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08-14-2009, 05:57 PM
SoulsCollective

Damnit why won't this work!

Trying an older client version.
08-14-2009, 05:59 PM
Sparky

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Originally Posted by SoulsCollective

Damnit why won't this work!

Trying an older client version.

Did you put it in the right folder?
08-14-2009, 06:06 PM
SoulsCollective

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Originally Posted by SparkyJJO

Did you put it in the right folder?

As above:

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Originally Posted by SoulsCollective

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Originally Posted by [XC] riptide

Where you put the config file? Does it say its reading the cc_config file? In the messages tab?

C:\ProgramData\BOINC\cc_config.xml

I didn't have a file originally, so I made one (and yes, it's a .xml file, not .xml.txt)
08-14-2009, 06:08 PM
Sparky

Hmm... did you restart BOINC after creating the file?
Sorry if you said you did already, I haven't read the whole thread.

I'm going to give mine a test and see if it works or not.
*edit* It didn't work until I restarted my PC (restarting the client). Then it worked perfectly.
08-14-2009, 06:20 PM
SoulsCollective

Yeah, again as above, tried restarting the client, tried restarting my machine, tried forcing BOINC to re-read the config file. Even testing with notepad.exe, nothing happens (or rather, stops happening) when I fire up any listed app.
08-14-2009, 06:20 PM
Sparky

Just checking.... you did make sure that notepad didn't stick a .txt extension on it when you created it, right?
08-14-2009, 06:56 PM
SoulsCollective

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Originally Posted by SparkyJJO

Just checking.... you did make sure that notepad didn't stick a .txt extension on it when you created it, right?

Lol, ok, dude, don't mean to be an arse because you're trying to help, but that's answered only two posts above -

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Originally Posted by SoulsCollective

Quote:

Originally Posted by SparkyJJO

Did you put it in the right folder?

As above:

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Originally Posted by SoulsCollective

Quote:

Originally Posted by [XC] riptide

Where you put the config file? Does it say its reading the cc_config file? In the messages tab?

C:\ProgramData\BOINC\cc_config.xml

I didn't have a file originally, so I made one (and yes, it's a .xml file, not .xml.txt)

:p:
08-14-2009, 07:01 PM
Sparky

:doh: :hitself:

Man I'm tired or something, missing all the details and whatnot... So sorry :yawn:

K I'm going to reread EVERYTHING before asking another question!!

*edit* OK something to try.... Remove everything except for just one (notepad.exe for example). See if it works then.

I was looking at your posted list and am wondering if somehow the spaces in some of the .exe files is throwing it off, perhaps. Maybe try removing those, and/or truncating them to the 8 character/no space version, like for example <exclusive_app>Titanq~1.exe</exclusive_app> instead of <exclusive_app>Titan Quest.exe</exclusive_app>

Also, this line <exclusive_app>hl -console.exe</exclusive_app> looks funny - is that typed correctly? Shouldn't it be just hl.exe without the flag? Just trying to find issues in the file that could be causing trouble.
08-15-2009, 01:55 AM
SoulsCollective

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Originally Posted by SparkyJJO

I was looking at your posted list and am wondering if somehow the spaces in some of the .exe files is throwing it off, perhaps. Maybe try removing those, and/or truncating them to the 8 character/no space version, like for example <exclusive_app>Titanq~1.exe</exclusive_app> instead of <exclusive_app>Titan Quest.exe</exclusive_app>

Nail on the head, good sir. Thanks for the input! The 8-char limit doesn't seem to be a problem, but BOINC definitely doesn't like spaces in executable names.

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Also, this line <exclusive_app>hl -console.exe</exclusive_app> looks funny - is that typed correctly? Shouldn't it be just hl.exe without the flag?

Nope, that's actually what my game executable is called, even in task manager. It's to do with running mods etc.
08-15-2009, 03:33 AM
karl_eller

It'd be hl.exe -console, you have the switch in the wrong place. But you don't need the command switch in the exe thing.

Eller
08-15-2009, 04:04 AM
[XC] riptide

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<cc_config>
<options>
<exclusive_app>halo.exe</exclusive_app>
<exclusive_app>BF2.exe</exclusive_app>
<exclusive_app>MD5.exe</exclusive_app>
<report_results_immediately>1</report_results_immediately>
</options>
</cc_config>

This is also a little trick I use also..... this line ensures that after every WU, its reported within a minute. Keeps a big list of 'Ready to Report' WU's from building up.
08-15-2009, 06:55 AM
SoulsCollective

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Originally Posted by [XC] riptide

This is also a little trick I use also..... this line ensures that after every WU, its reported within a minute. Keeps a big list of 'Ready to Report' WU's from building up.

They'd actually prefer you didn't do that - from the BOINC Wiki:

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<report_results_immediately>
If set, each job will be reported to the project server as soon as it's finished, with an inbuild 60 second delay from completion of result upload. (normally it's deferred for up to a day, so that several jobs can be reported in one request). Using this option increases the load on project servers, and should generally be avoided. It's intended to be used on computer whose disks are reformatted every day.

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Originally Posted by karl_eller

It'd be hl.exe -console, you have the switch in the wrong place. But you don't need the command switch in the exe thing.

Eller

Nope and yes respectively -
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...sc/hltskmn.png
08-15-2009, 07:07 AM
[XC] riptide

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Originally Posted by SoulsCollective

They'd actually prefer you didn't do that - from the BOINC Wiki:

Thats BOINC wiki. Not WCG or any other project wiki. I imagine WCG servers are powerful enough.
08-15-2009, 01:22 PM
Martijn

This is exactly what I was looking for :bows:
08-17-2009, 09:01 AM
Oc-Ghost

Great, Thank you for this great post.

SoulsCollective:
IMHO, Image name != command line name. Task Man -> View -> Select Columns... -> Command Line.
At least I found it very weird, unless you actually have it named that in a mod directory. :D
08-17-2009, 09:15 AM
SoulsCollective

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Originally Posted by Oc-Ghost

SoulsCollective:
IMHO, Image name != command line name. Task Man -> View -> Select Columns... -> Command Line.
At least I found it very weird, unless you actually have it named that in a mod directory. :D

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...sc/hlsnip2.png

But this is getting silly and off-topic.
08-17-2009, 10:02 AM
Particle

At some point, he or something renamed hl.exe to "hl -console.exe". I imagine this happened during an attempt to enable the developer console which needs to be a command line argument, not a part of the exe name.
11-12-2009, 02:11 PM
illidan

<exclusive_app>.exe</exclusive_app>

doesn't work in 6.10.17
is this changed?
12-18-2009, 05:54 PM
illidan

anyone? i've installed 6.10.19 and same thing...

http://www.kttns.org/5zdzm

but when i start the game, BOINC doesn't suspend tasks
12-18-2009, 06:27 PM
Sparky

which game?
12-18-2009, 06:34 PM
illidan

any :)

last tried with Dragon Age Origins and NFS Shift
03-21-2010, 06:40 AM
Kurz

Hmmm I have a problem too unrecognized tag.
Thats when I try to read the config file.
03-21-2010, 07:00 AM
don_xvi

Copy this format into your file and make lines as you need. Works just fine with 6.10.36

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<cc_config>
<options>
<exclusive_app>BFBC2Game.exe</exclusive_app>
</options>
</cc_config>

Hmm, I used tabs to indent as I'd seen in the docs for BOINC, but I suspect it'll work without. Or add tabs to re-indent.
03-21-2010, 08:15 AM
Kurz

I followed the directions. 6.2.28 version.
03-21-2010, 09:50 PM
Kurz

*bump*

<exclusive_app> tag is still showing as unrecognized.

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