Library Sorts/XP issues

[rcross at sbcglobal.net]

The Magic: The Gathering files have a couple of quirks I've noticed when
cataloguing. Two cards affected here "The Rack" and "The Hive". Most of the
entries are Hive, The or Rack, The. However, either Revised or 4th E (don't
have CV open right now, see below) has The Rack and The Hive. This creates
problems when going to deck building because it does not combine these
entries with the others, and I have less than 4 of the other editions, it
tells me my deck exceeds inventory.

Also, I have CV installed on an XP machine with 2 profiles, mine & my
husband's. I installed the game on his side, but can't access it from mine.
I'd hate to have to install it on both sides, since I'm planning on
eventually putting this on a laptop and that might exceed the licensing
rules. Is this something that can be fixed in a future update?

Regina Cross




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[rob]

At 06:24 AM 7/4/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>The Magic: The Gathering files have a couple of quirks I've noticed when
>cataloguing. Two cards affected here "The Rack" and "The Hive". Most of the
>entries are Hive, The or Rack, The. However, either Revised or 4th E (don't
>have CV open right now, see below) has The Rack and The Hive. This creates
>problems when going to deck building because it does not combine these
>entries with the others, and I have less than 4 of the other editions, it
>tells me my deck exceeds inventory.

This sounds like a bug is lurking in the MRP mechanism. I've logged this
and we'll get it fixed.

>Also, I have CV installed on an XP machine with 2 profiles, mine & my
>husband's. I installed the game on his side, but can't access it from mine.
>I'd hate to have to install it on both sides, since I'm planning on
>eventually putting this on a laptop and that might exceed the licensing
>rules. Is this something that can be fixed in a future update?

CV uses information established by the operating system to uniquely
identify the computer. Unfortunately, one of the pieces of info used will
vary with each login account (aka profile) on the machine. Consequently, CV
will think you are using two different computers for your account and your
husband's.

Older versions of Windows are horrible at providing a reliable way to
uniquely identify the computer. The only reliable way I've found thus far
requires that the user install special device drivers on the computer,
which is something I object to doing on principle. The method utilized
needs to be reasonably consistent across all versions of Windows to ensure
that the product behaves consistently and can be reasonably tested. We're
looking for a good solution, but we haven't identified one yet. As soon as
we do, we'll include it in an update.

Thanks, Rob

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Lone Wolf Development www.wolflair.com


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