Unable to install Red Alert from The First Decade DVD

[kelvSYC]

Issue Summary

I encountered an issue when trying to install the Red Alert using The First Decade DVD.

Though most of the assets I obtained were from the Remastered Collection, The First Decade was needed for the original Soviet cutscenes. Because of this, I pulled out my copy of The First Decade DVD. Though OpenRA was able to detect the DVD, it was unable to install the cutscenes.

Inspecting the install.log file suggests that I was missing a file at ~/Library/Application Support/OpenRA/Content/ra/v2/main.mix.

This persists even if I removed all of the Red Alert assets obtained from the Remastered Collection and attempted to obtain all assets from The First Decade.

Reproduction

From the Red Alert OpenRA app, launch, then follow instructions while The First Decade DVD was in an external drive.

Expected behavior

Expecting the installation of assets to proceed normally.

Workaround

The installation was able to proceed by copying a main.mix from an existing Red Alert installation, and copying it to the indicated path. It does not appear that main.mix is otherwise needed, but my install has retained it just in case.

[ImTheEscapePlan]

same issue but on windows, thanks for the workaround!

[vbartels]

Hi, I have the same problem on linux. I compiled release 20231010 from source.
C&C The First Decade (English) DVD is detected but copying fails.
This is from the install.log:

Using installer `tfd: C&C The First Decade (English)\` of type `Disc`:
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file '/home/veit/.config/openra/Content/ra/v2/main.mix'.
File name: '/home/veit/.config/openra/Content/ra/v2/main.mix'
   at Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle.Open(String path, OpenFlags flags, Int32 mode)
   at Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle.Open(String fullPath, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, FileOptions options, Int64 preallocationSize)
   at System.IO.Strategies.OSFileStreamStrategy..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, FileOptions options, Int64 preallocationSize)
   at OpenRA.Mods.Cnc.Installer.ExtractMixSourceAction.RunActionOnSource(MiniYaml actionYaml, String path, ModData modData, List`1 extracted, Action`1 updateMessage) in /home/veit/Downloads/openra/OpenRA.Mods.Cnc/Installer/ExtractMixSourceAction.cs:line 30
   at OpenRA.Mods.Common.Widgets.Logic.InstallFromSourceLogic.<>c__DisplayClass44_0.<InstallFromSource>g__RunSourceActions|2(MiniYamlNode contentPackageYaml, <>c__DisplayClass44_1& ) in /home/veit/Downloads/openra/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Widgets/Logic/Installation/InstallFromSourceLogic.cs:line 256
   at OpenRA.Mods.Common.Widgets.Logic.InstallFromSourceLogic.<>c__DisplayClass44_0.<InstallFromSource>b__1() in /home/veit/Downloads/openra/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Widgets/Logic/Installation/InstallFromSourceLogic.cs:line 268

Edit:
I copied just main.mix over from a windows install and then the copy through the gui was possible.