Can't view replays

[Kel]

So I booted up FA, and decided to have a go at viewing a live replay (Replays tab -> Live Games) (and for all that that seems to be a contradiction in terms...)

First of all I tried viewing a blackops one, which, without even getting as far as starting up the game, created the following:

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Failed to setup initial search path.

Program : C:\ProgramData\FAForever\bin\ForgedAlliance.exe
Cmd line arguments : /replay gpgnet://faforever.com/449955/DKP-xbot.SCFAreplay /init init_blackops.lua /nobugreport /log C:\ProgramData\FAForever\logs\replay.log

Callstack:
   Unknown symbol (address 0x008cef50)

Last 100 lines of log...

warning: Running "C:\ProgramData\FAForever\bin\init_blackops.lua" failed: cannot read C:\ProgramData\FAForever\bin\..\cache\options.lua: No such file or directory
         stack traceback:
            [C]: in function `dofile'
            C:\ProgramData\FAForever\bin\init_blackops.lua(5): in main chunk


I've tried a couple different blackops games several times, always giving the same error report (except for a bit which changes based on the player, it's 'DKP-xbot' in the above log). I've also tried a couple of normal faf games, and they work fine.

If it's of any relevance I've got the steam version of FA.

So, what's up, and what do I do to fix it? Thanks in advance!

[ColonelSheppard]

in my opinion you have a corrupt FAF instalation so im pretty sure reinstalling the lobby would help

[Ze_PilOt]

It wouldn't not. Use the forum search function with the error message you see in the log.

[Kel]

So it seems that I need to host a blackops game to get some settings to set to what they're supposed to be set to for the replay to work? Seems to be working, at any rate.

Why not just have the settings update automatically on attempting to start a blackops replay? Would save the hassle of having it not work for people...

Still, thanks!