Just another Launching problem...
Hi guys 
At first : Sorry for my nickname, it just all went wrong today and when the registration window refused at first to accept a chosen nickname i got
hopping mad, chose the first word that came to my mind, it was granted and i then noticed i'm not able to alter it anymore
@The Problem:
Like some of the others here in the Forum i also have problems starting up Sam & Max. Season 1 worked well on my engine and downloading and installing s02e01, too...well at first. After i wanted to start the game it asked me for my mail adress and the passwort. I typed it in, clicked on "send", waited... then the window which is attached to this post appeared. It just kept staying there... you can click the buttom for the newsletter at the bottom of the window, but the window itself won't change. You can still minimize, move and close the window but there's nothing like "Start the game" :mad:
What could it be ?
thanks for help
At first : Sorry for my nickname, it just all went wrong today and when the registration window refused at first to accept a chosen nickname i got
hopping mad, chose the first word that came to my mind, it was granted and i then noticed i'm not able to alter it anymore
@The Problem:
Like some of the others here in the Forum i also have problems starting up Sam & Max. Season 1 worked well on my engine and downloading and installing s02e01, too...well at first. After i wanted to start the game it asked me for my mail adress and the passwort. I typed it in, clicked on "send", waited... then the window which is attached to this post appeared. It just kept staying there... you can click the buttom for the newsletter at the bottom of the window, but the window itself won't change. You can still minimize, move and close the window but there's nothing like "Start the game" :mad:
What could it be ?
thanks for help
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Please, someone help!
I guess you already have to be registred for the game so you can start offline but maybe it will work for you, too.
Mil's suggestion of disconnecting really works !
You only have to log in ONCE to be able to play the game. Your saying your first login fails? Do you get an error saying so?
I had trouble logging it at first, had to retype the password really carefully. For some reason copy/paste refused to work?
Weirdly enough ep201 now consistently starts in 'offline mode' no idea why. It's authorised, so it runs and no complaints from me but it does look weird. And no I'm not 'working offline'.
Should I download ep201 again? Mine is fairly old, since I bought the entire season2 once it became available
I'm trying to guess that I need IE7, but I need a confirm.
I unlocked it with my username and password, and then nothing. No way to start the game.
http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3995
Let me know if that helps.
I have Norton Personal Firewall, and at first I thought that that might be the trouble, but when I go into the configuration section of Norton, Sam & Max is set to "Permit all."
Still, when I go to the system tray and disable Norton for 5 min, then the launcher works great, and not even in offline mode. It shows online just fine.
Will the patch disable online mode altogether?
If I have Norton Personal Firewall enabled, then the launcher comes up with "Offline Mode" but it lets me launch the game.
If I disable Norton, then the launcher comes up on line just fine and I can see all the news, blog, forums, etc.
I have the program set to "permit all" connections already. It shouldn't be blocking anything.
Ajax isn't a 'connection' it is a 'ad' , for Norton anyway.
Norton ad-blocking will kill a lot of Ajax stuff. Best thing to do is add www.telltale.com to your 'ad allowed' lists or whatever those are called nowadays.
You'll have to look up exact instructions on the Norton site.
And PLEASE set your firewall back to 'permit selective' or whatever but get it OFF 'permit all' that's asking for problems.
I don't recall any settings for "ad" blocking, however. I'll have to look it over again.
If I just enter the domain name alone, it isn't effective.
If it still looks the same it did in 2003, when you add the domain name it appears in a list to the left. On the right you have three tabs.
Select domain name on the left, then choose the 3rd tab on the right which should be 'ad blocking'. You want to ADD an item.
In the 'add item' box set the option to PERMIT and text to just a slash (single / ). Press OK and check if it indeed has added 'PERMIT /' to the list for telltale.
That should do it. It permits basically ALL urls as ad's from telltale.