Loading saved profiles in Raptor

**Jason09** · 03-28-2009, 09:42 AM

Hi all,
I had been playing Raptor v.2 (commercial version) for a couple years, and I took a break from it. When I came back about a year ago, I could create a new name and play, and even save that name, but cannot load any profile. When I try to, it says it has encountered a problem and needs to close.

I am running XP Home Edition, 3.00GHZ CPU, 1.25 GB RAM, and an Intel 82865G video card. I meet all of the system requirements, and for DirectX, it says 5.0 or higher. I am running DirectX 9. I can't remember if I have updated my graphics card, but I don't see how it could be the problem because it had worked for a while, and even works to get into the game and play. It's just the saved profiles that has lost its ability. Also, I don't have the CD (either lost it or never had one), so if I uninstall and I can't reinstall. Does anyone know what the problem is?

Thanks, Jason

**Jason09** · 03-29-2009, 01:39 PM

bumped

Mcninjaguy · 03-29-2009, 04:24 PM

uninstall the game with revo uninstaller then re install it normally
http://www.revouninstaller.com/

**Jason09** · 03-29-2009, 05:00 PM

Thanks for the reply.
The thing I'm worried about, will the uninstall wipe out the saved profiles? There are 10 of them, and I saw in the game's folder 10 .FIL files. I'm not sure if those are them, but should work to copy them to another place, then use the uninstaller?
I've not used that uninstaller before, so I would think because I can't reinstall it anywhere else, it is able to reinstall it?

Mcninjaguy · 03-29-2009, 05:45 PM

back up the saved games then run revo uninstaller

**Jason09** · 03-29-2009, 06:05 PM

But see, the Revo uninstaller would uninstall it, but there is no option in the game's folder to reinstall. The only place it would be if at all is in the uninstall option of the game. That's why I'm uncertain as to what I would do after uninstalling it with Revo.
Also, because the game is a paid version and has been paid for, I can't get the full version off of their website free.

**Jason09** · 03-30-2009, 06:32 PM

bumped

Mcninjaguy · 03-30-2009, 07:44 PM

if its been paid for you sure its you can't get a backup of the game off the site?

if you uninstall a game of course you can't reinstall the game from the folder it'll be gone
stop bumping it every 24 hrs

**Jason09** · 03-31-2009, 01:33 PM

It says if you need to redownload a game you've purchased, to email the support with the name and email used to purchase. I've emailed the support multiple times before, and have not gotten a response. It may be because I have not provided the order name, which I have no way of knowing now. And my dad had bought it several years ago, and I don't think he remembers the order number. So to get another download link doesn't seem possible.

**Jason09** · 04-04-2009, 05:53 PM

bump (last post was last month.)

**Jason09** · 04-04-2009, 05:54 PM

Double post from Internet connection issues.

Mcninjaguy · 04-04-2009, 06:03 PM

is this the game?
http://www.qweas.com/download/game/shooter/raptor.htm

**Jason09** · 04-05-2009, 11:41 AM

Yes.

Mcninjaguy · 04-05-2009, 04:18 PM

can you start a new game?

**Jason09** · 04-05-2009, 04:46 PM

By starting a new game do you mean downloading one of the links are starting a new game in the game? It does work to create a new game/profile and play on it, but if I save it, exit to the hangar, then try to load it, that's when it doesn't work.

Mcninjaguy · 04-05-2009, 09:08 PM

what does it take to aunthenticate the game a cd -key do you have that still?

maybe you can download the game and just re install with your CD key or something?

**Jason09** · 04-09-2009, 07:12 PM

Unfortanatley, the game was bought several years ago and the order number is now unknown. All of the downloads, I think, except for the one under buy, is for 30 days. And MKS did not respond to me, and I'm not sure if that's because I didn't tell them an order number. I have seen under the help that a game could be redownloaded with the order number.

**5NIPER_WOLF** · 04-09-2009, 10:45 PM

OMGOMGOMG *Squeals Like a girl* it's Raptor! That was my favorite game as a kid and is still my favorite sidescroller!, I have the game on floppy discs!..... Anyway back to topic, I know this is against the rules but, you could try getting a download from the internet.... only because you own the game and don't have the disk.

Other than that your only option is either an emulator, try using dosbox, or buying the game from ebay or craigslist.

**Jason09** · 04-10-2009, 12:03 PM

You're one of only a few people I knew who like and play the game.

I tried running it in Dosbox, and it gave me the message that it cannot be run in Dos mode (this is the Raptor version that came out in '01 or '02.)

I wonder if I were to legally buy the game again could I transfer the saved games to the new folder. But then, there's the possibility that it may kick me out again trying to load the saved game.

**5NIPER_WOLF** · 04-10-2009, 12:39 PM

Sorry I did not know there was a new version (CD version or what?)
You could get a cd key generator? I'd tell you my key, but as I said it is on a floppy disk and they never had any 'key' to use.

03-28-2009, 09:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
Jason09 Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Near Washington, D.C. Posts: 2,362 OS: Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 My System	Loading saved profiles in Raptor Hi all, I had been playing Raptor v.2 (commercial version) for a couple years, and I took a break from it. When I came back about a year ago, I could create a new name and play, and even save that name, but cannot load any profile. When I try to, it says it has encountered a problem and needs to close. I am running XP Home Edition, 3.00GHZ CPU, 1.25 GB RAM, and an Intel 82865G video card. I meet all of the system requirements, and for DirectX, it says 5.0 or higher. I am running DirectX 9. I can't remember if I have updated my graphics card, but I don't see how it could be the problem because it had worked for a while, and even works to get into the game and play. It's just the saved profiles that has lost its ability. Also, I don't have the CD (either lost it or never had one), so if I uninstall and I can't reinstall. Does anyone know what the problem is? Thanks, Jason __________________ Gaming troubleshooting steps. Real peace cannot be found in what happens in Washington, D.C. Only God can give true peace to people.

03-29-2009, 01:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jason09 Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Near Washington, D.C. Posts: 2,362 OS: Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 My System	Re: Loading saved profiles in Raptor bumped __________________ Gaming troubleshooting steps. Real peace cannot be found in what happens in Washington, D.C. Only God can give true peace to people.

03-29-2009, 04:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Loading saved profiles in Raptor uninstall the game with revo uninstaller then re install it normally http://www.revouninstaller.com/

03-29-2009, 05:00 PM	#4 (permalink)
Jason09 Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Near Washington, D.C. Posts: 2,362 OS: Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 My System	Re: Loading saved profiles in Raptor Thanks for the reply. The thing I'm worried about, will the uninstall wipe out the saved profiles? There are 10 of them, and I saw in the game's folder 10 .FIL files. I'm not sure if those are them, but should work to copy them to another place, then use the uninstaller? I've not used that uninstaller before, so I would think because I can't reinstall it anywhere else, it is able to reinstall it? __________________ Gaming troubleshooting steps. Real peace cannot be found in what happens in Washington, D.C. Only God can give true peace to people. Last edited by Jason09; 03-29-2009 at 05:01 PM. Reason: Fixed spelling error and punctuation error.

03-29-2009, 05:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Loading saved profiles in Raptor back up the saved games then run revo uninstaller

03-29-2009, 06:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
Jason09 Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Near Washington, D.C. Posts: 2,362 OS: Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 My System	Re: Loading saved profiles in Raptor But see, the Revo uninstaller would uninstall it, but there is no option in the game's folder to reinstall. The only place it would be if at all is in the uninstall option of the game. That's why I'm uncertain as to what I would do after uninstalling it with Revo. Also, because the game is a paid version and has been paid for, I can't get the full version off of their website free. __________________ Gaming troubleshooting steps. Real peace cannot be found in what happens in Washington, D.C. Only God can give true peace to people. Last edited by Jason09; 03-29-2009 at 06:07 PM.

03-30-2009, 06:32 PM	#7 (permalink)
Jason09 Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Near Washington, D.C. Posts: 2,362 OS: Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 My System	Re: Loading saved profiles in Raptor bumped __________________ Gaming troubleshooting steps. Real peace cannot be found in what happens in Washington, D.C. Only God can give true peace to people.

03-30-2009, 07:44 PM	#8 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Loading saved profiles in Raptor if its been paid for you sure its you can't get a backup of the game off the site? if you uninstall a game of course you can't reinstall the game from the folder it'll be gone stop bumping it every 24 hrs

03-31-2009, 01:33 PM	#9 (permalink)
Jason09 Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Near Washington, D.C. Posts: 2,362 OS: Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 My System	Re: Loading saved profiles in Raptor It says if you need to redownload a game you've purchased, to email the support with the name and email used to purchase. I've emailed the support multiple times before, and have not gotten a response. It may be because I have not provided the order name, which I have no way of knowing now. And my dad had bought it several years ago, and I don't think he remembers the order number. So to get another download link doesn't seem possible. __________________ Gaming troubleshooting steps. Real peace cannot be found in what happens in Washington, D.C. Only God can give true peace to people.

04-04-2009, 05:53 PM	#10 (permalink)
Jason09 Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Near Washington, D.C. Posts: 2,362 OS: Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 My System	Re: Loading saved profiles in Raptor bump (last post was last month.) __________________ Gaming troubleshooting steps. Real peace cannot be found in what happens in Washington, D.C. Only God can give true peace to people.

04-04-2009, 05:54 PM	#11 (permalink)
Jason09 Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Near Washington, D.C. Posts: 2,362 OS: Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 My System	Re: Loading saved profiles in Raptor Double post from Internet connection issues. __________________ Gaming troubleshooting steps. Real peace cannot be found in what happens in Washington, D.C. Only God can give true peace to people. Last edited by Jason09; 04-04-2009 at 05:57 PM.

04-04-2009, 06:03 PM	#12 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Loading saved profiles in Raptor is this the game? http://www.qweas.com/download/game/shooter/raptor.htm

04-05-2009, 11:41 AM	#13 (permalink)
Jason09 Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Near Washington, D.C. Posts: 2,362 OS: Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 My System	Re: Loading saved profiles in Raptor Yes. __________________ Gaming troubleshooting steps. Real peace cannot be found in what happens in Washington, D.C. Only God can give true peace to people.

04-05-2009, 04:18 PM	#14 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Loading saved profiles in Raptor can you start a new game?

04-05-2009, 04:46 PM	#15 (permalink)
Jason09 Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Near Washington, D.C. Posts: 2,362 OS: Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 My System	Re: Loading saved profiles in Raptor By starting a new game do you mean downloading one of the links are starting a new game in the game? It does work to create a new game/profile and play on it, but if I save it, exit to the hangar, then try to load it, that's when it doesn't work. __________________ Gaming troubleshooting steps. Real peace cannot be found in what happens in Washington, D.C. Only God can give true peace to people.

04-05-2009, 09:08 PM	#16 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Loading saved profiles in Raptor what does it take to aunthenticate the game a cd -key do you have that still? maybe you can download the game and just re install with your CD key or something?

04-09-2009, 07:12 PM	#17 (permalink)
Jason09 Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Near Washington, D.C. Posts: 2,362 OS: Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 My System	Re: Loading saved profiles in Raptor Unfortanatley, the game was bought several years ago and the order number is now unknown. All of the downloads, I think, except for the one under buy, is for 30 days. And MKS did not respond to me, and I'm not sure if that's because I didn't tell them an order number. I have seen under the help that a game could be redownloaded with the order number. __________________ Gaming troubleshooting steps. Real peace cannot be found in what happens in Washington, D.C. Only God can give true peace to people.

04-09-2009, 10:45 PM	#18 (permalink)
5NIPER_WOLF Senior Tech, Games Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Toronto Canada Posts: 3,265 OS: Windows VISTA Home Premium 64-Bit/Fedora 11/Mandriva/WinXP SP3 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Loading saved profiles in Raptor OMGOMGOMG Squeals Like a girl it's Raptor! That was my favorite game as a kid and is still my favorite sidescroller!, I have the game on floppy discs!..... Anyway back to topic, I know this is against the rules but, you could try getting a download from the internet.... only because you own the game and don't have the disk. Other than that your only option is either an emulator, try using dosbox, or buying the game from ebay or craigslist. __________________ Apps - CCleaner FireBug Network Mapper WinDirStat Process Explorer SpeedFan Info - Very Important NVIDIA Drivers ATI Drivers PSU Info I do not give support with MSN/E-mail or Private Messages.

04-10-2009, 12:03 PM	#19 (permalink)
Jason09 Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Near Washington, D.C. Posts: 2,362 OS: Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 My System	Re: Loading saved profiles in Raptor You're one of only a few people I knew who like and play the game. I tried running it in Dosbox, and it gave me the message that it cannot be run in Dos mode (this is the Raptor version that came out in '01 or '02.) I wonder if I were to legally buy the game again could I transfer the saved games to the new folder. But then, there's the possibility that it may kick me out again trying to load the saved game. __________________ Gaming troubleshooting steps. Real peace cannot be found in what happens in Washington, D.C. Only God can give true peace to people. Last edited by Jason09; 04-10-2009 at 12:05 PM.

04-10-2009, 12:39 PM	#20 (permalink)
5NIPER_WOLF Senior Tech, Games Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Toronto Canada Posts: 3,265 OS: Windows VISTA Home Premium 64-Bit/Fedora 11/Mandriva/WinXP SP3 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Loading saved profiles in Raptor Sorry I did not know there was a new version (CD version or what?) You could get a cd key generator? I'd tell you my key, but as I said it is on a floppy disk and they never had any 'key' to use. __________________ Apps - CCleaner FireBug Network Mapper WinDirStat Process Explorer SpeedFan Info - Very Important NVIDIA Drivers ATI Drivers PSU Info I do not give support with MSN/E-mail or Private Messages.