Forums » Help » Why when I go to weltmeister it doesn't let me click anything???

I keep trying weltmeister and all the time it won't let me start a new level, or anything new, save, load, layers nothing works, it just sits there, and I have no idea what to do, I just got swamp server, and its online, but from here I really don't know what to do, is there something wrong with my weltmeister? I payed $99.. I really need help as I want to get started ASAP please guys!

Kind regards,
Addrian

What error are you receiving in the console?

(Options -> Tools -> JavaScript Console in your web browser)

hi there mate, thanks for your reply, I am not receiving any error, just the fact it won't allow me to click anything would you know the reason for this mate?

so I press weltmeister but it just opens it and its black screen with the options of save, save as new load reload images, but on the screen the rest is black, and when I click one nothing happens.

I have got wampserver and its online I just don't know what to do from now, please if you can help me I'd appreciate it.

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hi there mate, thanks for your reply, I am not receiving any error, just the fact it won't allow me to click anything would you know the reason for this mate?

so I press weltmeister but it just opens it and its black screen with the options of save, save as new load reload images, but on the screen the rest is black, and when I click one nothing happens.

I have got wampserver and its online I just don't know what to do from now, please if you can help me I'd appreciate it.

This (usually) happens when an entity or something fails to load up correctly. Errors will be displayed in the JavaScript console (Options -> Tools -> JavaScript Console in your web browser) and will not appear within Weltmeister itself.

Another thing: How are you running weltmeister? If you load up Weltmeister by double clicking the .html file, you will receive Origin Exception errors in the JavaScript console. You have to run Weltmeister through Wamp Server:
Put your impact folder in your www folder where you installed WAMP. Run WAMP. In your web browser, enter: localhost into the address bar. To load Weltmeister: localhost/weltmeister.html

More reading: http://impactjs.com/documentation/getting-started

That was really helpful thank you very much, it's working now, the thing, I did what you said, I went into impacts files, and copied as you said, what do I do from here tho? Say when creating a game? Should I still leave an impact folder in say c: drive? Or just leave it in wamps section? As I am confused for that, as for the javascript console, I have tools, but no javascript console on my chrome browser?

I was running weltmeister, originally, from my impact folder in C: drive, and right clicking it then pressing open with chrome.

Thank you so much for helping me get started, if you can just help out with this little question, I'd appreciate it very much!

Thanks again,
Kind regards,
Addrian

What you should do is keep a fresh copy of your Impact folder somewhere for a backup. When you start a new game/project, just copy the fresh copy of Impact into WAMP and then start working on that. But it's really up to you. You can download a new copy everytime you start working on something new if you wanted.

For Chrome, the hotkey for the Console is Control + Shift + J. It is also a Tabbed option in Chrome Developer Tools (Tools -> Developer Tools). Hot key Control + Shift + i

When you say copy, should I copy everything including the index, and the level editor? Just to clarify or just the folders? And lastly, when I save can I choose which impact folder I want to save it to? And where should I save my game as in which folder?

Sorry for the questions but I really appreciate your help and answers!


Kind regards,
Addrian

When you download impact, it all comes bundled in a folder called 'impact'. What I do is I copy the 'impact' folder, put it into the www folder and then rename the folder to something meaningful. So for instance, if I have two impact games in WAMP: localhost/mygame1/index.html to get at mygame1 and localhost/mygame2/index.html to get at mygame2. So there are multiple copies of Impact in my wamp install directory, and I can go in and work on whichever one I want. But it's up to you, you can set-up your dev environment however you want.

I understand, so when I save they will be index files? Or whatever I name it I'll open it as localhost/mygame1/index.html ? so for example localhost/thefireman/index.html ? Is that correct? and when I save it goes to lib folder, so do I just copy that from lib folder into the www wamp folder?

Sorry for the questions, I am trying to make sure I get it right.