Download and convert MOUL??

[Charura]

Google...Does everyone have better response using this? Or is it just me..LOL..Google this..

[stanhin]

Thanks for all the replies to my original question. They helped me identify the precise problem--now I really need to test your expertise. I originally installed Path of the Shell first; then added Myst V successfully through Drizzle, and Myst V was working fine. Then, most recently, I added all the MOUL files through Drizzle and they are working fine, but now the Myst V files have stopped working. So, I think the problem is just the order that I added the files in--I should have started by adding MOUL before Myst V,instead of the other way round. I just tried re-installing Myst V from the CDs so that I could convert it again through Drizzle. However, it is giving me an error message that says that it has detected a previous version of Myst V on my system, which I need to uninstall first. The problem is that the Myst V it is detecting is the one that has already been combined and integrated with Path of the Shell through Drizzle, so I can't just "uninstall" it as a single operation. So, my question is: am I really going to have to go through my current installation a file at a time and delete each one that is Myst V related or is there an easier way to eliminate my current problems playing the Myst V portion of the combined game?

[Nanouk-GoW]

Your Myst 5 re-install bug could be due to an extra file called vpd.properties .(left over after deleting the previous Myst 5 game on your system)

Extract/Quote from and down this post by Heimdall G. at Ubi forums...
http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/ ... 6171031163

-- c. Use Windows Explorer to find vpd.properties, probably in your \Windows folder.
----- 1. If it exists, rename the file to something like OLD_vpd.properties. If you don't rename it, the install Wizard will tell you that EoA is already installed.
----- 2. Or, you can delete vpd.properties, but only if you're certain that no other programs also use it. If other programs do use the file, deleting it will probably cause the other programs not to run.
----- 3. If you don't know whether other programs also use vpd.properties, see 8., below

8. If you aren't certain whether vpd.properties is used by programs other than EoA:
-- a. Use Windows Explorer to locate vpd.properties.
-- b. Rename the file to vpd.txt, and close Windows Explorer.
-- c. Use Notepad or another text editor to open vpd.txt. You'll see lines like:

6b4f8ebec5e3b23b99d75290e9b4b5c4| | | | | |1=component16|Component 8| | | | |d:\Ubisoft\Cyan Worlds\Myst V End Of Ages|0|0|1|f12ff2b0ebd8820bbc8a898cebcaa50f| | | | | |1|0|false| |true|3|6b4f8ebec5e3b23b99d75290e9b4b5c4| | | | | |1

-- d. Carefully look through the file. If there are NO references to other games or programs, delete vpd.txt and complete the EoA re-installation procedure.
-- e. If there ARE references to other games or programs:
----- 1. Delete each of the sections with a Myst V reference.
----- 2. Be careful NOT to delete sections or parts of sections related to other programs.
----- 3. Be careful NOT to delete the spaces between sections.
----- 4. Save your changes as plain text in vpd.txt, and close the text editor.
----- 5. Use Windows Explorer to re-rename vpd.txt to vpd.properties.
----- 6. Complete the EoA re-installation procedure.

Heimdall
Semper ubi sub ubi

[diafero]

First of all, the order in which Myst V, MOUL, Crowthistle and Hex Isle are converted should not matter at all as there are no files being touched by two different conversion processes.

And secondly, the Myst V uninstaller will not detect the converted Myst V. So if it says Myst V is still installed, then it either really exists as a standalone game, or it is some bug like the one Nanouk described above.

What exactly does "they don't work" mean? Do you get the error message that the age is not installed, or does something else happen?

That page Diafero links to also contains all the Drizzle stuff not in the MOUL walkthrough, so between that and the MOUL walkthrough pdf file (which is *excellent*, by the way), you should have everything you need! (Indeed, that wiki page began life as a certain walkthrough of mine

If my memory serves right, it started when you wrote that "Share your Marker Mission" tutorial and I added it, along with some other stuff, to the Offline KI Website?

[stanhin]

Thank you very much, Nanouk. Eliminating that vpd file enabled me to re-install Myst V, and then I re-converted it through Drizzle on top of my MOUL installation and everything works fine now--POTS, fan ages, MOUL, and Myst 5. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Now, if Cyan would just release that source code so we could start playing together again. . . .

[diafero]

Now, if Cyan would just release that source code so we could start playing together again. . . .

Who knows how long that will take and how much we could even do without these sources...

[ddb174]

Yeah, the order you convert in shouldn't matter, but who knows what weirdness lurks in Uru :D Anyway, I'm glad it's working for you now!

[máçæel]

Is it possible then, to use the "MO:ULagain" files and covert them into drizzle23b?

[Chacal]

Yes. As far as we know those are the same files as the ones for MOUL.

[ddb174]

Yes, they should work fine. I'll go make a post in the Drizzle23 thread mentioning this.