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| Michael |
 Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:04 am |
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The Endless Forest streaming client is an experimental application that allows you to get new beta versions, additions and changes to the game more quickly because it downloads all files from the server. Note that this application itself is experimental and that since it loads untested data, running the game through it may not be as reliable as running it through the standard screensaver client.
Use at your own risk!
The new version of the streaming client now only checks for new files if there actually are any on the server since last time you played. If not, it skips straight to the game, loading data from your cache. If you use the streaming client, please upgrade to this version because the old version is not 100% compatible anymore.
EDIT: DOWNLOAD LINK BELOW |
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| shaeffer |
| Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 9:05 pm |
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| Ha! I noticed the screensaver started really fast, and I wondered "where did my update screen go? I don't want to miss anything!" |
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| Michael |
| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 8:26 pm |
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| Michael |
| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 2:47 am |
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There's a problem with this version of the client. The new sound system doesn't work. 
(so no one has heard the beautiful music Gerry De Mol made...  ) |
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| Guamgirl101 |
| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 2:57 am |
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The only thing music-related I heard tonight was the song from the Sound of Music, which I got a kick out of, by the way.  Too bad we couldn't hear the other music you're referring to... |
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| Michael |
| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 1:09 pm |
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| Hoborg |
| Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:29 pm |
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yay, I finally got internet hooked up to my PC!
Is this the version I should get to test and see if my sound problems are fixed? |
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| Hoborg |
| Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 8:35 pm |
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I am getting this error:
QuestViewer.exe:
This application has failed to start because d3dx9_27.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem. (It didn't.)
I will try to find the missing dll file on the internet and try again i guess
edit: OK i found the dll file on the internet and it had a virus in it which was deleted, but I guess now the streaming client is working. *shrug*
EDIT AGAIN:
Yay! The sound works! WOOOOO
But now my problem is that the game runs a lot slower than it did before at the same settings - went from about 12 fps at 800x600 to 6. If I turn nature detail way way down it is playable. But now I miss all the nature detail =( |
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| Michael |
| Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 8:59 pm |
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Sorry about the virus.
We have a (hopefully virus-free) version of d3dx9_27.dll here.
This file is required by one system that we only use for the Abiogenesis performances, we're going to remove it after next week (and not include it in the screensaver release).
We though we had actually improved performance quite a bit. 
I think the game has now become heavier on the videocard than on the processor. |
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| Hoborg |
| Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:01 pm |
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| It's ok, my anti-virus caught it right away. Just as a warning to everyone, don't get it from dll-files.com . |
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| Michael |
| Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:03 pm |
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Hoborg wrote: It's ok, my anti-virus caught it right away. Just as a warning to everyone, don't get it from dll-files.com .
That's where I got it!  |
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| Hoborg |
| Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:24 pm |
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Hmm.. yeah, I found it odd that a well-known site like that would have a virus in one of their downloads, it might have been something already existing on my system and that the antivirus only thought to catch when i put the .dll file into my /system directory.
I can't tell where tarzan is but he seems to be malfunctioning =p
Also if it is less processor-intensive but moreso on the videocard, that would explain it. My processor is fairly decent but my videocard is terrible. |
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| Michael |
| Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:41 pm |
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I checked the file and my virus scanner (Quick Heal) says it's clean.
I've put Tarzan in bed now. Just one more tickle. |
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