Doomsday will not start - struct.error

noname1282004

Hello,

I just downloaded and installed Doomsday 1.15.8 and I cannot get it to start; it just gives a struct error in the attached screenshot. Log posted below:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "snowberry.py", line 25, in <module>
  File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 82, in load_module
  File "ui.pyo", line 38, in <module>
  File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 82, in load_module
  File "widgets.pyo", line 37, in <module>
  File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 82, in load_module
  File "sb\profdb.pyo", line 30, in <module>
  File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 82, in load_module
  File "sb\profile.pyo", line 27, in <module>
  File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 82, in load_module
  File "sb\aodb.pyo", line 745, in <module>
  File "sb\aodb.pyo", line 702, in loadAll
  File "sb\aodb.pyo", line 467, in load
  File "sb\addon.pyo", line 680, in readMetaData
  File "sb\addon.pyo", line 829, in readLumpDirectory
struct.error: unpack requires a string argument of length 8
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "snowberry.py", line 25, in <module>
  File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 82, in load_module
  File "ui.pyo", line 38, in <module>
  File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 82, in load_module
  File "widgets.pyo", line 37, in <module>
  File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 82, in load_module
  File "sb\profdb.pyo", line 30, in <module>
  File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 82, in load_module
  File "sb\profile.pyo", line 27, in <module>
  File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 82, in load_module
  File "sb\aodb.pyo", line 745, in <module>
  File "sb\aodb.pyo", line 702, in loadAll
  File "sb\aodb.pyo", line 467, in load
  File "sb\addon.pyo", line 680, in readMetaData
  File "sb\addon.pyo", line 829, in readLumpDirectory
struct.error: unpack requires a string argument of length 8
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "snowberry.py", line 25, in <module>
  File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 82, in load_module
  File "ui.pyo", line 38, in <module>
  File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 82, in load_module
  File "widgets.pyo", line 37, in <module>
  File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 82, in load_module
  File "sb\profdb.pyo", line 30, in <module>
  File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 82, in load_module
  File "sb\profile.pyo", line 27, in <module>
  File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 82, in load_module
  File "sb\aodb.pyo", line 745, in <module>
  File "sb\aodb.pyo", line 702, in loadAll
  File "sb\aodb.pyo", line 467, in load
  File "sb\addon.pyo", line 680, in readMetaData
  File "sb\addon.pyo", line 829, in readLumpDirectory
struct.error: unpack requires a string argument of length 8
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "snowberry.py", line 25, in <module>
  File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 82, in load_module
  File "ui.pyo", line 38, in <module>
  File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 82, in load_module
  File "widgets.pyo", line 37, in <module>
  File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 82, in load_module
  File "sb\profdb.pyo", line 30, in <module>
  File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 82, in load_module
  File "sb\profile.pyo", line 27, in <module>
  File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 82, in load_module
  File "sb\aodb.pyo", line 745, in <module>
  File "sb\aodb.pyo", line 702, in loadAll
  File "sb\aodb.pyo", line 467, in load
  File "sb\addon.pyo", line 680, in readMetaData
  File "sb\addon.pyo", line 829, in readLumpDirectory
struct.error: unpack requires a string argument of length 8

I'm running Windows 10 64bit; Intel Core-I5, Nvidia Geforce 970.

Thanks for your help.

noname1282004

Update - I am now able to get the fronte end loader to come up by using 'run as administrator' and Windows XP SP3 compatibility settings. So I can actually play the games that way but still can't get to the true Doomsday front end to take advantage of some of those options. (like sound reverb etc.)