delenn13,

Thanks for the heads up Delenn; already got the main game and some of the DLC, but it has added two more DLC's (Fjordur and Lost Islands). :)

Giving away such a game probably means the servers are struggling to support themselves, so giving away the game and some of the DLC may increase server use.


Wow! 295GB install size and that's without the new DLC; will have to clear out one of my drives, lol

xcartster2011,

Hi xcartster2011,

Can you tell me what error message you are getting. Often the error message gives you a clue as to what the issue is. Also, check the event logs via the event viewer to see what messages are there. The event log records everything that you do on your computer so try and install the game again while the event viewer is open then check the latest entries. Let me know what it says. Hopefully with both those we can figure out what the issue is.

Regards Whiterabbit-uk

p.s. there are a few ways to access the event viewer; the easiest is to type 'event viewer' in the search field.

Whiterabbit-uk, I don't remember exactly what the error message was, but I tried several times and kept getting the same error message and the files would be deleted on the next reboot. Even though I had clicked off every box on my antivirus, there was still something apparently operating that refused to allow the software to be installed, and quarantined it and then deleted it.

xcartster2011,

Hi xcartster.

I had a similar problem some years ago, where all the giveaways would be deleted. Turns out I'd installed a security software that I'd got from the giveawayoftheday, which I decided wasn't exactly what I wanted. Instead of deleting it, I suspended it. Shortly afterwards I had to replace my motherboard (I used a like for like so that I didn't have to reinstall windows). This turned the security back on. I was unable to download anything for several weeks.

The odd thing was that I couldn't see the program running via processes etc. In the end I contacted Microsoft as I thought it may have been something to do with changing the motherboard that had affected Windows. Anyway, I allowed Microsoft to connect to my computer. The tech guy found the issue in about 30 seconds. Turns out the security that I thought was suspended had been turned back on when I changed the motherboard, and I'd totally forgotten about the security that I'd installed several moths earlier. It was virtually invisible except for the mouse's right click context menu. which I'd not thought to check. I deleted the program as I wasn't using it and things then got back to normal.

So, it may be that you have a program running in the background that is doing something similar to what happened to me.

Jerry,

Hi Jerry,
Yes there is. right click on the desktop and select 'Display Settings' from the drop down menu. This opens the Display settings window where you can adjust various things to do with your monitors. If you have a multi monitor display, it will show you the number of displays you have directly below where it says Rearrange your displays. Scroll down past the colour section the Windows HD Colour, Scale and Layout until you get to the Multiple Displays section. Here you can select which monitor to display your game by showing only on one of the monitors, or duplicate the display
or extend the displays so that they extend over your 2 or 3 monitor set up (not sure about more monitors, though depending on your mother board and number of graphic cards you can have even more monitors
set up from one computer. I've seen up to six displays on one computer.

Alternatively you can go to the first section i.e. Rearrange your displays and literally drag the monitors into the order you wish them to be in e.g. if you have three monitors you can have them in various configurations such as 1, 2 3 or 2,1,3 or 3,1,2 or 3,2,1 or 1,3,2 or 2,3,1

Hope this helps?

Jerry, My Lenovo laptop is 1366x768 and it seems to run fine. I seemed to have discovered a bug on my previous laptop where if I had my laptop on 125% scaling or larger with a resolution of 1920x1080, many games did not want to run. I am not sure if its a driver bug or Microsoft bug but setting the scaling to 100% solved the issue of the games launching and appearing properly. Something to think about.

Rufus V. Smith, same here, I've played so many of these and they're all the same. Same items, same sliders, same jigsaws, different characters usually involving a hero, a bad guy/gal, a coveted crown or position and a witch.

Rufus V. Smith, It seems this game has overdone itself with "too much to do" in game. The traditional HOG games are more relaxing and forgiving for those who may want something that does not intimidate them.

Merlin, looking at whiterabbit's screen shots of A Plot Story (above), I was just thinking that the graphics really reminded me of FOTNA, and then I read your comment!
As I'm in the middle of playing FOTNA just now, I think I'll pass on this one. If I do want to play a 'clutter' game, I'll stick to Clutter 6: Leigh's Story, which I enjoy playing from time to time.
Thanks for the heads-up!

sailorbear510 aka Jason, I friended you on Steam.

delenn13, Thank you. I am working on getting Steam back on my PC.