WGTour Help

CaucasianAsian

Korea (South)11595 Posts

May 20 2007 09:31 GMT

Since I have asked numerous times in other threads...

I have put the WGTour.mpq in my starcraft/leagues/wgtour/ folder and When I click on Leagues on Europe it says \"No Leagues Installed\"

I then copied and pasted the .mpq to just the starcraft folder, and still nothing seems to work. How do I fix this? I wanna play WGTour!

IntoTheWow

is awesome32278 Posts

May 20 2007 09:36 GMT

The same happens to me and lots of people i know. I posted on the WGTour forum and i tried EVERYTHING to fix it. No luck yet. The admins dont seem to know what it is also.

Things i tried:

Reinstalling
Copying the .mpq file everywhere
Re downlaoding the MPQ
Installing in an english directory (I have spanish windows)
I use original CD without loaders or isos.
Disabling Antivirus
I dont have a firewall
I dont have a router.

Dont know what it can be.

CaucasianAsian

Korea (South)11595 Posts

May 20 2007 09:40 GMT

WGT hates us

fusionsdf

Canada15390 Posts

May 20 2007 09:49 GMT

where exactly is your mpq file located right now?

MuShu

United States3223 Posts

May 20 2007 11:10 GMT

Well. what I did was just put it in the SC folder and they told me to reset my WGT account password, so I did that and then it worked for me.

CaucasianAsian

Korea (South)11595 Posts

May 20 2007 17:46 GMT

I have a .mpq in C: ProgramFiles/Starcraft/Wgtour.mpq one in C: ProgramFiles/Starcraft/Leagues/WGtour/Wgtour.mpq one in C: ProgramFiles/Starcraft/WGtour/Wgtour.mpq

I have it in practically every stupid folder.

Divinek

Canada4045 Posts

May 20 2007 18:03 GMT

Did you set your game name on the WGT site? It's not listed as a step for installation anywhere, but I had this exact same problem and that's how I fixed it, of course not your WGT account name but your fixed game name or whatever...at the site it's settings>modify your ladder nick name and make sure it's the same as the name you're using blah blah. If that's not it, oh well I tried. Worked for me.

CaucasianAsian

Korea (South)11595 Posts

May 20 2007 18:07 GMT

yes. My Ladder nickname and my battle.net ID are the same.

merz

Sweden2760 Posts

May 20 2007 18:56 GMT

Im thinking you might've fucked things up when you unzipped it in starcraft/leagues/wgtour/.

If I remember correctly, you were to unzip the MPQ in /Programs/Starcraft/
and not go any further. At least thats how I did it. Might wanna delete everything and try that... other than that I dont know :/

Amber[LighT]

United States5078 Posts

May 20 2007 22:12 GMT

#10

Ok I am going to run through this step by step to hopefully get some questions answered. If you are still having problems we will need to tackle them 1 on 1 or in fact you have a firewall you're not aware of on your computer, but we'll hit that later if none of this works (unlikely none of this will work).

Here's my test name: TestUser

Now I logged onto Battle.net and I clicked leagues, this screen came up:

Now the only way to get this screen is if your MPQ is in the right location, so if you have something different at this step, we need to look back for a minute. If the dropdown box does NOT say "World Game Tour," you do not have the WGTour.mpq in the right location. It's as simple as that! You may think you do but this proves you really don't. Typically what I've heard done for other users is the following:

1) Re-download it and replace it. Delete the old one and put another.
2) Re-install Brood War.
3) Download it with a different extracting program. For the sake of this tutorial let's use winRAR. I suggest this because I used it and I can get on the league; therefore you should too.

*PLEASE MAKE SURE!!!!! Some people were not extracting the file and they were just leaving the zipped file in their starcraft folder. Yah that won't work, it must be unzipped. When you download it you should just follow these steps:

1) Select "Open" (on your unzipping program)

2) Select "Extract"

3) Choose C:\Program Files\Starcraft {Look for it instead of copying this directly just in case your computer is set up differently. Make sure it doesn't go any further than the STARCRAFT folder

Once you do this you will at the very least get the menu that came up for me on battle.net. If you are still having trouble at this step you should look around your computer better for firewalls and//or contact your ISP.

Moving onward!!!!

As you can see from above, it says I am not registered on the league! AH that's right! So I will pull up my WGTour Account.

OH NO!!!!! The ladder name is completely wrong. So I change the name to my account: TestUser.

*At this step also make sure your password is more than 6 characters. Battle.net's Leagues selection only lets you log in if you have a password longer than 6 characters. So check this too!

Ok great now my ladder name is set! Lets go log onto the league!

Now go to the leagues selection area and now it will say "waiting for stats" and you will see your stats on the right. Mine are 5-8 cuz I'm mad n00b and out of practice, but enough of that. Look carefully and see that I am entering my WGTour Nickname in the selection box, NOT my ladder name. Since they are different this should show you that it does make a difference. So I put QuiKSilveR and my password and the login button becomes selectable. You click LOGIN, not link accounts. People were trying this and it froze their Brood War. That's not working so don't bother. Now click login!

And look, you should be online! If you still cannot connect after this tutorial you may need to consult either Blizzard Support or your ISP. Also I am not 100% sure about this but if you are using a MAC it probably won't work, but don't quote me on that.

True_Spike

Poland3429 Posts

May 20 2007 22:43 GMT

#11

Beta season should and any day now, we will do our best to fix all the irritating bugs.

Chewits

Northern Ireland1200 Posts

May 20 2007 23:30 GMT

#12

Nice post Amber.

But it appears many players are not seeing the WGTour in the leage even when it is in the correct place. My friend even sent me a screenshot of it in the right folder with the path clearly visible. There IS a problem. Thing is, it has nothing to do with firewalls/routers, because starcraft does not look through the internet for the .mpq file. It looks on your computer. So it is to do with the computer and the programs on it.

My theory is, its spyware/adware/malware or virus that is effecting these players that cannot see WGT league. There is alot of people having this problem, and some of them are not noobs and know how to extract a zip file. lol

Ive thought of countless theories. Some ideas -

- Make sure folders are all accessible and you are logged on with the admin account.
- Make sure they are NOT read-only, as SC has to write to the file and folder. (some programs extract files making folders read-only, god knows why you would do this, but I am pretty sure it is an option in some programs).
- Some people have said they have virtual drives. Perhaps this is messing with it. Best thing to do is install SC in the default location (c:/program files/starcraft)
- Make sure your OS is up to date

Other than that I really dont know.

one thing is for sure. the LDK is not perfect. And there is many bugs. I myself am feelin the bitch of the bugs. My BW been crashing on me when logged in to WGT and as a result, I now cannot access Europe gateway as bnet thinks I am on mutliple accounts and i am temp IP banned. Frustrating!

Oh and, it works just fine for MAC. But the bug crashes have been effecting me T_T

-_-

United States7081 Posts

May 21 2007 02:24 GMT

#13

HEY BITCHES

I need some help. I can log in to the ladder, but an L doesn't go by my name. I just got digital cable, might that have something to do with it? Some games seem to transfer to my account, but when I started playing today only losses transferred?

SO: How can I get the L by my name?
Why were games transferring yesterday but not today?

Is there a huge lag time to transfer games or something?

CaucasianAsian

Korea (South)11595 Posts

May 21 2007 06:39 GMT

#14

I did everything you said Amber. It still is not there.

trickser

Germany139 Posts

May 22 2007 00:15 GMT

#15

On May 21 2007 15:39 CaucasianAsian wrote:
I did everything you said Amber. It still is not there.

one question. Do u have bw installed in the standard folder or did u change the path`??

IntoTheWow

is awesome32278 Posts

May 22 2007 00:36 GMT

#16

On May 21 2007 15:39 CaucasianAsian wrote:
I did everything you said Amber. It still is not there.

Same.

Shauni

4077 Posts

May 22 2007 01:00 GMT

#17

On May 22 2007 09:36 IntoTheWow wrote:

Show nested quote +

Same.

Read Chewits tips; and also... I don't know if it might be it but your Starcraft is not in the default folder. I know it shouldn't matter but perhaps you could experiment with different path&HDD installs and see if it is the problem. At least Leagues work for the majority of us, I'd say 95% or more.

IntoTheWow

is awesome32278 Posts

May 22 2007 01:15 GMT

#18

On May 20 2007 18:36 IntoTheWow wrote:
The same happens to me and lots of people i know. I posted on the WGTour forum and i tried EVERYTHING to fix it. No luck yet. The admins dont seem to know what it is also.

Things i tried:

Reinstalling
Copying the .mpq file everywhere
Re downlaoding the MPQ
Installing in an english directory (I have spanish windows)
I use original CD without loaders or isos.
Disabling Antivirus
I dont have a firewall
I dont have a router.

Dont know what it can be.

IntoTheWow

is awesome32278 Posts

May 22 2007 01:19 GMT

#19

Btw, my folders and files were in read only mode, i changed them all. I still get the "no leagues installed" message.

I ran updated antivirus yesterday, also i have an up to date version of Windows XP (original).

IntoTheWow

is awesome32278 Posts

May 22 2007 01:23 GMT

#20

Ok, it seems im narrowing down the options. Whenever i deactivate "Read only for a folder" or a file in the starcraft folder, after I apply and save changes, if i right click it again, it has the read only box still ticked. Anyone help me keep it on write mode?

IntoTheWow

is awesome32278 Posts

May 22 2007 01:24 GMT

#21

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256614

IntoTheWow

is awesome32278 Posts

May 22 2007 01:33 GMT

#22

I cant finish this step : [ so long since i last used DOS

After you make this change to the registry, you must change the Read-Only attribute for all affected folders by using the attrib command at a command prompt (Command.com or Cmd.exe). Type attrib /? at the command prompt to view the syntax for the attrib command. For example, to change the Read-Only attribute to System for the C:\Test folder, use the following command:
attrib -r +s c:\test

Return

Ivory Coast857 Posts

May 22 2007 01:40 GMT

#23

blabla/bla/starcraft/league

thats where mpq should be

not blabla/bla/starcraft/wgtour
or blabla/bla/starcraft
or blabla/bla/starcraft/wgtour/wgtour

its supposed to be blabla/bla/starcraft/league

ok?

IntoTheWow

is awesome32278 Posts

May 22 2007 01:59 GMT

#24

I was able to take the "Read only" option from the Files, but not from the folders : [

trickser

Germany139 Posts

May 22 2007 02:49 GMT

#25

Ok here is what worked for me. I did install broodwar in c:\games\starcraft\
and leagues didnt work.Deinstalled it. Reinstalled it to the standard path c:\program files\starcraft\

and now it works for me.

So everyone who doesnt have starcraft in the standard folder try this maybe it works!!

IntoTheWow

is awesome32278 Posts

May 22 2007 08:40 GMT

#26

The problem is i have Spanish windows, so the "standard" folder for my pc is c:/Archivos de programa/Starcraft

What would be proper path for an english version of windows?

CaucasianAsian

Korea (South)11595 Posts

May 22 2007 09:01 GMT

#27

Program Files/Starcraft

I have it installed in the default location and still doesnt' work. OMG!

IntoTheWow

is awesome32278 Posts

May 22 2007 09:09 GMT

#28

Are your folders/files in read-only mode?

Chewits

Northern Ireland1200 Posts

May 22 2007 21:28 GMT

#29

Hey IntoTheWow - any joy with read-only folder? This sounds interesting. it could be the very reason why you cannot get it working? I cannot test all this out, as I dont have this problem and I am usin a Mac. So please post your results here.

If you are having problems with the dos bit. its pretty simple.

What folder is staying as read-only? if it is the leagues folder for example do this.

1. Go Start>Run> And type cmd
This will display a DOS prompt screen
2. Now type "DIR" - This will display. Program files is called something like program~1

Type attrib -r -s c:/program~1/starcraft/leagues

EDIT: found out how to.

Chewits

Northern Ireland1200 Posts

May 22 2007 21:30 GMT

#30

My friend is saying he has the exact same problem as u intothewow. the folder is staying read-only. This has to be the problem. Someone with a DOS and some PC knowledge plz help him to do the ting in DOS.

Edit:

After some research, I am not sure if this is the problem. Apparantly all folders in XP are read-only. So I dont know if this is hte problem :S

IntoTheWow

is awesome32278 Posts

May 23 2007 04:49 GMT

#31

Yeah i kept reading and in some forums they said that even if the folders show that green box as they are read-only, they really arent :S

Seems weird.

I managed to make the mpq file readeable by

attrib -R *.* /S

But i didnt know how to work it on the folder because i kept writing the folder as "C:/Archivos de programa/Starcraft/leagues" i forgot the prhasing folders have in dos.

I'll try later some more.

IntoTheWow

is awesome32278 Posts

May 23 2007 04:58 GMT

#32

On May 23 2007 06:28 Chewits wrote:
Hey IntoTheWow - any joy with read-only folder? This sounds interesting. it could be the very reason why you cannot get it working? I cannot test all this out, as I dont have this problem and I am usin a Mac. So please post your results here.

If you are having problems with the dos bit. its pretty simple.

What folder is staying as read-only? if it is the leagues folder for example do this.

1. Go Start>Run> And type cmd
This will display a DOS prompt screen
2. Now type "DIR" - This will display. Program files is called something like program~1

Type attrib -r -s c:/program~1/starcraft/leagues

EDIT: found out how to.

: [

IntoTheWow

is awesome32278 Posts

May 23 2007 04:58 GMT

#33

Seems my program files folder is called Archivos de programa doing DIR, not program~1 (like i think it used to be called on windows 98)

Arcade

Poland10 Posts

May 23 2007 05:18 GMT

#34

Name with spaces should be in quotes
try this:
C:\>attrib -r -s c:/"Archivos de programa/starcraft/leagues"

u might add /D /S to traverse all folders and files (might take a while)

C:\>attrib -r -s c:/"Archivos de programa/starcraft" /D /S

I've done some research, is your read-only on a folder shaded grey?
Thos does not mean it is read-only.
try
attrib c:/"Archivos de programa/starcraft/leagues" to find out the attributes
form google groups
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_thread/thread/f680df9cee595727/29a92fd845a3a40a?lnk=st&q=what does a shaded read only folder mean&rnum=1&hl=pl#29a92fd845a3a40a

CaucasianAsian

Korea (South)11595 Posts

May 23 2007 05:21 GMT

#35

Mine is Read Only too, I tried changing it, but it keeps coming back to Read Only. T_T

IntoTheWow

is awesome32278 Posts

May 23 2007 05:47 GMT

#36

Thanks Arcade, trying it out now.

IntoTheWow

is awesome32278 Posts

May 23 2007 05:53 GMT

#37

Okay, i tries doing C:>attrib -r -s c:/"Archivos de programa/starcraft" /D /S

I stayed loading for a while doing the subfolders i guess, but when i checked the folders they were still read only.

Anyone with WGTour working for them can check if their XP folders show as read-only?

Also, when i wanted to check attributes nothing came up, except this:

Arcade

Poland10 Posts

May 23 2007 07:14 GMT

#38

no read-only attribute seems to be on this folder, i think it should be an R to the left of the name, i think somthing diffrent is the reason for your problems
Edit:
if this is a file access problem u can check Access Conrol List on starcraft, but with administrator rights that should not be the problem
but anyway
in tools -> folder options ->view -> uncheck "use simple file sharing"
and check security tab on starcraft and leagues folder, try giving
rights to everyone roup (you have to translate that to spanish probably)

IntoTheWow

is awesome32278 Posts

May 23 2007 07:34 GMT

#39

I did everything you told me, still WGTour doesnt work (cant remove read-only).

Seems like that feature is stuck on the folders

Arcade

Poland10 Posts

May 24 2007 00:09 GMT

#40

ok u migh try this but i can't say it will help and it could be a waste of time, so reconsider

download http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/ProcessMonitor.zip
uzip and run it
go to filter -> Filter...
Add 2 filters: 1 Process name is StarCraft.exe (might be case sensitive)
2 Reuslt is not SUCCESS
hmm there are many events for that filter, I try to narrow a little bit:
1 Process name is StarCraft.exe
2 Path is C:\Program Files\Starcraft\leagues\WGTour\WGTour.mpq
After you added the filters run starcraft -> multiplayer -> choose gateway -> leagues
exit starcraft and look at the results
This might show you if starcraft can acces the files
if it can then the problem is somwhere else
my starcraft can access the files:

when u use only the first filter there will be many other "results" dont look at the "no more files" i had many of those and many calls to non existing registry entrys,
u have to look for others that are suspicious, i didn;t have any ' access denied' results but maybe
just tried to forbid starcraft to read the wgtour directory i had 1 event with access denied
so a filter
1 Process name is StarCraft.exe (might be case sensitive)
2 Reuslt is ACCESS DENIED
(ninja edit)

might also help

IntoTheWow

is awesome32278 Posts

May 24 2007 00:12 GMT

#41

Thanks Arcade, im going to try it again now.

Chewits

Northern Ireland1200 Posts

May 24 2007 09:09 GMT

#42

Any joy?

CaucasianAsian

Korea (South)11595 Posts

May 24 2007 09:12 GMT

#43

I tried it, and its all sucess with 2 "Buffer Overrides". Is that good?

fusionsdf

Canada15390 Posts

May 24 2007 09:28 GMT

#44

wgtour works, and my folders are all grey-checked read-only(i.e. sort of read-only)

waterflash

China19 Posts

May 24 2007 09:29 GMT

#45

maybe your are wrong

IntoTheWow

is awesome32278 Posts

May 24 2007 09:33 GMT

#46

On May 24 2007 18:28 fusionsdf wrote:
wgtour works, and my folders are all grey-checked read-only(i.e. sort of read-only)

I think thats because you are not using an administrator acc.

fusionsdf

Canada15390 Posts

May 24 2007 11:00 GMT

#47

Nope, I am :O

Also, if you ever get on, you can play me. Its pretty much a free win :D
0-7!
I dont think there is anyone still in c6 though

Zanno

United States1484 Posts

May 24 2007 12:07 GMT

#48

i'm having the exact same problem

edit: i seem to be able to create a game if i'm in an empty room, but if I join OP WGT-1 then starcraft freezes on create/join. i think the bug has to do with icons not loading. try seeing if you can make a game before joining the ladder channel...

edit 2: it seems once i join the channel i can't log out of the league either without freezing. this leads me to believe the bug is related to wgtour's server being crap. are there any new ports that need to be unblocked to make WGT work? that could be the cause of it. messing with the read-only stuff did nothing for me.

OnCoke

Romania49 Posts

May 24 2007 14:06 GMT

#49

I tried about everything i could think off (including a hdd erase, using a utility called KillDisk). The moment i had windows and the basic drivers installed, i tried with Starcraft and still had that "No leagues installed". That installation was in Program Files and the path to the mpq was right. Now i'm on my 2nd computer, this league still doesn't show and i just used that process monitor. You can see in the picture the result.

LG)Sabbath - in the dedicated thread from the wgtour forum - narrowed it down to proxy issues. Quoting him: "I managed to get the screen to load without the error by connecting to a VPN. Then it all works perfectly, but obviously playing through a VPN means lag. I think this problem might be caused by the transparent proxy my ISP has (coincidently pretty much everyone with this same ISP has the problem) and using the VPN gets around it.". Read more (including a possible solution) here. I think my ISP also uses this transparent proxy thing. But i really don't understand why would this interfere with reading that mpq

.

PS: I've been lurking arround for some time now ... this is my first post ... so: Hi!

IntoTheWow

is awesome32278 Posts

May 24 2007 14:31 GMT

#50

Hi Coke :D

CaucasianAsian

Korea (South)11595 Posts

May 24 2007 18:19 GMT

#51

I'm still lost, has anyone been able to fix this problem?

Chewits

Northern Ireland1200 Posts

May 24 2007 18:27 GMT

#52

Yeah I saw that too coke. It really is quite bizzare and doesnt make sense that the transparent proxy thing effects this. Stumped!

NaDazpwnz3r

United States111 Posts

May 26 2007 10:24 GMT

#53

hmm..i have it installed and stuf, but it says i didnt join the league even though i have a wgtour account on wgtour.com...can anybody help?

Amber[LighT]

United States5078 Posts

May 26 2007 11:04 GMT

#54

you're doing something wrong. Read my post on the first page you probably made an error there.

NaDazpwnz3r

United States111 Posts

May 27 2007 05:10 GMT

#55

hmm..still cant find it..i can get to the screen shot that says "i have not joined this league" and put "world game tour" in the scroll thing...wut do u do next? thx

YouLoveMe

46 Posts

June 11 2007 07:10 GMT

#56

I have the same Username and the same password everywhere, but still it sayd "inncorect password, please make sure you entered league password, not your b.net password". But it IS the same.... help!