Okay, thanks for the feedback. I’ll make a note of this in the readme. ======================================== Nathaniel Schmidt Undergraduate student Bachelor of Computer Science (S306) School of Information Technology Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment Deakin University, Melbourne (Burwood) campus https://sync.deakin.edu.au/profiles/student/njschmidt/
E: njschm...@deakin.edu.au LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/njsch/ GitHub: https://github.com/njsch/ Skype: nathaniel_schmidt1994 about.me/njschmidt/ > On 9 Feb 2021, at 2:16 am, Nicol <nicoloosthuize...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks, I installed Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 and > the game works now. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: blind-gamers@groups.io [mailto:blind-gamers@groups.io] On Behalf Of > Nathaniel Schmidt > Sent: 07 February 2021 02:06 AM > To: blind-gamers@groups.io > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] unable to launch the camel game > > Hi Nicol, > > Your problem appears to be that the program thinks that you do not have the > file python37.dll installed anywhere on your computer for it to be located. > I packaged this file along with the program so you should have this file in > the same folder as camel.exe. ON Windows at least, python programs tend to > work pretty well on Windows 10 but a Google search indicates to me that some > people sometimes have trouble running programs written in Python and > compiled with PyInstaller when using Windows server or a windows virtual > machine (especially Windows 7 and 8). Could this be your problem? > > Another thing to consider is: Do you have any Visual C++ redistributables > installed? You may specifically want to try and fix the problem by > installing the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 run-time > components: > https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=48145 > > Looks like this is a known Pyinstaller issue. Potentially I may be able to > fix this by using another package like Py2exe but I don't really want to do > this as Py2exe appears to essentially be a deprecated project. > > Kind regards, > > Nathaniel > > ======================================== > Nathaniel Schmidt > Undergraduate student > Bachelor of Computer Science (S306) > School of Information Technology > Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment Deakin University, > Melbourne (Burwood) campus > https://sync.deakin.edu.au/profiles/student/njschmidt/ > > E: njschm...@deakin.edu.au > LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/njsch/ > GitHub: https://github.com/njsch/ > Skype: nathaniel_schmidt1994 > about.me/njschmidt/ > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: blind-gamers@groups.io <blind-gamers@groups.io> On Behalf Of >> Jude DaShiell >> Sent: Sunday, 7 February 2021 1:46 AM >> To: blind-gamers@groups.io >> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] unable to launch the camel game >> >> Looks like a python program not basic and you may not have python >> installed on your system. Even after installing python, usually these >> packages have dependencies that don't get installed with python that >> need pip or python-easy-installer to be run to get them installed. >> Right now, python is in molting stage which means the python is coming >> up into a new version and loosing its old skin so even within python >> it will pay to get the right versions of packages that will be supported > into the future. >> >> >> >>> On Sat, 6 Feb 2021, Nicol wrote: >>> >>> HI Nataneal >>> I would like to play your camel game, but I cannot launch the program. >>> I've extracted all files into a folder. >>> This is the error message I get: >>> LoadLibrary: PyInstaller: FormatMessageW failed. >>> >>> Many thanks for any help >>> Bfn >>> Nicol >>> South africa >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#123284): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/123284 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/80430511/21656 Group Owner: blind-gamers+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/leave/607459/1071380848/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
