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brell YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 1787 Moita, Portugal Gender:	Re: News corner Reply #40 - 25.07.2008 at 20:40:03 Missy wrote on 25.07.2008 at 17:51:35: OR, since most all Admins are not avail on calendar What do you mean? The absence schedule only shows when we are absent, not when we are present. So when the absence schedule is empty it means that we are around.
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brell YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 1787 Moita, Portugal Gender:	Re: News corner Reply #41 - 25.07.2008 at 20:41:05 rose wrote on 25.07.2008 at 16:20:42: Freddy wrote on 25.07.2008 at 15:25:07: I can't recall, but I don't think that the Tutorial-mansion is in the demo pack. Or am I wrong? Yes, those are the only one you can play before you've got your code. Or has it changed? Actually the Tutorial mansion is playable in the demo pack.
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Freddy YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 1754 Brugge, Belgium Gender:	Re: News corner Reply #42 - 25.07.2008 at 21:02:25 Aha! Thx for reporting.
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Reply #43 - 25.07.2008 at 22:47:24

aquaMat wrote on 25.07.2008 at 19:32:42:

Missy wrote on 22.07.2008 at 20:49:25:

For some reason, some CM's save does not work lately so I just gave up playing them. I do get to the save point and save the game, all is well if I continue playing, however, if I save and come back later......the save is in my save list, but after clicking on it I get a pop up stating there is no save.......that is why I now stopped playing the CM's Smiley

Whaaat ?

I never heard about this problem ? Are you sure you have the "Saved Games" in the correct folder ?
Or maybe you changed a certain mansion's name AFTER having saved a game (save pedestal). This would explain why the computer can't connect the "Saved Game" to the mansion in question.

Does it happen with ALL custom mansions ?

Thank you for your concern AquaMat.
Freddy explained to me that the special "Download all M's at once" was outdated, most of the M's in that folder were still a work in progress.
If I download the CM's individually, everything is OK. Smiley

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Reply #44 - 25.07.2008 at 23:19:03

brell wrote on 25.07.2008 at 20:40:03:

Missy wrote on 25.07.2008 at 17:51:35:

OR, since most all Admins are not avail on calendar

What do you mean? The absence schedule only shows when we are absent, not when we are present. So when the absence schedule is empty it means that we are around.

Yes Brell, but remember, when WE newbies go to that calendar.......here is a cut & paste of that calendar......

Absence schedule
Feb 15th, 2007, 3:47am brell

Brell
Freddy
Suztours

When NEWBIES, are trying to post & we cannot do that unless we go thru Admin's first.
Now look at the above calendar. REMEMBER TO THINK LIKE A NEWBIE.
Under the verbage "Absence Schedule" is a date and time, Feb 07.....After we do not get a response, we go back to that page & study it and panic that all these people have been absent since 2007.

I hope that this clears up why there is a confusion.

It would be great if along side of the name of the person they would state a time frame of absent. ie: gone from June 20th to Aug 15th 2008.

Also, it would be great for the newbie, who does not know how to navigate on a forum, if there would also be an additional link provided with: "use this link only if all admin's are on vacation" so that they can actually get a reply.

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Reply #45 - 27.07.2008 at 23:30:16

Hi Freddy,
I finally had some time to delete all the CM's and I downloaded the "Underground Fortress" not from the "download all CM's at once" section.
The Curious Observatory is great and saves properly. It has a castle icon beside its name, however, the Underground Fortress does not save at all. Pls. read my step by step below.

Ok, here is a perfect example of the CM not saving game.

I downloaded Underground Fortress (UF)
I saved it in Finder, MM’s Custom Mansion Folder (like the other CM downloads)
The UF does not have a castle Icon like the other CM downloads. It only shows a folder beside its name.
I click on the folder pic for UF and another window opens, containing 2 UF files. One has the castle Icon named UF and the other line has a pic of a page named UF Notes.
I close Finder.
I click on Jack icon in Dashboard.
I click "start game".
I click "Open Mansion".
A new pop up appears: “Choose file” listing all the downloaded CM’s.
The UF is the only CM in the short list showing a folder icon beside its name.
I click on the UF folder and a new window appears beside it with the same 2 lines for UF as previously in the Finder window. The castle icon on one line with the UF name in full and on another line a pic of a page named UF Notes.
I click on the castle icon and play the game.
I save game at save point. (Just like I do with Curious Observatory).
I exit.
I come back to main MM menu page and click on “Open Game”
A new pop up appears stating “Make sure this item is in the custom file folder. (This does not appear when I click the saved CO game, I actually play the saved game.)

Please review above and let me know why this game and others that show a file folder beside their name in the main CM download section, do not save.
Does it have something to do with the folder.....as the other CM's show a castle icon beside their name and they save and play properly. Smiley

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rose Treasure Hunter Offline Posts: 976 Sweden Gender:	Re: News corner Reply #46 - 27.07.2008 at 23:51:11 Hi! You don't need the folder and the Notes. Just move the file with the castle icon to the folder Custom mansions. The application have no use for the folder or Notes and the game file has to be on the "right level". I hope this will help, Rose
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Missy Treasure Hunter Offline Posts: 601 Toronto, Canada Gender:	Re: News corner Reply #47 - 28.07.2008 at 00:26:36 Hi Rose, Gob Bless you for taking the time to help. I just did as you suggested, it replaced all 3 UF's with the castle icon in the 1st pg of the CM's. I will try the game later to see if it will save. I will let you know later.
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Reply #48 - 28.07.2008 at 09:46:02

Missy wrote on 25.07.2008 at 10:33:02:

...most of us newbies anxiously jump to the actual game... which appeals to us a lot more than reading all the foreboding text that will just go over our heads anyway...

I confess, I didn't read the instructions and it took me about three mansions to realize there was text on those signs! Eventually with the help of everyone here I figured out all the stuff I was missing. But maybe giving newbies a few basic pointers, and making it obvious , would keep them from getting stuck right away. The more fun the game, the more players we have, the more designers we get, the more fun we have Smiley

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Missy Treasure Hunter Offline Posts: 601 Toronto, Canada Gender:	Re: News corner Reply #49 - 28.07.2008 at 10:42:05 Hi Josephine Aaaaaabsooooooolutly!!!
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