Post by buttercupcrossing on Jan 4, 2022 6:53:45 GMT -5
I've just been getting back into Petz, but I've recently had an issue that's bugging me. I'm playing Petz 5 on a Windows 10 Laptop, and it runs fine for the most part. However, today it randomly acted like I was playing for the first time ever- even asked for a serial code. I downloaded Petz 5 from Acid Trip, if that helps any, since I no longer have access to an authentic disc. (My Childhood copy is corrupted, somehow. Won't install whatsoever.) I lost all the toys in my toybox and everything's basically back to a fresh install, but I kept all my pets. I really don't want it to keep resetting like this, but I know if it randomly happened once, its going to happen again. Running in admin now makes it act like it used to (with my progress still lost however) but I'm not sure if that's a permanent solution.
I have PetzA installed too, since i saw it recommended to fix a bug where the game runs too fast? I don't really know too much about that though. Everything (Game, PetzA) is in a folder called "Games" on the C: drive, but they aren't in either Program Files folder- I've seen others use My Documents, and I'm wondering if that's a better choice than what I'm doing.
I've also encountered another bug as I've been playing, particularly with the camera. When taking a picture with no background, the camera takes a picture of the pet just fine. However, selecting WITH the background takes a random picture of JUST the background, no pet, and was usually taking a photo toward an upper left "corner." It would change depending on where the pet was, but never actually includes the pet itself. No idea what's going on there, it NEVER acted like this for me before (Played on '98, XP, 7, 8.) and I don't know how to fix it.
Has anyone had these issues before and know how to fix it? I don't wanna deal with sudden 'progress' loss again, even if I do keep all my pets its just infuriating. Another question would be, do either of these issues occur with Petz 4? I've heard its a bit more stable but I'm so used to Petz 5 I'm unsure if I want to jump ship yet, although I've been tempted as there seems to be a lot more stuff for it than 5.
Sorry if i come off a bit rambly. Thanks for any help/advice!
I have PetzA installed too, since i saw it recommended to fix a bug where the game runs too fast? I don't really know too much about that though. Everything (Game, PetzA) is in a folder called "Games" on the C: drive, but they aren't in either Program Files folder- I've seen others use My Documents, and I'm wondering if that's a better choice than what I'm doing.
I've also encountered another bug as I've been playing, particularly with the camera. When taking a picture with no background, the camera takes a picture of the pet just fine. However, selecting WITH the background takes a random picture of JUST the background, no pet, and was usually taking a photo toward an upper left "corner." It would change depending on where the pet was, but never actually includes the pet itself. No idea what's going on there, it NEVER acted like this for me before (Played on '98, XP, 7, 8.) and I don't know how to fix it.
Has anyone had these issues before and know how to fix it? I don't wanna deal with sudden 'progress' loss again, even if I do keep all my pets its just infuriating. Another question would be, do either of these issues occur with Petz 4? I've heard its a bit more stable but I'm so used to Petz 5 I'm unsure if I want to jump ship yet, although I've been tempted as there seems to be a lot more stuff for it than 5.
Sorry if i come off a bit rambly. Thanks for any help/advice!