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    delete everything in the <FG App data> directory and try an update again (running as Administrator). If that fails, check the settings window and see where the "Data Directory" is pointing to.
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    the two most likely places are:

    %appdata%\Fantasy Grounds yes actually type in the %bits too in the explorer window
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    C:\ProgramData\Fantasy Grounds

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    THIS IS THE FIX

    OK - so last night I figure this out...

    When you change your .pak RULESET file into a zip > then uncompress > work on files > then rezip (STOP)

    This is where the issue lay - RIGHT HERE when you go to zip the folder back up

    By default windows takes the root folder your RIGHT CLICKing on to zip and places that under a sub folder - you need to go into your root folder where all your rule set subfolders and namely .base.xml FILE RESIDE then select ALL THOSE FILEs > then zip them to a ZIP FILE - that right there is the fix for this error!

    Again by default windows ZIPs your folder into a subfolder WITHIN the actual zip itself - thats why FG can't load the base.xml

    Hope this helps!

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    Believe it or not someone rediscovers this problem every month or two.

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    Thanks for posting Morbid-Don

    That can certainly be one of the causes. In the end, it can be caused by a few things, but is all down to the fact that FG thinks there's a ruleset present, but that ruleset .pak (or directory) doesn't contain the data it needs. Files are missing or corrupt, someone packaged the ruleset .pak incorrectly (it's not a windows issue, it's the format FG expects - you need to ZIP from within the ruleset directory no matter which operating system you're on), etc..

    Glad you got your particular issue sorted out.
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    GREAT! Thanks. This solved it for me.

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    Get them to delete 5E.pak from the <FG App Data>\rulesets folder and then run an update. They need to download the correct version of 5E.pak in order to: 1) reduce the download time from you (they'll use the ruleset file locally) and 2) To have a correct, uncorrupted ruleset.

    Also, make sure that your campaign name doesn't contain : (colon) or other strange characters.
    GREAT! Thanks. This solved it for me.

  7. #17
    Hi ya'll. Having the base.xml error. I've been trying for a while now and I can't get the archive to be accepted by FG. I followed along with what Morbid-Don wrote as the fix but it still fails. As a test I simply unpacked the ruleset and re archived it.

    This is my path when I 'Open archive' the newly zipped 5E.pak ruleset using 7-Zip.
    C:\Users\John\AppData\Roaming\Fantasy Grounds\rulesets\5E.pak\.

    In short, my archived 5E.pak file and the original look identical in every way except one works and one does not ;-)

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    You probably included the 5e folder when you zipped, you cant do that. Zip the contents only.

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    I know that is a common mistake but I didn't inc. the 5E folder in the zip, just the folders and files inside it.

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    Why are you unpacking and repacking the ruleset?
    What is the end game?

    When you say you used 7zip - did you archive it with anything other than straight zip compession?

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