### Common Issue 0009

Author:    Artex (aka: IceDragon) <icedragon@quickfox.org>
Timestamp: 15.Oct.2005 @ 2005

Relation:  Bugge Hunters
Section:   Dream Editor
Title:     DreamEd "Couldn't load shapes"

Description:
    The user would approach you with the following issue: Once they try to run the Dream Editor (no
    matter what method did they use for this), a small window pops up, telling them "Couldn't load
    the shapes. Program terminated.". After that, the dream editor pretty much closes, end of story.

Problem:
    The problem here is self-explandatory - the dream editor could not load the shapes. Shapes are
    stored in FSH files and in this particular case - these FSH files are stored in your default
    patch folder. What the editor is complaining about is that it simply could not load one of the
    default patches it needed in order to work, so either one (or more) of those files is missing
    or cannot be opened for whatever reason there is.

Solution:
    Since the user most likely removed one of them files from the patch folder, we can't really do
    much, but to suggest the user to install Furcadia again (without uninstalling anything!). This
    way the installer would return the missing files back to where they were and correct the problem.

    It is useful to mention that if the user has any patch files that he still needs in the default
    patch folder, he should probably take them out of there since the changes they might still need
    will be overwritten by the installer. Needless to say, the installation must be done while the
    client is not running! Otherwise, the installer won't be able to overwrite files and will abort.