Larian Studios Forums Divine Divinity (English) Technical Problems read\write help

what is read\write access. I read in various places on this fourm that the game needs read\write access to the install directory. how do i know if the directory is read\write accessable and how do i make it so. also how do i know if i have the necessary accesS rights. i keep getting the same 3 errors

the first error is this one.
divinty error
divinity was not correctly termainted the last time. It is recommended that all dynamic files will be cleaned up and that all configuration data will be resetted. All savegames will be still available Do you want to reset the configuration.
yes no cancel

pressing yes leads to this error
divinity error
unable to remove dynamic files. it is recommened that you cancel and make sure that the necessary access rights are avaiable to divinity to remove these files.
ok cancel

pressing okay leads to this error
divinity error
unable to write to installation directory. please make sure there is still free space on the drive where divinity is installed and that you have the necessary access rights.
ok

they always appear right after i exit the game and then try to start playing again, also if i save a game i get error problem saving to H.D.D.
i do not know how to solve these problems. i have manually deleted the files mentioned in the first error, this has no effect.
i believe my problem lies in the read\write part and in the access rights.
there are two users on this computer and we both are listed as computer admin (at least that what it says in the users accounts)

computer info
radeon 7500 video (no problems)
directx 8.1 (4.08.01.0810)
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name HOMEBUILT
System Manufacturer VIA Technologies, Inc.
System Model VT8363
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 4 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~1001 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG, 7/19/2001
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\System32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)"
User Name HOMEBUILT\JAMES
Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Total Physical Memory 384.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 163.71 MB
Total Virtual Memory 1.28 GB
Available Virtual Memory 914.80 MB
Page File Space 924.49 MB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

drive info
Drive A:
Description 3 1/2 Inch Floppy Drive

Drive C:
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System NTFS
Size 28.08 GB (30,153,875,456 bytes)
Free Space 15.01 GB (16,121,790,464 bytes)
Volume Name Win XP
Volume Serial Number F05291B7

Drive D:
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System FAT
Size 46.92 MB (49,203,200 bytes)
Free Space 35.90 MB (37,644,288 bytes)
Volume Name BOOTMAGIC
Volume Serial Number 3E5F99AF

Drive E:
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System FAT32
Size 6.15 GB (6,600,179,712 bytes)
Free Space 4.06 GB (4,358,643,712 bytes)
Volume Name INFO SWAP
Volume Serial Number EC715BEE

Drive F:
Description CD-ROM Disc

Drive G:
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System FAT32
Size 2.97 GB (3,187,132,416 bytes)
Free Space 1.23 GB (1,321,236,480 bytes)
Volume Name IMAGE ONLY
Volume Serial Number 3E688FE9

Drive H:
Description CD-ROM Disc

sorry about all this but i want to play and have not recived ANY help from tech support at larian.
also tried defrag the hard drive no luck and have around 15 gigs of free space left on the drive after installing.
i have a previous post on this board, just look for my name. this might give a bit more info.
HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!!!!

The read/write has to do with the properties of the map and files. You can see this if you do the following. Select the map-->rightclick-->select properties-->on the bottom there are 4 little bottons with discriptions: read-only,archive,hide, and one more(but cant remeber). Make sure read-only IS NOT SELECTED.

Then try again if you can run it, this can solve alot of problems.

Under Windows 2000/XP you can set up accounts that have limited access, to prevent files from being modified or deleted, programs from being installed, certain documents from being accessed (tax returns, etc.) by certain users.


"i have manually deleted the files mentioned in the first error, this has no effect."

If you can manually delete the files, I would think the game should be able to.


"there are two users on this computer and we both are listed as computer admin (at least that what it says in the users accounts)"

Well, you can't get any more read/write access then that.

Did manually installing the game avoid the CRC errors you were getting?
I updated the CRC files listed in the Troubleshooting and Manual Install Procedure topic to include the 1.34 patch, if you want to try that file verification method.

all maps do not all read-only selected and i still have the same problem.

have tried patches 1.32, 1.33 and 1.34. all give the same results. the error just keeps coming up. as for the crc errors i did not receive any on four reinstalls.

which drive is it installed?
have you updated directX,or drivers recently?

Hi sk8,

<sorry about all this but i want to play and have not recived ANY help from tech support at larian.>

My apologies, but I can't seem to remember a recent email with this problem.
Hopefully I can help you now.

Are you sure you have read rights?
How did you install <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" />?