The Winter Rose

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Sharyn

#80
Sat 04/02/2006 23:40:42
I went back to my second to the last save. Ã, Got the blood and the worm (had already put the feather in the cauldron) and put them in the cauldron - still froze up on me. Ã, Am I almost done? Ã, Hope someone can help.

Baron

#81
Sun 05/02/2006 16:55:59
Hmmmmm....  This is most distressing....
      A similar error was occuring back in November when the game was first released.  Do I understand correctly that:

     
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The flame around the witch is gone, but it is still impossible to interact with her?  And that eventually when you try to free her the game freezes?
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      The first thing I can think of is that you might have acquired the old version of the game -i.e. before these problems were fixed.  If you look at the twr_readme file that came in the game folder you downloaded and look at the very bottom under "credits" see if Scorpiorus and his snow-rain plug-in are listed.  I missed him out in the old version of the game, but I believe he is only listed in the most recent version.  Another way you can tell it's the most recent version is that the Hermit's dialogue cycles instead of being random.  If you think you're playing an old version I'm afraid you're going to have to get the most recent version from either http://www.vanwijst.com/games or from the games page on AGS (I think it's on page 9 still).  Also in that event, please post or PM me to identify where you got this version from -I think Hajo is distributing all the games that are nominated for AGS awards, so perhaps he's got an older version?
      If you ARE playing with the most recent version PLEASE tell me asap and I'll go looking for the bug.  No one's experienced this for a long while so it might be something very obscure....
      Finally, I'm very sorry this problem has interrupted your gaming experience.  It usually runs quite smoothly -honest!

BaRoN

sharyn

#82
Mon 06/02/2006 03:26:08
I dowloaded your game at GameBoomers where you can find "free games."  I will go back and see if I have the read me file and see if Scorpiorus and/or snow-rain is there.  If it is an older version, I'll click on the website you suggested and go from there.

Sharyn

#83
Mon 06/02/2006 03:30:32
Went to the read me file and it said that Snow-Rain Plug In was created by Scorpious (or something like that).  Don't know if this will help or not, but when I finally killed the bird and took a feather, I went back to where I had killed him and there he was again and again (I went back 2 more times after killing it).  So, what's my next step?

Baron

#84
Tue 07/02/2006 04:26:49 Last Edit: Tue 07/02/2006 04:47:32 by BaRoN
Well, I tried to duplicate your problem and I was able to get the Vulture back to life.  I think I know what the problem is, but all the game files are on my computer at home so it will have to wait for the weekend for me to fix it.  It really shouldn't affect the rest of the game if you just ignore the fact that the bird is still alive, but killing him over and over again "might" lead to the game crashing.  I hesitate to suggest that you try the game again but if you do here's what you need to do after you get to the witch:

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You put the dragon's blood, the worm and the feather into the cauldron and then talk to the witch.  She'll give you a wand and with that, the gnome's horn and the longjohns you can fight the dragon.
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BaRoN

butterfly

#85
Tue 07/02/2006 05:19:11
Well, Baron, I have already done what your spoiler suggested, but went back to try it again.  When I use the "hand" on the lady it says, "The rock resists your attempt to budge it.  When I click on the lady to talk it says, "Rock is unresponsive, or the island is unresponsive."  If I click on the girl with the talk mode, she says, "What shall I talk about."  I clicked on the lady with the "eye" and it said that the Vixen in the black cape is you."  She was standing behind the lady.  It's almost like nothing is recognizing the woman standing with the wand in her hand.  I'll have to wait until you get to your computer to help me again.  Thanks.

grydwrd

#86
Wed 08/02/2006 18:45:44
Quote from: Sharyn on Mon 06/02/2006 03:30:32
Went to the read me file and it said that Snow-Rain Plug In was created by Scorpious (or something like that).Ã,  Don't know if this will help or not, but when I finally killed the bird and took a feather, I went back to where I had killed him and there he was again and again (I went back 2 more times after killing it).Ã,  So, what's my next step?
To avoid bringing the vulture back to life

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Go right, right, and there you will find the dead vulture.
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In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.
--B. Franklin

Baron

#87
Wed 08/02/2006 22:02:13
Yes the bug only seems to occur under special circumstances but the fact that it can recurr at all is most vexing.  There's only so many times that a game author can play through a game to debug it before he goes cRaZy, so after error reports stop coming in one just sort of assumes the game to be bug free.  However, since I have been informed otherwise I will get on this immediately when I get home.  Thanks to everyone for identifying the errors,

BaRoN

Sharyn

#88
Fri 10/02/2006 03:45:12
I went back to the game wondering if I had missed something.  Thought I had read that the lady was to give me the wand and horn, but I went back to the gnome and he gave me the horn and then vanished.  I went back to the lady but there is still no response from her.  No matter where I click on her, it just talks about the rocks and the sea - it's as if she doesn't exist.  Do you think I have missed anything else?  I tried the horn on the dragon, he fell off the cliff, but came back and sat on the girl.  Ouch!!!!  Hopefully BaRoN you'll have something for me to finish this game.

Baron

#89
Sat 11/02/2006 04:13:03
Alright it took me two hours and I was just about ready to quit after trying one last thing but I was FINALY able to duplicate your Enchantress freeze bug!Ã,  It turns out it was a bit of ghost code left over from when the flame that imprisons the Enchantress was the same one that the Dragon shot at you when you face him.Ã,  I guess not many people survived the Dragon flame before they freed the Enchantress, and so the bug wasn't spotted or reported.Ã,  Anyway, there is now an updated version ready for download on the games page here or at www.vanwijst.com/games.Ã,  It fixes this bug and the "plot inconsistency" of the Vulture Resurrection.

SHARYN:
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The version you have SHOULD still work as long as you don't face the dragon wearing your longjohns BEFORE you free the Enchantress.Ã,  Unfortunately you're going to have to start from scratch either way since there is no way to fix the bug remotely.Ã,  Sorry!Ã,  And thanks for reporting the bug -at least future players won't suffer the same frustrations.Ã,  Thanks!
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Thanks to everyone who reported the bugs!Ã,  Now hopefully we can all get on with enjoying the game!

BaRoN

Sharyn

#90
Sat 11/02/2006 21:04:21
BaRoN, I have uninstalled the winter rose I was working on and have reinstalled it, and have begun again.  Hope I can remember all the things I did before to get to where I was towards the end.  Thank you for all your hard work.

Sharyn

#91
Sun 12/02/2006 04:37:22
At long last, I finished the game.  The only problem I had with was to remember which three things needed to be put into the cauldron.  Came back to the hints site and found out the third thing was the blood.  BaRoN if you hadn't fixed those bugs I would never have been able to slay that dragon.  Thanks again ;D

thewalrus

#92
Sat 11/03/2006 23:36:54
I still can't get the dragons blood. I can't light the candle near the pikeman and I can't get a second feather to place in to the cauldren. What am I supposed to do now????


TheWalrus

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#93
Sun 12/03/2006 00:09:24
Spoiler
To get the dragon's blood, instead of clicking on the knight's spear, click on the dripping blood.
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bcool999

#94
Sun 06/08/2006 01:02:38
how do u get the knife from the yeti when i talk to him he says he wont let be pull it out with out anything to stop it from getting infected but i have no idea on wat would stop it from getting infected

House

#95
Sun 06/08/2006 01:30:26
Quote from: bcool999 on Sun 06/08/2006 01:02:38
how do you get the knife from the yeti when i talk to him he says he wont let be pull it out with out anything to stop it from getting infected but i have no idea on wat would stop it from getting infected

Go to right screen to a boat. In the hole, take a flask. Come back and click flask on yeti

bcool999

#96
Sun 06/08/2006 01:57:34
ok thanks for that i just beat the game ;D

silverflagon

#97
Tue 12/09/2006 22:46:03
I finished it, it's lovely little game. I downloaded the walkthrough, but with some perseverance, I didn't need to read it. I did walk around in circles for a while, looking for the Hermit, but then I thought, where do hermits like to live. ::)

It helped being given the choice of retrying from where you die, that is a brilliant move on the writers part, and I love Vivaldi's music  :D :D :D
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