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Started 16 years ago by maz
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RosnSC
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The first couple of times I played The Rise of Atlantis, I was able to finish even that last level, and that was before we figured out how to get rid of the 'debris'. The last time or so I tried that level it seemed to want to 'get even with me' (for the times I had beat it), so it wouldn't let me beat it, no matter how hard I tried...lol. I did several of those journeys before giving up on it. I did get the screensaver, but lost it when I had to reformat my computer. You know, come to think of it, I think I tried saving that on my external HD. I think I will take a look and see if it is on there. ;)

Say Sam, do you recall any other game that is very similar to Atlantis Quest and The Rise of Atlantis? My brain is determined that 'it' remembers playing a similar style game long before those two were given to us by GOTD, but darned if I can remember what it is/was.

Sue

Posted 16 years ago #
crescent
Member

As the last post was 9 months ago, I don't suppose anyone will see this, or answer,but just in case....I can't figure out how to open the stamp at the end of each part of Around the World in 80 days.The first ones succeeded without my knowing what I did,but I'm on the India stamp for the 3rd time, and can't see what I'm aiming to do, or how to do it.Any help would be appreciated.

Posted 15 years ago #
GMMan, Hexadecimal Blacksmith
Blocked

You have to break all the tiles on the stamp to unlock it. Just play as normal, but notice how every time you make a combo the tile behind the pieces break off.

Posted 15 years ago #
crescent
Member

Thank you;success.I really don't know why I didn't see it before !

Posted 15 years ago #
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru

Great game and even though the screensavers aren't the best, they are a great addition to the game. you've put me in the mood to replay this game.

To anyone who has lost their giveaway copy, or have never had this game before, you can get it free every day 27/7 from Gametop:

http://www.gametop.com

Just click on the match three link and yu'' find it amongst the 15 or so free match three games. One of the Atlantis games is available for free as well. :)

WR

Posted 15 years ago #
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru

Bringing back to the front page just in case anyone is having problems

Posted 14 years ago #
RosnSC
Member

I actually like the screensaver, but my computer's resources don't, so I just skip them. I've noticed that with those, and certain other types of software, my cooling fan runs wide open. Sounds loud enough to compete with the screensaver's sound effects.

Posted 14 years ago #
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru

That's a pity, especially if you like screensavers.

I usually have at least two computers on at any one time so it's nice to see a good screensaver - sort of relaxing. My favorite ones are fish screensavers (especially Aquazone), but some of the ones previously given away such as the castle one and the clock are also excellent. The one we got a few months ago that shows a seaside village is quite good as well. There's another one called G-Force (no not the guinea pig film) is also brilliant. apparently some big bands have used that one as a back drop to their stage show as it can be activated by sounds. Basically a psychedelic pattern maker - you have to buy the platinum edition to get the screensaver.

Posted 14 years ago #
RosnSC
Member

Well, I have mentioned a few times, to my family, that I would like a new computer. I would prefer to get one that has XP on it (yeah I know...fat chance of that!), but will settle for 7, if I must. My SIL has a nice rig, with RAM and a hard drive capacity that makes mine look old. Actually, it is somewhat old, but not more than maybe 5 years old, I don't think. I suppose I could get a couple of upgrades for it, but have never messed with removing/reinstalling CPUs, cooling fans, and the power supply.

Posted 14 years ago #
notblocklox
retired

Er...um...am I on the wrong party or are we a wee bit OT ?

Rosn, please tell your people, I wanna have a new puter too, I would prefer Win7 and a good graphics-card....

Posted 14 years ago #
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru

Okay, still off topic, but in answer to RosnSC

After finally installing my copies of Win 7 I'd never go back to XP. I've so far found the new OS very stable. It's also improved the running of several high end games, for example I used to get a lot of lag in a game called Red Faction Guerrilla when a building was being destroyed (the game has amazing destruction physics)and a fire fight with several EDF (Earth Defence Force) soldiers was in process. The frame rate would literally drop to 1 or 2 frames per several seconds. I couldn't max out my graphics on games like Grand Theft Auto IV or Fallout 3 despite having a high end graphics card (well, now on the lower end of the high end cards {NVidia GTX275 with 865Mb RAM}), whereas since installing Win 7 I am able to do both and the first game no longer lags. (Oh yeah, I did add more RAM as well, but my RAM was already more than enough when I ran XP {that is it was well above the recommended requirements}) So far I've not had any BSOD's and no error messages. Everything is Hunky Dory. Win 7 is the best Windows build I've ever used since using windows back in the late 80's (IMO)

If you still want to run a copy of XP you can get a free virtual XP download from Microsoft if you have either Win 7 Pro or Win 7 Ultimate. Though you rarely get those versions on pre-loaded computers (from what I've seem when looking at off the shelf purchased computers) - they always seem to have Win 7 Home Basic or Win 7 Home Premium for some reason.

Honestly, replacing any of those components is easy, though changing your cpu can be a little tricky if the old cpu is stuck to the heat sink and you require the old heat sink for the new cpu. The heat sink compound that's used to create a good contact between the cpu and heat sink is hard to remove, but you can buy stuff to remve it easily (I think it's acetone/nail varnish remover or some other solvent). If you purchase a cpu with heat sink included, you wont have that problem unless your old heat sin is a better one. I usually never use the heat sinks that come with the cpu or purchase the black box editions so that i can choose my own heat sinks. Fans are the simplest to change. The power supply can be a little more trick, but only because you have to plug the power leads into all the components you have which if you aren't used to it can seem a little confusing. Thankfully there are only four or five specialized power couplers at the end of the leads such as the ones for the old IDE HDD's or the ones for the newer ATA HDD's, one for the Motherboard (MoBo) plus others for fans (though you usually have 2 or three fan sockets on the MoBo. There may also be ones for the graphics cards as most newer graphics cards need an external power supply other than the one thts taken directly from the PCI-E socket.

It's definitely worth doing tyourself or getting an experienced friend to do it rather than take it to a shop as then you may as well buy a new computer.

I wish I lived nearby as I could have done it for you. (Though you'd have had to bring the computer to me as I don't travel well). :)

Posted 14 years ago #
RosnSC
Member

Yeah, graylox, we did get a smidgeon OT. We were discussing the screensaver that you get with Around the World in 80 Days; not really OT, there....hee hee. The only real OT was my mentioning getting a new computer. *Now then*...let's see if I am getting this straight. YOu want me to ask my family to get not one new computer, but *two* of them...lol. Seriously, I know you are just kidding....you are just kidding, right...<BG> ? Oh, and btw, when I get my new computer, I'm going to get one of those TV sets you can use as a monitor, also. Make it do double duty...heh heh heh.

WR, I might just take a bit more time to get used to Win 7. It's mostly the documents area I'm having trouble with. I need one of those picture tutorial books Best Buy used to carry that made all that stuff so simple, as child's play. I got one way back when we got our first computer (with Win ME on it). That book was as much pictures as it was text, if not more, but I 'got it' with that book...lol.

Ahh...replacing those computer components. My son asked me what I was planning to do with my now-deceased Gateway computer that we bought way back in 2000, and just quit late last year. I told him I am going to do some 'playing with it', using it to learn how to remove/replace components, i.e. the ones we've mentioned, here. I figure if I do it that way, if one of our good computers needs something replaced, I can do it myself. Sheesh...I've never taken a computer/laptop to a shop to be fixed; did it myself...lol. I would have gotten a couple of them repaired much sooner/faster if I had, but didn't want to spend that money. Glad I held out, because it only cost me a few dollars to fix the laptop, and nothing but sheer luck and extra software I had on hand to fix my desktop (the one I'm typing this on).

Posted 14 years ago #
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru

That's a good idea (using the old computer to practice), though do be aware that some of the MoBo sockets used back than for graphics cards and other add-on cards have changed, though the principle is the same. Power supplies are much easier to install now, with connections standardized. cpu sockets have also changed, but the principle is the same. fastening the heatsink onto the Mobo is the bit I always hate as i'm always scared i'm going to crack the Mobo as you need to apply quite a lot of pressure if you don't get the pivot points correctly when clipping it to the MoBo.

There are loads of online tutorials that show you pictorially what you need to do and you'll also find you tube videos:

The following is a good example. You'll see a whole load of them to the right of the page when you open up the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8vZbW7ZNpE

It's definitely worth upgrading your computers yourself. The money saved could enable you to upgrade to even better specs. :)

Posted 14 years ago #
RosnSC
Member

Thanks for that info, WR. My computer's casing is still in great condition. No reason, that I know of/can thnk of why I can't upgrade it myself, really...:). Using the old computer to practice on; if I am going to crack/break something while installing it, I can't hurt the old one any more than it already is...(chuckle).

Posted 14 years ago #
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru

The fitings for MoBo's remains much the same, so you shouldn't have a problem fitting a new MoBo, though the swith mechanism for turning off the computer may be different. Now connections for the on off go directly to the motherboard, wheras they used to go directly to the power supply. It will be obvious if they are the latter.

Posted 14 years ago #
Anonymous
Unregistered

WR,

Which version of Win 7 did you go with? Seems like Home Premium is fine for most gamers. I am getting ready to build a new machine and was planning to go with Home Premium. My current machine has XP Pro and I am considering putting Win 7 Pro on the new machine although I don't know if I really need any of the extra features. I guess it does boil down to whether you need the additional capabilities.

Posted 14 years ago #
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru

I went for one copy of Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit so that I have the languages option and the rest i bought Win 7 Pro so that I could utilize the free XP image. I wanted to make sure i could still play games that wouldn't work on win 7, (which is where the XP image comes in) but as yet only a few of the thousads that I have wont work. If you're not bothered about the XP image and your not into the little extras Win 7 Home Basic is fine. I like the extas to much though so am willing to part with more cash.

Posted 14 years ago #
copmom
Member

Back to stuck in 80 days! A long time ago someone posted a change we could make to set for extra lives.. anyone remember how to do that? I keep getting stuck at 78 days and have to keep restarting that segment all over again.... grrrrrr! Or there was a setting to allow for a bit more time on the clock for slower people like myself.

Posted 14 years ago #
Just James
Member

I know the answer to this one because I just recently had to do it myself!

It's in a file called "GameInfo.xml". On my XP machine, it's located in...

Documents and Settings\(either "All Users" or your user name)\Application Data\Playrix Entertainment\Around the World.

You can edit it with Notepad. Change ...lives="?" ...to your choice and save. (Make a backup first, just in case something goes wrong.)

Now, if I could just figure out how to do it in the "Atlantis Quest" game!

Posted 14 years ago #
copmom
Member

Thank you VERY much Just James! What's funny is I was able to finish Atlantis Quest!

Posted 14 years ago #
RosnSC
Member

Copmom, I have played Atlantis Quest through, I don't know how many times, but only finished it, 'legitimately', two times. All other times, on that last level, I hit the 'w' button, and 'win' the game; after getting all the bonuses, and giving the game my best shot, that is. (grin)

James, I couldn't figure out any files tweaking in Atlantis Quest, as with other games, i.e. Around the World in 80 Days. I really had trouble with AQ, especially on the very last level, but lucked up one day when someone posted the W/L cheat. I used it once on some hard-to-beat level during the game, but after that, just on the very last level, as I told Copmom.

Posted 14 years ago #
Delilah
Member

Okay, Sue, what is the W/L cheat? Atlantis Quest only? Hitting the W key makes you win a level, regardless of your actual status? I tried it on a lower level, and couldn't get it to work (I'm somewhere in Rome/Italy now, which is farther than I've ever gotten before). Or does it have to be a shift-W? And does it matter where in the level do you do it?

Yeah, I haven't found any files to tweak in Atlantis Quest, either. Darn.

Posted 14 years ago #
Just James
Member

I couldn't get the "w" key to do anything for me either.

"Atlantis Quest" is so frustrating I decided I had to find a way to cheat just so I could keep playing it.

On my computer, it stores game information in "Game.dat" in the "PlayerData" folder (within the installed folder). It's a binary file instead of a text file. So, instead of trying to figure out how to edit the file, I just decided to make a copy of it and save it somewhere else.

Then, whenever you lose a life, you can exit the game and replace the Game.dat file with the older one. Thus, you can keep replaying the level this way until you finally beat it without giving up a life. In fact, you could save this file under a new name after every level so you could go back to any level later if you wanted to.

Posted 14 years ago #
RosnSC
Member

James and Delilah, if you got your Atlantis Quest game from MyPlayCity, the 'w' cheat won't work. I settled for it through mostfun.com, with its double ad-ding practice, over MPC for that reason. Imagine my delight to see it as a giveaway, again...(grin).

Delilah, the 'w' cheat works with any level, and doesn't need to be CAP'd. Just hit that button...after you've given the level a good try or two...or three, and gotten the bonus tool(s)...and you've won the level. ;)

Posted 14 years ago #
copmom
Member

Just had to brag,I pulled up my Atlantis Quest, and yes, the 'w' does work but don't need it. I played it so many times I have 236 lives, 24 hammers, 36 shovels, 77 hourglasses and 22 genie lamps.
Also have Atlantis Quest 1 which doesn't have any of the above yet.

Posted 14 years ago #
notblocklox
retired

Why not ask your friend Google: "cheats for Atlantis Quest" ?

Not that I would do such things... ;)

anonymous

Posted 14 years ago #
Just James
Member

Thanks, graylox! I didn't realize there was so much "help" out there.

(Uh...I mean...I think I could find it if I would do such a thing :)

Posted 14 years ago #
Delilah
Member

I have the GOTD version of Atlantis Quest, and the W cheat still doesn't work for me. A few variations, tho: tweaking files in this game does seem to have some unintended consequences, like I've never experienced in any other game, and I did have to edit the Options.txt file to change the screen settings to get it to even run (that was suggested in post #66 this most recent time the game was given away).

One unintended consequence: lowering the number of points it takes to get another life (CONST_BonusLifeScore in Options.txt is set at 35000, and I changed it to 25000) when I was halfway through the game actually LOWERED the number of lives I had! And no, the game wasn't running when I made the change. But then I created a new user (doesn't look like you can do it, but you can), and started over, and I'm getting new lives every 25,000 points like I should.

As far as time goes, I know how to edit all those individual *.map files in the Levels folder, but it just seems too much like work. I mean, there's probably about 100 of them. But if I do change them, I'll definitely back up the whole directory first. I'm not usually that careful, but this game is diabolical!

Thanks everyone, for your sharing.

Posted 14 years ago #
RosnSC
Member

Delilah, I tried the 'w' on the GOTD one, too, and it didn't work. I believe we got that game before, from here, and it worked then.

Graylox, I Googled for AQ cheats; found one....just one, and it was the same .MAP files one Delilah mentioned, that (I'm supposing) gives you more time per level altered. That would come in reallll handy for level 8-12, considering how difficult it is, and the 'w' cheat doesn't work...on the GOTD version, anyway. I'm pretty tempted to just keep on playing the mostfun one; got a lot of accumulated tools/bonuses, and that 'w' cheat for level 8-12...heh heh.

Posted 14 years ago #
Delilah
Member

Sue, it sounds like you've got it handled. If it ain't broke, etc...

If you do decide to edit .map files on the GOTD version, you may need to start your game over at the beginning. But I'm guessing you don't have a lot of bonuses and such to lose on that one. BTW, the time is calibrated in units, theoretically 200 units = 1 minute. But I suspect there may be another parameter affecting the time, because in the .map files for Greece, the time parameter keeps decreasing as you go up the levels, and that's not how I remember the game playing. And I'm sure my actual times (as reported by the game at the end of each level) were more than the values in the .map files would indicate. And that's without using any time bonuses, of course. But, like I said, this game is diabolical!

Copmom, what's "Atlantis Quest 1"?

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