Perks disappearing?

[dtobola]

Is the following fix still viable?

If so, how do I "Download any of these maps and mutators listed"? Is there a repository for these?

Thanks!

-c

Originally Posted by ATLbandit

I can confirm that this still occurs on a Mac Mini 320M running Lion 10.7.2. I am looking into this now and will hopefully get us some help on this issue.

For Windows, this issue would happen if you joined a server with any character other than the base 4. I believe that has been fixed for Windows, and it does not affect the issue with Macs.

[EDIT] I have found a solution for now, it is an issue reading downloaded mutators from out of ~/Library/Application Support/Killing Floor/Cache. This workaround was from a previous suggestion posted here - http://forums.tripwireinteractive.co...1&postcount=16 . Here is what you will need to do:

1. Make sure there is nothing in the folder at ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Killing Floor/Cache, it should only be populated if you copied files from a Windows installation or similar. These fixes won't do anything if there are any files there.

2. Navigate to ~/Library/Application Support/Killing Floor/Cache

3. Open Cache.ini, take a note of the maps and mutators listed there (its the only way to figure out what the hash filenames correspond to)

4. Download any of these maps and mutators listed and place them into ~/Library/Application Support/Killing Floor/System instead.

5. Delete everything in ~/Library/Application Support/Killing Floor/Cache

6. Launch the game and join a server/go solo

Please note that this issue only seems to occur with some mutators (I believe INeedBodies is one) but I can't pinpoint it exactly so this is a catch-all if needed. Feel free to try using the cache for downloaded maps and mutators to see if there is any specific one that causes the error.

Hopefully we'll get a permanent fix for this sometime soon.

[eatjar]

Hi!
Yeah also the same annoying problem, it seems that i have almost all of the mayor bugs, so great... btw if im right this is an official tripwire/killingfloor technical support forum, where are the admins? Or the programmers? Or anyone?
Btw the only solution i found for this it restarting and trying another server, but sometimes the same bugged server works after the restart, and yes the bug some times occurs in solo mode too. I think there will never be an offical solution for us. shame

[Darth Venom]

Originally Posted by dtobola

Is the following fix still viable?

If so, how do I "Download any of these maps and mutators listed"? Is there a repository for these?

Thanks!

-c

It's still working for me. I don't know of any repository. I had to go and download all the mutators and weapon mods manually by Googling the names. I did not have to download the maps though. The maps won't screw up anything if they get automatically downloaded from a server.

[KaR]V[aN]

Hi there,

After being tired of not being capable to enter the most of servers I found this thread and after reading you all (specially ATLbandit) I managed to come up with a manually fix.

This workaround is based on ATLbandit's, but is easier because you dont have to download manually the mods (they are already in your computer, Cache folder).

Every time a server doesn't recognize your perks, try:

Open terminal (Applications, utilities, terminal) and paste the following commands:

cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Killing\ Floor/Cache/
for i in `cat cache.ini`; do ORIGEN=`echo $i | sed 's/=/ /' | awk '{print $1}'`; DESTINO=`echo $i | sed 's/=/ /' | awk '{print $2}'`; mv $ORIGEN.uxx ../system/$DESTINO; done;mv cache.ini cache.ini.old

This moves every mod to its original name in the cache folder to system avoiding to manually download every one of them (I had 228 in cache folder, almost 2Gb).

So far my killing floor is still working without troubles.

PS: Sorry for my english, I'm from spain.

EDIT:
This also solved the loading servers issue inside the game.

[qroxfire]

Originally Posted by KaR]V[aN

Hi there,

After being tired of not being capable to enter the most of servers I found this thread and after reading you all (specially ATLbandit) I managed to come up with a manually fix.

This workaround is based on ATLbandit's, but is easier because you dont have to download manually the mods (they are already in your computer, Cache folder).

Every time a server doesn't recognize your perks, try:

1. Open terminal (Applications, utilities, terminal) and paste the following commands:
2. cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Killing\ Floor/Cache/
3. for i in `cat cache.ini`; do ORIGEN=`echo $i | sed 's/=/ /' | awk '{print $1}'`; DESTINO=`echo $i | sed 's/=/ /' | awk '{print $2}'`; mv $ORIGEN.uxx ../system/$DESTINO; done;mv cache.ini cache.ini.old

This moves every mod to its original name in the cache folder to system avoiding to manually download every one of them (I had 228 in cache folder, almost 2Gb).

So far my killing floor is still working without troubles.

PS: Sorry for my english, I'm from spain.

EDIT:
This also solved the loading servers issue inside the game.

Kar,
I don't really understand what you mean. do i press Enter after copying step 2 into the window? and I don't understand step 3 at all. where is "cat cache.ini"??

[eatjar]

can you please write again what should be pasted? in more detiled.
I keep gettin syntax errors, and cat:cache.ini no such file or directory, mv: cache.ini no such file or directory

running 10.6.8

Thank you!

Edit:
After some trying now i get

mv: rename [Cache].uxx to ../system/[Cache].uxx: No such file or directory
mv: E390055844505582FDAF1E9DAE823895-1.uxx: No such file or directory
mv: 51B2C7BD4A93D10759745B87EB045704-1.uxx: No such file or directory
mv: 442EB655498751219613639DEF4AEED0-1.uxx: No such file or directory

and lot more like this

[wantfastcars]

Hey. I'm getting a similar issue - the difference being I can use my perks simply by exiting the server and going into Solo mode. I know the server isn't running any blacklisted mutators or anything, as several friends who joined me had their perks properly. As long as I play solo, I can still level and grind perks (excluding Medic for obvious reasons). However... that's less fun. I have no opposition to trying the above methods, but I have no cache folder and I can use my perks in Solo, which leads me to believe this is a different issue.

I do also get a Steam Error preventing me from connecting to one of my favorited servers, thought that simply may be offline :-/

[KaR]V[aN]

Originally Posted by eatjar

can you please write again what should be pasted? in more detiled.
I keep gettin syntax errors, and cat:cache.ini no such file or directory, mv: cache.ini no such file or directory

running 10.6.8

Thank you!

Edit:
After some trying now i get

mv: rename [Cache].uxx to ../system/[Cache].uxx: No such file or directory
mv: E390055844505582FDAF1E9DAE823895-1.uxx: No such file or directory
mv: 51B2C7BD4A93D10759745B87EB045704-1.uxx: No such file or directory
mv: 442EB655498751219613639DEF4AEED0-1.uxx: No such file or directory

and lot more like this

No problem.

Once you open a terminal you see a prompt like this: user@host ~$
This means you can start typing commands in, so this is how should like (I highlighted the commands I write in console in bold):

Last login: Thu Aug  2 18:09:52 on ttys002
karman@Usagi ~ $ cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Killing\ Floor/Cache/
karman@Usagi Cache $ for i in `cat cache.ini`; do ORIGEN=`echo $i | sed 's/=/ /' | awk '{print $1}'`; DESTINO=`echo $i | sed 's/=/ /' | awk '{print $2}'`; mv $ORIGEN.uxx ../system/$DESTINO; done;mv cache.ini cache.ini.old
mv: rename [Cache].uxx to ../system/[Cache].uxx: No such file or directory
karman@Usagi Cache $

This is actually the real output of my terminal.


Let's say a line on cache.ini is like this: 62FFEAEB4C20D883F4E7ED8373D2F5B5-2=KFPortraits.utx
This open the file cache.ini and gets the name of the actual temporary file, for example, 62FFEAEB4C20D883F4E7ED8373D2F5B5-2.uxx, and moves it to system folder and its correct name, KFPortraits.utx.

[eatjar]

Yeah , its seems to be working! Quite surprising but after i done this no perk bug, servers running just fine!
Thank you guys great work!
Im wondering if this is so "simple" then how the **** tripwire couldnt fix it.
Thank you KaR]V[aN!

[KaR]V[aN]

Actually isn't that simple. Thing is you have some mods in your cache folder that aren't signed or whitelisted by tripwire, therefore the client disconnects from steam and you loose your perks.

When you move them to your system folder they are as if were you who installed the mods, so game thinks they are trusted and doesn't disconnect from steam.

This is the explanation I have but please correct me if I'm wrong.

[wantfastcars]

Hey, uh, still looking for a solution. Any and all servers I connect to have me at level 0 everything, yet Solo and my "Profile" page still show the accurate levels. I cannot change my Perk on any servers, either, even to level 0. I have done a fresh installation twice, verified the cache at least four times, and tried the above Terminal solution twice (it doesn't work). I can play and level up in Solo, but I cannot choose a perk at all online.

This happens on ALL servers I connect to, even if I have an empty/nonexistant Cache folder.