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[Waltorious]

Hello all,

I've had a weird problem with a few games that I found out about through TIGSource.  So far it's happened with An Untitled Story, Gear World, and (I think) The Hanrahan Game: Final Mix.  I downloaded these games to my laptop, and they work fine, but when I move my laptop somewhere else (for instance, I tried using it on an airplane) the games will not run.  I thought maybe this had to do with me not being connected to the internet while I was on the airplane, but when I got to New York and used my friend's wireless, they still wouldn't run.  I tried re-downloading them, no luck.  However, when I get back home and have my laptop running on my wireless, the games work again with no problems.

I have no idea what might cause this... does it even have anything to do with the internet?  I thought maybe a firewall issue or something?  And it must be something unique to these games' design, because other things run fine.

Anyway, it's not a huge deal, but it would be nice to be able to play these games when I take my computer places.  Any ideas?

Thanks!

[Hideous]

Obviously these games love your home so much they refuse to play anywhere else.

Actually I don't know, never heard of that before.

[moi]

Never heard about those games, is that some kind of spam?

[Dacke]

Sounds like you should do some more scientific testing on the phenomena, as it sounds too good to be true and therefore probably is.

[OryBand]

I don't know the games you've mentioned, so - are those game multiplayer or at least require a network connection?

If so, perhaps there was some sort of problem in your friend's wireless network. Same for the airplane which doesn't have any wi-fi available of course.

Another thing might be that you probably missed something that affected the applications.. Like uninstalling / reinstalling something, changing registry entries (if your using windows).

That's at least what I think.

I can't accept the deal that games have emotion and thus refuse to play anywhere which isn't your home.

[Waltorious]

I don't know the games you've mentioned, so - are those game multiplayer or at least require a network connection?

They're not multiplayer, which is the weird thing.  But the only thing I could think of that would be different when my computer is somewhere else is the internet connection, so I was guessing that was the issue.  Maybe they need the connection for something else?