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Jimbobx
Learned Scribe
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
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 Posted - 06 Jul 2009 : 22:54:38
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He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back. --Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 06 Jul 2009 : 23:22:02
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It's a good price now, but it won't stay that way. 
I'm so lucky I got mine when I did -- half-price, directly from TSR.  |
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Auzoros
Seeker
Australia
97 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jul 2009 : 08:55:53
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Just got mine today in the mail! I bought it off eBay from USA. Registering the product fails though I guess the web page at WotC is no longer available for this product.
Which leads me to ask...does anyone know how I can get my copy updated? |
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Matt James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
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Posted - 08 Jul 2009 : 12:17:29
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| hmmm, that's an interesting question. I am not sure it is possible unless some dedicated FR fan is hosting the updates on a server somewhere. I will try to look around when I get some time. |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Auzoros
Seeker
Australia
97 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jul 2009 : 17:53:04
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| Matt, Ashe and Wooly thank you! I'll give the WotC downloads a shot first. Failing that I'll contact you Ashe. Cheers guys |
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Auzoros
Seeker
Australia
97 Posts |
Posted - 09 Jul 2009 : 13:55:35
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| No probs with downloading updates from the web page...but when asked to place disk into D drive it's not recognised. The disk is not detected! *sigh* another exercise in patience. |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3240 Posts |
Posted - 09 Jul 2009 : 14:04:36
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With the Atlas, I had copied the entire CD into a local folder on the hard drive, then installed from there. It works pretty well for me and I don't need to have the CD in the drive to use it.
Ahh... the old days *before* they implemented code to check the drive. [old man icon] |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
Ashe's Character Sheet
Alphabetized Index of Realms NPCs |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 09 Jul 2009 : 15:27:58
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Originally posted by Mark o Bello
No probs with downloading updates from the web page...but when asked to place disk into D drive it's not recognised. The disk is not detected! *sigh* another exercise in patience.
Is your CD drive in fact the D: drive? When the software came out, A:, C:, and D: were the only drives most computers had; it therefore checks that drive by default (it's the same with the Dragon Archive software). Now it's not at all uncommon for there to be more drives, which juggles around those designations. On my computer, which I built myself, the DVD drives are V: and W: (I also have two hard drives in it, and both of them have at least one partition, so there's a lot of drives in my machine!). |
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Edited by - Wooly Rupert on 09 Jul 2009 15:31:18 |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 09 Jul 2009 : 15:31:54
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Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
With the Atlas, I had copied the entire CD into a local folder on the hard drive, then installed from there. It works pretty well for me and I don't need to have the CD in the drive to use it.
Ahh... the old days *before* they implemented code to check the drive. [old man icon]
I've had to pull that trick a time or two myself, though not with the Atlas. |
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Edited by - Wooly Rupert on 09 Jul 2009 15:34:02 |
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Auzoros
Seeker
Australia
97 Posts |
Posted - 09 Jul 2009 : 15:46:11
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| I really appreciate your willingness help with this guys. I'll try some things and see how I go. |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3240 Posts |
Posted - 09 Jul 2009 : 19:36:55
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
With the Atlas, I had copied the entire CD into a local folder on the hard drive, then installed from there. It works pretty well for me and I don't need to have the CD in the drive to use it.
Ahh... the old days *before* they implemented code to check the drive. [old man icon]
I've had to pull that trick a time or two myself, though not with the Atlas.
It made things easier in the days of the Core Rules CD-Rom, which *does* require the disc in the drive even if you install it from the hard drive. I made it so that, waaaaaay back then, I never needed to pop out the CD unless it was to change game discs. |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
Ashe's Character Sheet
Alphabetized Index of Realms NPCs |
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Auzoros
Seeker
Australia
97 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jul 2009 : 05:42:30
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Well I've tried everything and failed. I made attempts on two PCs, drives were recognised by the setup program (one being D: and the other E:) and both times the same message is given, "Setup did not find the original Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas in your CD-ROM drive."
Im thinking unless I can somehow manually install the updates, i'm stuck with the base product which would suck considering that the updates hold 170+ new maps |
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Jimbobx
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
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Kaesolartis
Acolyte
Switzerland
2 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jul 2009 : 22:12:41
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| Thanks a lot for the deal. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2009 : 05:50:49
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That's not a bad price for the software... It's certainly better than what some sellers are asking!
Speaking of which, I saw today someone asking like $96 for a print copy of the Atlas. Not the software, the old print version. Considering that you can find it for a tenth of that price, I have to wonder what the seller was thinking. |
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rabbitshavefangs
Acolyte
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Posted - 08 Dec 2009 : 18:01:09
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I have a copy of the Interactive Forgotten Realms Atlas (software) I could sell someone. Just email me! :)
On another topic, what do you guys think of 4e? I started with 1e, played 2e the majority of my life, and just started last month with 3.5e. So far I actually really enjoy 3.5, I had heard a lot of bad things about it, but I found the skills to make a lot more sense than weapon and non weapon proficiencies. I don't know if I like the sorcerer class though, I like the idea of wizards having to study their spells. I want to keep my tabletop RPGs separate from Final Fantasy video games! |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3240 Posts |
Posted - 09 Dec 2009 : 00:51:59
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Ooh! I got here before PDK!
If you're enjoying 3.5, check out Paizo's Pathfinder (or click here to see the free SRD on the web). They took what was good about 3.5 and made it better (seriously, I would have gone with it just for their clean-up of the Grapple rules). |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
Ashe's Character Sheet
Alphabetized Index of Realms NPCs |
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woodwwad
Learned Scribe
USA
267 Posts |
Posted - 27 Dec 2009 : 04:03:47
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| I have it too, it's a great item. I sure wouldn't pay the ebay price. I think the cheapest I've seen it there is over $40 before shipping. |
Check out my reviews on youtube of Forgotten Realms and other rpg products. http://www.youtube.com/user/woodwwad?feature=mhum |
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FR Interactive Atlas CD on Ebay
