Author Topic: Blockland won't load  (Read 959 times)

Hey guys i'm having a BIG problem ): Blockland won't load.............It says: Blockland launcher - BlobContainer::SnapshotBuffer(2) - Squlite error 'disk I/O error'. Ensure that 'C:\Documents and Settings\Mom\My Documents\Blockland/' is writable       I don't know what to do!

Have you tried restarting?
Also, what operating system do you use, that might be helpful for other, more knowledgeable people.
I think the error just means Blockland can't write to a database (SQLite is a database tool) and can't continue with some processes.


You have to delete cache.db.
MAKE A SAFE COPY
Maybe, or maybe not.

Deleting this file means that you have to redownload all the files from servers.
You might end up with loading 1500 files on cats server, as example.

what exactly happens when I delete the cache.db. file?


what exactly happens when I delete the cache.db. file?
When you connect server, you receive a list of files from the server, and this is checked with file servers that Badspot has set up. Missing files are downloaded from the file servers, and those that aren't on the file servers are downloaded from the server itself.

When new files are added, they are placed in cache.db for future use in the current server and other servers. Cache.db covers various things from music, models, interiors, terrain, but not images.

In addition to non-default content, default content is downloaded if needed to be repaired, replaced, or changed in case of an update or modification of game files. This, however, caused problems with custom client themes.


There were a few goals in having this:
 - Avoid cluttering add-on folders with files downloaded from servers as it makes no sense to store content-only add-on pieces in there.
 - Grab files from a server very close to you at a faster speed, removing slow file loads and lifting the strain from the server you're connecting to
 - Since they are not tied by name in cache.db, files that are the same but named differently across different servers are not downloaded again
 - Idiot-proofing: since duplicate files aren't downloaded, idiots who repackage pre-existing content instead of just referring to the add-on, (like repackaging the jeep as the drifting jeep, by using the model in the new add-on) this can no longer force clients into downloaded duplicated files. Power to prevent idiots doing poor packaging like that lies only in the hands of add-on distribution areas now.