Manalink Update Dec 25 : Merry Christmas Update

[mathusalem]

did you download the non card arts that came with the christmas update ? you never know.

[Professor]

If they were in the same zip file, I did. If they weren't, then what do I need?

[Huggybaby]

I was very excited to see the updated patches...

HOWEVER...

There were 3 issues.

1. I can't see the deck arts in the cardeditor

2. There were still no texts as well in the card editor

3. And lastly there were NO decks listed in "gauntlet"

I've downloaded at least 10 patches and it turned out to be for the worst.

One file kept replacing another and there no where to show whether the update is old or the latest.

I'm sick and tired of this.

Problems kept reoccuring and I'm sick off it

PLEASE HELP!

I'm down to my last hair strand.

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[Salbei]

0:
latest patch :
viewtopic.php?f=25&t=2094
FAQ link:
viewtopic.php?f=55&t=1697
(search : How do i update to get the latest cards?)

rule of thumb: If you have replace stuff then you did it right! Same with the artwork.

1:
latest artwork,non-card art (should fix your issues)
viewtopic.php?f=55&t=2003
Re-check if the cards are in the correct folder.
(check below)

2:
FAQ helps:
viewtopic.php?f=55&t=1697
(search:" Q:My fonts are missing ")

3:
Your Decks for the Gauntlet are saved in your magic folder/Playdeck (c:\magic\Playdeck). If it is empty you will have to create decks in your deckbuilder or check the deck-section.
viewtopic.php?f=57&t=1549


FOLDERS :
hope this helps to clarify things:

keep in mind you place the stuff into the correct folders for them to work.

CardArtNew (card artwork , constructed version - the pics you see between card name and text)
CardArtLim (card artwork, limited version)
CardArtCus (card artwork, custom version)
Cardart (the actual card frame - border colour etc)
Dbart (artwork for the deckbuilder,buttons etc)
Duelart (<- VERY IMPORTANT , this is the background the game will use while in a duel)
Expart (artwork for boosters / sealed deck etc)
Playdeck (this is where you decks are saved and will get loaded from for gauntlets etc.)

[Huggybaby]

Thanks a bunch man.

1. The artwork somewhat fixed itself since I never touched the "cardartnew" and the "cardartlim" folders

2. I originally had the game installed in a different folder so what I did was I cut and pasted it directly on c:/magic.

3. Somehow when I unpacked the latest version "20091224 patch", the "playdecks" format were in a ".old" extension so what I did was I copied and pasted the old playdecks as well as my own decks I created from "Duels" into the new "playdecks"


Now that they're all fixed, I have 2 questions:

1. How do I add and delete cards from the database?

I've been wanting "Equilibrium, Furnace of wrath, Emperial armor, Apocolypse, Overun, Suq'ta Lancer, etc".

2. In "config.txt - // turn the rules engine on (turning this off is not recommended) RulesEngine:1"

Why can't I turn it off?
It's very annoying at the start of every game popping up all the time.

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[Salbei]

might wanna take a look at this:
http://www.slightlymagic.net/wiki/My_20 ... n_and_FAQs
(my 2000 wiki)

config.txt
Just set the features you don´t want to use to "0".
(like :
// 0= off 1= on
CheckDeckLegality:0 )

Usually there should be no need to mess around with these settings though.

[stassy]

RulesEngine card is essential to nearly all cards past Mok, since it include all new abilities/effect like storm, devour, landfall...

[kingpin]

salbei, I know how to turn it on and off. What I meant
was why it was recommened NOT to turn off RulesEngine.
Stassy answered the question.

Thanks for the FAQ link though.

How many cards did we get originally from 12/24 patch?

And how am I even sure the cards that I wanted would be in the new database?

[Salbei]

just read the first post - the new cards are mentioned there. like i´ve said earlier this is not the latest version - you can find it here:
viewtopic.php?f=25&t=2094

some major bugfixes in there to make the new cards "playable" (ex. Exalted Angel would crash the game if you draw it in this one)

[kingpin]

Will manalink 2 work on an iMac?

[stassy]

With bootcamp or a virtual OS under xp, it is possible