Two fairly minor but long standing problems

RebelFan · 03-04-2009, 12:09 PM

In response to Battists' request for bugs here are two. Both of these are in the Mac version and were reported long ago.

The Almanac menu tab doesn't work right. You can create an almanac using the menu tab, but after it's created there is no option on the menu to open the almanac. You have to into the hard drive files and double click the index file in the almanac folder to open the almanac.

The program still crashes occasionally, usually moving from Dec 31 to Jan 1 when updating player pictures. The only way to get back into the game is to go in and delete the faces.dat file. This means, of course, starting over with new pictures for all players. It used to happen about every year, but is now more intermittent.

Thanks.

Nutlaw · 03-04-2009, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by RebelFan

The Almanac menu tab doesn't work right. You can create an almanac using the menu tab, but after it's created there is no option on the menu to open the almanac. You have to into the hard drive files and double click the index file in the almanac folder to open the almanac.

In the Game dropdown between Load Online League File and Add-Ons Central, when you hold the cursor over Open Almanac, you don't see a list of your Almanacs? Are your almanac_XXXX folders directly in the news folder of your .lg folder?

RebelFan · 03-04-2009, 02:06 PM

I see the list of almanacs, but when I click on one, nothing happens. The almanacs are in the news folder of my saved game folder. The menu option to Create Almanac works, but the ones to open individual almanacs doesn't.

Thanks for the quick response.

Nutlaw · 03-04-2009, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RebelFan

I see the list of almanacs, but when I click on one, nothing happens. The almanacs are in the news folder of my saved game folder. The menu option to Create Almanac works, but the ones to open individual almanacs doesn't.

Thanks for the quick response.

Well, they open up in an external browser. There must be some sort of setting that prevents that from happening on your computer. Can you look around a bit and let us know?

RebelFan · 03-04-2009, 08:00 PM

If I go into an Almanac folder and double click the index.html file the almanac opens and works. It's just that I can't get to it from the menu. I reported this problem in 2007 and it was logged as TT 3842.

Nutlaw · 03-05-2009, 09:59 AM

I see an old TT 2294 that is now BZ 107 that seems to be the same thing.

Presumably other Mac users can access Almanacs, but I don't know from first hand experience. Maybe not? We'd need someone else to speak up. It's working fine on the PC.

RebelFan · 04-02-2009, 12:22 PM

Since it looks like there will be no further responses on the almanac problem, what about the facegen crash problem. It happened again yesterday. Moving from Feb to March while the game was updating the faces, the program crashed and wouldn't restart. I went in and deleted the faces.dat file and everything worked OK. Of course, I must start over with all new faces and lost the 4 months of game time I had played since my last save.

I'm pretty much at the point of saying why bother reporting problems since they never seem to get addressed, especially if they are Mac related. Then again, maybe they are all unique to my computer.

Nutlaw · 04-02-2009, 06:45 PM

The FaceGen issues are known to happen to other users than just you, but no, they haven't been able to work out a fix to my knowledge. Apologies for the inconvenience.

posty333 · 07-22-2009, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Nutlaw

I see an old TT 2294 that is now BZ 107 that seems to be the same thing.

Presumably other Mac users can access Almanacs, but I don't know from first hand experience. Maybe not? We'd need someone else to speak up. It's working fine on the PC.

I seem to be having the same problem using version 10.

03-04-2009, 12:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
RebelFan Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Valley Posts: 63 Thanked 7x in 1 post	Two fairly minor but long standing problems In response to Battists' request for bugs here are two. Both of these are in the Mac version and were reported long ago. The Almanac menu tab doesn't work right. You can create an almanac using the menu tab, but after it's created there is no option on the menu to open the almanac. You have to into the hard drive files and double click the index file in the almanac folder to open the almanac. The program still crashes occasionally, usually moving from Dec 31 to Jan 1 when updating player pictures. The only way to get back into the game is to go in and delete the faces.dat file. This means, of course, starting over with new pictures for all players. It used to happen about every year, but is now more intermittent. Thanks.

03-05-2009, 09:59 AM	#6 (permalink)
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,526 Thanked 102x in 62 posts	I see an old TT 2294 that is now BZ 107 that seems to be the same thing. Presumably other Mac users can access Almanacs, but I don't know from first hand experience. Maybe not? We'd need someone else to speak up. It's working fine on the PC. __________________ BJHL: GM of the Manhattan Crime Occasional Contributor to The Cardinal Nation

04-02-2009, 06:45 PM	#8 (permalink)
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,526 Thanked 102x in 62 posts	The FaceGen issues are known to happen to other users than just you, but no, they haven't been able to work out a fix to my knowledge. Apologies for the inconvenience. __________________ BJHL: GM of the Manhattan Crime Occasional Contributor to The Cardinal Nation

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03-04-2009, 02:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
RebelFan Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Valley Posts: 63 Thanked 7x in 1 post	I see the list of almanacs, but when I click on one, nothing happens. The almanacs are in the news folder of my saved game folder. The menu option to Create Almanac works, but the ones to open individual almanacs doesn't. Thanks for the quick response.

03-04-2009, 08:00 PM	#5 (permalink)
RebelFan Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Valley Posts: 63 Thanked 7x in 1 post	If I go into an Almanac folder and double click the index.html file the almanac opens and works. It's just that I can't get to it from the menu. I reported this problem in 2007 and it was logged as TT 3842.

04-02-2009, 12:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
RebelFan Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Valley Posts: 63 Thanked 7x in 1 post	Since it looks like there will be no further responses on the almanac problem, what about the facegen crash problem. It happened again yesterday. Moving from Feb to March while the game was updating the faces, the program crashed and wouldn't restart. I went in and deleted the faces.dat file and everything worked OK. Of course, I must start over with all new faces and lost the 4 months of game time I had played since my last save. I'm pretty much at the point of saying why bother reporting problems since they never seem to get addressed, especially if they are Mac related. Then again, maybe they are all unique to my computer.