Problem: 'Failed to create temp directory': Solved

llamabeast · #1 May 17th, 2007, 06:42 AM

Just first things to check:

Does the map file already exist? If so delete it I guess.
Is your disk full?

Gandalf Parker · #2 May 17th, 2007, 10:37 AM

Does the person who is downloading the file (running dom3) have permission to create a file in that directory?

HermesHand · #3 May 17th, 2007, 01:15 PM

The map file doesn't exist and the disk has plenty of space.

The account running dominions should be the same account that created those directories, so I don't think it is a permissions problem.

llamabeast · #4 May 17th, 2007, 01:40 PM

That's very strange.

In the absence of any ideas how to solve it, I'd suggest you ask one of the other players to e-mail you the map file. Normally I'd say get them to post it as an attachment here, but the attachments are broken at the moment.

How did you manage to get to turn 6 with no map?

lch · #5 May 17th, 2007, 03:35 PM

bl_fully.rgb isn't the map, it's just the background graphic. You never get the map file, it's encoded in your turn file. Why you get errors for the filename, I have no idea.

HermesHand · #6 May 17th, 2007, 03:42 PM

I play on multiple machines depending on where I am. The windows systems don't have this problem.

lch · #7 May 17th, 2007, 07:49 PM

Sorry, my crystal sphere is broken.

Same thing like I said to llamabeast:

- what does "df -h" tell you (in a bash console)?
- what does "mount" tell you?
- what does dom3 tell you on startup if you start it with "-ddd"?

Please copy&paste the output here.

HermesHand · #8 May 18th, 2007, 08:49 PM

I fixed it. It was a permissions problem. I think because of the way I copied the game from CD the directory was set read-only. Thanks for the help!