Playing AC on a School Network

[Sr Men 72 KG Cox Four]

...yeah, it's supposed to be "ZC." Boy is my face red. But that's life...anyways:

I'm getting issues when trying to play on a school network:

When I try to load up a quest, it says something to the effect of "Error: Unable to open file." Also, the opening Armageddon Games screen and Zelda title screen load up perfectly fine, but not much else loads up, unless it's a pop-up menu of some sort. In short, it really doesn't like this network, I'm assuming. The computer itself isn't that terrible. It's a P3 733MHz with 256 MB of RAM, so I figure that it meets the basic requirements.

Let me know, anyone!

~Kevin

[Luigi]

What version are you using, and which quest(s) are you trying to play?

[Dark Nation]

Depending on the version, it may require access to the root of C:, which, in a network environment, you may not have. What are the contents of the allegro.log file?

[Sr Men 72 KG Cox Four]

I'm using Zelda Classic v2.10 (Build 0)

ZC directory:
\\Merlin\Users\Preparatory\Staff\kleblanc\ZC2.10

In short, the "My Documents" folder on any computer I am on links directly to:
\\Merlin\Users\Preparatory\Staff\kleblanc\

So when I click on "My Documents," it takes me to the previous address.

Quest directory:
C:\Zelda
(I'm positive that I'm linking to that directory and not the network one.)

I apparently do have some access to the C drive because I am able to edit/delete files that are on it. What happens is that everything just gets erased when I log out, and I have to recopy things after logging back in. However, it wouldn't let me install TO the C drive, which is why I went for the network drive.

Allegro.log:
Zelda Classic v2.10 (Build 0)
Checking Files... OK
Allocating quest path buffer (280b/280b)...OK
Allocating map buffer (185.94k/186.21k)... OK
Allocating string buffer (6.75M/6.93M)... OK
Allocating door combo buffer (159.50k/7.09M)... OK
Allocating dmap buffer (51.00k/7.14M)... OK
Allocating combo buffer (1.49M/8.63M)... OK
Allocating color data buffer (158.11k/8.79M)... OK
Allocating tile buffer (8.00M/16.78M)... OK
Allocating trash buffer (97.66k/16.88M)... OK
Allocating item buffer (6.00k/16.89M)... OK
Allocating weapon buffer (2.00k/16.89M)... OK
Allocating guy buffer (14.00k/16.90M)... OK
Initializing Allegro... OK
Allocating bitmap buffers... OK
Loading data files:
Zelda.Dat...OK
Fonts.Dat...OK
SFX.Dat...OK
Loading saved games... Save file not found. Creating new save file.OK
Initializing sound driver... OK
Setting video mode...
Set video mode...
Triplebuffer not available
Loading Quest...

Decrypting ...error.
Loading Quest...

Decrypting ...error.
Loading Quest...

Decrypting ...error.
Loading Quest...

Decrypting ...error.
Loading Quest...

Decrypting...error.
Loading Quest...

Decrypting ...error.
Loading Quest...

Decrypting...error.
Loading Quest...

Decrypting ...error.
Armageddon Games web site: http://www.armageddongames.com
Zelda Classic web site: http://www.zeldaclassic.com

Thanks for the help thus far. Much appreciated.

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~Kevin

[Dark Nation]

Yeah. ZC 2.10.0 has that bug. Try 2.10.2.

http://www.armageddongames.net/forums/showpost.php?p=1110231&postcount=95

Get the Windows Full version.

[koopa]

There's a way around it - get ZCL, and use my "admin bypass tool".

What is does is simulates a new drive in explorer that contains your ZC folder. You can play it from there.