Manalink Update Dec 25 : Merry Christmas Update

[Salbei]

download the rapidshare update and not the mediafire one (you can even see on the link that the mediafire link is outdated)

20091104.zip <- mediafire outdated
20091224.zip <- rapidshare THIS IS THE ONE YOU NEED

guess most of the recent font issues etc are related to this aswell.

[jatill]

download the rapidshare update and not the mediafire one (you can even see on the link that the mediafire link is outdated)

20091104.zip <- mediafire outdated
20091224.zip <- rapidshare THIS IS THE ONE YOU NEED

Oops, big mistake! No wonder there were so many problems. Mediafire is updated now.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/3mkgmzztt0z/20091224.zip

[Bog Wraith]

download the rapidshare update and not the mediafire one (you can even see on the link that the mediafire link is outdated)

20091104.zip <- mediafire outdated
20091224.zip <- rapidshare THIS IS THE ONE YOU NEED

guess most of the recent font issues etc are related to this aswell.

No, this had nothing to do with it for me. I only got the file from rapidshare as it seemed obvious to me the difference in the two dates of these two files. I didn't download the older one!

Even when I did a fresh install after first overwriting my original install, (after having backed it up first!), I needed to copy the fonts from my old install back into the newer one. I'm not sure what happens, but the fonts seemed to dissapear or become corrupt when I copied the contents into my main folder from the 20091224 file.

Things were ok after I copied the fonts back.
Hell if I understand why the fonts disappeared!

On the other hand, Shandalar keeps crashing whenever I attempt to access my deck(s) in the library!

[Salbei]

they didn´t dissapear. both screenshots had fonts - just different ones.
any chance you messed around with "duelart.dat" (magic\duelart\) ?

[Bog Wraith]

No. I know the fonts were there, I meant that the MTG style font had disappeared and within my folder, those fonts were missing after I applied the update. Copying these font files back into the folder without getting a pop up telling me that they were there already in there proved that font was in fact missing!

Also, Shandalar keeps crashing whenever I try to access my deck(s) within the library. Again, not sure why this is happening.
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(EDIT)

Did another clean install, All is fine with fonts this time, however Shandalar still will not load from within the game screen, and when I start it from the .exe file in the main folder, the game crashes anytime I select the deck editor.

[jatill]

Did another clean install, All is fine with fonts this time, however Shandalar still will not load from within the game screen, and when I start it from the .exe file in the main folder, the game crashes anytime I select the deck editor.

Not sure if it's just you with the Shandalar problems... editing decks in there worked fine for me. (it uses the old graphics still). I guess you should just keep a separate Shandalar-only version.

[Salbei]

just tested it aswell.

the screensize gets f´d up when you start it and the "new" deckbuilder definatly crashes shandalar.

[Tattooedoni]

Thanks for another great update. I was really pleased to see all the new cards, especially the M10 Duals. Cheers!

[gmzombie]

i think i know why is i had a call that calls into magic.exe for the bmps so deck.exe needs magic.exe to be open at all times otherwise it wont load the call. So if someone with coding can explain how to fix this as i thought taps mod was severed from manalink itself. but it does the same thing.

[Bog Wraith]

Did another clean install, All is fine with fonts this time, however Shandalar still will not load from within the game screen, and when I start it from the .exe file in the main folder, the game crashes anytime I select the deck editor.

Not sure if it's just you with the Shandalar problems... editing decks in there worked fine for me. (it uses the old graphics still). I guess you should just keep a separate Shandalar-only version.

I always have multiple installs of the game, with one specific to the original one just for Shandalar!
I'm just reporting the function of the entire install based on the new 20091224 release. It is evident that others including myself are having this crash issue with the new deck editor from within Shandalar. That and the fact that I have to start Shandalr from the .exe file, seem to be the only issues with this release so far. Everything else is great and the new cards, graphics and functions of the old switcher incorporated from within the main menu are real nice!

I really like the look of the new deck editor & hope that this problem it is having within the Shandalar module can be found and addressed.

Also, this problem makes me wonder if we could incorporate petitrudy's deck editor into the game if we want to at some time & whether this same problem would/could occur with it. I hope not because I like what I see from it, even this early in it's development!

[jatill]

I really like the look of the new deck editor & hope that this problem it is having within the Shandalar module can be found and addressed.

Since I don't have this bug, I can't even begin to address it, unfortunately.

Also, this problem makes me wonder if we could incorporate petitrudy's deck editor into the game if we want to at some time & whether this same problem would/could occur with it. I hope not because I like what I see from it, even this early in it's development!

Yes we can (any exe can be launched from Magic.exe as far as I know), but you may have the same problem with Shandalar.

[Bog Wraith]

Well then, it might become a necessity for others to have at least one additional install; an earlier release to be able to play the Shandalar module.

I'd recommend to folks to keep one of the earlier releases, say the 20091104 one backed up and archived on CD, or their original ManaLink install so as to have it available to them at all times. Hence forward, it might be the only way to visit Shandalar!

[gmzombie]

i found out the problem with shandalar. you still need the pic files in your db art folder. the original ones. since there is a seperate deckdll for shandalar if you downloaded taps mod you will be fine as long as you have the old .pic files...i fixed mine

[mathusalem]

that's good to know ! thank ! I was experiencing the bug too.

... although I think i hadn't destroyed the .pic files (not on the same computer at the moment so I can't check)

[gmzombie]

remember you probably have to have the shandalar mod to make it work right. tap made shandaLAR run on seperate dll files which was a great idea.