Really simple issue.....

[Nosferatus-Shadow]

I preface this by saying I am a layman with anything like this.

But really would like to get this working as a discord bot.

System: Windows 10 pro

Issue: The initial steps.

This is probably an issue with my understanding more than anything.

I have downloaded all the bot files the .json etc.

I have also downloaded dfrotz from the website as instructed as a windows user.

I am then stuck on the next sentence:

"All you have to do is add the dfrotz.exe file to your PATH and you will be good to go!"

I have no idea what to do next, pretty much, and as a layman, don't understand what I have to do.

Do I have to open a cmd prompt in windows and execute something from there?

The dfrotz.exe does not seem to do anything when clicked on....a brief window....then nothing.

So clearly, I am not understanding the instruction.

Apologies for being a bit of a dunce.

Regards

[ava-cassiopeia]

In general, the instructions provided by the Java documentation (link) are pretty good for configuring your path. If you're not familiar with the PATH, here is a link to some information on it.

You want to edit the PATH such that you add to the end of the PATH a new directory that matches the directory that contains dfrotz.exe in it. It should be the complete path, ie. it should start with C:\, or whatever your top level drive is named (ex: D:\Users\foobar\frotz\).

[Nosferatus-Shadow]

Hi Ivan,

Thanks for the information. I managed to get a bit further in the guide.

As I said....I am pretty much a noob, layman when it comes to this. But I am really intrigued by the idea of running a text based adventure game in discord.

I have added a path to dfrotz.

I have also created the requisite bot in discord and got the token code.

I have downloaded your files to a directory on my Pc.

npm node.js is also installed....

But, due to my lack of knowledge, I am stumped on this next part.

using cmd prompt I have gone to the directory of the code.

I then use the command

npm install

All looked to be going well until:

E:\Media Projects\Bot Testing\discord-text-adventure-bot-master>npm install

npm WARN tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'E:\Media Projects\Bot Testing\discord-text-adventure-bot-master\node_modules.staging\rxjs-cbcb3a32_esm2015\fetch\index.js'

npm WARN tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'E:\Media Projects\Bot Testing\discord-text-adventure-bot-master\node_modules.staging\rxjs-cbcb3a32_esm2015\fetch\index.js.map'

npm WARN tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'E:\Media Projects\Bot Testing\discord-text-adventure-bot-master\node_modules.staging\diff-468dd747\lib\util\array.js'

npm WARN tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'E:\Media Projects\Bot Testing\discord-text-adventure-bot-master\node_modules.staging\diff-468dd747\lib\util\distance-iterator.js'

npm WARN tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'E:\Media Projects\Bot Testing\discord-text-adventure-bot-master\node_modules.staging\diff-468dd747\lib\util\params.js'

npm ERR! code ENOENT

npm ERR! syscall spawn git

npm ERR! path git

npm ERR! errno ENOENT

npm ERR! enoent Error while executing:

npm ERR! enoent undefined ls-remote -h -t ssh://git@github.com/woor/discord.io.git

npm ERR! enoent

npm ERR! enoent

npm ERR! enoent spawn git ENOENT

npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.

npm ERR! enoent

I will upload all my issues to your issues page. But, it is certainly because I am a complete laymen in this....it may be easier to work out my issues first and then upload how I solved the issue after the fact.

Do you have a discord server I can join temporarily to discuss this?

I may require a much more simplistic walk-through. Although I appreciate you may not have the time.

I really would like to try and get this bot active however as I really like the idea of playing a text adventure game in discord. It's a great bot concept.

Kind Regards

Ben

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‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Monday, 22 June 2020 23:59, Ivan Mattie notifications@github.com wrote:

In general, the instructions provided by the Java documentation (link) are pretty good for configuring your path. If you're not familiar with the PATH, here is a link to some information on it.

You want to edit the PATH such that you add to the end of the PATH a new directory that matches the directory that contains dfrotz.exe in it. It should be the complete path, ie. it should start with C:\, or whatever your top level drive is named (ex: D:\Users\foobar\frotz).

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[ava-cassiopeia]

From the project directory, try doing the following:

First, delete the package-lock.json file. Then, in the package.json, edit the pinned version of discord.io to be ^2.5.3, like so:

"discord.io": "^2.5.3",

Then try running npm install again.