Short: Try running steam as administrator.

Long: I tried the C2 free edition on steam (under windows 7) then upgraded to the personal edition. But I still got the same error, unable to start http server. I guess some other people have had that problem too.

What I found out was that steam was starting the free version and not the personal version. (Both versions were still installed). So what I did was this:

• Backup C2 project data (just in case, you never know)
• Uninstall all versions of C2 in steam
• Restart PC
• Install C2 personal in steam
• Restart PC
• Install C2 free in steam (steam did this when I tried to run the Construct2.exe as administrator)
• Restart PC
• Close steam (it autoruns on my PC)
• Start steam with "run as administrator"
• Start C2 with "run as administrator" (might work if you start normally too)
• Win! Now I can preview my games on the ipad. Great!

I hope this works for some of you experiencing this problem.

Cheers,

Mike

Hi Everyone,

My name is Mike and I'm a gameaholic.

I'm developing a strategy game for ipad using C2.

I've had several game ideas going around in my head and on scraps of paper for years, and now I've committed to turning one of these into an actual game. This is my process:

Great idea -> build it -> try and figure out why it didn't work

I chose C2 because it's user friendli-er than other software and the community is very helpful (I've read a lot of tutorials and Q&As on the forums already). I hope you guys will help me out with stuff I can't get to work!

Thanks,

Mike