Can’t join contest now that C2 is on my external drive

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Can’t join contest now that C2 is on my external drive

Post by pkpilot » Sun Nov 29, 2020 11:44 pm

Please help a new guy. I initially installed C2 on my C: drive, and then test the link for joining a contest from the multiplayer page. It worked fine. I then had to move C” to an external SSD because the landscapes require so much space. Based on some great advice I found in this forum, I moved C2 to the SSD and used a DOS command (mklink /J "C:\Condor" "D:\Condor") to get C2 to run. It worked great. Now I can no longer join a contest. Can someone give me some guidance? Thanks!
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Re: Can’t join contest now that C” is on my external drive

Post by EDB » Mon Nov 30, 2020 12:13 am

Run the Condor Setup executable again.

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Re: Can’t join contest now that C” is on my external drive

Post by pkpilot » Mon Nov 30, 2020 3:18 am

EDB wrote:
Mon Nov 30, 2020 12:13 am
Run the Condor Setup executable again.
Tried that, but did not work. I ran the setup, but it only allows 3 locations (C, USB, and DVD). I tried manually entering the location (as opposed to browse) and it could not see the drive even though the file manager could see it.

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Re: Can’t join contest now that C2 is on my external drive

Post by Bre901 » Mon Nov 30, 2020 6:33 am

Moving Condor from one disk to another is not recommended, you should have uninstalled it and reinstalled it.

I would have kept Condor (and the Slovenia landscape) on C: and only moved the other landscapes to the external SSD.

I have made a small tool that allows to create all the links needed (CoJuGe)
Condor Updater can handle alternate locations for landscapes you download from Condor Club
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Re: Can’t join contest now that C2 is on my external drive

Post by pkpilot » Mon Nov 30, 2020 1:06 pm

Great. Can you share the tool please?

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Re: Can’t join contest now that C2 is on my external drive

Post by Bre901 » Mon Nov 30, 2020 1:24 pm

Sorry, I posted that from my mobile phone early this morning and I was intending to add the link later from the PC, which I forgot to do.

viewtopic.php?f=29&t=18924

However, as the search works quite well, you could have found it by yourself :wink:
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Re: Can’t join contest now that C2 is on my external drive

Post by pkpilot » Mon Nov 30, 2020 3:14 pm

Bre901, No worries, and thanks!

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Re: Can’t join contest now that C2 is on my external drive

Post by Paul_UK » Tue Dec 01, 2020 9:47 am

The method I used when I moved my Condor install was:

Copy entire Condor 2 folder to new drive
Open registry editor (regedit.exe) and goto location shown in image
Edit InstallDir so that path is where you've copied folder to
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I can't recall if I had to rename my pilot file or not on initial run but alas that is the worst you'd have to do.

If you are not comfortable using regedit then it's probably best to backup your landscapes and reinstall.
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Re: Can’t join contest now that C2 is on my external drive

Post by gromm » Fri Dec 04, 2020 2:16 am

I have a similar issue, but Condor was reinstalled properly on another disk.

The problem seems to be in Chrome, with its file association for cndr:// URLs. I'm able to launch a game from Firefox, in large part because it never had that association in the first place. But I have no idea where Chrome stores the location of condor.exe.
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Re: Can’t join contest now that C2 is on my external drive

Post by 3P » Fri Dec 04, 2020 4:15 am

gromm wrote:
Fri Dec 04, 2020 2:16 am
The problem seems to be in Chrome, with its file association for cndr:// URLs. I'm able to launch a game from Firefox, in large part because it never had that association in the first place. But I have no idea where Chrome stores the location of condor.exe.

No cndr2 URL handler in your registry - download & unzip this one: http://dl.virtualsoaring.eu/cndr2.zip - run by doubleclick the REG file.

PS: Path in that REG file is for default C2 install dir: C:\Condor2\ - edit REG file in any text file editor and put your C2 if needed.

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Re: Can’t join contest now that C2 is on my external drive

Post by gromm » Fri Dec 04, 2020 9:59 am

Well, there it is! It's working now. Thanks for your help!
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