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Yurasu Kujiku
Contemptuous Wrath
#1 - 2014-07-04 03:22:48 UTC
I just created a new file for the test server. Followed all of the instructions but after I added server:Singularity to the end of the target box for the shortcut, I get an Invalid Target message. Any help or ideas would be awesome.

Many thanks
gargars
Willco Inc.
#2 - 2014-07-04 19:19:53 UTC
Hi not sure if this will help but here is my shortcut:

C:\Evetest\eve.exe /server:Singularity

Where I copied all eve sub-folders and files to a Folder I made on my C-drive called Evetest.

All I can suggest is you manually follow the path and made sure folder names are right?
Yurasu Kujiku
Contemptuous Wrath
#3 - 2014-07-05 19:05:11 UTC
Thanks for the reply gargars.

I followed the instructions to the letter. Created a new folder. copied and pasted what was needed. When that failed I deleted the folder created a new Evetest folder and then downloaded a new client into that. everything is good just not accepting the addition to the target shortcut.

If I figure it out I will post it.
Salpun
Global Telstar Federation Offices
Masters of Flying Objects
#4 - 2014-07-06 16:03:41 UTC
Yurasu Kujiku wrote:
Thanks for the reply gargars.

I followed the instructions to the letter. Created a new folder. copied and pasted what was needed. When that failed I deleted the folder created a new Evetest folder and then downloaded a new client into that. everything is good just not accepting the addition to the target shortcut.

If I figure it out I will post it.

The most common error is the space before the back slash is missing or wrong.

The site http://games.chruker.dk/eve_online/server_status.php is what i use to see if the server is up and it has the server number that you can substitute for Singularity if you want to try that.

If i dont know something about EVE. I check https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/ISK_The_Guide

See you around the universe.
Kora Ethereal
Ethereal Beings
#5 - 2014-07-06 16:11:53 UTC
Also double check your "Start in" directory. It needs to match the directory where the eve.exe file is stored.

So if your shortcut leads to:

C:\Evetest\eve.exe /server:Singularity

Then you want to make sure that the Start In: loaction is:

C:\Evetest\

And if your Target: is:

C:\Subdirectory\Subdirectory\anotherfolder\goddamn\weburyingthis\Evetest\eve.exe /server:Singularity

It's Start in Directory needs to be:

C:\Subdirectory\Subdirectory\anotherfolder\goddamn\weburyingthis\Evetest\

And so on.

This is also a common issue when making shortcuts or modifying pre-existing ones.

Here is a good look at my Launcher Shortcut for reference: http://puu.sh/9ZhgV.png
Sable Moran
Moran Light Industries
#6 - 2014-07-07 09:06:31 UTC
One more thing to check. If there are spaces in the folder name you need to use double quotes. Example:

"C:\program files\eve\sisi\eve.exe" /server:sisi

You need to be extra careful where the double quotes are. They are around the folder path only and all parameters are outside of the quotes.

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Yurasu Kujiku
Contemptuous Wrath
#7 - 2014-07-08 06:20:05 UTC
It was the double quotes. They were missing. Once I added them and put in the server addition it took it. Many thanks Sable.
Kosetzu
The Black Crow Bandits
Northern Coalition.
#8 - 2014-07-08 07:53:03 UTC
Remember you are supposed to delete certain files when you set it up for sisi.

https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Singularity

It's all explained in that link.