Game won't start past "This game requires the Adobe Flash Player plugin." despite working earlier

[t00tie]

TSO has worked for me up to and including this morning. Now I suspect an update has broken it. The game starts but says "This game requires the Adobe Flash Player plugin." I have chrome installed and it worked a few hours ago, all I did was close the game and steam.

I can't access ubisoft support because I can't log in because I have no user because steam does that part for me.

How do I tell the game that I DO havew chrome installed and flash works just fine, you're detecting it wrong?

[bosjvd]

Had the same issue, got this from the FAQ and it worked.

7. I have a Chrome/Flash player plugin error message at launch. What can I do?
You can fix the issue “the hard” way by following the steps:
1.) Make sure the game is not running
2.) Go into the “The Settlers Online” game folder.
3.) Create a folder “plugins”.
4.) Copy the file “pepflashplayer.dll” from your Google Chrome into this new folder.
5.) Edit the file “package.json” in your “The Settlers Online” game folder and change the path to the plugin to: 'plugins\\pepflashplayer.dll'
6.) If there is no path: please add the following to the list of “chromium-args”: --ppapi-flash-path='plugins\\pepflashplayer.dll' --ppapi-flash-version=18.0.0.233
7.) The Flash Version number (18.0.0.233) depends on which Flash version you have installed along with Google Chrome.

[Lemon Lollipop]

The problem is caused by the game replacing the standard values in package.json with a nonsensical "--ppapi-placeholder" argument. It worked perfectly since release for me, until it made that change today.

[Rumpellieschen]

Originally posted by bosjvd:

Had the same issue, got this from the FAQ and it worked.

7. I have a Chrome/Flash player plugin error message at launch. What can I do?
You can fix the issue “the hard” way by following the steps:
1.) Make sure the game is not running
2.) Go into the “The Settlers Online” game folder.
3.) Create a folder “plugins”.
4.) Copy the file “pepflashplayer.dll” from your Google Chrome into this new folder.
5.) Edit the file “package.json” in your “The Settlers Online” game folder and change the path to the plugin to: 'plugins\\pepflashplayer.dll'
6.) If there is no path: please add the following to the list of “chromium-args”: --ppapi-flash-path='plugins\\pepflashplayer.dll' --ppapi-flash-version=18.0.0.233
7.) The Flash Version number (18.0.0.233) depends on which Flash version you have installed along with Google Chrome.

Thx Worked!
Look at your flash version! i have 18.0.0.232

[Ryven]

Just a note. In linux, the steps are quite the same. The plugin is located (in Mint) in

/opt/google/chrome/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so

Anyway, I can see the welcome screen with the news and the blue "play now" button. But when I press it, nothing happens. It worked until the "client update" this morning.

Is it because of the login maintenance or may I have to look for another cause? Thanks

[Ryven]

I almost forgot: this game NEEDS a 32 bits flash player. So if you are using a 64 bits system you will need to download a 32 bits Chrome and use the libpepflashplayer.so bundled there. That's what I did in Mint time ago.

This morning the "client update" changed my package.json to the default Linux route /opt/google/chrome/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so where my 64 bits Chrome resides. I changed the path to my 32 bits downloaded Chrome and everything works again.

[Lemon Lollipop]

After I changed my package.json, the game reverted it to --ppapi_placeholder again. This is becoming extremely annoying...

[Rumpellieschen]

Originally posted by Lemon Lollipop:

After I changed my package.json, the game reverted it to --ppapi_placeholder again. This is becoming extremely annoying...

same here =((

[ShadowMiner333]

I CANT FRIKIN' PLAY THE GAME!!!

when i try to play it says:
In order to play The Settlers Online in the best possible conditions, you need to have an up to date version of Adobe Flash Player. We have detected that you are using an older version in your browser. Please update your Flash Player through this site: http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash/

Yet i have windows 8 thairfor i have the latest flash player on my PC!!??

[ShadowMiner333]

Originally posted by bosjvd:

Had the same issue, got this from the FAQ and it worked.

7. I have a Chrome/Flash player plugin error message at launch. What can I do?
You can fix the issue “the hard” way by following the steps:
1.) Make sure the game is not running
2.) Go into the “The Settlers Online” game folder.
3.) Create a folder “plugins”.
4.) Copy the file “pepflashplayer.dll” from your Google Chrome into this new folder.
5.) Edit the file “package.json” in your “The Settlers Online” game folder and change the path to the plugin to: 'plugins\\pepflashplayer.dll'
6.) If there is no path: please add the following to the list of “chromium-args”: --ppapi-flash-path='plugins\\pepflashplayer.dll' --ppapi-flash-version=18.0.0.233
7.) The Flash Version number (18.0.0.233) depends on which Flash version you have installed along with Google Chrome.

Evern in the best game in the world, you shouldent have to do what the devs should program the game to do for you...

[76561198212093227]

Hey all, we are looking into it.

[76561198212093227]

Until we optimized the package to better detect the Flash player, every time Chrome was updated (or Flash), these steps above / FAQ unfortunately have to be conducted all over.

[Lemon Lollipop]

It happens for me now every single time I start the game, not just after Chrome updates. One second after starting the game, the package.json is already reverted to the broken version.

[Trillnar]

Lose the flash, its buggy and causes your pc to be vunerable to malware. Most people have stopped using flash in their products because it is so old and unreliable.

[76561198247186484]

when is steam going to fix the flash plugin.

[76561198212093227]

Originally posted by rusty.i.rui:

when is steam going to fix the flash plugin.

There will be an update to (our, not Steam's) application soon.