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bnewton81 — Thu Sep 23, 2010 8:01 am

Author: bnewton81

Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 8:01 am

Sonovio is amazing!! It brings me great hope for the future of myst. I'm beginning creation of my own ages now. I have better than a novice understanding of blender now and am ready to give it a crack. Wish me luck.

Re: Sonavio

Xastabus — Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:19 pm

Author: Xastabus

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:19 pm

Wow... I could have sworn I'd been over every inch of the island before, but after getting your hint I found the one thing I was missing to get started.

Thanks!

Re: Sonavio

D'Lanor — Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:13 pm

Author: D'Lanor

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:13 pm

You need to find a way to...
turn on the power

Re: Sonavio

Xastabus — Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:36 pm

Author: Xastabus

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:36 pm

Hello,
Either the puzzle in Sovanio is far more clever than I am, or there's something broken on my end that no one else who posted here seems to have a problem with. If you could please check the spoiler below and give me a nudge in the right direction I'd greatly appreciate it.

So, I link to Sovanio and I'm greeted with beautiful scenery. I wander around and find 3 huts with doors and buttons, but the buttons don't do anything and the doors won't open. One of the huts has a marker and window in the back, through the window I can see a paper on the wall, but can't read it from there.
There are what appear to be a set of steps with 5 buttons, but I can't do anything with that since I obviously need a code and the symbols don't match anything else I've found.
There's a stone thingy with buttons on it blocked by lasers, a stone circle where a hologram of a lemur and a mandala appear, a stone head that looks like a lemur, the journal by the backpack, and the giant stone tube in the middle of the island where a mandala appears.

I've downloaded and extracted the latest version via Drizzle21 and nothing appears to have changed...

I'm stuck and in need of a hint. Please and thank you,
:X:

Re: Sonavio

boblishman — Thu Aug 27, 2009 5:57 pm

Author: boblishman

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 5:57 pm

Thanks Dustin ... I have emailed you

I guessed that most people now use Drizzle, but I was going to update the ULM Library mirror ... just to be on the safe side.

thanks for doing this

Bob

Re: Sonavio

ddb174 — Thu Aug 27, 2009 5:17 pm

Author: ddb174

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 5:17 pm

Okay Bob, I've sent you a pm at GoW. By the way, most Writers no longer upload to the ULM; most have switched back to UAM, since it is easier for them, for the players, and is more complete in terms of number of Ages.

And as Christian links to, the official Drizzle/UAM site has screenshots and walkthroughs and author information for all the Ages. (Including Shinelight Manor by Justintime9, which was just added.) And it is constantly updated by L.K. and me.

The link again is http://alcugs.almlys.org/UAM/Ages

Re: Sonavio

Sharaya — Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:46 pm

Author: Sharaya

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:46 pm

Thanks for those links Christian. I don't build ages and so I just play through the drizzle thing. I don't think it mentioned the author of the age there. Some had a little note that said something about the age, but not all did.

I wasn't concerned about your remark at all. It was a good point.

Re: Sonavio

boblishman — Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:48 pm

Author: boblishman

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:48 pm

yes Christian, I am using the new URL ..

.. its really weird (wierd) ...lol... even though I entered the new URL into the setting box... when it fails to connect, it still gives out the error message "The remote name could not be resolved: \ulm.hbyte.net" even though I have "http://ulm.wolfshire.co.uk" set in the setting box !

very odd ...

Re: Sonavio

Christian Walther — Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:19 pm

Author: Christian Walther

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:19 pm

Sharaya wrote:

I would have if I knew who Bob was, but I didn't and so I posted here. As I originally stated, I have no clue who wrote this enchanting age.

Oops, I missed that part of your post. Sorry for my facetious remark in that case. To be honest, it didn't even occur to me that, given the usual inquisitiveness of Cyan fans, someone could have difficulties with figuring out how to contact the author of Sonavio. His name is mentioned on both the ULM [which appears to work for me, are you using the new URL, Bob?] and the UAM wiki, and he has accounts under that name on this forum, the GoW and GoMa forums, and probably others...

Re: Sonavio

boblishman — Wed Aug 26, 2009 4:53 pm

Author: boblishman

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 4:53 pm

, that would be wonderful ... I only need the SonavioJournals.py file ... all the alterations are in that one file.

If I make the ammendments ... and send it back to you, could you re-pack it and then include the new version in Drizzle?
(it seems the ULM database is down at the moment ... I have told Trylon)

Re: Sonavio

ddb174 — Wed Aug 26, 2009 4:28 pm

Author: ddb174

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 4:28 pm

If something goes wrong with that, Bob, I can also send you your decompiled Sonavio python files, minus any comments.

Re: Sonavio

Chuckles58 — Wed Aug 26, 2009 1:02 pm

Author: Chuckles58

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 1:02 pm

Teh guild of Proofreeder's can use all the help it Can get.

I will add my congratulations to Boblishman for making a very entertaining age. It looks good, the music really adds to its charm, it has an interesting story and challenging puzzles.

Re: Sonavio

boblishman — Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:13 am

Author: boblishman

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:13 am

I got the corrections from Sharaya (thanks!) and I promised I would bo them immediately ... then I remembered that I don't have the files on this machine (the machine they are on is away for repair and the backup is all on DVD's which this stupid old laptop will not read) ... so, until my machine comes back I cannot make the corrections (they promised me 3 weeks maximum).

Thanks again Sharaya, I promise I will do them as soon as possible and get the corrections sent to Drizzle.

Re: Sonavio

Sharaya — Tue Aug 25, 2009 2:19 pm

Author: Sharaya

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 2:19 pm

boblishman....Love that name! You are so very clever! How did you ever figure out how to write upside down? LOL!

I will send you a list. It'll probably be Wednesday though as I work today and have a back-to-school thing at my daughter's high school tonight. Thank you for understanding my intentions. I completely understand your spelling errors. I worked with a very lovely woman from England many years back and I didn't know and could probably never spell some of her terms like "walleybobs". I've also been involved in a stay-at-home parents forum years ago. Our group of ladies was an international group. We once had quite the discussion on which spelling was more correct....weird or wierd. Americans spell it weird, but those from other countries claimed the correct spelling was wierd. It was quite a fun discussion to watch. LOL!

Anyway, great job on Sonavio. I stil haven't figured it all out yet, but I'm sure having fun trying.......trying not to peek at the walkthrough. LOL!

I'm thinking maybe I should have tried for a job as an editor or something. I have no clue why but I always catch errors in books and things. Maybe it has to do with the fact that I read a lot. I don't know. It's just a strange thing that I do, and not intentionally. I'm not a perfect speller, nor do I spell-check or proof my posts. I've looked back at times or have seen my posts quoted and noticed spelling and grammatical errors in them too.

Re: Sonavio

boblishman — Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:59 am

Author: boblishman

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:59 am

I had no idea this discussion was going on. For some reason I was not notified of additions to this thread or I would have jumped in earlier! Thanks D'Lanor for pm'ing me to let me know.

First, thank you Sharaya for your kind comments about Sonavio. I am pleased you are enjoying the age.

Second. Time to put my hands up. The errors in the Journals are entirely unintentional and completely my fault ......

(Although I am British) I guess that English is not my strong point ... and (after all this time) you are the first person to point out all the errors - although IIRC, I did get some pm's when it was first released about some REALY bad spelling errors in there -like "Company" being spelt "Compay" ... which, to be honest, was done because I typed the Journals directly into the python file and never used a spell checker ... )

maybe now you "get" my signature ...

Sharaya, if you would be kind enough to send me a list of the mistakes, I will correct them ...