Xfire Wont Detect NS 3.2 B2

RyBuRyBu Join Date: 2007-01-16 Member: 59654Members
in Tech Support
When I try and detect the new version on xfire it says...

"Unable to find the following files:

C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\*\half-life\ns\ns.wad

for game Natural Selection.
Please double check the path, and try again."

Please help...
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  • Lt_PatchLt_Patch Join Date: 2005-02-07 Member: 40286Members
    It's looking for the main texture file for some reason...
    Obviously, this is an Xfire problem, BUT I'm going to see if I can help <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />

    Hokay (now that Xfire has finished hammering my drive looking for games)...

    Open up the main Xfire window, click on Tools, then Options. Click on the Games tab, then look under Not Installed (or maybe in Installed, if there's an error with the command line), and find Natural Selection. Make sure the Game Path box reads "C:\Program Files\Steam" (without quotation marks), or "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam" (for all you 64-bit people <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />). Click Apply, and see if it finds the game then.

    For some reason at some point, you (or an update) has told Xfire to look for the ns.wad file, when it actually needs an executable file to find the game. NS is launched as "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" -applaunch 70 -game ns. So looking for a wad file (which is the master texture file iirc) is pointless.

    Hope that helps <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />
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  • SprengiSprengi Join Date: 2003-02-23 Member: 13860Members, Constellation
    xfire is searching for \*\half-life\ns\ns.wad when trying to detect Natural Selection
    3.2b1 is installed in \*\half-life\nsp\

    Xfire doesnt support 3.2beta2
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  • Lt_PatchLt_Patch Join Date: 2005-02-07 Member: 40286Members
    Although, following my above steps will ensure that Xfire is compatible with all versions of NS, as long as they're installed into Steam.

    The issue is that Natural Selection has no executable file to speak of that Xfire can detect, hence the steam.exe -applaunch 70 (which is Half-Life Classic) -game ns (which is the NS mod), and not ns.exe
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