Starforge help

[thegrim_reaper]

ok i know i was doing this just a few days ago but this time i have tried litirally everything and nothing has worked, ok im trying to install starforge 2 b/c one of my friends highly recomends it, ok i enter the install mode so far so good and it asks me what i want to put on my program bored (?) so i go to there and i choose the default aplication starcraft, then i click the install button, so far so good, then it asks me if i want to update a bunch of crap i say yes blah de blah de blah.. then it says (keep in mind that i have nothing running at this point) that the file c:\windows\system32\hhctrl.ocx is in use please close all programs so i do close each and every one.. then i go to retry.. same error finally i get upset and click ignore.. rest of the installation goes uneventfull but finally i get 2 the installation confirmation screen and i got 2 run the program. it says that i need to locate all the files int he data folder, no idea what this means cant find any of um, ive tried it form 2 different websites, 2 different winzipish programs (including winzip itself) ive tried running the install from a temp folder a temp directory a permanent directory, and i dont know what to do next could omeone please help me PLEASE

 

[Lwek]

Download this Starforge2. It has the required files. You need to install the required files first before instaling SF2.

StarForge 2
StarForge is a map editor built from scratch. Now in its second version, it can do many interesting things, including placing square terrain, protecting maps, placing half-built buildings, and units for the hyper players (players 9-255) with interesting effects such as doubling the fire rate. StarForge plans to be just as powerful as hex-editing the map yourself, without the need to be a Neo.

Keep in mind that this is an advanced editor. It's not recommended for beginners.
Download StarForge 2 from:
[Lwek's Storage]

 

[thegrim_reaper]

i tried that and it no longer asks for a file...however when i install it, it still says that some weird file is in use (to be exact C:\WINDOWS\system32\hhctrl.ocx) i click ignore and install it and everything goes well but when i try to start starforge it says error 53 file not found then again error 53 file not found then it says runtime error 53 file not found and it opens starforge but i cant do anything, what i cant get is i even manually copied the file it didnt copy and its still giving me the weird error but thanks for the files they did help me get a bit farther :-/

EDIT: its still saying the same error

 

[Lwek]

Ignore those files and then open Starforge from:
Start > All Pograms(or Pograms for non xp'ers) > Starcraft > Starforge.

 

[thegrim_reaper]

its still replying with the same errors even when i open it from there

 

[Lwek]

Well, I don't know what to tell you. I'm not an expert in this. The last thing I suggest is you do is check your computer, Windows Update it, Scan it for viruses, adware, stuff like that. Then reinstall it. Other than that I'd suggest you use SCMDraft 2. Doesn't require any other files other than itself. Has many of the same features as StarForge.

 

[thegrim_reaper]

thats what im using (scmdraft2) its seemed great for my purpases.... only i cant find the trigger thing for it :/ ill screw around with starforge and see if i can get it working.. if i can i let everyone know what i did
EDIT: got it working, dont know what I did but i think i was using the installer it came from instead of just extracting EVERYTHING and then just running the program thanks for the help it was a human error

 

[Heimdal]

Start -> Run, type "regedit" and hit enter. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software and delete the StarForge folder. Make sure that StarForge.exe is located in the same folder as the data folder, and run it again.