Comments on: Free Realms 2nd look http://dragonchasers.com/2009/05/03/free-realms-2nd-look/ But what will you do when you catch one!? Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:05:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: tygercat27 http://dragonchasers.com/2009/05/03/free-realms-2nd-look/#comment-123757 tygercat27 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:17:05 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=2096#comment-123757 Yesterday, Sony announced that the players of Free Realms will now be able to create guilds with their friends. It's supposed to be super easy to use, and players can even teleport around the Free Realms world to meet up with their other guild friends who are online at the same time! Definitely a great reason to register to start playing Free Realms if you haven't already. Find out more about the guilds here: tinyurl.com/free-realms-guilds Yesterday, Sony announced that the players of Free Realms will now be able to create guilds with their friends. It’s supposed to be super easy to use, and players can even teleport around the Free Realms world to meet up with their other guild friends who are online at the same time! Definitely a great reason to register to start playing Free Realms if you haven’t already. Find out more about the guilds here: tinyurl.com/free-realms-guilds

]]> By: Pete http://dragonchasers.com/2009/05/03/free-realms-2nd-look/#comment-123043 Pete Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:10:41 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=2096#comment-123043 Thank you for all the info, nuttyriv3r. I was watching the thread at the XFire forums but guess I lost track of it. A stand-alone client would be very welcome. Thank you for all the info, nuttyriv3r. I was watching the thread at the XFire forums but guess I lost track of it.

A stand-alone client would be very welcome.

]]> By: nuttyriv3r http://dragonchasers.com/2009/05/03/free-realms-2nd-look/#comment-123042 nuttyriv3r Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:58:05 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=2096#comment-123042 Having spent more time experimenting with xfire and Free Realms on Vista, I've noticed that this solution works sporadically at best. Sorry about that. The details above to give some insight on as to how to tinker around with your settings to get this working. It works occasionally, but xfire doesn't always recognize Free Realms is running. Also the path that you set in the Game Path textbox isn't necessarily accurate. It is sometimes: C:\Users\[Local User Name]\AppData\LocalLow\Sony Online Entertainment or C:\Users\[Local User Name]\AppData\LocalLow\Sony Online Entertainment\Installed Games\Free Realms Strange indeed. One thing I know is that the xfire team is working diligently on the matter and there is a potential SOE will release a standalone client for the game. As I tinker with these settings and get a permanent fix, I will be sure to update you all. Having spent more time experimenting with xfire and Free Realms on Vista, I’ve noticed that this solution works sporadically at best. Sorry about that. The details above to give some insight on as to how to tinker around with your settings to get this working. It works occasionally, but xfire doesn’t always recognize Free Realms is running. Also the path that you set in the Game Path textbox isn’t necessarily accurate. It is sometimes:

C:\Users\[Local User Name]\AppData\LocalLow\Sony Online Entertainment
or
C:\Users\[Local User Name]\AppData\LocalLow\Sony Online Entertainment\Installed Games\Free Realms

Strange indeed. One thing I know is that the xfire team is working diligently on the matter and there is a potential SOE will release a standalone client for the game. As I tinker with these settings and get a permanent fix, I will be sure to update you all.

]]> By: nuttyriv3r http://dragonchasers.com/2009/05/03/free-realms-2nd-look/#comment-123021 nuttyriv3r Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:40:26 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=2096#comment-123021 I forgot to mention: once you have followed all the above steps...you must launch Free Realms from xfire. Tools ---> Launch ---> Free Realms This will fire up the free realms site in the default browser. Log in as usual, and when the game finally loads, you will get a confirmation pop-up stating in-game xfire is activated. :) I forgot to mention: once you have followed all the above steps…you must launch Free Realms from xfire.

Tools —> Launch —> Free Realms

This will fire up the free realms site in the default browser. Log in as usual, and when the game finally loads, you will get a confirmation pop-up stating in-game xfire is activated.

:)

]]> By: nuttyriv3r http://dragonchasers.com/2009/05/03/free-realms-2nd-look/#comment-123020 nuttyriv3r Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:36:22 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=2096#comment-123020 Did you ever figure out how to get Free Realms working in xfire? I am using Windows Vista 64 of the Home Premium variety and got it to work based on the info at the xfire forum by following the directions on symbolic link post. The location the game is stored in Windows 7 is: C:\Users\[Your Windows Logon]\AppData\LocalLow\Sony Online Entertainment\Installed Games\Free Realms It might be a bit different in Vista, but it is pretty close that. Sorry, I do not have Vista. 1) I copied the "Free Realms" directory from that directory to "I:\Games\Free Realms" directory 2) I started a command tool 3) I CD's into: C:\Users\[Your Windows Logon]\AppData\LocalLow\Sony Online Entertainment\Installed Games\ 4) I renamed the existing "Free Realms" directory as "Free Realms.old" so I can get it back if I need to 5) I used the following command: mklink /D "Free Realms" "I:\Games\Free Realms" 6) Tested that everything works file. I ran the game and quit and saw that the files in my "I:\Games\Free Realms" directory had been updated. I also did not get any new downloads because I had copied everything from my original location to the new one 7) I deleted the "Free Realms.old" directory from C: drive to regain the disk space After you do this, you have to manually add the game within xfire ---> tools ---> options ---> games tab ---> Not Installed ---> find Free Realms ---> select the "manual setup" radio button and inside the "Game Path:" textbox enter the following: C:\Users\[Local User Name]\AppData\LocalLow\Sony Online Entertainment Where [Local User Name] would be your Vista account name or user directory name. Click Apply Also, I did the unhide the entire AppData directory tip. This is done by right-clicking on the AppData directory and unchecking Hide and applying it to all subfolders. Hope that helps. Nice Blog, BTW. Did you ever figure out how to get Free Realms working in xfire? I am using Windows Vista 64 of the Home Premium variety and got it to work based on the info at the xfire forum by following the directions on symbolic link post.

The location the game is stored in Windows 7 is:

C:\Users\[Your Windows Logon]\AppData\LocalLow\Sony Online Entertainment\Installed Games\Free Realms

It might be a bit different in Vista, but it is pretty close that. Sorry, I do not have Vista.

1) I copied the “Free Realms” directory from that directory to “I:\Games\Free Realms” directory
2) I started a command tool
3) I CD’s into:

C:\Users\[Your Windows Logon]\AppData\LocalLow\Sony Online Entertainment\Installed Games\

4) I renamed the existing “Free Realms” directory as “Free Realms.old” so I can get it back if I need to
5) I used the following command:

mklink /D “Free Realms” “I:\Games\Free Realms”
6) Tested that everything works file. I ran the game and quit and saw that the files in my “I:\Games\Free Realms” directory had been updated. I also did not get any new downloads because I had copied everything from my original location to the new one
7) I deleted the “Free Realms.old” directory from C: drive to regain the disk space

After you do this, you have to manually add the game within xfire —> tools —> options —> games tab —> Not Installed —> find Free Realms —> select the “manual setup” radio button and inside the “Game Path:” textbox enter the following:

C:\Users\[Local User Name]\AppData\LocalLow\Sony Online Entertainment
Where [Local User Name] would be your Vista account name or user directory name.

Click Apply

Also, I did the unhide the entire AppData directory tip. This is done by right-clicking on the AppData directory and unchecking Hide and applying it to all subfolders.

Hope that helps. Nice Blog, BTW.

]]> By: ANDRIANNA http://dragonchasers.com/2009/05/03/free-realms-2nd-look/#comment-122118 ANDRIANNA Fri, 15 May 2009 15:52:27 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=2096#comment-122118 PLEASE CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME HOW DO I DELETE MY FREEREALMS ACCOUNT?? PLEASE CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME HOW DO I DELETE MY FREEREALMS ACCOUNT??

]]> By: Ziboo http://dragonchasers.com/2009/05/03/free-realms-2nd-look/#comment-121475 Ziboo Mon, 04 May 2009 05:49:57 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=2096#comment-121475 If I can start with a .99 card, I'd happily delete my current beta account. I wanted to see more of Free Realms, but down time on the servers and all the 'members only' pay stuff I finally stopped. The mini-games are fun, but I know what you mean about combat so weird to never be attacked unless you click to go fight - lol! If I can start with a .99 card, I’d happily delete my current beta account. I wanted to see more of Free Realms, but down time on the servers and all the ‘members only’ pay stuff I finally stopped.

The mini-games are fun, but I know what you mean about combat so weird to never be attacked unless you click to go fight – lol!

]]> By: Green Armadillo http://dragonchasers.com/2009/05/03/free-realms-2nd-look/#comment-121456 Green Armadillo Sun, 03 May 2009 22:44:34 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=2096#comment-121456 I'd heard about the $ 0.99 card and actually put off making characters until we could go and get them - both my wife and I consider pets to be a must-have feature, and that little card gets you a nice headstart with enough cash for a pet plus a subscription so the game won't nag you about subscribing for a month. On the downside, it would have been nice to link the thing to my existing station account so that I'd have one less login to worry about. I don't expect to pay for a station pass in the foreseeable future, but that part could eventually bite me in the rear. I’d heard about the $ 0.99 card and actually put off making characters until we could go and get them – both my wife and I consider pets to be a must-have feature, and that little card gets you a nice headstart with enough cash for a pet plus a subscription so the game won’t nag you about subscribing for a month. On the downside, it would have been nice to link the thing to my existing station account so that I’d have one less login to worry about. I don’t expect to pay for a station pass in the foreseeable future, but that part could eventually bite me in the rear.

]]> By: LazerFX http://dragonchasers.com/2009/05/03/free-realms-2nd-look/#comment-121454 LazerFX Sun, 03 May 2009 22:10:16 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=2096#comment-121454 That whole 'friends' thing happened to me as well... it does seem pretty borked. That said, I'm enjoying myself... I don't think it'll last, and I doubt I'm going to spend any money on it, but it's good fun for those 'I've got 30 minutes / an hour' times... That whole ‘friends’ thing happened to me as well… it does seem pretty borked. That said, I’m enjoying myself… I don’t think it’ll last, and I doubt I’m going to spend any money on it, but it’s good fun for those ‘I’ve got 30 minutes / an hour’ times…

]]> By: Grimjakk http://dragonchasers.com/2009/05/03/free-realms-2nd-look/#comment-121451 Grimjakk Sun, 03 May 2009 21:08:28 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=2096#comment-121451 Played this morning for a few hours... fun! I'm impressed that they kept the monthly fee at a kid-friendly level too. Played this morning for a few hours… fun! I’m impressed that they kept the monthly fee at a kid-friendly level too.

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