Lord of the Rings Online Forum

So I am new to Crossover Games, and I am having a bit of trouble getting this running. I have tried multiple methods of installing (using Crosstie, manually using exe's I downloaded on my own) and the end result is always the same... everything seems to install, except it hangs after the LOTRO client finishes installing and won't populate the program menu. Most recently I used Crosstie, and I uninstalled and reinstalled PyLotro to that bottle and now PyLotro shows up under programs. If I try to run it from there, nothing happens. If I use the run command and navigate to pylotro.exe, I get the following:

The command "/Users/jasonaumen/Library/Application Support/CrossOver Games/Bottles/Lord of the Rings Online/drive_c/Program Files/PyLotRO/pylotro.exe" returned 255.

Command error text:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 34, in <module>
File "PyLotRO\build\pyi.win32\pylotro\outPYZ1.pyz/PyLotROLauncher.Runner", line 33, in main
File "PyLotRO\build\pyi.win32\pylotro\outPYZ1.pyz/PyLotROLauncher.MainWindow", line 130, in init
File "PyLotRO\build\pyi.win32\pylotro\outPYZ1.pyz/PyLotROLauncher.MainWindow", line 403, in InitialSetup
File "PyLotRO\build\pyi.win32\pylotro\outPYZ1.pyz/PyLotROLauncher.MainWindow", line 541, in GetHomeDir
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'endswith'

I can't seem to find anyone else who has had this same problem in googling and forum searching.

I am using the demo of 10.1.2
I am running OS X 10.7 Lion

Can anyone please help?

Well, I'm not sure why my previous tries didn't work, but, I deleted the bottle again and downloaded the offline installer from fileplanet, and selected that as my lotro install file. That time the install went without a hitch. So I guess if you're experiencing what I was, give downloading that a try.

Jason Aumen wrote:

So I am new to Crossover Games, and I am having a bit of trouble
getting this running. I have tried multiple methods of installing
(using Crosstie, manually using exe's I downloaded on my own) and
the end result is always the same... everything seems to install,
except it hangs after the LOTRO client finishes installing and won't
populate the program menu. Most recently I used Crosstie, and I
uninstalled and reinstalled PyLotro to that bottle and now PyLotro
shows up under programs. If I try to run it from there, nothing
happens. If I use the run command and navigate to pylotro.exe, I
get the following:

Alan must be on holiday... he usually answers PyLotRO questions directly....

At any rate.. see my website for a complete description of what SHOULD BE happening on the CrossTie install...
http://www.mcgillsociety.org/PyLotRO/index.html

You should be able to get the menus populated by using the pulldown... configure/clear and rebuild program menu...

The entire install process takes 6-9 hours depending on the sped of your communications link.

Jason Aumen wrote:

Command error text:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 34, in <module>
File
"PyLotRO\build\pyi.win32\pylotro\outPYZ1.pyz/PyLotROLauncher.Runner",
line 33, in main
File
"PyLotRO\build\pyi.win32\pylotro\outPYZ1.pyz/PyLotROLauncher.MainWindow",
line 130, in init
File
"PyLotRO\build\pyi.win32\pylotro\outPYZ1.pyz/PyLotROLauncher.MainWindow",
line 403, in InitialSetup
File
"PyLotRO\build\pyi.win32\pylotro\outPYZ1.pyz/PyLotROLauncher.MainWindow",
line 541, in GetHomeDir
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'endswith'

That error is probably being cause by CXG itself, to determine where your home directory is it looks first for $HOME (only set under OS X and Linux), failing that $APPDATA (only set under Windows). The standalone version won't find $HOME even though you are running under OS X and it seems that $APPDATA isn't being set so PyLotRO dies (and I never did get around to catching this problem and reporting an error, oops).

It needs a support ticket raising as it potentially can effect a lot of other games/apps that rely on the $APPDATA variable to determine where to store config data.

I wish I was on holiday unfortunately my spam filter seems to have had a spell of eating notifications, must remember to feed it properly :)

PyLotRo won't launch for me on a new Mac Mini with Lion.

18.08.11 00:41:24,279 [0x0-0x8e08e].com.codeweavers.CrossOverGamesHelper.Lord of the Rings Online.PyLotRO/.PyLotRO: File "<string>", line 34, in <module>
18.08.11 00:41:24,279 [0x0-0x8e08e].com.codeweavers.CrossOverGamesHelper.Lord of the Rings Online.PyLotRO/.PyLotRO: File "PyLotRO\build\pyi.win32\pylotro\outPYZ1.pyz/PyLotROLauncher.Runner", line 33, in main
18.08.11 00:41:24,279 [0x0-0x8e08e].com.codeweavers.CrossOverGamesHelper.Lord of the Rings Online.PyLotRO/.PyLotRO: File "PyLotRO\build\pyi.win32\pylotro\outPYZ1.pyz/PyLotROLauncher.MainWindow", line 134, in init
18.08.11 00:41:24,279 [0x0-0x8e08e].com.codeweavers.CrossOverGamesHelper.Lord of the Rings Online.PyLotRO/.PyLotRO: File "PyLotRO\build\pyi.win32\pylotro\outPYZ1.pyz/PyLotROLauncher.MainWindow", line 407, in InitialSetup
18.08.11 00:41:24,279 [0x0-0x8e08e].com.codeweavers.CrossOverGamesHelper.Lord of the Rings Online.PyLotRO/.PyLotRO: File "PyLotRO\build\pyi.win32\pylotro\outPYZ1.pyz/PyLotROLauncher.MainWindow", line 545, in GetHomeDir
18.08.11 00:41:24,279 [0x0-0x8e08e].com.codeweavers.CrossOverGamesHelper.Lord of the Rings Online.PyLotRO/.PyLotRO: AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'endswith'
18.08.11 00:41:25,344 warmd: [_bootcachectl_save_playlist:1232] Assertion failed: (error == 0): Unable to save playlist to /var/db/BootCaches/9D8A5E51-ED44-4D0D-B0DC-F919CFF0BCBC/app.com.codeweavers.CrossOverGamesHelper.Lord of the Rings Online.PyLotRO/.PyLotRO.playlist: 2 No such file or directory
18.08.11 00:41:25,344 com.apple.warmd: warmd: could not create temporary playlist file

Any idea whats wrong?

Helge Becker wrote:

PyLotRo won't launch for me on a new Mac Mini with Lion.

Online.PyLotRO/.PyLotRO: File
"PyLotRO\build\pyi.win32\pylotro\outPYZ1.pyz/PyLotROLauncher.MainWindow",
line 407, in InitialSetup
18.08.11 00:41:25,344 com.apple.warmd: warmd: could not create
temporary playlist file

Looks like you didn't configure the game directory.... tools pulldown/Settings Wizard
Click "find games"
Click entry in main window
click apply...

login

Ok, thanks. Unfortunately PyLotRO isn't launching. The entry is created when I try to launch it.

Edit, now PyLotRO comes up and I am able to configure it. Letting it patch now. Thank you for your help.