BOINC Suspend and Gaming etc

[SoulsCollective]

Damnit why won't this work!

Trying an older client version.

[Sparky]

Damnit why won't this work!

Trying an older client version.

Did you put it in the right folder?

[SoulsCollective]

Did you put it in the right folder?

As above:

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)

[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.

[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.

[Sparky]

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

[SoulsCollective]

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 -

Did you put it in the right folder?

As above:

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)

[Sparky]

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

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.

[SoulsCollective]

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.

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.

[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

[[XC] riptide]

<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.

[SoulsCollective]

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:

<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.

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 -

[[XC] riptide]

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.

[Martijn]

This is exactly what I was looking for

[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.

[SoulsCollective]

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.

But this is getting silly and off-topic.

[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.

[illidan]

<exclusive_app>.exe</exclusive_app>

doesn't work in 6.10.17
is this changed?

[illidan]

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



but when i start the game, BOINC doesn't suspend tasks

[Sparky]

which game?

[illidan]

any

last tried with Dragon Age Origins and NFS Shift

[Kurz]

Hmmm I have a problem too unrecognized tag.
Thats when I try to read the config file.

[don_xvi]

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

<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.

[Kurz]

I followed the directions. 6.2.28 version.

[Kurz]

*bump*

<exclusive_app> tag is still showing as unrecognized.