I'm having an odd problem w/ "The Alchemist":
I DL/saved it to my desktop,clicked-2x to open. It opened w/in my WINRAR as always.
Inside was a 'List' of files [instead of the usual 1-2=[act+setup].
>[did everyone get a list?]
>LIST=
data 1 cab = WINRAR archive
data 2 cab = WINRAR archive
engine32 cab = WINRAR archive
Activate.exe
data 1 hdr
layout bin
readme txt
Setup. bmp
setup. exe
setup. ibt = File ibt
setup. ini = Configuration Settings
setup. inx = File inx
>Anyway I just did as told + as always: 1] Activate 2] Setup
Everything seemed to go fine; activated and installed ok , no apparent problems.
-Untill I reached the end wher it says 'click Finnish to launch game'.
I did that and that's when it got strange.
The game 'LOGO' appeared, it looked like a jagged-edge cut-out. But it wasn't in a 'window', it was free-floating on the desktop. When I put the cursor over it changed to the timer symbol; .... and that was IT !! I waited & waited and nothing ever happened! I tried double-click, Enter, space; =Nothing! If I opened anything on top of it [like the web pg] it would 'merge' w/ the game graphic,-replacing its look -[messing it up]. Then I'd have to right-click on the game's button in the Task-bar to close it and a message would appear saying 'the app. wasn't responding,...-do I want to close, etc,..' -so I had to close it. I tried closing + opening several times,= same thing. I also tried uninstalling + reinstalling w/the games uninstall; then I tried
'Extracting' all the files to a folder on my desktop, -then using that 'Setup.exe', but got the same results. By that time I gave up & figured I should remove it & redownload, but w/ my 'dial-up' it took too long & I ran out of time! :(
So now I guess I got a 'dead-game' sitting on my PC ?
Does anyone know what went wrong & if it's still Fixable ???
Thanks for your time;
Please Help if you can, I'd appreciate any insights !!