Battlefield Heroes: Failed to download config file

After several months that I didn't play Battlefield Heroes, I tried to play it again.
But a message box popped saying:

I tried to look up for a solution but didn't find anything that works.
I tried to uninstall the game but it didn't help.

Eventually I deleted the Battlefield Heroes extension from my browser and it solved the problem!

Using Chrome as my browser, I opened the menu -> Tools -> Extensions
and deleted the Battlefield Heroes extension, and restarted the browser.

And now when I hit the "PLAY NOW!" button I don't get this error anymore!

I hope this will help you too!

Second life - Registration is unavailable at this time.

When I tried to register to second life I had this error: "Registration is unavailable at this time."
I searched for a solution for this problem and didn't find any, till one time when I tried to register again and I saw this:

At the end of the address line there was written "error=UNVERIFIED_PAYER_ID".
Then I understood why I cant register, I have to verify my paypal account.
So if you had this kind of problem and didn't find any help, you may want to look at the address line.

I wonder why second life staff couldn't just put that massage in the page and save me and others a lot of trouble?

How to record with DOSBox

Here I'll show you how to record with DOSBox.

How to start and stop recording:
To start recording press Ctrl+Alt+F5, to stop recording press Ctrl+Alt+F5 again.
It's very easy and simple!

Installing the codec:
DOSBox using zMotion codec. to install it open the start menu>All Programs>DOSBox>Video>Install movie codec

Here is a pic from dosbox's wiki site:


Another option is to use a media player that's able to play the records.

For more info you can look here:
http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Recording_Video

Enjoy!

How to use DOSBox

DOSBox is a program that let you run old games on modern computers, its a very useful tool but you have to know how to use it. In this guide I'll teacher you how to navigate in DOSBox.

Lets say I want to play One Must Fall 2097. Without DOSBox the game will run slowly.
The .EXE file to run the game located in D:\OMF\OMF.EXE

STEP 1:
First we have to mount drive D:. If we won't mount it DOSBox won't be able to find it.
The command line to mount D: is "mount d d:\".
you can replace "d" with any other drive letter.

STEP 2:
Now when drive D: is mounted, we need to navigate to "D:\OMF\". To do so, first of all we go to drive D: by entering the command "D:".
Next we type "cd omf". The "cd" command used to open folders.

STEP 3:
Now we are inside "D:\OMF\", next thing to do is to open OMF.EXE .
To do so simply write "omf" or "omf.exe".
That's all!

here is a pic how it looks like:


Have a good time!

MAME32 emulator setup guide

Well, after spending over a hour with my friend how to make the MAME32 emulator run Metal Slug 3.
So, I'll make a step by step guide that will show you how to make games such as Metal Slug 3 work on the MAME32 emulator:

Step 1:
First of all you have to download and unzip the MAME emulator, I got MAME32 0.90u1 version but I believe you can use newer version.
MAME download:
http://mamedev.org/release.html

Step 2:
Now you need to download a file called "geoneo.zip", inside your MAME32 emulator folder you got a folder called "roms", place the "geoneo.zip" file inside the "roms" folder and DON'T unzip it!
geo-neo download:
http://server1.rom-world.com/dl/f230bfeb9f988fc24003f29537189b3b/4ad2405a/games/MAME/neogeo.zip
or just google it.

Step 3:
Now you need a game, you simply download a game and place it in the "roms" folder, the game have to be zipped, DON'T unzip it!
you have to make sure the file's name is currect, when you enter the emulator, find your game, right click and choose properties.
At the general tab you will have the game's title and the file's name between "" under it, make sure the zip file got the same name or else the emulator won't find it!


This is pretty much all, now you should be able to run any game on the MAME32 emulator!
Have fun!

MU guide - fighting with a summon

If you choose to be an energy elf, your ability to fight by yourself is limited, earning EXP usually based on parties, and you might find that summons are not very effective, because they always have to chase their targets and hardly manage to make them fight back because the monsters chase you.
so here I'll give you a tip how to fight using a summon.

First let's see what is the problem:
When you try to fight using a summon, you usually run away, the monster chase you, and your summon chase the monster. It looks like this:

summon -> monster -> you -> escape the monster

Solution:
So your summon can't fight the monster, to give him chance to hit, and even make the monster fight him back all you need to do is to chase your summon and stay close to him.

summon -> monster -> you -> summon

The best way to make a monster fight back your summon is to make the monster go forward the summon and face him, to do that you need to stand behind your summon while the monster stand in front of him, this way your summon and the monster will go forward each other, your summon will attack and the monster fight back.

you - summon -><- monster

If you will do it this way you will see that even using the summon only to fight is a good way to earn EXP, also I think when your summon kills a monster by his own you earn 33% more exp!

It also recommended to buff your summon, it means that when you get stronger your summon get stronger too, so he won't be useless in higher levels.
Also things become easier when you get the soldier, because he got ranged attack, so it isn't suc a big deal to get him to attack monsters.

Hope you find it useful!

MU guide - party

Hello again! here I'll explain what is party and how to give it a GOOD USE!
OK, so party is a group of players, between 2 to 5 members in one party, when you are in party, you can see info about the other party members, health and coordinates, if the party member is in your range ( a bit more then your range of view) and if he is under Elf protection buff.
You can press "P" to open the party window.

The health you can see as a bars above your party members and at the top right corner of the screen, which tell you how much % of hp they got, if will show only 10's for example:100%, 90%, 80%, 40%...
You can also see the correct amount of hp of the party members if you open the party window, it will show correct HP/max HP.

You can see the party members coordinates at the party window, its hard to tell where they are using the coordinates, but you can use it to walk to their direction.

If a party member is out of your range witch is a bit more then your view, his name background at the top right corner of the screen will become red, and when he will get back in the range it will become gray again.

When an Elf give a protection buff to one of the party members, his name background at the top right corner of the screen will become green, when the buff is over it will become gray again.

The main reason for parties is the EXP share, when you are in party, when someone kill a monster the EXP shared between the party members, but the highest level get more EXP then others, and the lowest level get less EXP then others.
Also the party include DK, ELF, and DW, the party will earn EXP boost, here is a table of the EXP rates with DK+ELF+DW and without:

members|without............|with...............|
...........|DK+ELF+DW......|DK+ELF+DW.......|
...........|....................|.....................|
1member|100%EXP..........|100%EXP...........|
2member|120%EXP..........|120%EXP...........|
3member|150%EXP..........|200%EXP...........|
4member|170%EXP..........|230%EXP...........|
5member|190%EXP..........|260%EXP...........|

I'm not sure the rates are 100% correct but you get the idea. Also the rates may be different between servers.

The fact that the highest level get most EXP is very useful, it means that high level players can party with lower levels then them to earn more EXP, this way bought sides win, the low levels which usually stuck between strong monsters to weak monsters that give low EXP find joining a party with high level against strong monsters as a good way to earn EXP, and high levels which get low EXP from weaker monsters then them, and usually takes them a while to kill monsters in their own level find joining a party with low levels against weaker monsters then them that takes usually 3-4 hits to kill a fast way to earn EXP.

I hope you find it useful!