Ok, lets see if I can answer both of your questions with this one post.
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Now that sounds like a problem with the browser not being set to decode gzip html files.
Kinda sounds like that dont it But no thats not It. I use IE 6.01 and get the same popup box no matter what machine I try from. My webserver is deerfields Visnetic webserver and it really requires the php4isapi.dll. the only way it will work with the php.exe is if I use a Old version.
So I installed Another web server thats does use the regular php.exe and it seemed to work ok. I could enable Gzip and get a screen anyway. I was using IE 6.01 to access it.
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The game comes with smarty already pre setup
Thats nice to know. after a solid week of trying to fix this issue I was getting desperate and reaching for straws. I figured the Backend was preconfigured but did wonder when I looked at the Install doc. Hell, I actually got Excited when I read the part about coping the includes and saw there was php file in there setup for alien assault gzip compression.
I will say that by default my Php.ini file doesnt have the "Includes" directory populated. When I point that to the C:\php\pear directory as instructed then the game and admin menu give me a white screen and nothing else. I get this weather Ive copied the smart2 lib directory to the includes or not dont matter. white screen.
Shouldnt the Includes be setup in the php.ini file and what would cause the white screen.
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It will tell you what MUST be enabled for the game to work. If you don't see any warnings saying specifically that an item must be enabled then you are ok.
The only thing I dont have enabled is Safe Mode, this is set to Off. Originally I was running with register_globals on But was having issues with the gambling not working and saw your post about turning it off. Turned Off Register_globals and now the gambling seems to work. Should this switch be on or off.
Then about 2:30 last night I saw your post about MMCache so I installed that thinking that would help. nope same issue Although mmcache is Sweet and a must run for Any php script.
The current Zlib is what was installed by default so I will try the New zlib later and see what happens.
Yep Ive racked my brain over this and just cant figure it out. When I look in the Phpinfo file everything looks good and I think the php.ini file is setup right. When I open the admin screen everything shows green for enableing G-zip. When i try to enable it I get a box. Just dont understand it.
Another factor that might have a effect is the Mysql server.
Although I did a fresh install of Mysql 4.0.18 I notice that php comes default with its own built in mysql client. When you go look in the phpinfo it shows to be a version 3.29.something. The game does give a warning on this but everything seems to work but GZip.
I did research on this to and the Only way to point Php to a new Mysql clinet is to Recomplie it.
Since I use the DLL file instead of the EXE Im not even sure I can recompile it. My Other Headache....
At this point I'm so burned out on trying to get this Gzip up and running that I'm about ready to give up on it.
Besides, when you consider that I use the Dll instead of the exe for php, Use the Zlib Compression, MMcache, And got the GD v2.022 module up and running the server is actually pretty quick. Im not sure just how much the Gzip would help and using the php.exe file I think would actually slow things down.
Any more ideas let me know, I will try the newer zlib to see what happens. Thanks for your input and keep me in mind if you need a windows server to test out new features on..............
Later Guys
LordVngr