emodollie
Petz Petter
Posts: 5
Petz Versions: 5, 4, 3
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Post by emodollie on Jul 25, 2024 21:46:11 GMT -5
When I was a kid, I was running Petz 5 on Windows Vista (installed in the default location) when the game suddenly stopped opening. I think there was an error message that popped up as it was loading, but I don't remember what it said. It happened right after I'd downloaded some hexed files, so at first I thought I'd just downloaded something that was broken or meant for a different version of Petz. I tried taking out the last few files I'd added, but it didn't help.
Because I was twelve, it didn't occur to me to try taking out all my hexed files or reinstalling. Instead, I tried opening the game on a different account on my computer, which worked fine for a few days until I encountered the same issue. Eventually, I figured out that Petz would only open if I downloaded hexed files on a different account than the one I was using to play the game. If I downloaded files, added them to the game, and tried opening it on the same account, sooner or later the game would refuse to open. I later had the same issue with Babyz on a Windows Me virtual machine, and I used the same solution. For the entire time I had that computer, every time I played Petz or Babyz I would have one user account for downloading hexed files and another for actually playing the game.
I haven't had this problem in years, but I'm curious to see if it's happened to anyone else. Was it just my computer? If anyone else's game became unopenable, did you find a similar workaround?
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Post by Kel on Aug 6, 2024 6:35:07 GMT -5
I don’t have any experience with Vista or Windows ME (especially virtual machine) BUT it sounds like the problem could have been the install location of your game. Petz is rather finicky to run or function properly on newer operating systems and it’s strongly recommended to not install the game in the default location which is Program Files or Program Files (x86). Preferably it should be installed into My Documents or a custom folder on the desktop. Doing so helps prevent a lot of issues. So if you had it installed in one of the Program Files folders then that could have been the reason for its behavior.
But good thing your game is working this time around!
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