PlaneShift
Support => Technical Help: IN GAME bugs (after loading world) => Topic started by: hollowjohn on July 04, 2005, 03:42:18 am
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g\'day there whom ever you are
i try to give some positive ideas from a players point of view. so please bear with me the complains i have
first keep in mind there are thousands (millions) of players who have less than 2% of your knowlegde of computers (i am 1 of them) and their way of operating so try to keep things simple for them.
to make your game popular you have to make it easy accessible. how about a simple spot on your front screen
saying \"play game\"
this would be a good begin to get ppl to play it
as i have spent over 1 hour and not found out how to start playing, you can see the problem of getting ppl to play it,
once i get past the point of actually playing this game,
i would not mind to give you some ideas as i see fit
regards,
hollowjohn
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Have you perhaps noticed the \"Download\" link right on the front page menu?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/karyuu/download.gif)
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sure have noticed \"download game\"
have even downloaded it but still not playing game
like i said why not make this simple to use coz right now i am abot to quit this game b4 i started it
you need to make easy prompting if you want a lot of players to play this
you will not get tens of thousands of players if they have to get used to your way of thinking.
you will get them if you make access easy
if you want any ideas of how to get that than please talk to me about how i ( with my 2% of computor intellegence)would like to see how to get easy access to the came
an answer if i noticed the\" download now\"does not let me play the game ..
hench it gives more frustration to a future player and 1 step closer for me to quit b4 i even seen the game
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What exactly is your problem with playing it? Have you downloaded the client for your operating system (Windows XP, or MacOSX, Linux, etc.)? Have you double-clicked on the saved download and followed through with the installation? Have you attempted updating the client, then running it? The steps are fairly simple, and if you are having trouble with basic computer operation, then this is not the best place to begin your learning of how things work. Otherwise, can you please provide a more detailed account of what is stopping you from accessing the game? Are you aware of how downloads work?
Also as a side-note, Planeshift isn\'t meant for tens of thousands of players and I doubt it will be for a long long time. The game is still in pre-alpha stage, and many options and features are still in development.
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If your font screen you mean the login one, I think it is quite intuitive that you use \"ok\" independently from your computer knowledge for going further.
SImilarly on the character selection screen, join game cannot be misunderstood.
If you are referring to some other screen, please tell which.
I have done some usability test with an application based on PS code that has a really similar interface and I didn\'t have THAT problem, and the person I was testing was having NO knowledge about games.
If you are more specific we can try to help you or explain why things are like that.
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g\'day
it seems that my biggest problem is trying to get the game up and running
in my lack of computoer skills i have a problem to follow the things i have to do to get to play your game
if i would have good pc skills it might help ..but i am a roleplayer not a designer
so far i have downloaded bit torrent
also down loaded an other one blue crystal i think
still not sure wat i am doing or whre i am going sofar i spent over 2 hours (more like 3 or 4) to get to play your game
there has to be an easier way to prompt me how to get to play this game
regardshollowjohn
p.s. i have not got to a log on screen yet
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I think it would be a lot easier at this point to leave bittorrent alone and follow the instructions posted here (http://www.planeshift3d.com/wbboard/thread.php?threadid=17522&boardid=10&page=1#8).
*edit* Ary, the problem seems to be with the individual not knowing how to use bittorrent :) The actual game has not been downloaded yet.
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I really think that plenty of people with no computer skills are able to start the game.
Please, instead of saying the same thing again, can you try to be more specific in the problem you get? I am not understanding *what* is not working.
When you downloaded the file did you press \"run\"? Did you then install the game properly?
If not, you might have to search the file you have downloaded and doubleclicked it, so you get it going.
If you have installed, try to go in:
start->programs->planeshift crystal blue->planeshift tech demo
That should run the game. You will notice in the menu also a manual (the guide) and planeshift setup that can be handy for changing some configuration.
If instead you have already run the demo, can you tell me what do you see? Maybe provide a screenshot.
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g\'day again
dont worry i give up trying to doawnload and paly your game after around 4 hours i still get nowhere have fun with your game and try to find an easier way for ppl to download the programs you need to run
bye for ever i think
regards
hllowjohn
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We are trying to help, so please try to work with us. I know it must\'ve been frustrating to try to get the game to run for so many hours, but patience is a virtue in all areas of life. The download process is actually very straight-forward, but even if you do not see it as such we are here to help you out.
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i do understand what you tell me, but if i can not access your game in 4 hours while i can access others in less than 10 minutes i doubt if the problem is with me i\'am sorry for this but to avoid further frustration i think it is advicable to design an easier process of how to download the different programs needed to play your game i got as far as to fill out a password and confirm it.but no where to find a place to play your game
regards
hollowjohn
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Karyuu, I saw your edit note now. Bonk myself ;)
hollowjohn, sorry. I was not understanding exactly your problem. Try to get this: http://planetmirror.com/pub/planeshift/PlaneShift_CBV0.3.010.exe
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i\'m sorry but i lost the plot i have no idea what i have to do to get anywhere
downloaded crystal place (or what ever the name) 30 min ago i got to fill out a password some where .
now what do i have to do to get to your gamesite?
just a hint as to a website where i find your game might help
hopelessy confused
hollowjohn
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I think we all lost the thread ;) don\'t worry!!!
Now, Are you using windows? If yes, just download Planeshift from here: http://planetmirror.com/pub/planeshift/PlaneShift_CBV0.3.010.exe
That is the \"installer\" for Planeshift!
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clicked on the link and it says i am downloading but nothing shows me it does ... it says click \"here\' when nothing happens, what i did.. and we are back to the 228mb download with a estamaterd time of 16 hours and 10 min running out to 21 hours + when speed is dropping
this for sure can not be the correct way to install your game
regards hollowjohn
p.s. yes i use windows
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yes............. downloaded 1% of the program in around 10 minutes.... only 21 hours and 20 minutes to go....yesterday i tried the same thing but your server did not like me to be that slow and it was reset
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g\'day for the upteend time
some how a copy of plainshift is running on my desktop
as well as i have an icon of bit torent on my desktop
dont ask me how it got here or what it is doing there
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Uhm, I am sorry if I suggested you something wrong, I was just trying to help, really.
Probably you donwloaded Planeshift through BitTorrent!?
Well, if you have been able to download your copy.. then, I guess you can install it, right?
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i think i cxan not find it on my pc i can create an account and have done that but no links to the game to be found anywhere
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I am still trying to understand.
You are still trying to download it from BitTorrent, or not?
If yes, use the search function of Windows, (start->search) for finding something with \"planeshift\" in the name. If you find an .exe file then you have your \"installer\", that is what you need to double click for installing PS on your computer.
I really want to help, but every message I am getting more and more confused.
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Ok, please, listen to me here.
Planeshift is a 3d game with good graphics, such good graphics that the game can\'t be run in a mere web browser, it has to have its own specific client.
Now, that client comes with all the required images and the like in it, so the download is rather large.
You can\'t click a link and start playing a game like this, it needs a download, and it can\'t get much more user friendly than it is I\'m sorry, you will just have to understand that you need to download the entire thing. There is nothing that you can do about it, there is nothing the devs can do about it, there is no avoiding it sorry.
What\'s on your desktop should be the bittorrent client, and the file that opens with that client to download the correct files from other users.
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i think i do understand you are making a very good game with top grafics.. how ever i can not bring up the patience to spent 21 hours to try to download what i need to play your game and as such have decided that your game is not for me i am sorry for all the problems i have caused to you and your helpfull ppl
regards
hollowjohn
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Man, I have read this entire topic, but I still don\'t know what your exact problem is. Apparently is too hard for you to get it dowloaded using bittorrent, well, I think you don\'t even have the bittorrent client, or have you? On the dowloads page you see where you can download the bittorrent client, then you can download PS. And if you use that mirror, that\'s also good. But why don\'t you want to download for 21 hours? It\'s not you who\'s downloading it, it\'s your computer, you don\'t have to wait behind your pc all the time. Just continue living your life and come back after a day and it will be downloaded! And if you don\'t have the \"patience\" to dowload PS, than you can better trash your internet connection :)
Seriously, we are trying to help you, but your messages are simply so.... vague.
Also, I don\'t believe that you really tried 4 hours to download PS. Even my noob sister would\'ve been able to download PS within 10 minutes by simply following the instructions on the screen, reading some manuals and mere logic.
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well sendyour nob sister over here and let her sort it out
but i dont think you have to get abusive about it as i did not ask your opinion in the first place
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hollowjohn, please. He was just trying to give you suggestions like all of us have done without success.
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Step 1:
Click here to download PlaneShift: Crystal Blue (http://ftp://ftp.stacken.kth.se/pub/planeshift/PlaneShift_CBV0.3.010.exe) - v. 0.3.010.
If you already have this file and know where it is on your computer, disregard this and continue to Step 2.
Choose where to save the file (desktop is preferred for easy location of the file in the future).
Step 2:
When the download is done, find the file on the desktop or whereever you chose to save it ( it is called \"PlaneShift_CBV0.3.010.exe\" - if you can\'t find the file, just put that filename into the search function in Windows ( Start Menu > Search )) and doubleclick it.
This will launch the installer and give you a very easy to understand walkthrough if you just bother to read the text which gets displayed on the screen.
When the game is installing ( it says that it is copying a lot of files, and it shows a lot of %\'s ), wait for it to finish. This should take a few minutes.
Step 3:
When the installer is done and you have closed it down, open up your start menu, go into Programs, and find the PlaneShift Crystal Blue folder, and in there, you run the one called \"PlaneShift Updater\". This is a pretty much automated process once you click the \"Update\" button, and when this is finally done downloading the newest updates, you will be able to click a button that lets you run PlaneShift.
Step 4:
Enter your account informations in the two fields ( login is your email, password is the one you chose during account creation ). If you do not have an account, go make one here (http://laanx.fragnetics.com/register/).
Step 5:
Enjoy.