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Asta666 wrote:hey guys!!! this is great, but i have a bug sometimes in Shandalar when i enter a city none of the menus pop up, just the background image of the city is shown, and music and sounds can be heard but i cant exit or do anything, just have to alf+f4 and load again, after a few tries sometimes it gets fixed but sometimes it doesn't :S any ideas why this happens or what can be done to solve it?? Thanks!!!

Sonic wrote:

Asta666 wrote:hey guys!!! this is great, but i have a bug sometimes in Shandalar when i enter a city none of the menus pop up, just the background image of the city is shown, and music and sounds can be heard but i cant exit or do anything, just have to alf+f4 and load again, after a few tries sometimes it gets fixed but sometimes it doesn't :S any ideas why this happens or what can be done to solve it?? Thanks!!!

Hi Asta666
Need a bit more info.
What OS are you using? Have you installed the latest update? Is the game installed in the correct folder - C:\Program Files\’ or ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\’ if using Windows7 x64)?

Huggybaby wrote:I've never beat the game. Bog Wraith has countless times, and others here have also, so maybe one of them will chime in.

I was wondering if any of the original bugs can be fixed? One of my peeves in the game is the lack of ability to use fast effects during the different phases of the game.
examples:
you cannot use the icy manipulator during opponents turn before attack phase unless he casts a spell or does a fast effect. This really sucks and renders a lot of strategy using fast effects useless

Paralyze is the worst card to have played on you because it doesn't let you untap your creature and basically screws you but lets the computer untap when it can spend the mana.

Xenocyde wrote:Just wanted to congratulate you guys for this release. Epic awesomeness! How often do you guys plan to release new cards for this version?

Sonic wrote:

Xenocyde wrote:Just wanted to congratulate you guys for this release. Epic awesomeness! How often do you guys plan to release new cards for this version?

Unfortunately, we're not.

This was the last version of the game developed that retains much of the Microprose original games look and feel. And as such, many of the newer released paper stock cards use game mechanics which this version of the game cannot accommodate. It is also the only version to still retain the Shandalar section - and like the Shandalar section, to be exclusively coded in assembly. We now have nobody to continue the development of the assembly version, or the underdeveloped Shandalar section, which is basically untouched since the games original release.

Essentially we maintain the ISO version of the game for nostalgic reasons and as an introductory platform to the more advanced development versions of the Manalink 2.0 game still being developed at the CCGHQ.

Sonic wrote:Found the fix for Shandalar not showing ‘Mishra’s Factory’ Assembly Worker token artwork when transformed. It now transpires the hyphen in the token’s name was causing the problem. This now means there are some extra files go with the update to correct those which refer to the Assembly Worker token using the hyphen in the name.
No guarantees this will resolve ‘Mishra’s Factory’ somewhat erratic AI behaviour, but the card never locked up the game during testing.

Next, I’ve created an alternative set of Manalink.csv and Cards.dat files, and a smaller ‘CardArtNew’ folder for those who wish to further restore the nostalgic look of the original Microprose game.
This alternative set of files will restrict the game to only displaying the cards original artwork – taking into account that some of the cards, including ‘Mishra’s Factory’, had multiple artwork when first released.
Installation instructions are included.

Finally, and to acknowledge the opening of the dedicated Shandalar forum thread at the CCGHQ, the Card List in the ‘Card Art Update Installation Instructions’ now shows which cards are actually playable in Shandalar.

New alternative artwork in the Card Art Update includes:

Black Vise
Isochron Scepter
Sol Ring
Ivory Tower
Masticore
Zuran Orb
Mox Diamond
Nevinyrral's Disk
Thirst for Knowledge
Mishra’s Factory
Shatter
Silver Myr
Gold Myr
Copper Myr
Leaden Myr
Iron Myr
Soldier (token)
Goblin (token)
Insect (token)

All taken from ‘Scars of Mirrodin’, ‘Elspeth vs Tezzeret’ and ‘From the Vault: Relics’.

I’ve included some pics in the archive for you to use in the announcement post.

Users of ‘Centaur Glade’ and ‘Wall of Kelp’ will also notice two new token images. Both are taken from Magic Online, and replace the unofficial token artwork we’ve been using for sometime.

UltimateKane99 wrote:Hey guys! First off, before ANYTHING else, I want to congratulate you guys on an AMAZING port (because, considering the platforms, it IS a port. Anyway). Great job all around.

Now for the iffy part. I'm having two issues at the moment. The first is that I do not have any of the videos running. I'm unsure of what's causing this, and I thought I'd been fine with all of the patches, but... I'm running 7, latest version. I don't know why I don't get the videos, but the animation of the wizards getting hit when I kill their minions, or the animation at the beginning, etc., I don't get any of them.

The second one is this: Are any of the new cards included in the game (Not the deck builder, the full game. I know it works in the deck builder. GREAT JOB, by the way)? Akroma doesn't appear to be in at all, and the few times I've tried to import the cards into an enemies deck, one where I should see it quickly enough, has been met with issues (Either invisible cards, or empty graveyards with bad discards, or full blown crashes of the game). Is there any way the cards are included in the game and I missed a patch or something?

Just downloaded Sonic's patch from up above, by the way. Thank you very much.

Overall, though, great job. Thanks for all your hard work!