I installed Bricxcc last night, and was getting this same "Compile/Download Failed Compile Failure." message. I searched, and found this thread, but didn't really see an answer. So I just started trying different options in the Compiler Preferences until I got it working. Unchecking the "Use internal compiler" check box under the NBC/NXC tab seemed to do the trick. I was pretty happy to finally get everything installed, firmware updated, and finally get my first NXC program compiled and running on my NXT!
This was all on my Windows 7 64 bit computer at home last night. Today I installed everything on a Vista 32 bit computer at work (in case it was an OS issue) and had the same results on both computers.
Here is exactly what I did today.
- Downloaded and installed bricxcc_setup_3389.exe
- Noted the installed nbc.exe was version 1.2.1.4, and when I pressed the Version button in compiler preferences it listed the same
- Downloaded and uzipped test_release20110316.zip over the same directory
- Noted that installed nbc.exe was version 1.2.1.5, and when I pressed the Version button in compiler preferences it still listed 1.2.1r4
- Opened the 3_spiral.nxc sample program, and pressed the compile button (F5)
- Got the "Compile/Download Failed" message
- Unchecked "Use internal compiler" in preferences
- Successfully compiled program.
Is the problem because the internal compiler is still 1.2.1r4 and the external file 1.2.1r5? At any rate, hopefully this will help out the next person with this problem.
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BTW, why can't I post to this board in Firefox? When I try to post, I get a "The page isn't redirecting properly" error? Using FF4.0.1. Next I tried IE, but couldn't even stay logged in! It seemed to accept my login credentials, but then would just reload the page still as a guest? Finally I started to search the problem and saw that Google owns SourceForge, so I tried Chrome, which works and is where I'm posting this from. What do I have to change in FF to be able to post? I'm thinking it's some cookie setting, but not really sure?
Thanks!
Jason