Really simple issue.....

[Nosferatus-Shadow]

I preface this by saying I am a layman with anything like this.

But really would like to get this working as a discord bot.

System: Windows 10 pro

Issue: The initial steps.

This is probably an issue with my understanding more than anything.

I have downloaded all the bot files the .json etc.

I have also downloaded dfrotz from the website as instructed as a windows user.

I am then stuck on the next sentence:

"All you have to do is add the dfrotz.exe file to your PATH and you will be good to go!"

I have no idea what to do next, pretty much, and as a layman, don't understand what I have to do.

Do I have to open a cmd prompt in windows and execute something from there?

The dfrotz.exe does not seem to do anything when clicked on....a brief window....then nothing.

So clearly, I am not understanding the instruction.

Apologies for being a bit of a dunce.

Regards

[ava-cassiopeia]

In general, the instructions provided by the Java documentation (link) are pretty good for configuring your path. If you're not familiar with the PATH, here is a link to some information on it.

You want to edit the PATH such that you add to the end of the PATH a new directory that matches the directory that contains dfrotz.exe in it. It should be the complete path, ie. it should start with C:\, or whatever your top level drive is named (ex: D:\Users\foobar\frotz\).

[Nosferatus-Shadow]

Hi Ivan, Thanks for the information. I managed to get a bit further in the guide. As I said....I am pretty much a noob, layman when it comes to this. But I am really intrigued by the idea of running a text based adventure game in discord. I have added a path to dfrotz. I have also created the requisite bot in discord and got the token code. I have downloaded your files to a directory on my Pc. npm node.js is also installed.... But, due to my lack of knowledge, I am stumped on this next part. using cmd prompt I have gone to the directory of the code. I then use the command npm install All looked to be going well until: E:\Media Projects\Bot Testing\discord-text-adventure-bot-master>npm install npm WARN tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'E:\Media Projects\Bot Testing\discord-text-adventure-bot-master\node_modules\.staging\rxjs-cbcb3a32\_esm2015\fetch\index.js' npm WARN tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'E:\Media Projects\Bot Testing\discord-text-adventure-bot-master\node_modules\.staging\rxjs-cbcb3a32\_esm2015\fetch\index.js.map' npm WARN tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'E:\Media Projects\Bot Testing\discord-text-adventure-bot-master\node_modules\.staging\diff-468dd747\lib\util\array.js' npm WARN tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'E:\Media Projects\Bot Testing\discord-text-adventure-bot-master\node_modules\.staging\diff-468dd747\lib\util\distance-iterator.js' npm WARN tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'E:\Media Projects\Bot Testing\discord-text-adventure-bot-master\node_modules\.staging\diff-468dd747\lib\util\params.js' npm ERR! code ENOENT npm ERR! syscall spawn git npm ERR! path git npm ERR! errno ENOENT npm ERR! enoent Error while executing: npm ERR! enoent undefined ls-remote -h -t ssh://[email protected]/woor/discord.io.git npm ERR! enoent npm ERR! enoent npm ERR! enoent spawn git ENOENT npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file. npm ERR! enoent I will upload all my issues to your issues page. But, it is certainly because I am a complete laymen in this....it may be easier to work out my issues first and then upload how I solved the issue after the fact. Do you have a discord server I can join temporarily to discuss this? I may require a much more simplistic walk-through. Although I appreciate you may not have the time. I really would like to try and get this bot active however as I really like the idea of playing a text adventure game in discord. It's a great bot concept. Kind Regards Ben Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐

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On Monday, 22 June 2020 23:59, Ivan Mattie ***@***.***> wrote: In general, the instructions provided by the Java documentation [(link)](https://www.java.com/en/download/help/path.xml) are pretty good for configuring your path. If you're not familiar with the PATH, [here is a link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATH_(variable)) to some information on it. You want to edit the PATH such that you add to the end of the PATH a new directory that matches the directory that contains dfrotz.exe in it. It should be the complete path, ie. it should start with C:\, or whatever your top level drive is named (ex: D:\Users\foobar\frotz\). — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, [view it on GitHub](#40 (comment)), or [unsubscribe](https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AQBJ27NOPTVXJMXOZEGEZTTRX7O55ANCNFSM4OFCDMDA).

[ava-cassiopeia]

From the project directory, try doing the following:

First, delete the package-lock.json file. Then, in the package.json, edit the pinned version of discord.io to be ^2.5.3, like so:

"discord.io": "^2.5.3",

Then try running npm install again.