul Connelly

SKSE (1.1 or above)

vBasic (should be installed alreadyin WinXP or later)

AutoHotKey (should be installed already in Vista or later)

 

** Tests for vBasic and AutoHotKey **

Copy the following lines into a notepad file, and save/rename as noted for each test.

 

------------------

AutoHotkey test

------------------

 

MsgBox,80,Test,This is only a Test,0

 

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Re-Name to test.ahk and run. Download from here if you can't run this Test: http://www.autohotkey.com

------------------

 

------------------

VBasic test

------------------

 

Dim WshShell

Set WshShell=WScript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

WshShell.Popup "This is only a test",0,"Test",80

 

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Re-Name to test.vbs and run. If this does not run, you need the following Microsoft File: wscript.exe

------------------

 

Now, that said, I did not have autohotkey. It is now installed, but with no change in behavior, so I am going to go over your main page again. It's 28 pages long, I think You need to clean it up a bit. :)

[Jason2112]

amborgeson - your main page is long, and not terribly neat I'm afraid ...

 

 

I'm sorry about that ... but you wouldn't even think of installing a super charger in your car without reading the directions.

ATTK is a super charger for your computer. Be nice if you could just wish it into working but I'm afraid you will have to

read this one ... as it is no simple mod.

 

Also systems passed XP all come with these programs stock now.

[Jason2112]

amborgeson - your main page is long, and not terribly neat I'm afraid ...

 

 

I'm sorry about that ... but you wouldn't even think of installing a super charger in your car without reading the directions. ATTK is a super charger for your computer. Be nice if you could just wish it into working but I'm afraid you will have to read this one ... as it is no simple mod.

 

Also, systems after XP all come with these programs stock now.

(or at least the .dll files)

Edited January 21, 2013 by Jason2112

[amborgeson]

As I've been having a lot of CTDs lately and what appears to be left over junk from mods pre- my use of NMM, I just did a completely clean install of skyrim. Uninstalled it, then deleted the folder.

 

I re-installed Skyrim and a limited selection of previous mods etc. The only programs I have aimed at affecting performance (In addition to SKSE of course) are Skyrim Configurator (A pre-req for ATTK), HiAlgo, and ATTK. As ATTK does not appear to use d3d9.dll or dinput8.dll, there should not be any compatibility issues.

 

ATTK installed itself to here:

C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\Data\ATTK

 

My ATTK.ini is as follow:

 

[ATTK]

opt1=2

opt2=3

opt3=1

opt4=2

opt5=1

opt6=3

opt7=1

opt8=1

opt9=1

[HOOKS]

[EXEMPT]

[CONFIG]

Skyrim_INI="C:\Documents and Settings\Adam\My Documents\My Games\Skyrim"

Steam_EXE="C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe"

Skyrim_GAM="C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim"

Config_EXE="C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim\skyrim_config.exe"

Window_EXE="C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim\Data\ATTK\abw.exe"

Splash_PIC="C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim\Data\ATTK\attk.gif"

[PASS]

KEY=

 

My config.ini for attk is as follows:

 

[saves]

profiles=default

current=default

backuppath=C:\

 

Clicking the "ATTK" button in the ATTK GUI still has the same results: cursor briefly has an hourglass, the GUI goes away... and then nothing further happens. The only option seems to be to some how NOT give SKSE Admin rights when running on an admin account in XP (Based on what has worked for others). If running ATTK requires that I switch user profiles just to play the game, it's not worth it. I some one comes up with another possibility, I'm willing to try it. Until then, I'll see if my fresh install and brand new game keeps all the nasty CTDs away.