USB Eastern Front mod can't find COH directory

[FriendlyFire]

So...

I have to

1-uninstall all my CoH games,

2-reinstall my Original coh, but I got banned temporarily for using this code... if I do it one more time will I ever be able to play CoH again?

3-reinstall my ToV,

4-Download EF,

5-and never play OF because its on steam.... #$%^

PS, 

um..I still have the special combination code to OF, if I punch that code out on the main menu could I still play it?   

[Blackbishop]

As long as you have all your keys on the same relic account you only will need one CoH install, I have the key from the retail original CoH and Opposing Fronts and Steam ToV.

When I bought ToV, I just logged in with the same account that i used on retail CoH and that was all what I need to link the accounts, hence I don't need to install retail anymore. If you want to recover your key you should ask for it to relic support, they will help you .

EDIT: As far as I know your key can get banned if its transferred by a fourth time. By Transferred mean, register to a different account than yours.

[piercedlip898]

Like this? Sorry for the delay, computer dumped on me and took 4 days to fix. Anyways, i did so and it gave me the same error message. i found something though...
I have C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\company of heroes
AND C:\Users\User\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes
also i though i had a THQ folder somewhere else but i cant seem to find it...

[Blackbishop]

@piercedlip898, @FriendlyFire
Thank you very much guys!!!

Thank to you, really, I unistalled my Retail version and reinstalled my Steam version just to see your case...

And that error happened to me too!! I tested the 1.10 version on Retail and Steam but I forgot to test the 1.20 on steam ... I'm apologize ...

So here have a report:

This is the Big Cheese: Perhaps steam changed it's way to store the games ID... But when trying to play over steam prompts "Unable to locate Company of Heroes directory".  The bug is bad but not critical... All people that use steam CoH and have this bug don't forget to configure your EF path on the launcher.

And a minor detail:

When you use the steam version at the moment you update your game, if you haven't configured your path on the launcher, the files are installed in the "default" directory, so it's says "up to date" but if you were careless and didn't notice the path you failed to install it(You have to go to CoH directory\EF_Updates and install them again on the correct path, beware to check the path!!!). Probably this is because the installer can't find the proper path. But when installing the 1.20 full version found it.

EDIT: Ah!!! By the way, I don't know if this info can help but Steam changed the way it treated the games on the windows registry:

Before

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[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Company of Heroes]
"DisplayName"="Company of Heroes"
"UninstallString"="\"foo\""
"InstallLocation"="c:\\games\\steam\\steamapps\\common\\company of heroes"
"Publisher"="THQ Inc."
"DisplayVersion"="2.601.0"
"DisplayIcon"="\"c:\\games\\steam\\steamapps\\common\\company of heroes\\reliccoh.exe\""
After

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[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Steam App 20540]
"DisplayIcon"="c:\\games\\Steam\\steam\\games\\09cdf307082beee1f5271a5454dfe2994a937ebc.ico"
"DisplayName"="Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor"
"HelpLink"="http://support.steampowered.com/"
"InstallLocation"="c:\\games\\steam\\steamapps\\common\\company of heroes"
"Publisher"="Relic"
"UninstallString"="\"c:\\games\\Steam\\steam.exe\" steam://uninstall/20540"
"URLInfoAbout"="http://www.companyofheroesgame.com/"
"NoRepair"=dword:00000001
"NoModify"=dword:00000001
Luckly, the Steam IDs for CoH games are constant

vCoH = 4560
OF = 9340
ToV = 20540

P.S. Don't worry, I changed the directory of the text above.

[piercedlip898]

Well, fuck.
All of my stuff is purchased from steam, I have CoH and OF.
maybe if I uninstall and reinstall everything and pay attention to paths, maybe it'll work?

[Blackbishop]

@piercedlip898
No... Just fix the path on the launcher settings. It should appear empty and gray . Click on "Select" and choose the path where its installed, I suppose "someunit:\dir\steamapps\CoH\".

[kurtb]

Right click your Shortcut to RelicCoH.exe (Company of Heroes) and at the end add "-dev -mod Eastern_Front" (without ")

It works!


But Eastern Front Launcher still not working, and says always:" EF Mod does not appear to be installed on your system" So for this reason i cant update EF mod too... Any suggestions...??
Note: i tried showing locating and regedit stuff... no hope!

[Blackbishop]

@piercedlip898
No... Just fix the path on the launcher settings. It should appear empty and gray . Click on "Select" and choose the path where its installed, I suppose "someunit:\dir\steamapps\CoH\".

Right click your Shortcut to RelicCoH.exe (Company of Heroes) and at the end add "-dev -mod Eastern_Front" (without ")

It works!


But Eastern Front Launcher still not working, and says always:" EF Mod does not appear to be installed on your system" So for this reason i cant update EF mod too... Any suggestions...??
Note: i tried showing locating and regedit stuff... no hope!

Steps:
1)Open EF Launcher
2)Click OK on Error Message
3)Click on Settings Menu
4)Change the current path of CoH to the correct one. Currently you should have nothing, just a grey text box.
5)After chosing the correct path,  you can now play from the launcher. Of course, perhaps you'll need to update your EF. If you updated EF before solving this error, most probably won't be able to update by the launcher, if not you should click on the "Check for Updates" button.

If you updated EF before solving this error, you should follow these steps:
1)Go to CoH folder, then to EF_Updates or something like that, you will recognize the correct folder because it stores the patches you download.
2)Execute each update in their respective order(Updates from 1.21 or above).
3)You are ready to play the lattest version of EF.

I hope this helps .

[kurtb]

Hi,

Actually i changed the path before, as you say above. When i clicked "OK" button after changing the path, it give the same error again. And when i checked the settings once more, the path part remains blank...

So choosing the path by launcher don't work for me. Still i can't update it and play vs launcher... As i said, i can only play the game by editing the shourcut of Relic.exe as "-dev -mod Eastern_Front"

Any suggestions?

Note: I did what you say in your above reply, nothing changes again...

[Blackbishop]

@kurtb
Do you have steam CoH?

[Rikard Blixt]

Open Regedit (Windows Key + R -> Enter regedit).

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Eastern Front
(64 bit os)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Eastern Front
(32 bit os)

Does it exists? What's the info inside it?

[kurtb]

@kurtb
Do you have steam CoH?

No steam. Retail...

Open Regedit (Windows Key + R -> Enter regedit).
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Eastern Front
(64 bit os)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Eastern Front
(32 bit os)

Does it exists? What's the info inside it?

There is EasternFront file but there is no uninstall value.. it have default, display name-version,urlinfo...
So i think we need to add a value, right?


Note: 32 bit OS

[Rikard Blixt]

"DisplayName"="Eastern Front"
"DisplayVersion"="1.2.3.2"
"URLInfoAbout"="EasternFront.org"


Remember to change DisplayVersion to the version you installed.

[kurtb]

"DisplayName"="Eastern Front"
"DisplayVersion"="1.2.3.2"
"URLInfoAbout"="EasternFront.org"


Remember to change DisplayVersion to the version you installed.

Still same error...

SS link:  http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/946/cohef.jpg [nofollow]

[Rikard Blixt]

http://www.speedyshare.com/files/23780950/ef.reg

Download and open it up.