Drizzle - Revision history

WikiSysop at 05:06, 23 January 2025

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WikiSysop at 22:49, 20 January 2023

2023-01-20T22:49:37Z

WikiSysop: /* Vista and above */

2018-12-11T01:47:47Z

‎Vista and above

WikiSysop at 23:13, 4 January 2017

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WikiSysop at 23:26, 8 April 2016

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WikiSysop at 21:40, 29 April 2014

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WikiSysop at 21:39, 29 April 2014

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Dustin at 23:22, 25 June 2011

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Dustin at 06:18, 18 October 2010

2010-10-18T06:18:18Z

Dustin at 04:08, 18 October 2010

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 =Downloading and Installing Drizzle=
-#You will need Java installed if you don't have it already; you can get it here: [http://java.com/ http://java.com/].
+#You will need Java installed if you don't have it already; you can get it here: [https://adoptium.net/ https://adoptium.net/] or here: [http://java.com/ http://java.com/].
-#You can get the latest version of Drizzle here: [http://myst.dustbird.net/drizzle/Drizzle31.jar http://myst.dustbird.net/drizzle/Drizzle31.jar].  The download is a file called Drizzle31.jar (the 31 is the version number, so it may be higher).  You can put this file wherever you want:  on your Desktop, or in your Uru folder, or wherever.
+#You can get the latest version of Drizzle here: [http://myst.dustbird.net/drizzle/Drizzle32.jar http://myst.dustbird.net/drizzle/Drizzle32.jar].  The download is a file called Drizzle32.jar (the 32 is the version number, so it may be higher).  You can put this file wherever you want:  on your Desktop, or in your Uru folder, or wherever.
-#You should now be able to just double-click Drizzle31.jar to start Drizzle!  (If you don't have Java installed, Windows won't know what to do with this file, and it may be opened with some archiver like Winrar, instead of being executed.  If so, install Java.  If the problem persists, the fix is in the troubleshooting section.)
+#You should now be able to just double-click Drizzle32.jar to start Drizzle!  (If you don't have Java installed, Windows won't know what to do with this file, and it may be opened with some archiver like Winrar, instead of being executed.  If so, install Java.  If the problem persists, the fix is in the troubleshooting section.)
 You can optionally get updates through the UAM tab!
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 Old instructions: (Since Drizzle16.jar is really just a zip file, you probably unzipped it and ran the DrizzlePrp.jar file inside.  You don't want to do that, you just want to run Drizzle16.jar itself.  (If you don't have Java installed, Windows won't know what to do with this file, and it may be opened with some archiver like Winrar, instead of being executed.  If so, install Java.)  See the below item "Double-clicking Drizzle18.jar just opens it with WinRar, WinZip, or 7-zip".)
-==Double-clicking Drizzle31.jar just opens it with WinRar, WinZip, or 7-zip==
+==Double-clicking Drizzle32.jar just opens it with WinRar, WinZip, or 7-zip==
 We want it to be opened with Java, so install Java if you haven't already(as described in "Downloading and Installing Drizzle" above.  If it still does it even though Java is installed, right-click Drizzle18.jar, go to "Open With"->"Choose Program" and select "Java(TM) Platform SE binary", make sure the "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox is checked, and click "OK".  If this doesn't work (perhaps because Vista is different), let me know on the forums.
 ==Uru from Steam==

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	=Getting Help=		=Getting Help=
−	Feel free to email me at ~~ddbernardAtSasktelDotNet~~! I'll try to put up answers/solutions on this wiki too.	+	Feel free to email me at mystAtDustbirdDotNet! I'll try to put up answers/solutions on this wiki too.

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 =Troubleshooting=
-==Vista and above==
+==Vista, Windows7, Windows8, and Windows10==
-Vista has a security feature that makes for some trouble here.  If you're running Vista, you'll have to do either one of the following:
+Newer versions of windows have a security feature that makes for some trouble here.  If you're running one of these Windows, you'll have to do either one of the following:
-*Option 1) Navigate to the Uru folder (e.g. "C:/Program Files/Ubi Soft/Cyan Worlds/Uru - Ages Beyond Myst") Right click that folder, go to properties, then the Security tab.  Click on 'Edit', select the 'Users' group, and allow 'Full control' for that group.  Then double-click UruSetup.exe, and give it permission to run if Vista asks.(You could also copy UruSetup.exe as UruCC.exe so that Vista will not ask in the future.) (Thanks Erik!)
+*Option 1) Navigate to the Uru folder (e.g. "C:/Program Files/Ubi Soft/Cyan Worlds/Uru - Ages Beyond Myst/" or "C:/Program Files (x86)/Ubi Soft/Cyan Worlds/Uru - Ages Beyond Myst/") Right click that folder, go to properties, then the Security tab.  Click on 'Edit', select the 'Users' group, and allow 'Full control' for that group.  Then double-click UruSetup.exe, and give it permission to run if Vista asks.(You could also copy UruSetup.exe as UruCC.exe so that Vista will not ask in the future.) (Thanks Erik!)
 *Option 2) Move(i.e. 'cut', not 'copy') your Uru game from "C:/Program Files/Ubi Soft/Cyan Worlds/Uru - Ages Beyond Myst" to the "My Games" directory or your Desktop.

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 =Downloading and Installing Drizzle=
 #You will need Java installed if you don't have it already; you can get it here: [http://java.com/ http://java.com/].
-#You can get the latest version of Drizzle here: [http://sourceforge.net/projects/drizzle/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/drizzle/].  The download is a file called Drizzle28.jar (the 28 is the version number, so it may be higher).  You can put this file wherever you want:  on your Desktop, or in your Uru folder, or wherever.
+#You can get the latest version of Drizzle here: [http://myst.dustbird.net/drizzle/Drizzle31.jar http://myst.dustbird.net/drizzle/Drizzle31.jar].  The download is a file called Drizzle31.jar (the 31 is the version number, so it may be higher).  You can put this file wherever you want:  on your Desktop, or in your Uru folder, or wherever.
-#You should now be able to just double-click Drizzle28.jar to start Drizzle!  (If you don't have Java installed, Windows won't know what to do with this file, and it may be opened with some archiver like Winrar, instead of being executed.  If so, install Java.  If the problem persists, the fix is in the troubleshooting section.)
+#You should now be able to just double-click Drizzle31.jar to start Drizzle!  (If you don't have Java installed, Windows won't know what to do with this file, and it may be opened with some archiver like Winrar, instead of being executed.  If so, install Java.  If the problem persists, the fix is in the troubleshooting section.)
 You can optionally get updates through the UAM tab!
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 *The always-up-to-date list of updates to UAM / The Uam Shard is here: http://myst.dustbird.net/uru-ages/uam.updates.htm
 *Monacus has done an excellent job on this German page: http://www.elsemann-web.de/kapitel_adventures/uru.htm
-*Some conversion and development screenshots can be found here: http://picasaweb.google.ca/ddb174/
+*Some conversion and development screenshots can be found here: http://myst.dustbird.net/gallery/
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 Old instructions: (Since Drizzle16.jar is really just a zip file, you probably unzipped it and ran the DrizzlePrp.jar file inside.  You don't want to do that, you just want to run Drizzle16.jar itself.  (If you don't have Java installed, Windows won't know what to do with this file, and it may be opened with some archiver like Winrar, instead of being executed.  If so, install Java.)  See the below item "Double-clicking Drizzle18.jar just opens it with WinRar, WinZip, or 7-zip".)
-==Double-clicking Drizzle28.jar just opens it with WinRar, WinZip, or 7-zip==
+==Double-clicking Drizzle31.jar just opens it with WinRar, WinZip, or 7-zip==
 We want it to be opened with Java, so install Java if you haven't already(as described in "Downloading and Installing Drizzle" above.  If it still does it even though Java is installed, right-click Drizzle18.jar, go to "Open With"->"Choose Program" and select "Java(TM) Platform SE binary", make sure the "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox is checked, and click "OK".  If this doesn't work (perhaps because Vista is different), let me know on the forums.
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 *Agelist todo: [[UAM/Ages/Todo]]
 *Dustin's personal troubleshooting: [[Drizzle/AdvancedTroubleshooting]]
-*The source can be downloaded from SVN at http://drizzle.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/drizzle/
+*The source can be downloaded at the Drizzle download page: http://myst.dustbird.net/drizzle/

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 #In particular, you'll want the "Offline-KI" (at the top of the list of Ages), since it's what lets you link to all the Ages you've installed.
 ==Converting Moul/Myst5/Crowthistle Ages==
-#Go to the "Conversion(Simplicity)" tab, then choose the tab for the game you want to convert. ("Moul", "MystV", or "Crowthistle".)
+#Go to the "Conversion(Simplicity)" tab
-#Set the "Pots Folder" to wherever you installed Uru. Set the "Myst 5 Folder" (or whatever game you're doing) to wherever you've installed that game. (It will warn you later if it can't find it there.)
+#Set the "Pots Folder" to wherever you installed Uru. If this is for the Uam Shard, that path is: "C:\Users\<YourWindowsUsername>\AppData\Local\UamShard\", replacing "<YourWindowsUsername>" with your Windows username.
-#Click "Start" to start converting; it may take a while, but it will say in the log at the bottom when it's done.
+#Set the "Myst 5 Folder" (or whatever game you're doing) to wherever you've installed that game. (It will warn you later if it can't find it there.)
 #Click the "Sound Decompress" button after it's done converting, otherwise the sounds won't work in the game.  If Sound Decompress crashes, see the troubleshooting section below.
 #The "Linking to Ages" section below tells you how to get to these converted Ages!
 ==Linking to Ages==
-#You'll need the Offline-KI, which you can download like an Age.  Just see the step on Downloading fan Ages above.  (More information about the Offline-KI can be found here: http://alcugs.almlys.org/Offline-KI )
+#If playing offline, you'll need the Offline-KI, which you can download like an Age through Drizzle.  Just see the step on Downloading fan Ages above.
 #You can go to the Nexus to find the Fan Ages you've installed.
 #You can find links to Moul Ages (if you've converted them) around the City and Bevin.

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 =Ages and Screenshots=
 *The Fan Ages, including screenshots and walkthroughs can be found here: [[UAM/Ages]]
-*The always-up-to-date list of updates to UAM / The Uam Shard is here: http://dusty.homeunix.net/uru-ages/uam.updates.htm
+*The always-up-to-date list of updates to UAM / The Uam Shard is here: http://myst.dustbird.net/uru-ages/uam.updates.htm
 *Monacus has done an excellent job on this German page: http://www.elsemann-web.de/kapitel_adventures/uru.htm
 *Some conversion and development screenshots can be found here: http://picasaweb.google.ca/ddb174/

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 *If you wish to reset something to its default, right-click it and select "set as default".
 *If you want to use UruAgeManager on a computer that is offline:
-**Copy the "agearchives" folder from the Uru installation of a computer that is online and has downloaded the Ages you want.  (Alternatively, you could go to [http://dusty.homeunix.net/uru-ages/uam.status.xml] and save this uam.status.xml file along with any of those 7z files into a folder you call "agearchives".)
+**Copy the "agearchives" folder from the Uru installation of a computer that is online and has downloaded the Ages you want.  (Alternatively, you could go to [http://myst.dustbird.net/uru-ages/uam.status.xml] and save this uam.status.xml file along with any of those 7z files into a folder you call "agearchives".)
 **On the offline computer, start Drizzle, and go to the UAM tab, and check "Load last saved list on startup", and restart Drizzle.
 **You should now be able to install all the Ages you want!

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 =Getting Help=
-Feel free to email me at ddbernardAtSasktelDotNet!  I'll try to put up answers/solutions on this page too.  You can also try getting help on forums, including [http://alcugs.almlys.org/forum http://alcugs.almlys.org/forum].
+Feel free to email me at ddbernardAtSasktelDotNet!  I'll try to put up answers/solutions on this wiki too.
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 *Agelist todo: [[UAM/Ages/Todo]]
 *Dustin's personal troubleshooting: [[Drizzle/AdvancedTroubleshooting]]
-*The source can be downloaded from SVN at https://alcugs.almlys.org/svn/drizzle/ using the username Anonymous  (no password)
+*The source can be downloaded from SVN at http://drizzle.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/drizzle/

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 *The original UruAgeManager page: [[Drizzle/OriginalUruAgeManager]]
 *Age Changelog: [[Drizzle/AgeChangelog]]
-*Bugs/FeatureRequests: [[Drizzle/BugsAndFeatureRequests]]
+*Bugs/FeatureRequests: [[Drizzle/Todo]]
 *Technical Notes: [[Drizzle/TechnicalNotes]]
 *Feature requests for Race's Additions: [[Drizzle/MystVFeatureRequestsAndBugs]]