Re: big fish mystery
[Re: cybermom22]
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10/29/19 05:20 PM
10/29/19 05:20 PM
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Good catch, Jenny. I assumed cybermom was trying to install the game from the disk, but maybe I was wrong.
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Re: big fish mystery
[Re: cybermom22]
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10/29/19 10:44 PM
10/29/19 10:44 PM
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Jenny100
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I have several older Big Fish games on CD (Return to Ravenhearst being one example) and they were completely independent from the internet/Game Manager and required nothing more than to simply install them and play. These were games that I purchased from eBay and Amazon; they were not back-up CDs from Big Fish. I don't have very many retail Big Fish games on CD, but there was one that insisted on re-installing the Game Manager before installing the game, and the game appeared in the Game Manager's installed list. The computer was offline and did not have to be put online to activate the game. I don't remember if this particular game came from eBay or if it came from Amazon or an Amazon seller, but it was one of those. Apparently some Big Fish game CD's use the Game Manager to install the games and some don't. I have over 50 of big fish games from past years on disc, I bought them, now, if I want to play any one of them. I load from disc, at least I try to load from disc. and then I am taken to the web site and told to download from there. It sounds like you are online when you're trying to install the games. Disconnect from your Internet and see if the game installs without trying to go online.
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Re: big fish mystery
[Re: oldbroad]
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10/30/19 05:50 AM
10/30/19 05:50 AM
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"Where did you get the game discs? Did you get the discs directly from Big Fish back when they had the option to add $6.99 (or $7.99) to the price of the game if you wanted to be sent a disc?"
Ah, never thought of this as I never did this.
I never thought of that either. I bought mine from a store, not through BFG. Did try this morning, uninstalled the game manager, took one of my discs and clicked install. It immediately installed the old game manager and then the game. Didn't take me online. I always have the game manager set to not open up when done with a game and I start the games through the game file on my computer. The game manager can be annoying.
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Re: big fish mystery
[Re: cybermom22]
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10/30/19 10:17 AM
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Posts: 7,406 marietta,georgia
family
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check you to see what windows you are using, i have window 8, some of my dreamcatcher, the first 3 of the adventure company, older big fish games would not work on it, if this is not it sorry, i do not know about window 10, had to rebuy the games.
Last edited by family; 10/30/19 10:18 AM.
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Re: big fish mystery
[Re: family]
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10/30/19 11:43 AM
10/30/19 11:43 AM
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Jenny100
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check you to see what windows you are using, i have window 8, some of my dreamcatcher, the first 3 of the adventure company, older big fish games would not work on it, if this is not it sorry, i do not know about window 10, had to rebuy the games. Family, I know you're trying to help, but cybermom22's problem is not that the games don't work. The problem is that her CD versions are going online to the Big Fish website, and she bought disc versions because she doesn't want to have to go online for the games. This seems to be happening during the installation, where the installer on the game disc wants to get the "latest" version of the Big Fish Game Manager. At least it does that if the computer is connected to the Internet. If the computer is not connected to the Internet, the game will use an old version of the Game Manager that's on the game disc.
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