Problem With Windows Version Getting Started

> I've installed Croquet (the current download) on my OS X machine and my
> XP system, both on the same LAN. Not sure I'll actually be able to share
> worlds since this is a LAN off a wireless hub that uses NAT to assign
> addresses, but I can't even get that far. On a totally new install of
> Croquet on XP, dragging any world out of the main window area into the
> canvas in an attempt to connect to the Master running on OS X, I
> immediately get an error that says, "WhiteRabbit.mdl is not defined."
>  From that point, I'm hosed and have to quite and restart Croquet.
>
> What could I possibly be doing wrong?
>
> Dan
>
>

> Hi Dan -
>
> > What could I possibly be doing wrong?
>
> First thing is that you're either running a Croquet that is unlike  
> the one we've released or that you're reporting the error message  
> incorrectly. I suspect that it said "WhiteRabbit.mdl does not  
> exist" instead which would indicate that it doesn't find a file. If  
> that is indeed the error message you are seeing (if not, please  
> report the actual one) check whether the file WhiteRabbit.mdl is  
> actually present in the Content\Avatars directory. If not, your  
> installation went wrong.
>
> If the file is there, please make sure you start your Croquet via  
> the Croquet.bat file in the installation directory - there is a  
> chance that with an "unusual install" (for example, if you have  
> other Squeak installations) it may not pick up the correct default  
> directory. In this case you also might have gotten a message  
> earlier complaining that it wouldn't find the .changes or .sources  
> file (this may or may not occur).
>
> Cheers,
>   - Andreas
>
> Dan Shafer wrote:
>> I've installed Croquet (the current download) on my OS X machine  
>> and my XP system, both on the same LAN. Not sure I'll actually be  
>> able to share worlds since this is a LAN off a wireless hub that  
>> uses NAT to assign addresses, but I can't even get that far. On a  
>> totally new install of Croquet on XP, dragging any world out of  
>> the main window area into the canvas in an attempt to connect to  
>> the Master running on OS X, I immediately get an error that says,  
>> "WhiteRabbit.mdl is not defined."  From that point, I'm hosed and  
>> have to quite and restart Croquet.
>> What could I possibly be doing wrong?
>> Dan
>

> Andreas....
>
> Thanks for the quick answer.
>
> Well, the first thing I discovered was that I wasn't launching with the
> .bat file but rather by double-clicking the .exe file. Seems strange
> that I can't just double-click the executable, but OK, I'll use the
> batch file. First thing the batch file does is report it can't find
> "/bin/Croquet.exe." I look around and discover that the installation
> process doesn't have a bin directory and that Croquet.exe is at the same
> directory level as the batch file, so I remove the "/bin" from the batch
> file, save it and run it again.
>
> Now the exe runs and the image opens but I get the same error as before:
> "WhiteRabbit.mdl does not exist." I look in the directory and, sure
> enough, there's WhiteRabbit.mdl right there at the same level of the
> directory as the batch and .exe and image.
>
> When I installed this on XP, all I did was download the file from the
> Web site (a ZIP), double-click it, and have it unzipped into the
> directory C:\Program Files\croquet. Nothing else.
>
> I am not a regular user of Windows, though I do know my way around the
> system a little. I'm not sure what I could do differently in the install
> that would result in this working as expected. (On OS X, it "just works.")
>
> Dan
>
> On Jul 18, 2006, at 9:35 PM, Andreas Raab wrote:
>
>> Hi Dan -
>>
>> > What could I possibly be doing wrong?
>>
>> First thing is that you're either running a Croquet that is unlike the
>> one we've released or that you're reporting the error message
>> incorrectly. I suspect that it said "WhiteRabbit.mdl does not exist"
>> instead which would indicate that it doesn't find a file. If that is
>> indeed the error message you are seeing (if not, please report the
>> actual one) check whether the file WhiteRabbit.mdl is actually present
>> in the Content\Avatars directory. If not, your installation went wrong.
>>
>> If the file is there, please make sure you start your Croquet via the
>> Croquet.bat file in the installation directory - there is a chance
>> that with an "unusual install" (for example, if you have other Squeak
>> installations) it may not pick up the correct default directory. In
>> this case you also might have gotten a message earlier complaining
>> that it wouldn't find the .changes or .sources file (this may or may
>> not occur).
>>
>> Cheers,
>>   - Andreas
>>
>> Dan Shafer wrote:
>>> I've installed Croquet (the current download) on my OS X machine and
>>> my XP system, both on the same LAN. Not sure I'll actually be able to
>>> share worlds since this is a LAN off a wireless hub that uses NAT to
>>> assign addresses, but I can't even get that far. On a totally new
>>> install of Croquet on XP, dragging any world out of the main window
>>> area into the canvas in an attempt to connect to the Master running
>>> on OS X, I immediately get an error that says, "WhiteRabbit.mdl is
>>> not defined."  From that point, I'm hosed and have to quite and
>>> restart Croquet.
>>> What could I possibly be doing wrong?
>>> Dan
>>
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