Quite a while back, Freddy and I started work on an MM2 sort of Catacombs....
It's called "Hanging Gardens of Babylon".  [smiley=vrolijk_26.gif]
There are two sections needing testing.

Would there be anyone interested in beta testing ?

Thanks,
SandyBean  [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

I volunteer, Sandy! :)

OK Rose !  Sounds great  [smiley=vrolijk_26.gif]
Just PM me your email addy and I'll 'zip' you the file !

Please remember, as this is MM2, it needs pre-Lion to be compatible  [smiley=cool.gif]

SandyBean wrote on 28.08.2013 at 02:26:44:

Please remember, as this is MM2, it needs pre-Lion to be compatible  [smiley=cool.gif]

Or use the solution here  8-)


Btw, I beta tested the first part of Hanging Gardens for Freddy many years ago but he never released it.  Are you working collaboratively with him now?  I once asked him  for permission to release the first part but he never answered.

You can send me the zipfile if you want.  I'd like to check it out if I find any spare time.  Nice to have someone still building mansions.

Yes Indeed, that's right ! Thanks for reminding me Brell.  Now everyone can build using this conversion.

Freddy and I worked on the first two sections of Hanging Gardens of Babylon a couple of years back, and we beta tested each others sections. 

If they are beta tested by you both the CM should be ready for upload  ;)


Do you have Freddy's permission to release it?

SandyBean, I couldn't get the mansion to open in MM2. When I unzipped it, the Created date, Modified date, and Last Opened date are all 9/15/10 and it opens in MM1. Are you sure you sent me the right file?

@ Brell: If I recall, Freddy and I were going to release it, but wanted to wait until after the MM2 was released.

@ Semi-Native: The mansion is in my MM EP folder, one that was used to build pre-release of MM2.  I'm not sure what to do to at this point, as I'm not very computer savvy !!!  Sorry  [smiley=cry.gif]
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated !

Thanks,
SandyBean  [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

Yes, there is something wrong with the mansion.  I can open it in the right builder by dragging it on the top of the builder.  I can change it and save it but it still has got the wrong icon and doesn't open in MM2.  I do not know what is wrong.  Maybe Rob Seegel will know what to do.

I hope Rob checks in here soon.  :(

Hi SandyBean- in the past I've forgotten to "delete preview pics" before zipping a file and this caused some weird issues. Maybe it's something like that? PM'ed you too :-)

Your Right !  I did forget to do that, so will try resending it to all with that done, but I have a feeling it's to do with it being built before the official MM2 builder was released.

thanks !

SandyBean  [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

This has nothing to do with the preview pics in the builder.  They only affect the size of the zipfile.

Yes, you're right Brell.

The mansion was built using the builder in the Expansion pack, prior to the release of MM2.  So presently it will only open in the MM Expansion pack and builder. 

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated  :)

Thanks,
SandyBean  [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

I really do not know what you mean by expansion pack.  Vern never released anything but MM1, MM2 and MM HD.

Maybe you are talking about beta versinos of MM2?

I have the first part of HGoB by Freddy and it works fine in MM2, so something must have happened to your version.

If I remember correctly, originally the contest was for an "expanded" version of MM1 that had some new features, but then it got released as it s own stand-alone game "MM2." The people in the contest were given the new builder, so maybe something changed before it was released with MM2?

Anyway, SandyBean sent me the file and it won't play in the game, only in the MM2 builder. (Geek note, if this helps: it opens as a Unix file, not a MM2 file. I can't get it to recognize as MM2.)

Anybody??

(Unfortunately Freddy hasn't signed in since last year, and my PM to him in Jan. was never read. But if they were just waiting until after the official release of MM2 it sounds like he was OK to release HGoB. His section is really good, it would be a shame for it to not see the light of day.)

I can open the mansion but only by first starting MM2, THEN drag the Mansion onto the MM2 application icon.

I remember now that MM2 was called expansion pack while being developed.  The MM2 builder and MM2 application should be able to open the mansion because it is the same builder and the same application.  As I said above I have the first section of HGoB and it opens easily in both builder and game.

Thanks for your info, Rose.  The mansion opens in the builder by dragging it over the builder icon AND it opens in the game by dragging it over the game icon but only AFTER the game has started.

Got a big problem. The ladder jump feature is needed but disabled!!!

Rose, open the mansion in the MM2 level builder (I had to start up the level builder, then drag the mansion file onto the level builder icon. Once it's open in the level builder, go under the file menu and click on Mansion Options. Put a check mark next to Allow Ladder Jumps and then Save.

OK. I'll try that!

Wow !  Great work everyone for getting this figured out  :)

Seems beta testing can start, so hopefully very soon we will have a new mansion  [smiley=vrolijk_26.gif]

Wouldn't it be great if we could get this MM community jump started again! Especially since brell posted the way to use MM1 and MM2 with Lion for those who are brave enough to try it.

:D

OK, opening the game first then dragging the mansion onto the icon worked for me too. Once I get to the first save post I can then open the saved game normally :-)

I sent a working copy of HGoB to SandyBean yesterday, so no more dragging mansion onto icon should be needed.

Yes, your version opens as it should. Other things have happened though. There are switches/triggers that doesn't work. Snady has a mail about that.

I made the working copy by copying and pasting SandyBean's rooms into the first part I got from Freddy many years ago.  I copied and pasted every room, layers 0, 4, 5 and 6.  That is 4 c/p's per room.  Freddy's part works perfectly but perhaps some settings have not been copied in SandyBean's part.  I also checked the ladderjump setting.

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