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What's New<br>
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<b><a href="newsarchive.php" target="_top">Click here for</a><br>
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the archive of older news items</b>
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<p class="big">
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Thanks to Sue of <a href="http://boardwalkerz.com" target="_top">Petz Boardwalk</a>
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for so generously providing mirror space for so many months, and then for taking on the
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full bandwidth burden of my monster of a site when Abby could no longer do so. You're a
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special lady, Sue! My enormous thanks also to Abby of the Petzwarehouse for hosting my
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site for all those years.<br>
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Thanks to our amazing Minibyte, I now have a full mirror of this site at
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<a href="http://www.minibytepetz.net" target="_top">her domain</a>, thank you Minibyte!!<br>
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If my site goes down at any time -- woah, that would be quite a day! -- pop along to
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<a href="http://www.steavehornsc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/carolyn/index.htm" target="_top">this page</a>,
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where I'll keep you informed of whatever is going on.
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<b>18 Mar 2010</b><br>
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Wow, I hear you say, it lives! Well, in a way... I still care about this site and
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the old Petz games, but I have no time. This update is a small bit of maintenance --
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the page for the Petz 5 backup CD now has some necessary Catz dlls. You couldn't get
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catz to load on it before, but with these dll files you should be able to. And the
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links page -- I have kept the old pages as an archive but now, when you click on the
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"links and contact" it takes you to a simple page with urls on it that I have
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checked. Plus, I have a new sister site :) Oh yes, and now that Daniel's site is
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down, I've added the original bunny and pig file downloads to the "catz in dogz" and
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"dogz in catz" pages. I'm very sad to see his site down again, and am not sure of
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exactly what is "broken" on this site of mine because of it. I will try to find
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broken links and fix them, but if you find such a link please drop me an email. The
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mail is still the hex-help at hornsc clara co uk one.
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<b>20 Aug 2009</b><br>
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Wow, nearly a year later, an update! Well actually I've been adding odd things here
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and there for a while now, but not really "Carolyn's Creations" so I've not been
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mentioning them. But people who are having trouble searching for everything for the
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game foolers are getting the odd pleasant surprise if they keep their eyes open; I'm
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hoping that people who have lost or damaged irreplaceable CDs will find them helpful
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also.
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I have also uploaded what you would need in order to be able to play with Petz
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Player files, such as Phantarella on my main page, Babyz player files such as the
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ones on my "play online" Babyz page, and perhaps most important, to go into the Catz
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1 shrine! ;-)
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Last but not least, the very big news; I now have a full mirror of this giant of a
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site! Bookmark
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<a href="http://www.carolyn.minibytepetz.net/" target="_top">this link</a>. Huge
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thanks to Minibyte!!
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<b>30 Sep 2008</b><br>
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I know, I know, I hardly ever update these days. I really don't have the time, but I
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still love the old Petz, Babyz and Oddballz games so I've not abandoned you :-) No
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new hexings for you, but for Babyz players I have zipped up the
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<a href="babyz/vvccr.php">ViaVoice files</a> so that people who have been having
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problems with downloading the individual files can get them, plus on that page you
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will see a link to help those of you with damaged or lost CDs. Also there are a few
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links to creative and useful sites on my
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<a href="smallislovely.php" target="_main">"small but beautiful" links page</a>. I
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have put a little more information on the <a href="petz6.php">new "petz" games</a>
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-- the ones that Ubisoft now calls Catz 2 and Dogz 2. These are in no way like the
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older Petz II game of course, but the info is there for completeness. It's a real
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nuisance that UbiSoft have chosen to call their new 3D pet games Catz, Dogz, Catz 2
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and Dogz 2.
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<b>15 May 2008</b><br>
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Just a really tiny thing -- a new link on my
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<a href="smallislovely.php" target="_main">"small but beautiful" links page</a> :-)
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I know people have written to me before asking for links to be updated; forgive me,
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I have had various things such as computer crashes over the past few months and am
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not now able to find the messages. If you want a link changed, please write to me
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again.
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<b>03 May 2008</b><br>
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It's like a bus, isn't it -- you wait for ages and then two come along at once ;-)
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Okay, the site should now be complete, including the FinFin and Petz4 demo
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downloads. As far as I can see, everything is as it was before the site's
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foundations got slipped from under it. Nothing new, and still a messy monster of a
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site, but hey, the "olds" are back.
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<b>02 May 2008</b><br>
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<b>Site is back up and running!</b><br>
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Wow. Almost a year since last we spoke. And even now this is not an update -- it's
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just a note that the site has been fixed after a few weeks of downtime. I think
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everything has been fixed apart from Finfin and the Petz 4 demo, I hope so anyway.
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The Petz 4 demo and Finfin downloads I hope to fix tomorrow. Please note what I say
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above, if my site goes down again pop along to
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<a href="http://www.stevehornsc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/carolyn/index.htm" target="_top">this page (click) </a>
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at Blueyonder, where I hope to be able to keep you informed of whatever is going on.
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<b>30 June 2007</b><br>
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Just a few tweaks to a couple of the foolers, and some links to other places of Petz
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interest, for you today. My computer play time has narrowed down to almost zero
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while I bottlefeed some grey furries... First up,
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<a href="http://www.freewebs.com/poodlepower707/" target="blank">The Petz5 Palace</a>
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has moved so I've changed the link on my "Small is Beautiful" page and I've fixed up
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one or two other links on a couple of the links pages. Next, I have a new links page
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for <a href="petzhexzlinks.php" target="_blank">PetzHexz </a>which is there with its
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affiliates to help with Petz and other virtual life games -- and the Virtual Life
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forum is back up!<br>
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Next, for
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<a href="babyz/babyzedit.php" target="main" title="Babyz Fixes">Babyz fooler</a>
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fans I have put up some files from the unpacked Babyz demo for those of you who
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can't get the demo to install. Also on the
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<a href="babyz/vvccr.php">ViaVoice fix</a> page, I've tried to make things a little
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clearer. For people who wanted the Petz 3 playscene Petz Vet and had trouble with
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the patchfile, I've uploaded the full scene on the
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<a href="petz/p3playscenz3.php" target="_blank" title="Old Petz 3 Scenes">Old Petz 3 Scenes</a>page
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3. That's the lot for now.
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<b>10 June 2007</b><br>
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As always, in a huge rush. I have for you the abandonware game
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<a href="finfin/finfin.php" target="_top">Fin Fin</a><br>
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This update is not actually a Petz item nor is it a Carolyn's Creation, but it's a
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game that has been dumped by its craetors and is too cute to lose -- and Sue has
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kindly agreed to host it. I don't provide any help with getting it running, but I do
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give a link on the download page to a very helpful site and forum.
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<b>Approx. 20 April 2007</b><br>
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Wups, I uploaded some bits and pieces a few days ago and forgot to update this
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What's New. Things in Real Life here are going like crazy, so the site tends to get
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a bit neglected but uploads still do happen now and then. Let's see... I put up a
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"Pointless Info 2" page to show that all the games can be made to work in Windows
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Vista -- an Operating System that I won't touch of course, it's even worse than XP,
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but I thought you'd be interested. I've made it easier to use the Petz II demo
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fooler, it has a whole page to itself now. A tweak or two on the Tutorials pages,
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can't remember in detail now exactly what. And some items for Babyz players and
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hexers on the "newest babyz" page. Sorry that updates are so random and far apart,
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but really I do stuff for the site as and when I can. I seem to have lost my latest
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notes on sites which I promised to add to my links pages, my deepest apologies to
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anyone who was expecting a link to go up but really my links pages are horribly out
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of date these days.
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<b>18 March 2007</b><br>
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It can't be March <b>already</b>?? Well, a lot has happened so far this
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year but very little of it has been petz-related for me. All I have for you this
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time is an updated link and a tweak or two on my tutorials page (a bit more info in
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my "what to do if petz crashes" and "what to do if Babyz crashes" howtos) and my
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Petz 4 demo-fooler page (get to it via my Mad Scientist page). The reason for the
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demo-fooler update is because it seems that demo-download sites now check to see
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what part of the world you live in before letting you download the demo, and if your
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area isn't right they won't let the download start. That is plain evil -- what the
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heck has happened to the Internet?? Gah. Oh, and I realised I'd accidentally removed
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the Phantarella player link from my main page when I moved to Boardwalkerz, so she's
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back on the main page again.<br>
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For those interested in my fostercats, Paddlepat didn't make it through. Poor baby.
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His sisters were spayed this week and, thank heaven, it seems that they don't have
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the same latent disease that he had. They are lively and healthy. I am now running
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the
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<a href="http://www.stevehornsc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/adoptacat/" target="_blank">"adopt-a-cat" scheme </a>which
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helps to bring in some much-needed cash for the Cat Register and Rescue, so my time
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is now even more limited. And a wonderful thing happened which I'd like to shout to
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the heavens, but I can't put it on the sites, aaaargh.
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<b>09 February 2007</b><br>
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Just to let you know I'm still here, but 2007 is being a bit of a pain so not much
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is updated. I did a tiny update to the <a href="oddballz/oddballz.php">Oddballz </a>and
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oddballz fooler pages a couple of weeks ago but am blowed if I can remember what
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exactly. Updated my <a href="newlinks.php">"new links" </a>page. And today I have a
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great new <a href="sisters.php" target="_top">sister site </a>-- Miranda's PAC,
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which will be updated shortly with new breedz etc, so keep an eye on it! That's it
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for now. I've got a very very sick cat at the moment,
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<a href="http://www.stevehornsc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/carolyn/catpics/2006/Paddlepat.htm" target="_top" title="Paddlepat">Paddlepat</a>Paddlepat
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needs all my care and attention but he probably won't survive, so please keep the
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wee fellow in your thoughts and prayers.
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<b>07 January 2007</b><br>
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Already the year is starting to zoom along... But I have a small update for Babyz
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players -- <a href="babyz/babyztoyz.php">kitchen magnets separated.</a> Sorry that's
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it for now, I have a new cat in who needs plenty of attention.
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<b>02 January 2007</b><br>
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Woah, another year has started... Happy New Year! Just another small update for Petz
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4 players <a href="petz/p4toyz.php">a bunch of un-hidden toyz.</a> It doesn't
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include the ones which don't have on-shelf graphics, nor does it include the four
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gemstones. I may get those up soon, if Real Life doesn't take off too fast. And for
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Petz 3, 4 and 5 people who like to dabble in editing the binary parts of petz with a
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hex editor, I've put a little more info up on the
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<a href="tutorials/petbreakdown.php">Rough Pet Info</a> page.
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<b>31 December 2006</b><br>
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Happy Hogmanay!! I have one small updates for you -- a howto on
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<a href="tutorials/trottingandfloofing.php">Trotting and Floofing.</a> wrote the
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thing ages ago and then forgot to upload it because LNZPro had a tick-box for it.
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But it seems that doesn't really work, so here's how to do it manually. Including
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how to make your chinchilla Persians trot, LOL.
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<b>28 December 2006</b><br>
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I hope your Yuletide is going well -- that the celebrations continue and that the
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coming weekend will produce a great hogmanay. I have one or two very small updates
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for you -- <a href="tutorials/yarntailcolour.php">a howto on</a> changing the Yarn
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Ball tail colour, <a href="newlinks.php">a page of new links</a> and a bit more on
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<a href="petz6.php">Ubisoft's latest "Petz" games including</a> info about the
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Windows Horsez. Finally, for those of you who are interested in my fostercats,
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there's updates
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<a href="http://www.stevehornsc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/carolyn/cats.htm" target="_top">at that site too.</a>
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<b>22 December 2006</b><br>
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My hearty thanks to Sue for the lovely new splash page that she has made for me, and
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for the terrific new link banner and button, which are now of course on my links
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page -- although I've not managed to update it apart from that...<br>
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<img src="images/whatsnew_2006-12-22_1.gif" alt="a banner"><br>
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<br>
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<img src="images/whatsnew_2006-12-22_2.gif" alt="a button"><br>
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<br>
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Wishing you all a very happy holiday season and a joyous christmas, Hanukkah, New
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Year, Solstice -- or whatever else you enjoy celebrating at this time of year. Me, I
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like to just sit and listen to the world turn on its axis :-) May 2007 be a good
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year for us all, and a fun year for Petz and modding. I now have a wordy little
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treatise on <a href="hexingmodding.php">What IS "hexing?"</a> -- MODDING!
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<b>16 December 2006</b><br>
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Nothing new for you at all today, I'm so sorry -- well, apart from the
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<a href="babyz/vvccr.php">Babyz ViaVoice fix</a> which I uploaded a while ago and
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forgot to mention -- I've not even managed to get the links I promised to update for
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various wonderful site-owners all fixed up, I promise I'll try to get that done on
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my next update. All that's happening this time is that my site is moving over fully
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now to the mirror that Sue provided for several months. Abby has been wonderful for
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hosting my stuff for so long after she lost interest in Petz, and Sue has been a
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trojan for seamlessly taking over the bandwidth burden. For anyone who has been
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linking directly to various pages at my Petzwarehouse site, such as the Babyz colour
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chart, I'm sorry -- the link will have broken. Come along to my site here at
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<a href="index.php" target="_top">Boardwalkerz </a>for all the information and
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charts that used to be there.
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<b>01 December 2006</b><br>
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Still nothing really for you -- but I do have a brief note about the latest Virtual
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life games from Ubisoft <a href="petz6.php">here </a>. They really are not a part of
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the Petz series, but for completeness I mention them.
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<b>14 November 2006</b><br>
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Another month on, and nothing much for you -- but for Babyz fans I have three
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versions of Stewie and three different "cow bells" for them to wear on my
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<a href="babyz/babyznewest.php" target="main" title="Newest Babyz">Newest Babyz</a>
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page. Real Life and my kitties are taking so much of my time, bless the furry ones.
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<b>19 October 2006</b><br>
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Sorry it's been so long... and even now there's nothing new really, but I've
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adjusted a few pages to make things a little easier to find -- I hope. I've put the
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"if you can't download you're at the wrong place" info even easier to find as well
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as trying to make things such as the Babyz Fooler easier to follow. Also not new,
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but just to let anyone who needs help with Tinker or LNZPro or Petza/Babyza know --
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the link to his download site is on my Nicholas' Tools page, along with links to
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useful info. My links pages are woefully unkempt now, I'm sorry -- I can't face
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going through it all but I hope to adjust the most obvious and add an extra page of
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fresh, interesting sites soon. I've simply not been getting the time to do things
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properly -- take a look at
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<a href="http://www.stevehornsc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/carolyn/cats.htm" target="_blank" title="my fostercats">my fostercats site</a>
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for some idea of how busy I've been. And a lot has happened even since I updated
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there, LOL!
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<b>30 July 2006</b><br>
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Yes, I know, I've not updated for two months -- I can't begin to tell you how busy
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things have been here, so I've not updated either this site or my fostercats one in
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all that time. As for this update, it's just for oddballz fans. Because Daniel's
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site is down and now, it seems, also Don's Amberoddballz, plus nowhere else on the
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net seems to have the demos, I've uploaded a demo and the official breedz to this
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site, also Ron Tigat's Oddballz Eggz Scrambler. You will find these things on the
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<a href="oddballz/oddballzedit.php">Oddballz Fixes</a> and
|
||
|
<a href="oddballz/oddballzfooler.php">Oddballz Fooler</a> pages.<br>
|
||
|
Also uploaded on the new p2, p3, p4 and p5 pages are the skorch breedfiles for Catz
|
||
|
games. They are on the relevant New Breedz pages, and the sound files are on the
|
||
|
species sounds page. These were once exclusive to Daniel's site but since I created
|
||
|
them and his site is down they have come home to me.<br>
|
||
|
I wanted to do more, but that's it for now. Hopefully not so long before the next
|
||
|
update. Must dash.
|
||
|
</p>
|
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|
|
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<p>
|
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|
<b>21 May 2006</b><br>
|
||
|
Sorry, a late update and I've not got much for you -- Real Life has been getting in
|
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|
the way big-time and I've only managed to update my
|
||
|
<a href="http://www.stevehornsc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/carolyn/cats.htm" target="_top">My foster-cat site</a>
|
||
|
since I last updated here -- and even there I'm not up to date. And I'm not managing
|
||
|
to do half of what I've been promising people on this update, sorry. But there are
|
||
|
some little things.<br>
|
||
|
A bunch of experimental babyz, and more of my "Harem set" on the
|
||
|
<a href="babyz/babyznewest.php" target="main" title="Newest Babyz">Newest Babyz</a>
|
||
|
page. Yes, I know there aren't any pictures and that I should have the harem clothes
|
||
|
on the clothes page. I don't have time to do it right!<br>
|
||
|
On the
|
||
|
<a href="collaborations.php" target="main" title="Collaborations">Team creations</a>
|
||
|
page you'll find a new Catz breed made from Casey Miller's pet. Also there, my few
|
||
|
Unibreedz -- Artie, Honkie and Sauropod -- should be fixed for cross-breeding as
|
||
|
they were re-done with the latest LNZPro.<br>
|
||
|
I've put the catz 1 demo up for download on my
|
||
|
<a href="petz/catz1dex.php">Catz 1 demo fooler</a> page.<br>
|
||
|
If you go to my sister site,
|
||
|
<a href="http://boardwalkerz.com/babyz" target="_top">Sue Briley's Babyz Punked</a>,
|
||
|
you'll find there a couple of unusual babyz and a babyz clothing item, for
|
||
|
Naturists, made by myself.<br>
|
||
|
I've got a couple of great cyberpets from Dulua Land up on my Cyberpets page.<br>
|
||
|
NOT YET done -- a whole bunch of howtos, which will eventually go on a "pot-luck"
|
||
|
page, more half-done hexed stuff, and fixing up my links pages. I don't know when
|
||
|
these will get done, but one thing I will try to get fixed and up soon is Miranda's
|
||
|
brilliant sounds for Kirby.
|
||
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
||
|
<p>
|
||
|
<b>03 March 2006</b><br>
|
||
|
As always later than intended, but I added what I believe to be the final soundfixes
|
||
|
to the <a href="babyz/babyzxpsoundfix.php">Babyz soundfix for XP</a> page. The new
|
||
|
downloads and replacements are marked with the date beside them, so if you
|
||
|
downloaded most of the files before today, just download those which are marked. My
|
||
|
friend gave the whole thing a quick test, and with any luck this will prevent any
|
||
|
sound-related freezes in your game now. Remember, people, you do need to also
|
||
|
download 9 toyz from Twilight's site -- the link is clearly on my soundfix page. And
|
||
|
yay for Sandi of
|
||
|
<a href="http://www.geocities.com/songshirah3/index2.html" target="_top">Forever Babyz</a>
|
||
|
-- she gave an award to myself and Twilight, and I'm displaying it with pride :-)
|
||
|
Thank you so much!<br>
|
||
|
<img src="images/whatsnew_2006-03-03.jpg">
|
||
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
||
|
<p>
|
||
|
<b>27 February 2006</b><br>
|
||
|
Well, I fell over today and twisted and bruised me poor arthritic old bones, so not
|
||
|
as much done as I'd hoped. But I have a couple of great breedz for you on the Team
|
||
|
Creations,
|
||
|
<a href="withsueandnintendo.php" target="_blank">"With Sue Briley and Nintendo-6444"</a>
|
||
|
page,<br>
|
||
|
<img src="images/whatsnew_2006-02-27.gif"><br>
|
||
|
and yesterday and today I added to the
|
||
|
<a href="babyz/babyzxpsoundfix.php">Babyz soundfix for XP</a> -- have not been able
|
||
|
to test the latest fixes myself yet but have had good reports so far. I am intending
|
||
|
to fine-tune the soundfix over the next day or two.
|
||
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
||
|
<p>
|
||
|
<b>25 February 2006</b><br>
|
||
|
I know, I know, I've not done anything much this month so far. Real Life has been
|
||
|
taking almost all my time. All I have for you today is a
|
||
|
<a href="babyz/babyzxpsoundfix.php">Babyz soundfix for XP</a>, but with any luck
|
||
|
that'll at least make many of the Babyz Commumity happy.
|
||
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
||
|
<p>
|
||
|
<b>07 February 2006</b><br>
|
||
|
Once again, I've not managed to update as I wanted to. I've been having some Real
|
||
|
Life difficulties, so updates are of necessity going to be slow for the near future
|
||
|
-- but they will happen, truly. But for now, great news! Not only do we have
|
||
|
<a href="nicholastools.php">a new version of Tinker</a>, but also Nicholas has
|
||
|
<a href="http://www.sherlocksoftware.org" target="_blank" title="Nicholas' own site!">his own site.</a>
|
||
|
The latest versions of his software will always be found there :-) Also there are
|
||
|
some updates on the links pages.
|
||
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
||
|
<p>
|
||
|
<b>28 January 2006</b><br>
|
||
|
Yes, I know -- I've not updated in ages. There have been all sorts of Real Life
|
||
|
crises, all getting resolved okay but taking time, so all my wonderful hexing plans
|
||
|
have had to wait. The Great Present Caper is of course finished, but I'm making my
|
||
|
donations for Petz games available for you all. You can download them when you find
|
||
|
the picture of a present. Also downloadable now, from my babyz toyz pages, is the
|
||
|
Christmas Spoon that I made for DRN's Advent Calendar. I've fixed up some items on
|
||
|
my links pages, and got a new "Sister". And finally, some weird and wacky babyz for
|
||
|
your downloading pleasure on the
|
||
|
<a href="babyz/babyzheadbanger.php">pasted-heads page</a>.<br>
|
||
|
<img src="images/whatsnew_2006-01-28.gif"><br>
|
||
|
Coming soon (I hope) will be some "Team Creation" breedz, for some of which I just
|
||
|
need to get the pages done.
|
||
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
||
|
<p>
|
||
|
<b>02 January 2006</b><br>
|
||
|
Nicholas has updated <a href="nicholastools.php">Petza to fix</a> the Petz II and
|
||
|
Babyz bugs. It works beautifully now -- go get it!! That's it for today, but pretty
|
||
|
good all the same :-)
|
||
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
||
|
<p>
|
||
|
<b>01 January 2006</b><br>
|
||
|
<b>Happy New Year!!</b><br>
|
||
|
So I didn't get the hexing time I'd hoped for this past week... But we have from the
|
||
|
wonderful Nicholas -- another new version of Petza from his
|
||
|
<a href="nicholastools.php">Nicholas' Tools</a> pages. This update, version 2.0.2,
|
||
|
fixes some problems for Petz 3, 4 and 5 players. On my machine it crashes in Babyz
|
||
|
and Petz II, so I've left 2.0.1 up for you as well just in case the same happens
|
||
|
with you. I've also got some changes on my links pages, a new sister, and a changed
|
||
|
link to Miranda's Kirby page on my P3,4,5 LNZ breedz page.
|
||
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
||
|
<p>
|
||
|
<b>26 December 2005</b><br>
|
||
|
The Great Present Caper is apparently delayed until tomorrow. Should be good anyway!
|
||
|
And now, from Nicholas -- a new version of Petza from his
|
||
|
<a href="nicholastools.php">Nicholas' Tools</a> pages. This update, version 2.0.1,
|
||
|
fixes the "weather" bug for Petz 5 players!
|
||
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
||
|
<p>
|
||
|
<b>24 December 2005</b><br>
|
||
|
The Great Present Caper should be under way -- good hunting! The big Christmas
|
||
|
present for you at this site today is from Nicholas -- a new version of Petza from
|
||
|
his <a href="nicholastools.php">Nicholas' Tools</a> pages. There's some good stuff
|
||
|
in it, including a great new feature for Babyz players; you can at last add new
|
||
|
playscenes! Remember that you will need to make them non-overwriting with their own
|
||
|
name and ID numbers of course. Apart from that, my
|
||
|
<a href="cyberpets.php">Cyberpet</a> has grown up at last, there are a couple of
|
||
|
updated <a href="links.php">links</a>, and I've had a nice time with my
|
||
|
<a href="flowers.php">"gifts from friends" pages</a>. Yes, I meant to get a lot of
|
||
|
hexed items up, but in the end I only managed to complete some presents for the
|
||
|
Great Present Caper. Am hoping for some peaceful days over this coming week to
|
||
|
finish off other goodies. Merry Yueltide!
|
||
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
||
|
<p>
|
||
|
<b>07 December 2005</b><br>
|
||
|
Just the Great Present Caper notice above, and a couple of updated links; Miranda's
|
||
|
PAC on <a href="links.php">the main links page</a> , and Tigger's site on
|
||
|
<a href="babyzlinks.php">the babyz links page</a>.
|
||
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
||
|
<p>
|
||
|
<b>04 December 2005</b><br>
|
||
|
The last of the demo-foolers is now online, thanks to Daniel! This time it's the
|
||
|
turn of Mac players of the games. Get the
|
||
|
<a href="petz/catz1dex.php">Catz 1 demo fooler</a> , and the
|
||
|
<a href="petz/dogz1fooler.php">Dogz 1 demo fooler</a> -- and last but not least, the
|
||
|
<a href="oddballz/oddballzfooler.php">Oddballz demo fooler</a>! Now
|
||
|
<b>everyone</b> can join the fun :-)
|
||
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
||
|
<p>
|
||
|
<b>03 December 2005</b><br>
|
||
|
Another one of my toyz converted on my <a href="petz/p5toyz.php">petz 5</a> page --
|
||
|
the freedom fish to overwrite your fish bowl. I'll be converting the playscene for
|
||
|
it soon, but that's not done yet. The big thing for you today is the
|
||
|
<a href="petz/catz1dex.php">Catz 1 demo fooler</a> (yay!) and
|
||
|
<a href="petz/dogz1fooler.php">my own Dogz 1 demo fooler</a>, which allows you to go
|
||
|
back to the adoption centre and take Daphne's quiz. I have captured the flavour of
|
||
|
the Catz 1 site as it was when the game first came out, complete with some little
|
||
|
surprises, a find-it and the part which I personally adored -- the
|
||
|
<a href="petz/dream.php">VRML temple.</a> I totally loved that thing, and I can
|
||
|
still play it on my old browser. You may not be able to see it, which would be a
|
||
|
shame, but I do have links to viewers on that page. If you can install the Cosmo
|
||
|
player, that would be optimum. If you do manage to play it, the links within it have
|
||
|
been updated to links that actually work. Also, all actual links on the pages should
|
||
|
lead to interesting things. Anyway, have fun!
|
||
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
||
|
<p>
|
||
|
<b>28 November 2005</b><br>
|
||
|
Managing to get some stuff done at last. Some conversions... The Secret Wood, with
|
||
|
its toyz, for you on the <a href="petz/p5playscene.php">Petz 5 Playscene</a> page.
|
||
|
Some of my toyz converted on my <a href="petz/p5toyz.php">petz 5</a> page, including
|
||
|
a gem hairball for dracoz (I intend to improve the P3 and P4 ones some day too). An
|
||
|
exciting new toy for <a href="petz/p2toyz.php">petz II</a> -- fishes swimming in and
|
||
|
out of a tank, yay! I intend to make a Petz 3 version of that soon. Also for Petz
|
||
|
II, the <a href="petz/petzfish.php">Fishie breed</a> and a
|
||
|
<a href="petz/p2playscene.php">scene backdrop</a> for the fish petz and toyz to play
|
||
|
in. Oh, and a couple of versions of the
|
||
|
<a href="babyz/babyztoyz.php">"surprise box" for Babyz</a>, mostly as a service for
|
||
|
hexers who requested it. Plus again a few updated tweaks over the past couple of
|
||
|
weeks, on tutorials and links pages, which I can't remember in detail, sorry, but do
|
||
|
check out the "small is beautiful" links page.<br>
|
||
|
<img src="images/whatsnew_2005-11-28.jpg">
|
||
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
||
|
<p>
|
||
|
<b>22 October 2005</b><br>
|
||
|
A few more things for you from all the stuff I'm trying to finish... A brand new
|
||
|
Butterfly Chaser breed, with some finishing-off by me on
|
||
|
<a href="petz/withbutterflychaser2.php">this "Team"</a> page. A few pages of
|
||
|
detailed info on using LNZPro on
|
||
|
<a href="tutorials/pet2breedxtraeasy.php">this tutorials page</a>, plus a few
|
||
|
updated tweaks here and there on tutorials and links pages which I can't recall in
|
||
|
detail.<br>
|
||
|
<img src="images/whatsnew_2005-10-22.gif">
|
||
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
||
|
<p>
|
||
|
<b>18 October 2005</b><br>
|
||
|
Time races past as ever. I've got a few things for you... some links and updates on
|
||
|
all three links pages. three new babyz from the
|
||
|
<a href="babyz/babyznew.php">new babyz</a> page. This picture shows just
|
||
|
<b>one</b> of them :-)<br>
|
||
|
<img src="images/whatsnew_2005-10-18_1.gif"><br>
|
||
|
An update to the texture List info on the
|
||
|
<a href="tutorials/lnz2nd.php">2nd LNZ info chunk</a> page -- thanks to Lynelle for
|
||
|
pointing out the missing bits -- and a
|
||
|
<a href="lynelle.php">new breed from Lynelle</a> who has made creative use of the
|
||
|
Oddballz-petz breedz and made a brand new one of her own.<br>
|
||
|
<img src="images/whatsnew_2005-10-18_2.gif"><br>
|
||
|
Oh, and my <a href="cyberpets.php">cyberpet</a> has grown a little :-) I tried to
|
||
|
get more up, but constant interruptions today (and over the weekend) have got in the
|
||
|
way. Expect some new Butterfly Chaser breedz soon.
|
||
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
||
|
<p>
|
||
|
<b>05 October 2005</b><br>
|
||
|
For your downloading pleasure... Yet more updated versions of Pet Workshop and of
|
||
|
LNZPro, from the <a href="nicholastools.php">Nicholas' Tools</a> pages :-) Also some
|
||
|
links on the <a href="smallislovely.php">"small is beautiful"</a> page.
|
||
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
||
|
<p>
|
||
|
<b>04 October 2005</b><br>
|
||
|
The most amazing tool -- a brand new version of pet Workshop! Does tattoos, paint
|
||
|
ballz and lots of other good stuff. <a href="nicholastools.php">Pet Workshop</a>
|
||
|
page.
|
||
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
||
|
<p>
|
||
|
<b>02-03 October 2005</b><br>
|
||
|
A fantastic new version of LNZPro on the, yes,
|
||
|
<a href="nicholastools.php">LNZPro</a> page. A brilliant new idea and base baby,
|
||
|
also, from L41N (Wardah Ahmar) is downloadable from the babyz tutorials page,
|
||
|
specifically from <a href="tutorials/hexerbaby.php">its own</a> page. I added a bit
|
||
|
of a tidy-up to the baby file to make it a little clearer, and tried to explain how
|
||
|
it's used and the potential that it has :-) Finally, a bit of info for people who
|
||
|
might have been pulling out hair trying to make hexed Petz playscenes show up -- on
|
||
|
the <a href="petz/petzedit.php#SCN">Petz tutorials</a> page -- and extra information
|
||
|
on passing on colours in the
|
||
|
<a href="tutorials/2ndgenreport.php">"fixes for 2nd-gen problems"</a> page.
|
||
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
||
|
<p>
|
||
|
<b>29 September 2005</b><br>
|
||
|
A new version of Tinker on the (heh) <a href="nicholastools.php">Tinker</a> page. On
|
||
|
the Real Life front, I've recently updated my
|
||
|
<a href="http://www.stevehornsc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/carolyn/cats.htm">fostercats site</a>
|
||
|
too. Must dash, chores to do... Happy daze...
|
||
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
||
|
<p>
|
||
|
<b>26 September 2005</b><br>
|
||
|
Over the past week or so, a few odd bits and pieces got uploaded here and there
|
||
|
mostly on my <a href="tutorials/tutorials.php">Tutorials</a> pages. Firs off, a
|
||
|
grand Variations tutorial by Nicholas, which is on my main tutorials page and on his
|
||
|
<a href="nicholastools.php">Pet Workshop</a> page. Also on that main page are a new
|
||
|
"What to do if Petz won't start or crashes" FAQ and a similar one for Babyz, plus
|
||
|
I've updated my LNZPro tips. On the Petz-specific page I've put a howto on making
|
||
|
non-hidden emoticon variations in a breed, how to change and expand tails for dogz
|
||
|
and catz, giving your petz' eyes or "irises" a texture (includes example petz), and
|
||
|
putting bunny ears on a Dane. The perspicacious amongst you will have spotted that
|
||
|
I've got a new page called <a href="tutorials/petbreakdown.php">Rough Pet Info</a>
|
||
|
which is exactly what it says. It breaks a pet file into sections so that you can
|
||
|
see the structure, and see where the important parts are when it comes to cloning a
|
||
|
corrupted pet. It really is rough -- a series of screengrabs -- so if you don't
|
||
|
understand anything about pet files it won't help. But it's a handy reference that I
|
||
|
made for myself ages ago and I'm sharing with you now. I'm also sharing with you a
|
||
|
set of lists of Bodyarea numbers that I intended to put in with some "howtos" but as
|
||
|
I've not managed to get those written, you'll find the lists on my
|
||
|
<a href="tutorials/lnzdetails.php">Vital LNZ info</a> main page. I added some info
|
||
|
into the relevant LNZ chunk also. Slight improvement to my
|
||
|
<a href="petz/p5foolersucess.php">Petz 5 demo-fooler </a>. Errr... I think that's
|
||
|
the lot, it's been a weird couple of weeks and difficult to do more than snatch a
|
||
|
moment or two at the computer now and then.
|
||
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
||
|
<p>
|
||
|
<b>15 September 2005</b><br>
|
||
|
Just a real quickie -- a new brilliant version of LNZPro on
|
||
|
<a href="nicholastools.php">Nicholas' Tools</a> pages! Edit .baby files, and make
|
||
|
Unibreed versions of your breedz that should work on Non-English petz 3 games as
|
||
|
well!
|
||
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
||
|
<p>
|
||
|
<b>11 September 2005</b><br>
|
||
|
New bug-fix version of Pet Workshop -- and a great new beta-test version of LNZPro
|
||
|
on <a href="nicholastools.php">Nicholas' Tools</a> pages! Note that the LNZPro has
|
||
|
not been tested thoroughly, but I think you'll like the newest feature. New links on
|
||
|
my <a href="links.php">main links</a> page, a couple of them in the tutorials etc
|
||
|
section to help people who ask about website making, and one of them is also in the
|
||
|
section called "Sites for "realistic" petz standards, and petz clubs" because it's a
|
||
|
promising new breed registry site which also offers hosting of breedz. The week went
|
||
|
by too fast, still none of the other things that I meant to do are finished, sorry.
|
||
|
But my
|
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<a href="http://www.stevehornsc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/carolyn/cats.htm" target="_blank">fostercats site</a>
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was updated a couple of days ago for those who are interested.
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</p>
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<p>
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<b>04 September 2005</b><br>
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New versions of Petza/babyza, LNZPro 2, and Pet Workshop on
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<a href="nicholastools.php">Nicholas' Tools</a> pages! New features and bugfixes...
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I'm so trying to get other things up, odds and bods of my own, almost finished but
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not quite, hopefully this coming week will see some goodies.
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</p>
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<p>
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<b>24 August 2005</b><br>
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A new version of Petza/babyza on <a href="nicholastools.php">Nicholas' Tools</a>
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pages. This has no new features, it's another version he's made to try and help
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track down the problem that some people have with it, so if it's working for you
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there's no need to download. Also one link removed from my
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<a href="smallislovely.php">"small is beautiful" </a>page; after I had given them
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info on how to make files available for download, Sarah and Ruby proceeded to
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"hotlink" to other sites' breedz. folks, this is a huge no-no on the Internet; don't
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do it! They appear to no longer be answering emails, so until they do and fix the
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problem, their link will stay down.
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</p>
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<p>
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<b>22 August 2005</b><br>
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<br>
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Whew, that was a tough few days -- it looked as if Petzwarehouse was down for good,
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and I was worried about Abby. But last night I heard from Abby, she's fine :-D and
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the site should be up today *happy-dance*<br>
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Meanwhile, my good pal Sue picked up my broken pieces and generously offered to
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mirror my site; see the link above :-)<br>
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Updates to the site are a couple of <a href="nicholastools.php">Nicholas' Tools</a>
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-- go fetch the latest Pet Workshop and LNZPro 2. Also there are some new links to
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great sites on my <a href="smallislovely.php">"small is beautiful"</a> and
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<a href="babyzlinks.php">babyz</a> links pages, and a few small tweaks on the
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tutorials pages.
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</p>
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<p>
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<b>10 August 2005</b><br>
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<br>
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Not much, just a howto for people who are having difficulty working out how to use
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Tinker and LNZPro 2. On my <a href="tutorials/tutorials.php">Tutorials page</a>. For
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those who are interested in my fostercats site, I'm going to update
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<a href="http://www.stevehornsc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/carolyn/cats.htm" target="_BLANK">there also</a>
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today, with some cheerful news and a new family member. All a bit rushed, Real Life
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is running away with me :-)
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</p>
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<p>
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<b>03 August 2005</b><br>
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<br>
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Yup, another version of Petza/Babyza, version 1.1.4; also another version of Pet
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Workshop, also version 1.1.4. As always, they are on
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<a href="nicholastools.php">Nicholas' Tools pages</a>. I've got a small howto on the
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tutorials, <a href="petz/petzedit.php#BRE">Petz-specific page</a> because I've been
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asked a few times how to change the default pet name at the AC. I have a bunch of
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other howtos waiting to be polished up and uploaded, they're too rough at the
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moment. Some nice shiny new links on the
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<a href="smallislovely.php">"small is beautiful"</a> and
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<a href="babyzlinks.php">babyz</a> links pages, you really want to check them out!
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Also, for my own pleasure, I have a <a href="cyberpets.php">Cyberpet page</a> for my
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site (thanks, Rachel!) and some lovely updates on my
|
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<a href="flowers.php">"gifts from friends"</a> pages. Nothing else for you today,
|
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but for those who are interested in my fostercats, I recently had another update
|
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<a href="http://www.stevehornsc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/carolyn/cats.htm" target="_BLANK">there also</a>
|
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but be warned, the latest update was quite sad.
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</p>
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<p>
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<b>28 July 2005</b><br>
|
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<br>
|
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Another version of Petza/Babyza, this time a "bugfix" version 1.4.3 thanks to people
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who sent Nicholas their bug reports, and to Nicholas too of course :-) as usual on
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<a href="nicholastools.php">Nicholas' Tools page</a>; thanks yet again, Nicholas!
|
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Also another neat link on my
|
||
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<a href="smallislovely.php">"small is beautiful" </a>links page.
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</p>
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<p>
|
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<b>22 July 2005</b><br>
|
||
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<br>
|
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Nearly 3 weeks since I last uploaded... So sorry! Well, today I've uploaded Pet
|
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Workshop version 1.1.3 on <a href="nicholastools.php">Nicholas' Tools page</a>;
|
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thanks, Nicholas! Various improvements for the program's fans, so go see! One or two
|
||
|
little tweaks here and there on the site too, including adjustments to the Petz 4,
|
||
|
Babyz and Petz 5 foolers. Also some updated links on my links pages, and for those
|
||
|
who follow my fostercats I've recently updated
|
||
|
<a href="http://www.stevehornsc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/carolyn/cats.htm" target="_BLANK">there also.</a>
|
||
|
Oh, and I don't think I mentioned earlier that I am hosting
|
||
|
<a href="http://www.geocities.com/cheesycrustie/" target="_BLANK">Iola</a>'s
|
||
|
Miniature Bows for Dogz on my
|
||
|
<a href="offsitespecials.php" target="_blank">Off-site specials</a>, as she has had
|
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|
some server problems and in fact had lost all of them. Well, they are all back
|
||
|
online again now :-)
|
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</p>
|
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|
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<p>
|
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<b>02 July 2005</b><br>
|
||
|
<br>
|
||
|
We had Live 8 up here in Edinburgh today -- nearly a quarter of a million people
|
||
|
marching to Make Poverty History -- yay!<br>
|
||
|
But, back to Petz -- we have version 1.4.2 of Petza.toy (which is also Babyza of
|
||
|
course) for you on <a href="nicholastools.php">Nicholas' Tools page</a>. A minor
|
||
|
update, but hopefully a useful one. Also, Kirby fans check out the link on my
|
||
|
<a href="specials/petz3-5lnz.php">P3,4,5 LNZ breedz page</a> --
|
||
|
<a href="http://paccybertown.250free.com/Kirby/KirbysPage.html">Miranda</a> has made
|
||
|
some great variations! I meant to get some other things uploaded, but the day has
|
||
|
been chaos -- well, the whole week has really. Hope to do more soon.
|
||
|
</p>
|
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