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Title: The farm
Post by: marlamoe on Sun 16/04/2006 02:13:46
Awesome game but I am stuck.  How do I
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stop the fan?
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Title: Re: The farm
Post by: peter on Sun 16/04/2006 03:36:21
Quote from: marlamoe on Sun 16/04/2006 02:13:46
Awesome game but I am stuck.Ã,  How do I
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stop the fan?
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Use the sugar on the machine
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Title: Re: The farm
Post by: marlamoe on Sun 16/04/2006 03:47:54
saved me for the second time today Peter....thanks!!
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: peter on Sun 16/04/2006 15:12:05
Quote from: marlamoe on Sun 16/04/2006 03:47:54
saved me for the second time today Peter....thanks!!

YW :)
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: on Sun 16/04/2006 20:12:49
hey..good game but kinda stuck..i pushed the guy in the fridge and got the sleeping pills,also got the bowl of sugar but no idea what to do next..
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: splat44 on Sun 16/04/2006 21:15:30
Quote from: Bonnie on Sun 16/04/2006 20:12:49
hey..good game but kinda stuck..i pushed the guy in the fridge and got the sleeping pills,also got the bowl of sugar but no idea what to do next..

I've tried pushing guy in fridge and getting sleeping pills at same time.

Obviously, it a question of speed! I hope there a walkaround this.

By the way peter, you said put bowl on machine? Which one and where is it?

Title: Re: The farm
Post by: on Sun 16/04/2006 21:24:43
hey splat..you got to get sheets from your bed and put them in washing machine..broom will fall off then use that quickly after you push the guy in fridge.....am stuck (again) on the part after the elevator..can anyone please tell me how to get by the motion detector thingie? thnx
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: peter on Sun 16/04/2006 21:37:24
Quote from: splat44 on Sun 16/04/2006 21:15:30
Quote from: Bonnie on Sun 16/04/2006 20:12:49
hey..good game but kinda stuck..i pushed the guy in the fridge and got the sleeping pills,also got the bowl of sugar but no idea what to do next..

I've tried pushing guy in fridge and getting sleeping pills at same time.

Obviously, it a question of speed! I hope there a walkaround this.

By the way peter, you said put bowl on machine? Which one and where is it?




You use the sugar later in the game, first you get use the elevator :)
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: peter on Sun 16/04/2006 21:38:19
Quote from: Bonnie on Sun 16/04/2006 21:24:43
hey splat..you got to get sheets from your bed and put them in washing machine..broom will fall off then use that quickly after you push the guy in fridge.....am stuck (again) on the part after the elevator..can anyone please tell me how to get by the motion detector thingie? thnx


Do you smoke :)
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: on Sun 16/04/2006 21:48:11
yay! thanks peter...good game...strange ending tho..
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: on Sun 16/04/2006 22:53:16
I have a real Noobie question :-[, Im stuck in the cell at the beginning (it's still dark) and I've turned on the TV, but what else am I supposed to do?
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Afflict on Sun 16/04/2006 23:01:05
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Well feel around at the bottom left corner you might just find something...
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On that note I have come to where nothing is dark but well yeah...
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Joyce on Mon 17/04/2006 04:36:24
Afflict
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are you saying you are still stuck in the cell? try talking to the door
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Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Sheepisher on Mon 17/04/2006 09:09:32
Absolutely stuck.Ã,  Please help!

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I've escaped from my cell, got the bowl of sugar and the broom, talked to the jazz man and trapped that guy in the vending machine to get the sleeping pills.Ã,  Now I have absolutely no idea what to try next.Ã,  I've tried getting past the dog and using the elevator, but nothing I can think of works.
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Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Krysis on Mon 17/04/2006 09:40:55
Here is a hint on how to go past the dog:

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Look around the room to see what the dog "likes". ::)
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Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Sheepisher on Mon 17/04/2006 11:34:35
Thanks Krysis - in fact I just worked it out.

Well, I say "worked it out" ... actually, I just tried using everything on everything until something happened.Ã,  :-\

I'm now stuck a bit further on:

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Trying to figure out how to open the huge door in the abattoir / win-a-fish room.
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But I'll probably try and muddle through on my own, once I've had a bit of a rest!
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Afflict on Mon 17/04/2006 13:44:11
Dammit

got a little further

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Ok got the ballons and used them, I also got sleeping pills. Now I am stuck duno what to do
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Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Sheepisher on Mon 17/04/2006 14:41:32
Afflict:

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Did you also pick up the McDonald's playbill, in the same place as the balloons?
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Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Afflict on Mon 17/04/2006 15:27:00
grrrrr
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Rosie on Mon 17/04/2006 19:21:09
ok now the stupidest question of all....... I am in the cell, I have an X and that is about all.  It does turn red in certain areas........ What are you suppose to use with the mouse to interact with whatever is there?

In the finished games, it tells of using the mouse keyboard interaction....but doesnt tell what keys

Title: Re: The farm
Post by: marlamoe on Mon 17/04/2006 19:41:15
Quote from: Rosie on Mon 17/04/2006 19:21:09
ok now the stupidest question of all....... I am in the cell, I have an X and that is about all.Ã,  It does turn red in certain areas........ What are you suppose to use with the mouse to interact with whatever is there?

In the finished games, it tells of using the mouse keyboard interaction....but doesnt tell what keys



If you press "I" and then click the mouse you can interact.  Same for "L" for Look and "T" for talk.
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Rosie on Mon 17/04/2006 19:52:45
Thank you so much............. I would never have known that..............
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Sheepisher on Mon 17/04/2006 20:29:56
Okay, I'm giving in ... any help on the problem below warmly received!

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Have made my way to the abattoir / win-a-fish room, got the plastic fish and swapped it for the live fish, and now I can't figure out how to open that huge door and escape.Ã,  It says the machine needs fuel but I'm completely clueless ...
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Title: Re: The farm
Post by: marlamoe on Mon 17/04/2006 21:27:36
Quote from: Sheepisher on Mon 17/04/2006 20:29:56
Okay, I'm giving in ... any help on the problem below warmly received!

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Have made my way to the abattoir / win-a-fish room, got the plastic fish and swapped it for the live fish, and now I can't figure out how to open that huge door and escape.Ã,  It says the machine needs fuel but I'm completely clueless ...
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Trying to remember for sure, but I believe
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you need to give the live fish to the guy with all the jars on the shelves, he will give you something in return
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Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Krysis on Mon 17/04/2006 22:08:23
EDIT: Never mind.  :-[
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Post by: yipshi on Mon 17/04/2006 23:59:09
Nevermind=)
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Rosie on Tue 18/04/2006 01:39:12
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ok, I am trying to get past the dog, and I read in here to look around the room for something the dog likes.   WHAT?    I looked all around that room with the dog in it and can see nothing........ Please help
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Title: Re: The farm
Post by: peter on Tue 18/04/2006 02:00:56
Quote from: Rosie on Tue 18/04/2006 01:39:12
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ok, I am trying to get past the dog, and I read in here to look around the room for something the dog likes.Ã,  Ã, WHAT?Ã,  Ã,  I looked all around that room with the dog in it and can see nothing........ Please help
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[/spoiler] the dog like books, and you got a book :) [/spoiler]
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Rosie on Tue 18/04/2006 03:17:15
Thank you

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ok used balloons to block camera by elevator, but I need a card to insert?  I have searched all over. Please help........ Also, door is locked by that room also do I need to get into it>>??
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Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Joyce on Tue 18/04/2006 03:55:37
Rosie

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have you been in the room where the mad scientist kinda guy is, the card is hanging on the wall in there you have to get him asleep before you take it, also are you saving the game everytime you come out of it?  because I was reading on completed games forum that there is a problem with the saving, you might be better not saving too many games in case you have that problem too.
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Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Rosie on Tue 18/04/2006 03:59:35
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is that the room where he tells me to get out?  by the elevator>????  That is the only room that i can think of.  But it doesnt give me a chance to do anything
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Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Joyce on Tue 18/04/2006 04:01:48
Rosie

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yes i think thats the room but like I said you have to get him asleep before you can do anything [/hide
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Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Rosie on Tue 18/04/2006 04:03:33
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and how do I do that when I am not able to do anything......LOL     I am so brain dead down here.
Good talking to you.........
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Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Joyce on Tue 18/04/2006 04:07:08
Okay I don't know exactly what you have done or what you have in your inventory, I don't want to give too much away in here LOL. Email me and tell me exactly what you have done etc.
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Post by: Rosie on Tue 18/04/2006 04:18:59
Joyce

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did you send me the email? 
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Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Krysis on Tue 18/04/2006 08:07:16
Rosie, you are getting a bit too carried away with the "hide" tag.Ã,  ;)
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Sheepisher on Tue 18/04/2006 08:47:49
Thanks to Krysis, Marlamoe and everyone who gave me help ... finally completed it!

Although I really should have figured that last one out myself ... I just didn't think to go into that room again.  That'll teach me to think more and post less!

Ah well, off to find another game to torture myself with ... ;D
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Rosie on Tue 18/04/2006 13:54:59
Quote from: Krysis on Tue 18/04/2006 08:07:16
Rosie, you are getting a bit too carried away with the "hide" tag.Ã,  ;)

?????????
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: dazmoose on Thu 20/04/2006 23:08:11
How do you do the hide tag? I've checked out "how to i post images, smileys and formatting" and still can't work it out.

Where's the live fish? I didn't even know there was one until I read a hint?
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Joyce on Thu 20/04/2006 23:51:32
[*hide] your text [*/hide] WITHOUT the *

fish

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in the room where guy is making tea
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Title: Re: The farm
Post by: dazmoose on Fri 21/04/2006 12:05:32
Thank you!

Was really enjoying it but the saving was annoying, as I ran out of saves and it wouldn't overwrite so I kept going backwards so I haven't carried on with it :(
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: on Sun 23/04/2006 21:58:36
Please help me get past the retinal sensor and the power switch at the bottom of the elevator. Have tried everything but get nowhere.            Melhank
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Joyce on Sun 23/04/2006 22:03:23
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did you have cigarettes, the smoke will block the sensor
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Title: Re: The farm
Post by: on Sun 23/04/2006 22:18:28
Quote from: Joyce on Sun 23/04/2006 22:03:23
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did you have cigarettes, the smoke will block the sensor
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Thank you. Now what do I do with the toxic fish jar?
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: on Sun 23/04/2006 22:25:56
Quote from: Joyce on Sun 23/04/2006 22:03:23
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did you have cigarettes, the smoke will block the sensor
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Thank you  I finished the game.         Mel
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Kediri on Fri 05/05/2006 13:34:14
I'm stuck!

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I've doctored the drink and everytime I go to enter the room the character stops and says thet he should wait for the doctor to be asleep before he goes in. I've also blocked the camera with the balloons.
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Is there anything else that I need to do, to access this bit?

I have;
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clean sheets, 4 credits, book, video, sugar
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Title: Re: The farm
Post by: MashPotato on Fri 05/05/2006 14:04:54
Quote from: Kediri on Fri 05/05/2006 13:34:14
Is there anything else that I need to do, to access this bit?
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I just went back inside the main character's room.  When I came out and tried again, there was a cutscene and I could access the new room
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Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Kediri on Fri 05/05/2006 14:56:15
I had a previous save from when I got the tablets.
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So I did the drink, went back to my room, tried the door and the guards stopped me. Left my room, put the balloons up, tried the door again - still I have to wait for him to be asleep
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I just wonder if there's something, some step that I've not done.
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I couldn't do anything with the washing powder, the washing machine that's in use and the guy is still trapped, the character won't remove the broom
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???
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Sheepisher on Tue 09/05/2006 08:15:20
Hi Kediri,

Um ... this isn't terribly helpful, but I don't think there is anything else to do!  As MashPotato says ...

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... once I'd spiked the coffee and the actor had given it to the doctor, I just wondered around and waited for a while, then a cut-scene popped up showing me that the doctor had fallen asleep.
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Maybe try going back into your original room?  I think that's what I did.  Other than that, I dunno ... you may have encountered an unusual bug, because as far as I know, you've done everything!  (I've completed this game, by the way.)
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: on Wed 12/07/2006 14:47:02
Quote from: Sheepisher on Tue 09/05/2006 08:15:20
Hi Kediri,

Um ... this isn't terribly helpful, but I don't think there is anything else to do!Ã,  As MashPotato says ...

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... once I'd spiked the coffee and the actor had given it to the doctor, I just wondered around and waited for a while, then a cut-scene popped up showing me that the doctor had fallen asleep.
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Maybe try going back into your original room?Ã,  I think that's what I did.Ã,  Other than that, I dunno ... you may have encountered an unusual bug, because as far as I know, you've done everything!Ã,  (I've completed this game, by the way.)

Stuck with the same problem...
I tried everything, went back to every room, but nothing happend. Is there really a bug?
Restarted the game, and here I am stuck in the same place all over again.
What can I do? :(
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Sheepisher on Fri 14/07/2006 08:47:20
Hi Grundeis,

Wow, I don't know what to tell you ... perhaps there is a bug in the game, since only certain people seem to encounter this problem.Ã,  As I said in my previous post ...

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... all I had to do was talk to the actor about the coffee, spike it with the sleeping pills, then let him leave and give it to the doctor.Ã,  A short while later, after doing nothing in particular, a cut-scene appeared telling me the doctor was asleep.
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Although I say "nothing in particular", perhaps there was something specific I did without realising it.Ã,  I don't know - this game is full of rather dubious gameplay design choices like that.

If the author of this game is reading this thread, perhaps he could enlighten us?
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: miryoku_81 on Fri 14/07/2006 21:08:37
I encountered this same problem and I think the trigger might be that you have to try to open the door to the room the doctor is in (basically, I clicked every icon on that door).  I them received a message that "it's not the right time yet" (or something like that).  Then I walked back into the room where I started the game and it triggered the cutscene so I could continue the game. 
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: minataure on Sat 15/07/2006 11:05:10
I had to go into all the rooms again, not just my own, in order for the desired cutscene to take place... But it finally did, and I finished the game!
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: on Fri 06/10/2006 00:02:11
So sorry!  Figured it out.  Thanks
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Potch on Wed 18/10/2006 17:26:03
OK, this may be silly, but I'm stuck on a screen with a cd player.  I just talked to the jazz guy, and he told me to "put in the love" or something like that, and the screen went to a cd player.  Now I can't do anything.  I can't get out of that screen.  Help!
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: sthomannch on Wed 18/10/2006 20:19:10
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If you have a CD drive on your PC, it will open. Insert your favourite audio CD and press play. Press the buttons play, eject, etc. Don't know what happens when you don't have a CD drive, though :-)
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Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Potch on Wed 18/10/2006 22:55:45
Yeah, I tried several cds and nothing happened with any of them, and there seemed to be no way to bypass it, so I deleted the game.  I didn't like the interface anyway.  Thanks anyway. :-)
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: paolo on Sun 25/02/2007 17:38:12
I'm stuck in the cell.

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I've found the video tape but haven't found anywhere to play it. It doesn't work with the "large box" toward the top of the screen, which I was hoping was a TV but doesn't seem to be.

I also have the book, of course.
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Any hints? Thanks.
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: Da_Elf on Mon 26/02/2007 15:40:33
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its the dumbest thing...talk to the door
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Title: Re: The farm
Post by: paolo on Tue 27/02/2007 12:59:01
Quote from: Da_Elf on Mon 26/02/2007 15:40:33
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its the dumbest thing...talk to the door
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Thanks, Da_Elf, but I tried that...
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It just said "Hello? Is there anyone there?" Is something else supposed to happen?
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Title: Re: The farm
Post by: mr.me on Tue 27/03/2007 06:04:04
Quote from: Bonnie on Sun 16/04/2006 21:24:43
hey splat..you got to get sheets from your bed and put them in washing machine..broom will fall off then use that quickly after you push the guy in fridge.....am stuck (again) on the part after the elevator..can anyone please tell me how to get by the motion detector thingie? thnx

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After I push the guy into the fridge and try to get the pills with the broom he just says "that wouldn't be very productive"
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Title: Re: The farm
Post by: on Thu 19/04/2007 16:07:51
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dont use broom on pills, use the broom on the fridgey-thing
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Title: Re: The farm
Post by: mr.me on Thu 19/04/2007 19:47:46
Quote from: dazmoose on Fri 21/04/2006 12:05:32
Thank you!

Was really enjoying it but the saving was annoying, as I ran out of saves and it wouldn't overwrite so I kept going backwards so I haven't carried on with it :(

Start up The Farm and load your most recent saved game, then minimize the screen (with alt+tab) and go to:
My Computer>Local disk(what ever your main hard disk is)>Program Files>The Farm(these folders are  alphabetized)

In this folder delete the files that start with "agssave", now you will have all the save slots open again. Don't forget to save before you close the game, though because you deleted all save files.
Title: Re: The farm
Post by: on Thu 26/04/2007 14:11:27
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I was playing the game and I was in the room with the
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dead fay guy
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and all of a sudden the game stopped! :'(  :'(  :'(  :'(  :'(  :'(
I saved once but my save disappeared!  :'(  :'(  :'(  :'(  :'(  :'(

Did that happen to anyone else?
Does anyone know if there is something I can do, cause I can't possibly restart the game!
And just an other question: I got
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the real goldfish by replacing it with a plastic one.
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. Just in case a MIRACLE happens and I find my save, can anyone tell me how to proceed?  ???