If you spy me...

Anzel's picture
Tell me here ;-;

This bugs me. Because now, no matter what I do, I can't see deer again.

UGH.

What is a game engine, anyways?

*sulks*
Fincayra's picture

I didn't have any luck

I didn't have any luck spying you again either. D;
Have you tried uninstalling everything TEF related on your computer and installed it again? You probably have, but maybe another try will do some good at least. Maybe you could install the game from a different website? Maybe that file is just corrupted or something. But if it's the game engine, and this is only happening on your computer, then I wonder why reinstalling the game doesn't do anything? Unless you haven't tried uninstalling it yet. I would give it a try. <3
Anzel's picture

I've uninstalled it

I've uninstalled it completely before, but I don't wanna lose the set I have...well, I'll try. *goes to make folder with her pictures and sets in it*

Yeah, right now, it refuses 100% to let me see other deer. And, when near the cemetary, I see Hangman, oh joy :/

*goes to uninstall*
Fincayra's picture

Yeah, you can save your

Yeah, you can save your SpellData in a file and it will be safe. <3
*crosses fingers* I hope it works! You shouldn't have to play like this anymore.
Anzel's picture

It...didn't

It...didn't work...:/...because I'm in the forest right now...the pictos are stuck in a clump at the bottom of my screen...the forest is quiet...

*sighs*...
Fincayra's picture

That happens to me when I

That happens to me when I first start playing too. How long have you been in the forest and seen everyone's pictograms stacked up like that? Whenever I start the game, I have to wait a little bit before the pictograms spread out and I can see all the deer. Sometimes it can take a minute to five minutes for them to load for me. If it doesn't work, then I just quit and keep trying until they spread out.

This has got to be the strangest glitch I have ever heard of. :|
Anzel's picture

Once I played for 30 minutes

Once I played for 30 minutes and they didn't spread out.

And...they're not gonna spread out right now, at least. Meh, at least a different weird picto appeared near the cemetary instead, lol.

*goes to try again*
Fincayra's picture

Keep trying. <3 Where did

Keep trying. <3
Where did you download the game from?

Anzel, just my two cents:

Anzel, just my two cents:

If you've tried re-installing the game, I think the problem actually lies with your computer and how it interacts with the game. Maybe you have a program or an anti-virus software thats messing with the TEF network. *shrug* Its all guesswork, but its the process of elimination, here.
just gotta stay hip to my jive.
Anzel's picture

The first time, I got it

The first time, I got it from steampowered...second from steampowered...third from Gamer's Hell, the first one for the east coast, USA...

...I don't enjoy being so alone in the forest. x.x

Blackfeathr - Spybots didn't seem to mind TEF at all, but...I'll ask my dad if I can uninstall McAfee and its lameness.
Fincayra's picture

That was my second guess at

That was my second guess at the problem as well. :/
EDIT: I see you on the map! 8D stay there! I'm coming in. *determined*
Anzel's picture

I was JUST about to say they

I was JUST about to say they spread out (well, some did...and my clone) for me, but you're not visible to me. If I don't seem to be doing anything, it's because I'm uninstalling McAfee.
Fincayra's picture

That's because I'm not in

That's because I'm not in the game yet. xD; *waits for pictograms to spread out* >__>;
Anzel's picture

Sorry, but I have to restart

Sorry, but I have to restart my computer a few times, UGH.

I'll return.

Without McAfee's doom.

(sorry, it's restarting me against my will)
Fincayra's picture

That's okay. <3 I'll wait

That's okay. <3
I'll wait until you get back before I try and get into the game again. *plays TEF in fullscreen*

Great! Let's hope this

Great! Let's hope this works. I know in other clients I've been in, certain anti-virus programs interfere with the network.

Also, you dont have Skype, do you? Thats also notorious for interfering with networks.

I am in the forest now, looking for you.
just gotta stay hip to my jive.
Anzel's picture

I got Skype because my bf

I got Skype because my bf asked me to...but after McAfee was deleted...it said 'microsoft is blocking this for your protection. keep blocking forestviewer?' I said 'unblock', so...

Hmm...

I will try and uninstall Skype next, possibly.

Okay, so it definitely WAS

Okay, so it definitely WAS McAfee, it seen Forestviewer as a threat so it just blocked it without asking you.

And yeah, we just had a user not too long ago have trouble logging into a chat suddenly, and then realize it was because she downloaded Skype.

If it helps, you could also allow Forestviewer.exe on your allowed list in your firewall settings... I'm not sure how to go about that though :/
just gotta stay hip to my jive.
Anzel's picture

Hmm, the picto's didn't

Hmm, the picto's didn't spread out that time <<;

I'll get rid of Skype, and try once more...

EDIT: Alright, Skype is gone, Forestviewer is allowed, and...Hangman showed up when pictos were loading. Not a good sign <<;

Hangman? Whats hangman? It

Hangman? Whats hangman? It might be someone with that picto.
just gotta stay hip to my jive.
Anzel's picture

Hangman is a picto that I

Hangman is a picto that I often refer to.

Either it, or Setting Sun, or a Pixel Me pictogram shows clearer when I near the Cemetary.

In my 'lotsa deer' Diary Entry, I found a deer with a Monarch Mask and Magpie Antlers that has Hangman's picto.

*tries to fall asleep in order to make pictos show*
Anzel's picture

Anyways... The pictograms



Anyways...

The pictograms won't spread out no matter what I try...:/ The picto at the bottom looks like the mess of pictos in that pic. When the pictos were loading, I saw a Pixel Me, Hangman, and Setting Sun pictogram fly across the screen <<;

I'm sooo sorry Anzel ;_;

I'm sooo sorry Anzel ;_; This really sucks... I've been looking and looking, the forest map on here hasn't refreshed yet, but I have not yet seen you. Eep, I hope I didn't have you uninstall anything important :/

This is just too strange. I've read Anzels bio and this has me through a loop. Maybe if I was a game designer I could figure this out :/ But with any and all technology problems I face, I use the process of elimination to solve them and it usually works for me.


Wait... I see you! Can you see me?
just gotta stay hip to my jive.
Anzel's picture

No, I can't see you, but

No, I can't see you, but apparently the pictograms have spread out.

Since my image was cut off, here's the link:

http://i27.tinypic.com/2f05bav.png

There aren't many pictograms. I'm gonna run off and see who I -can- see :/ Follow if you want, lol.

EDIT: NO! I minimized it ;_;

This stinks...ugh...:/

*reloads endless forest*

You're sniffing and

You're sniffing and listening! 8D
just gotta stay hip to my jive.
Anzel's picture

Haha, I'm

Haha, I'm back!...

But...

Umm...

Okay. Everyone's turning into my clones.

And...I don't think my glitch is fixed...x.x...thanks for the help, though, GoldenWinged...

EDIT: Lol...deer turn their heads with me right now.

I'm enjoying making this fawn go 'LOOKIDAT LOOKIDAT LOOKIDAT!;
Fincayra's picture

Darn. >___>; this really

Darn. >___>; this really does suck.
How is your internet connection like? Is it pretty stable? The pictograms stack up on top of each other just like in the picture you posted for me too, before they scatter. I've seen Hangman's picto before.

Yeah, you arent moving

Yeah, you arent moving except to sniff and listen... I'm sorry D:

Just keep using the process of elimination, it works... eventually :/ But if the case really is that the game just doesn't like your computer, I guess the only answer I can give you is the one you've heard before, is to wait until the next release, which could take a year or so. :/ *hugs* I'm sorry, this shouldn't happen to someone so interested in the Endless Forest. D:
just gotta stay hip to my jive.
Anzel's picture

My internet connection

My internet connection varies...at times, it loads 97 kb/sec, at other times, it ranges from 6 kb to 16 kb/sec.

I can only see 2 pictos that aren't mine. I'm gonna be around a lovely sleeping antelope in a mushroom circle, being sad.

TOO. MANY. CLONES.

I see about 9 clones of myself.

How strange. I see you

How strange. I see you standing here, sniffing every so often. I did see you move on the corner of my screen, and wanted to check it out, but I didn't wanna ditch vipin ^^; I dont know if he/SaerieBearie knows whats going on. xD

At any rate, We are all here with your standing deer, dancing. ^-^
just gotta stay hip to my jive.
Anzel's picture

Wahahaha...I cry ;-; And I

Wahahaha...I cry ;-; And I anger.

I can see another picto I don't know...but...it's at the Forest's point of origin.

*feels so stupid* <<;

Anzel's gonna run around angrily, if you can see her doing as such.

Oh, and if you saw her posing in a tree...I was bored!

EDIT: Sniffing? I've been listening, but...never sniffing anything...hmm. I'm running around like mad. Maybe you can't see what I'm doing, oh well :/

We're still with your body,

We're still with your body, sniffing, listening, and dancing every so often. :X
just gotta stay hip to my jive.
Anzel's picture

*dies* Umm...I'm closing and

*dies* Umm...I'm closing and re-opening TEF.

I'm sick of the clones.

SO. MANY. CLONES.
Fincayra's picture

Yeah... all I can see you

Yeah... all I can see you doing is sniffing. :| you danced a couple of times as well. I tried casting some spells on you but... nothing happened still. I don't want to give up just yet. D; but I don't know what else to do. I'll have to think of something.

Here's a picture of what you looked like to us:
Anzel's picture

*looks* Nope, I wasn't there

*looks* Nope, I wasn't there long, that's probably where I woke up.

Head over to the dragonflies, I'm sitting there, so if my pictos spread, they'll spread while I'm there.
Fincayra's picture

Do you possibly have another

Do you possibly have another computer you could try downloading the game onto?
Anzel's picture

Unfortunately, no, I've

Unfortunately, no, I've thought of that myself :/ But this is my only computer.
Fincayra's picture

Hmm. Is your computer fairly

Hmm. Is your computer fairly older, or new?
Anzel's picture

Fairly older, I suppose, but

Fairly older, I suppose, but it runs well. It's never caused us any problems, except when cat fuzz kinda got stuck in it and our cd/dvd burners went kablooey...but we cleaned the computer out and they were replaced.
Fincayra's picture

I really wish I knew more

I really wish I knew more about computers. -__-;
It sounds to me like yours is running the game okay (aside from the glitch) because you mentioned in Anzel's biography that everything runs really smoothly for you. What I don't understand is why the game won't work even when your uninstalled and reinstalled it. So I kind of think that something on your computer is causing the glitch, whether it by a certain software or unstable internet connection or... I just don't know. D;
Anzel's picture

I don't have that much

I don't have that much installed on my computer...I dunno. I just know what Michael said in my topic on the forum, and that's it.

Today, though, is the first day in which anyone has -ever- seen me in the forest, which is peculiar. My internet's not running any faster or slower than usual.

And...fooey. I can't decide whether I should go with soft effect or no soft effect, hmmmmm...

I think that we've made some

I think that we've made some progress. Since more of your glitch problems seems to have been solved by uninstalling some programs, I think we're headed down the right direction.


XD maybe I should go into tech support some day...
just gotta stay hip to my jive.

dfff,ld;ffd I'm SO sorry for

dfff,ld;ffd I'm SO sorry for you Anzel! D':
I was that stag next to GW. D=
You were indeed sniffing and me an Esll/Ficayra were nodding at you.
WE THOUGHT YOU ALMOST HAD IT ASDSADS D':
Anzel's picture

Ehh...the thing is...I was

Ehh...the thing is...I was able to be seen -before- uninstalling anything at all.

And I know, Sarie Sticking out tongue

Do you mean sniffing like sniffing into the air, then darting my head to the side?

Or sniffing other deer...? Because I've never done that.

EDIT: Oh, and...despite my best efforts...I'm 100% unable to get the pictograms to spread again -.-;

Sarie, maybe you could reconsider me for your story? *evil grin* XD; Heh, I could be, like...a hallucination that makes a deer think they're insane, bwahaha.

-lol'd- NO YOU'RE GOING TO

-lol'd- NO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PART FOOL. xD

You were sniffing air, but when me or Esll/'Cayra ( wat ) sniffed you you often sniffed back.
You even danced a few times. :'D <33
We casted spells on you but they didn't show up.
Them Vipz emo'd by the Ruins. D:
Anzel's picture

I've only once in my TEF

I've only once in my TEF life sniffed another deer, but...I found it...well, unappealing XD; It was back in my fawn days.

But I do know I got bored and danced a few times when running around. That tune gets stuck in your head o.o;

*doo de doo de doo de*

*gives up trying to get pictos to load* ;-;

Hmm.. your dancing wherever

Hmm.. your dancing wherever you really were may have "channeled" the action into that clone-deer, like its some kind of sattelite reciever. O_O AAAALLLIIEEUUUMS.

This glitch... is very interesting to study and observe... may I take this scalpel and dissect your computer? 8D
just gotta stay hip to my jive.
Anzel's picture

Heh, I wouldn't mind a bit

Heh, I wouldn't mind a bit :3

Just read through my many diary entries, I explained everything as I glitched along :3

I think I'm gonna write another diary, from Anzel's point of view...
Taiko's picture

Hmm, does your computer, by

Hmm, does your computer, by any chance, have any viruses? Have you tried running a virus scan lately? *has low IQ*
I don't have much knowledge when it comes to computers, either, so I guess I'm not of much help. ;_; Hopefully you can get this fixed soon, though.

Heres the anti-virus

Heres the anti-virus software I have and it works very well and is FREE...

AVG Free Edition 7.5 (?) I think.

Thats it. No norton, McAfee, or any of that fancy schmancy stuff. Though I may get Avast soon, since AVG is being a douche and is gonna make people pay for their stuff in the near future. :/

If you have like, spybot search and destroy, ad-aware, that MAY contribute, I dont know.

XD Process of elimination. *shot* x.O
just gotta stay hip to my jive.
Anzel's picture

I do regular virus scans, my

I do regular virus scans, my computer has been pretty clean for a while now. Well, except for media fastclick and stuff, evil adware. *pokes adware with a stick*

I just use Spybot, and I'm pretty sure Spybot doesn't disallow ForestViewer or anything. It's pretty helpful, too, it helped me get rid of a bunch of evil trojans. (virtumonde = mean)

Oh, and I just wrote a little story, rawr.