Blocks That Matter
Note for MacOS Lion users
If you got trouble to launch the game from Steam using Lion (I'm sure you do!), please try the following thing during the time I'm trying to find a clean solution:
- Launch the Steam client,
- then open a finder,
In finder, press "command + shift + g", then it will ask you where you want to go:
- enter "~/Library" ("~" on mac is Alt+n)
- Then go to "Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/blocks that matter/"
You'll find and .app in there "BTM_launcher_osx",
- double click it, can you tell me what happen?
- if it works, you can create an Alias of this app (right clic/command clic) and then choose "Make Alias" then drop the Alias where you want (like the desktop). You'll have to launch Steam client to be able to run this!
If it doesn't work, you can also try the following:
- Open a Terminal (there is an application called Terminal in Spotlight)
- type this line in the Terminal:
cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/blocks\ that\ matter/
(press enter to validate)
- then type this one:
java -Xmx1024M -Xms512M -Djava.library.path=. -jar BTM.jar -d32
(enter to validate)
I'm working on it, it's tricky since I only got a SnowLeopard, I borrowing machiens for few hours (thanks Aruno!)
Thanks you for your patience!
Guillaume
Manual FIX to "The Game is not launching" on Windows (especially Win 7 64bits)
I've just uploaded a big patch archive on our website:
http://swingswingsubmarine.com/BTM_DBG/BTM_UBER_Patch_001_Windows.zip
it contains:
- bin folder
- lib folder
- Prerequisites folder
- BTM_DBG_embedded_jvm_win.bat file
- BTM_launcher_win.exe file
- InstallScript.vdf file
All this stuff need to be uncompressed in the "\Steam\steamapps\common\blocks that matter"
Every file that already exist need to be replaced by the new ones!
I'm running some test myself. But could you please tell me if it works on your computer? If you got the time of course!
You'll need to hit the Steam Play button to install the vc_redist
(or install it manually by launching the "vcredist_x86.exe" by hand, situated in the "blocks that matter\Prerequisites" folder)
Thanks!
I hope this will solve the Windows 7 64bits issues, and the others too!
Now, it's time to eat some Lion!
Guillaume
Manual FIX to "The game is always asking me to validate my custom level before submitting"
For those (I now there are some of you there!) who can launch the game... you will notice that if you want to submit a custom level, the game will always asking you to play it to validate it!
Well, that's a easy fixable issue, until we fixed it at install time in Steam. Here is the manipulation:
- go to "Steam\steamapps\common\blocks that matter\Community\MyWorkspace" folder
- create a folder called "@Packaging" (without quotes)
- now you have a valid path to "Steam\steamapps\common\blocks that matter\Community\MyWorkspace\@Packaging"
- you can relaunch the game and submit your creations!
Thanks,
I'm working on fixes for Lion and Windows7 64 bits users too!
Thanks for your time and patience!
Guillaume
Blocks That Matter released...but hard to install/play. We're investigating.
My name's William and I am the Game Designer of Swing Swing Submarine.
Guillaume, the Programmer, is the other half of our tiny studio.
We received messages from players that have some problems installing or running the game on Mac Lion and Windows7 64bits. We are working on that and will give you information throught this Steam group and on our twitter account @swingswingsub.
Some of you managed to launch the game by launching it from the game folder. You can try this if you want.
Apologies for this launching problem,
I hope you'll be patient and not too angry,
Coming back to you asap!
William