It would appear that once again problems or the lack thereof vary from system to system, as I have had no problems with downloading with the new Game Manager, nor any other kind of problems with it at all.

I'm sure there will be updates pretty soon to address issues folks are having with it.

Sometimes downloading problems aren't associated with the computer. Sometimes it's all the connections between computer and downloading site.

Good point, Homer.

The consensus on the BFG boards (there have been startlingly few moderator comments) is that the new Game Manager works best on systems with IE 9 installed.

That would be patched Vista installs and Win 7 installs. Also works well on Mac installs. The Mac version doesn't require IE 9 because there hasn't been a Mac version of IE for some time.

Unfortunately, IE 9 is not available for any flavor of XP which means in order for the Game Manager to work properly on XP, the Game Manager is going to have to be rebuilt.

MrLipid,
I agree with your assesement of the situation completely.I am runnimng WXP and because of this download manager problem I have not played any HOG in over a week and I am afraid that if the problem is not fixed I will have to stop playing HOG forever and that will be sad.

Well, I'm going to break the mold here; I'm running Windows XP and IE 8, with no problems whatsoever.

Which version of XP? I'm running XP Pro SP3 and IE 8.

Win XP Home SP3.

Home is considerably more forgiving than Pro. Many games that run beautifully in Home will not even start in Pro.

Wonder if this also applies to Game Managers?

UPDATE: One response on BFG suggests that XP Home and IE 8 (on a laptop) doesn't work.

Looks like another bug hunt....

My computer is XP pro SP3 and the game manager works but each time I download a game, my virus software pops up with a warning of spyware detection for "XPTotalSecurity".

Would be nice if BFG offered the other version for the ones that are having problems and/or just don't like all the extras/cumbersome/huge new game manager. You know the old saying, "if it's not broken, don't fix it"?

I know the old saying. Just not sure BFG does.

UPDATE: Just learned XP Pro SP3 w/IE 8 does not work with Game Manager 3.0.

Have received an email from BFG about the game manager. They are aware of the issues and are working on a solution. Still working on getting a refund for Midnight Mysteries 3 as they didn't mention that in their email.

Also, I have XP Pro SP3 W/IE 8, seems to work for me. I just don't like the cumbersome and resource hog the game manager takes up when it really isn't necessary to play their games.

If you create a link to the exe of the individual game, you can run it without the Game Manager starting up. It's kind of a nuisance, but it would be a workaround if your problem is that the Game Manager running in the background is taking up so many resources that the game won't play well. You may need to set your computer to display hidden files in order to see the exe files for individual games.

Has anyone tried it with XP SP2?

Home or Pro?

Like so many glitches, there is no clear answer. Best advice is "fully patched" which would imply SP3.

I run XP Pro with SP3 IE 8 and have had no problems at all with the new game manager. I actually like it better than the previous version. I must be one of the acceptions to the rule.

Cathy

Like I wrote, "No clear answer." There must be something OTHER than XP Pro and SP3 that is causing the Game Manager to work...or not. I think for the moment I'll put off downloading anything from BFG.

I am running XP Home SP2 and that game will not run no matter what I try. I did not ask for a refund I just took another game instead.

Hi lexxy,
Have you considered updating to SP3 ?

my account keeps making me sign in every day, what is going on.

Sometimes cleaning your computers cookies help that. Try running ccleaner on your computer and see if it helps.

Ana

thank you very much, try it didn't work, my big fish account stills make me sign in every day,.

Do you have .NET 3.5 installed?
I was unable to play Eden's Quest until I installed .NET 3.5, on either XP SP2 or XP SP3.

Installing .NET 3.5 wasn't something that Big Fish suggested. It was something suggested by a user on the Internet. For some reason Big Fish takes it for granted that you'll have .NET 3.5 installed even though Microsoft considers it optional, and Eden's Quest was the first game or other application I've ever used that requires it.

Yes. That said, I don't plan on downloading anything until BFG customers sound the all clear.

Cathy1,

At one point I did consider up garding to SP3 but it seems that I shouldn't have to do this just in order to play BFG. All of my other games are playing flawlessly. It wasn't until this new download manger installed did all these problems surface. I plan to leave my system as is and wait and see if TPTB @ BFG fixes the problem.

If you have paid for your game and the icon is on your desktop, you don't need the game manager to open in order to play. The game manager only has to open when you are playing a trial period.