Telltale Games

cooldudept · 01/12/2011, 01:32 pm

mathman77: I found the windows save game file. Thing is I don't know where to paste it in the OSX system (the new computer). Any ideas?

Thanks again,

*Macfly77* · 01/12/2011, 01:44 pm

/Users/yourusername/Library/Application Support/Telltale Games/BackToTheFuture101/

where yourusername is your user name!

jp-30 · 01/12/2011, 02:14 pm

Not sure if the file will be compatible between PC & Mac, but you can try...

ciarals · 01/16/2011, 05:33 am

It didn't worked. I've transferred the file "101_auto.save" from the MacBook to the iMac in the same folder.

In the iMac it's like the game is new.
He finds that there's an old savegame, but when I see at what part of the game I am, he says that I'm at the beginning of the game.

The same happens in Puzzle Agent. He loads the savegame, but with 0 puzzles solved, instead of 6.

I've not moved the files "offlinesettings" and "prefs" because I think that must be different from MacBook and iMac (resolution setting, etc...).

So what can I do to continue on the iMac the game I've started on the MacBook and viceversa?

Thanks for your answer. Bye!

cooldudept · 01/16/2011, 12:18 pm

Well, it kinda worked. I brought me near the point i was in, but I think it actually overshot it! I was stuck in that kitchen soup thing and I never got past it and all of a sudden I was shining tannen's shoes. So that' OK I guess, as long as it doesn't screw up the game forwards...

ciarals · 01/17/2011, 02:52 pm

Up.

mathman77 · 01/17/2011, 04:53 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by ciarals

IIn the iMac it's like the game is new.
He finds that there's an old savegame, but when I see at what part of the game I am, he says that I'm at the beginning of the game.!

Did you load the game? When I did it it says you're at the beginning, but loads where you were.

ciarals · 01/17/2011, 09:19 pm

Hi. I haven't tried, because I was trusting what he was saying

When I'll be back at my iMac on Friday I'll let you know. Thanks for your answer.

Toneiiblue · 01/18/2011, 06:33 am

Clearly there's a rift in the Mac-PC continuum.

*dodges hail of tomatoes*

ciarals · 01/22/2011, 11:13 am

Mathman, you were right.

I've checked with my iMac. I've tried moving all files (including "offlinesettings" and "prefs") and in Puzzle Agent the game loaded the save game description successfully, but in BTTF nothing changed. So I've tried only copying the savegame file leaving the settings files untouched. As I said before, the game didn't recognize the description of the savegame, but when I tried loading it, it loaded fine, where I left it in my MacBook Pro.

So it's only a description problem. By only copying the savegame file from one Mac to another, the description doesn't load fine, but the game does.

tmfm2000 · 01/31/2011, 12:02 pm

hello!

just bought this game. played it for a while and then wanted to save / exit but couldn't find any menu for that?! tried pressing esc on the keyboard and nothing. looked through the three buttons on the top right (and got an involuntary hint, which I didn't want) but couldn't find it anywhere. ended up just pressing alt-f4 and luckily it did auto save at one point, but lost some progression due to this. surely there must be a manual save somewhere in there?

*Macfly77* · 01/31/2011, 01:09 pm

Esc should take you to the main menu where there is a Save/Load option.
Some Telltale games don't let you save (or access the main menu) until you reach a certain point in the game (The Penal Zone is the one I remember best as I had some "freezing" problems and had to replay the whole beginning several times because I couldn't save), but I'm not sure if "It's About Time" is one of them...

tmfm2000 · 01/31/2011, 01:11 pm

well, esc doesn't work.. as I stated.. and I played fairly long before turning it off, even traveled in time once. a couple of hours. how long do I need to play before I can save, lol

*Macfly77* · 01/31/2011, 01:57 pm

Not sure what the problem is, but after a few hours, you should definitely be able to save!

If I understand your first post correctly, esc doesn't do anything (not even take you to the main menu?), which is definitely odd (I just tried a new game and esc takes me to the main menu as early as the introduction).
You should post your problem in the game support forum and maybe add a little bit of info like what computer you're using (PC or Mac) and which version you're playing (Telltale or Steam).
Good luck!

doodo! · 01/31/2011, 02:12 pm

This doesn't make any sense. You need to pos tthis on the tech forum.

tmfm2000 · 01/31/2011, 02:54 pm

correct; esc does nothing, no menu or anything. I run a PC, pretty high-end, and formated/reinstalled windows 7 yesterday (this game is the first one installed since I reinstalled windows; went in right after the drivers and Adobe CS). Mainboard, CPU and graphics are all of AMD brand: Radeon 5870, Phenom II X4 and I think 790x is the mb chipset name. DDR2 memory, 8gigs. Lotsa hard drives..

maybe a mod of some sort could move this to a tech forum?

Jon NA · 01/31/2011, 02:57 pm

I know this may sound ridiculous but, have you tried pushing it harder?
Sometimes my keyboard didn't respond quickly enough when I pushed Esc while playing the game. But when I tried pushing it harder it responded, maybe you should keep your finger for at least 1~2 seconds for the game to respond.

*Silverwolfpet* · 01/31/2011, 04:28 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Milkman08

I know this may sound ridiculous but, have you tried pushing it harder?

I'm with Milkman08 on this one. It sounds like it's a hardware problem...

After playing Gothic 2 (a game in which you walk...a lot...) my "Forward arrow key" stopped responding and I had to get a new keyboard.

Weirder things have happened. Try borrowing a friend's keyboard and see if it works.

jweir · 01/31/2011, 05:09 pm

There's one key piece of information here, where did you buy it from tmfm?

tmfm2000 · 02/01/2011, 03:51 am

where did I buy what from?
anyway, esc button works in other applications, no problem. I'll try again later today and see if it works if I push it harder / longer in bttf. sounds weird though, as no other buttons need pushing harder or longer in the game nor in any other application.
thanks for trying to help though. I realize this isn't a usual problem.

update:
seems like I found the problem. apparently, running photoshop CS5 in the background disables the esc button in bttf, for no apparent reason at all. I remembered I had it running yesterday when playing too, so I tried closing it. voila! esc works. and starting photoshop again disables it again, etcetera..
I have no idea why it behaves like this. no big deal, though I do like to just pop into a game for half an hour or two while working. oh well, guess I'll have to do with closing and starting ps in the future

again: thanks to all of you who tried to help.

01/31/2011, 12:02 pm	#111
tmfm2000 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 108	How to save hello! just bought this game. played it for a while and then wanted to save / exit but couldn't find any menu for that?! tried pressing esc on the keyboard and nothing. looked through the three buttons on the top right (and got an involuntary hint, which I didn't want) but couldn't find it anywhere. ended up just pressing alt-f4 and luckily it did auto save at one point, but lost some progression due to this. surely there must be a manual save somewhere in there?

01/31/2011, 02:57 pm	#117
Jon NA It's N/A. Jon, N/A Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Semnān, Iran OldName: Milkman08 Posts: 625	I know this may sound ridiculous but, have you tried pushing it harder? Sometimes my keyboard didn't respond quickly enough when I pushed Esc while playing the game. But when I tried pushing it harder it responded, maybe you should keep your finger for at least 1~2 seconds for the game to respond. __________________ Is Stan an anthropomorphic purple crocodile in disguise? ~ apenpaap Good night! Don't let the Basij bite! ~ Comrade Pants

01/31/2011, 05:09 pm	#119
jweir Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: middle of nowhere, PA Posts: 407	There's one key piece of information here, where did you buy it from tmfm? __________________ Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and I'm sitting here responding to posts.

02/01/2011, 03:51 am	#120
tmfm2000 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 108	where did I buy what from? anyway, esc button works in other applications, no problem. I'll try again later today and see if it works if I push it harder / longer in bttf. sounds weird though, as no other buttons need pushing harder or longer in the game nor in any other application. thanks for trying to help though. I realize this isn't a usual problem. update: seems like I found the problem. apparently, running photoshop CS5 in the background disables the esc button in bttf, for no apparent reason at all. I remembered I had it running yesterday when playing too, so I tried closing it. voila! esc works. and starting photoshop again disables it again, etcetera.. I have no idea why it behaves like this. no big deal, though I do like to just pop into a game for half an hour or two while working. oh well, guess I'll have to do with closing and starting ps in the future again: thanks to all of you who tried to help. Last edited by tmfm2000; 02/01/2011 at 10:10 am.

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01/12/2011, 01:32 pm	#101
cooldudept Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 3	mathman77: I found the windows save game file. Thing is I don't know where to paste it in the OSX system (the new computer). Any ideas? Thanks again,

01/12/2011, 01:44 pm	#102
Macfly77 MacModerator Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,382	/Users/yourusername/Library/Application Support/Telltale Games/BackToTheFuture101/ where yourusername is your user name!

01/12/2011, 02:14 pm	#103
jp-30 Lint Miner Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Zealand. Posts: 2,735	Not sure if the file will be compatible between PC & Mac, but you can try...

01/16/2011, 05:33 am	#104
ciarals Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Italy Posts: 10	It didn't worked. I've transferred the file "101_auto.save" from the MacBook to the iMac in the same folder. In the iMac it's like the game is new. He finds that there's an old savegame, but when I see at what part of the game I am, he says that I'm at the beginning of the game. The same happens in Puzzle Agent. He loads the savegame, but with 0 puzzles solved, instead of 6. I've not moved the files "offlinesettings" and "prefs" because I think that must be different from MacBook and iMac (resolution setting, etc...). So what can I do to continue on the iMac the game I've started on the MacBook and viceversa? Thanks for your answer. Bye!

01/16/2011, 12:18 pm	#105
cooldudept Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 3	Well, it kinda worked. I brought me near the point i was in, but I think it actually overshot it! I was stuck in that kitchen soup thing and I never got past it and all of a sudden I was shining tannen's shoes. So that' OK I guess, as long as it doesn't screw up the game forwards...

01/17/2011, 02:52 pm	#106
ciarals Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Italy Posts: 10	Up.

01/17/2011, 09:19 pm	#108
ciarals Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Italy Posts: 10	Hi. I haven't tried, because I was trusting what he was saying When I'll be back at my iMac on Friday I'll let you know. Thanks for your answer.

01/18/2011, 06:33 am	#109
Toneiiblue Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 105	Clearly there's a rift in the Mac-PC continuum. dodges hail of tomatoes

01/22/2011, 11:13 am	#110
ciarals Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Italy Posts: 10	Mathman, you were right. I've checked with my iMac. I've tried moving all files (including "offlinesettings" and "prefs") and in Puzzle Agent the game loaded the save game description successfully, but in BTTF nothing changed. So I've tried only copying the savegame file leaving the settings files untouched. As I said before, the game didn't recognize the description of the savegame, but when I tried loading it, it loaded fine, where I left it in my MacBook Pro. So it's only a description problem. By only copying the savegame file from one Mac to another, the description doesn't load fine, but the game does.

01/31/2011, 01:09 pm	#112
Macfly77 MacModerator Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,382	Esc should take you to the main menu where there is a Save/Load option. Some Telltale games don't let you save (or access the main menu) until you reach a certain point in the game (The Penal Zone is the one I remember best as I had some "freezing" problems and had to replay the whole beginning several times because I couldn't save), but I'm not sure if "It's About Time" is one of them...

01/31/2011, 01:11 pm	#113
tmfm2000 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 108	well, esc doesn't work.. as I stated.. and I played fairly long before turning it off, even traveled in time once. a couple of hours. how long do I need to play before I can save, lol

01/31/2011, 01:57 pm	#114
Macfly77 MacModerator Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,382	Not sure what the problem is, but after a few hours, you should definitely be able to save! If I understand your first post correctly, esc doesn't do anything (not even take you to the main menu?), which is definitely odd (I just tried a new game and esc takes me to the main menu as early as the introduction). You should post your problem in the game support forum and maybe add a little bit of info like what computer you're using (PC or Mac) and which version you're playing (Telltale or Steam). Good luck!

01/31/2011, 02:12 pm	#115
doodo! Banned Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,268	This doesn't make any sense. You need to pos tthis on the tech forum.

01/31/2011, 02:54 pm	#116
tmfm2000 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 108	correct; esc does nothing, no menu or anything. I run a PC, pretty high-end, and formated/reinstalled windows 7 yesterday (this game is the first one installed since I reinstalled windows; went in right after the drivers and Adobe CS). Mainboard, CPU and graphics are all of AMD brand: Radeon 5870, Phenom II X4 and I think 790x is the mb chipset name. DDR2 memory, 8gigs. Lotsa hard drives.. maybe a mod of some sort could move this to a tech forum?

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