Just in Time for the Big 3.0 Release ... More Bugs!
Okay ... so I've found a bug. I will explain what's happening and you can determine whether it will effect your Star Explorers experience or not.
So I have been more vigilant than ever in testing. I have 5 computers set up to test Star Explorers. 2 have Windows 7, 1 has Windows 8, and 2 have Windows 10.
So far, everything has worked fine ... until today.
If I log in to a different account than the initial Windows account used to play Star Explorers, it will encounter an error when starting a new game. It seems the first account used to start the game will have access to the Star Explorers folder in the ProgramData folder, and other user accounts will not.
Now that I have encountered this error, it seems perfectly obvious. I don't know why I have not thought to test on multiple accounts before, it happened by accident.
So, if you are playing on a computer with multiple accounts, and other people are playing the game too, you may encounter this error. It will say "Invalid Pointer etc..."
Previous versions of Star Explorers created all the saved game files right in the game's installation folder. This was fine on older systems, but Windows 10 and some others, would prevent the game from creating and writing to files in the Program Files folder, where Steam games are usually installed.
The new version fixes this issue, but now a new problem has emerged as a result. The good news is that Windows 10 users should be able to play, so this is a vast improvement.
I will be looking into how to resolve this. If you are playing on a computer with multiple accounts, and you want more than one person to be able to play, then, for now, the best I could advise would be to create a separate public account for everyone to use to play the game.
Keep a look out for updates in the near future.
So I have been more vigilant than ever in testing. I have 5 computers set up to test Star Explorers. 2 have Windows 7, 1 has Windows 8, and 2 have Windows 10.
So far, everything has worked fine ... until today.
If I log in to a different account than the initial Windows account used to play Star Explorers, it will encounter an error when starting a new game. It seems the first account used to start the game will have access to the Star Explorers folder in the ProgramData folder, and other user accounts will not.
Now that I have encountered this error, it seems perfectly obvious. I don't know why I have not thought to test on multiple accounts before, it happened by accident.
So, if you are playing on a computer with multiple accounts, and other people are playing the game too, you may encounter this error. It will say "Invalid Pointer etc..."
Previous versions of Star Explorers created all the saved game files right in the game's installation folder. This was fine on older systems, but Windows 10 and some others, would prevent the game from creating and writing to files in the Program Files folder, where Steam games are usually installed.
The new version fixes this issue, but now a new problem has emerged as a result. The good news is that Windows 10 users should be able to play, so this is a vast improvement.
I will be looking into how to resolve this. If you are playing on a computer with multiple accounts, and you want more than one person to be able to play, then, for now, the best I could advise would be to create a separate public account for everyone to use to play the game.
Keep a look out for updates in the near future.