ToEE front end - When I click play, window goes away, nothing happens.

breaking3po · Jul 15, 2011

Hey guys, having a bit of a problem. Not surprising given this game's track record.

The steps I took:

Install game from GoG.
Double Click Co8 setup and let it run it's course, installing into the correct directory.
When the front end finishes, I click on the Co8 mod and activate.
That finishes.
Set my resolution and I click play.
The Front End disappears/closes.
Nothing happens after that.

I'm hoping this is normal and that I'm not understanding an option necessary on the TOEEX front end.

Lemme know what you think.

breaking3po · Jul 15, 2011

I should mention, that I tried watching my processes. With the Front end running, I have 45 processes running and when I click play, it drops to 44 and remains there.

Gaear · Jul 15, 2011

Sounds like your anti-virus software is deleting or quarantining the executable.

From the Co8 Modpack Explained sticky thread:

The game installs fine and maybe even launches fine, once, but then it won't launch anymore! Or, when I try to launch the game via TFE-X, it says that I have to run it from the root directory!

Your anti-virus software is probably quarantining or deleting the toee executable (toee.exe). Unfortunately, some anti-virus software falsely identifies the ToEE executable as a trojan, but it's a false positive. If the executable is quarantined or deleted, the game won't launch, obviously. (And if the front end can't find toee.exe in your root directory due to it being quarantined or deleted, it assumes you're trying to launch the game from somewhere else.)

Solutions:

Add toee.exe to your AV software's exceptions list. If that doesn't work -

Disable your AV software. If that doesn't work -

Uninstall your AV software. Yes, some AV software will still kill toee.exe even if it's not running. AVG Free is recommended for use with ToEE. You only have to add toee.exe as an exception once and that's it.

My anti-virus software says that the executable (toee.exe) is secretly a virus!

No it's not. Some anti-virus software falsely identifies the ToEE executable as a trojan, but it's a false positive. Some anti-virus software may even auto-delete or auto-quarantine the executable. You may need to disable or even uninstall your antivirus software if this happens to you. Not all anti-virus software considers toee.exe to be a trojan, so there are alternatives.
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