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What's New<br>
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<b><a href="newsarchive.html" target="_top">Click here for</a><br>
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the archive of older news items</b>
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Thanks to Sue of <a href="http://boardwalkerz.com" target="_top">Petz Boardwalk</a> for so generously
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providing mirror space for so many months, and then for taking on the full bandwidth burden of my monster of
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a site when Abby could no longer do so. You're a special lady, Sue! My enormous thanks also to Abby of the
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Petzwarehouse for hosting my 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 <a
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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091002091450/http://www.minibytepetz.net/Minibyte_Petz/home.html"
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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 <a
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href="http://www.steavehornsc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/carolyn/index.htm" target="_top">this page</a>, where
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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 the old Petz games, but I
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have no time. This update is a small bit of maintenance -- the page for the Petz 5 backup CD now has some
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necessary Catz dlls. You couldn't get catz to load on it before, but with these dll files you should be able
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to. And the links page -- I have kept the old pages as an archive but now, when you click on the "links and
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contact" it takes you to a simple page with urls on it that I have checked. Plus, I have a new sister site
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:) Oh yes, and now that Daniel's site is down, I've added the original bunny and pig file downloads to the
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"catz in dogz" and "dogz in catz" pages. I'm very sad to see his site down again, and am not sure of exactly
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what is "broken" on this site of mine because of it. I will try to find broken links and fix them, but if
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you find such a link please drop me an email. The 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 and there for a while
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now, but not really "Carolyn's Creations" so I've not been mentioning them. But people who are having
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trouble searching for everything for the game foolers are getting the odd pleasant surprise if they keep
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their eyes open; I'm 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 Player files, such as
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Phantarella on my main page, Babyz player files such as the ones on my "play online" Babyz page, and perhaps
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most important, to go into the Catz 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 site! Bookmark <a
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href="http://www.carolyn.minibytepetz.net/" target="_top">this link</a>. Huge 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 still love the old
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Petz, Babyz and Oddballz games so I've not abandoned you :-) No new hexings for you, but for Babyz players I
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have zipped up the <a href="babyz/vvccr.html">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 will see a link to help
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those of you with damaged or lost CDs. Also there are a few links to creative and useful sites on my <a
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href="smallislovely.html" target="_main">"small but beautiful" links page</a>. I have put a little more
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information on the <a href="petz6.html">new "petz" games</a> -- the ones that Ubisoft now calls Catz 2 and
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Dogz 2. These are in no way like the older Petz II game of course, but the info is there for completeness.
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It's a real nuisance that UbiSoft have chosen to call their new 3D pet games Catz, Dogz, Catz 2 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 <a href="smallislovely.html" target="_main">"small but
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beautiful" links page</a> :-) I know people have written to me before asking for links to be updated;
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forgive me, I have had various things such as computer crashes over the past few months and am not now able
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to find the messages. If you want a link changed, please write to me 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 ;-) Okay, the site should now
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be complete, including the FinFin and Petz4 demo downloads. As far as I can see, everything is as it was
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before the site's foundations got slipped from under it. Nothing new, and still a messy monster of a site,
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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 just a note that the site
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has been fixed after a few weeks of downtime. I think everything has been fixed apart from Finfin and the
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Petz 4 demo, I hope so anyway. The Petz 4 demo and Finfin downloads I hope to fix tomorrow. Please note what
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I say above, if my site goes down again pop along to <a
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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 interest, for you
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today. My computer play time has narrowed down to almost zero while I bottlefeed some grey furries... First
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up, <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/poodlepower707/" target="blank">The Petz5 Palace</a> has moved so
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I've changed the link on my "Small is Beautiful" page and I've fixed up one or two other links on a couple
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of the links pages. Next, I have a new links page for <a href="petzhexzlinks.html"
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target="_blank">PetzHexz </a>which is there with its affiliates to help with Petz and other virtual life
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games -- and the Virtual Life forum is back up!<br>
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Next, for <a href="babyz/babyzedit.html" target="main" title="Babyz Fixes">Babyz fooler</a> fans I have
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put up some files from the unpacked Babyz demo for those of you who can't get the demo to install. Also
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on the <a href="babyz/vvccr.html">ViaVoice fix</a> page, I've tried to make things a little clearer. For
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people who wanted the Petz 3 playscene Petz Vet and had trouble with the patchfile, I've uploaded the full
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scene on the <a href="petz/p3playscenz3.html" target="_blank" title="Old Petz 3 Scenes">Old Petz 3
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Scenes</a>page 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 <a href="finfin/finfin.html"
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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 game that has been dumped
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by its craetors and is too cute to lose -- and Sue has kindly agreed to host it. I don't provide any help
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with getting it running, but I do 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 What's New. Things in Real
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Life here are going like crazy, so the site tends to get a bit neglected but uploads still do happen now and
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then. Let's see... I put up a "Pointless Info 2" page to show that all the games can be made to work in
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Windows Vista -- an Operating System that I won't touch of course, it's even worse than XP, but I thought
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you'd be interested. I've made it easier to use the Petz II demo fooler, it has a whole page to itself now.
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A tweak or two on the Tutorials pages, can't remember in detail now exactly what. And some items for Babyz
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players and hexers on the "newest babyz" page. Sorry that updates are so random and far apart, but really I
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do stuff for the site as and when I can. I seem to have lost my latest notes on sites which I promised to
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add to my links pages, my deepest apologies to anyone who was expecting a link to go up but really my links
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pages are horribly out 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 year but very little of it has been
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petz-related for me. All I have for you this time is an updated link and a tweak or two on my tutorials page
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(a bit more info in my "what to do if petz crashes" and "what to do if Babyz crashes" howtos) and my Petz 4
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demo-fooler page (get to it via my Mad Scientist page). The reason for the demo-fooler update is because it
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seems that demo-download sites now check to see what part of the world you live in before letting you
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download the demo, and if your area isn't right they won't let the download start. That is plain evil --
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what the heck has happened to the Internet?? Gah. Oh, and I realised I'd accidentally removed the
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Phantarella player link from my main page when I moved to Boardwalkerz, so she's back on the main page
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again.<br>
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For those interested in my fostercats, Paddlepat didn't make it through. Poor baby. His sisters were spayed
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this week and, thank heaven, it seems that they don't have the same latent disease that he had. They are
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lively and healthy. I am now running the <a href="http://www.stevehornsc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/adoptacat/"
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target="_blank">"adopt-a-cat" scheme </a>which helps to bring in some much-needed cash for the Cat Register
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and Rescue, so my time 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 is updated. I did a tiny
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update to the <a href="oddballz/oddballz.html">Oddballz </a>and oddballz fooler pages a couple of weeks ago
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but am blowed if I can remember what exactly. Updated my <a href="newlinks.html">"new links" </a>page. And
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today I have a great new <a href="sisters.html" target="_top">sister site </a>-- Miranda's PAC, which will
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be updated shortly with new breedz etc, so keep an eye on it! That's it for now. I've got a very very sick
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cat at the moment, <a href="http://www.stevehornsc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/carolyn/catpics/2006/Paddlepat.htm"
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target="_top" title="Paddlepat">Paddlepat</a>Paddlepat needs all my care and attention but he probably won't
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survive, so please keep the 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 players -- <a
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href="babyz/babyztoyz.html">kitchen magnets separated.</a> Sorry that's it for now, I have a new cat in who
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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 4 players <a
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href="petz/p4toyz.html">a bunch of un-hidden toyz.</a> It doesn't include the ones which don't have on-shelf
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graphics, nor does it include the four gemstones. I may get those up soon, if Real Life doesn't take off too
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fast. And for Petz 3, 4 and 5 people who like to dabble in editing the binary parts of petz with a hex
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editor, I've put a little more info up on the <a href="tutorials/petbreakdown.html">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 <a
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href="tutorials/trottingandfloofing.html">Trotting and Floofing.</a> wrote the thing ages ago and then
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forgot to upload it because LNZPro had a tick-box for it. But it seems that doesn't really work, so here's
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how to do it manually. Including 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 coming weekend will
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produce a great hogmanay. I have one or two very small updates for you -- <a
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href="tutorials/yarntailcolour.html">a howto on</a> changing the Yarn Ball tail colour, <a
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href="newlinks.html">a page of new links</a> and a bit more on <a href="petz6.html">Ubisoft's latest "Petz"
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games including</a> info about the Windows Horsez. Finally, for those of you who are interested in my
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fostercats, there's updates <a href="http://www.stevehornsc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/carolyn/cats.htm"
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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 for the terrific new
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link banner and button, which are now of course on my links page -- although I've not managed to update it
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apart from that...<br>
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<img src="img/whatsnew_2006-12-22_1.gif" alt="a banner"><br>
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<img src="img/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 Year, Solstice -- or
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whatever else you enjoy celebrating at this time of year. Me, I like to just sit and listen to the world
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turn on its axis :-) May 2007 be a good year for us all, and a fun year for Petz and modding. I now have a
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wordy little treatise on <a href="hexingmodding.html">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 <a href="babyz/vvccr.html">Babyz
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ViaVoice fix</a> which I uploaded a while ago and forgot to mention -- I've not even managed to get the
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links I promised to update for various wonderful site-owners all fixed up, I promise I'll try to get that
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done on my next update. All that's happening this time is that my site is moving over fully now to the
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mirror that Sue provided for several months. Abby has been wonderful for hosting my stuff for so long after
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she lost interest in Petz, and Sue has been a trojan for seamlessly taking over the bandwidth burden. For
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anyone who has been 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 <a href="index.html"
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target="_top">Boardwalkerz </a>for all the information and 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 life games from Ubisoft
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<a href="petz6.html">here </a>. They really are not a part of the Petz series, but for completeness I
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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 versions of Stewie and three
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different "cow bells" for them to wear on my <a href="babyz/babyznewest.html" target="main"
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title="Newest Babyz">Newest Babyz</a> page. Real Life and my kitties are taking so much of my time, bless
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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 adjusted a few pages to make
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things a little easier to find -- I hope. I've put the "if you can't download you're at the wrong place"
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info even easier to find as well as trying to make things such as the Babyz Fooler easier to follow. Also
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not new, but just to let anyone who needs help with Tinker or LNZPro or Petza/Babyza know -- the link to his
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download site is on my Nicholas' Tools page, along with links to useful info. My links pages are woefully
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unkempt now, I'm sorry -- I can't face going through it all but I hope to adjust the most obvious and add an
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extra page of fresh, interesting sites soon. I've simply not been getting the time to do things properly --
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take a look at <a href="http://www.stevehornsc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/carolyn/cats.htm" target="_blank"
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title="my fostercats">my fostercats site</a> for some idea of how busy I've been. And a lot has happened
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even since I updated 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 things have been here, so
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I've not updated either this site or my fostercats one in all that time. As for this update, it's just for
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oddballz fans. Because Daniel's site is down and now, it seems, also Don's Amberoddballz, plus nowhere else
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on the net seems to have the demos, I've uploaded a demo and the official breedz to this site, also Ron
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Tigat's Oddballz Eggz Scrambler. You will find these things on the <a
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href="oddballz/oddballzedit.html">Oddballz Fixes</a> and <a href="oddballz/oddballzfooler.html">Oddballz
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Fooler</a> pages.<br>
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Also uploaded on the new p2, p3, p4 and p5 pages are the skorch breedfiles for Catz games. They are on the
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relevant New Breedz pages, and the sound files are on the species sounds page. These were once exclusive to
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Daniel's site but since I created them and his site is down they have come home to me.<br>
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I wanted to do more, but that's it for now. Hopefully not so long before the next update. Must dash.
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<b>21 May 2006</b><br>
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Sorry, a late update and I've not got much for you -- Real Life has been getting in the way big-time and
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I've only managed to update my <a href="http://www.stevehornsc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/carolyn/cats.htm"
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target="_top">My foster-cat site</a> since I last updated here -- and even there I'm not up to date. And
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I'm not managing to do half of what I've been promising people on this update, sorry. But there are some
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little things.<br>
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A bunch of experimental babyz, and more of my "Harem set" on the <a href="babyz/babyznewest.html"
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target="main" title="Newest Babyz">Newest Babyz</a> page. Yes, I know there aren't any pictures and that
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I should have the harem clothes on the clothes page. I don't have time to do it right!<br>
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On the <a href="collaborations.html" target="main" title="Collaborations">Team creations</a> page you'll
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find a new Catz breed made from Casey Miller's pet. Also there, my few Unibreedz -- Artie, Honkie and
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Sauropod -- should be fixed for cross-breeding as they were re-done with the latest LNZPro.<br>
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I've put the catz 1 demo up for download on my <a href="petz/catz1dex.html">Catz 1 demo fooler</a> page.<br>
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If you go to my sister site, <a href="http://boardwalkerz.com/babyz" target="_top">Sue Briley's Babyz
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Punked</a>, you'll find there a couple of unusual babyz and a babyz clothing item, for Naturists, made by
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myself.<br>
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I've got a couple of great cyberpets from Dulua Land up on my Cyberpets page.<br>
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NOT YET done -- a whole bunch of howtos, which will eventually go on a "pot-luck" page, more half-done hexed
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stuff, and fixing up my links pages. I don't know when these will get done, but one thing I will try to get
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fixed and up soon is Miranda's brilliant sounds for Kirby.
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<b>03 March 2006</b><br>
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As always later than intended, but I added what I believe to be the final soundfixes to the <a
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href="babyz/babyzxpsoundfix.html">Babyz soundfix for XP</a> page. The new downloads and replacements are
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marked with the date beside them, so if you downloaded most of the files before today, just download those
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which are marked. My friend gave the whole thing a quick test, and with any luck this will prevent any
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sound-related freezes in your game now. Remember, people, you do need to also download 9 toyz from
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Twilight's site -- the link is clearly on my soundfix page. And yay for Sandi of <a
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href="http://www.geocities.com/songshirah3/index2.html" target="_top">Forever Babyz</a> -- she gave an
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award to myself and Twilight, and I'm displaying it with pride :-) Thank you so much!<br>
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<img src="img/whatsnew_2006-03-03.jpg">
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</p>
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<p>
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<b>27 February 2006</b><br>
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Well, I fell over today and twisted and bruised me poor arthritic old bones, so not as much done as I'd
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hoped. But I have a couple of great breedz for you on the Team Creations, <a
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href="withsueandnintendo.html" target="_blank">"With Sue Briley and Nintendo-6444"</a> page,<br>
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<img src="img/whatsnew_2006-02-27.gif"><br>
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and yesterday and today I added to the <a href="babyz/babyzxpsoundfix.html">Babyz soundfix for XP</a> --
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have not been able to test the latest fixes myself yet but have had good reports so far. I am intending to
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fine-tune the soundfix over the next day or two.
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</p>
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<p>
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<b>25 February 2006</b><br>
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I know, I know, I've not done anything much this month so far. Real Life has been taking almost all my time.
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All I have for you today is a <a href="babyz/babyzxpsoundfix.html">Babyz soundfix for XP</a>, but with
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any luck that'll at least make many of the Babyz Commumity happy.
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</p>
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<p>
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<b>07 February 2006</b><br>
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Once again, I've not managed to update as I wanted to. I've been having some Real Life difficulties, so
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updates are of necessity going to be slow for the near future -- but they will happen, truly. But for now,
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great news! Not only do we have <a href="specials/nicholastools.html">a new version of Tinker</a>, but also
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Nicholas has <a href="http://www.sherlocksoftware.org" target="_blank" title="Nicholas' own site!">his
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own site.</a> The latest versions of his software will always be found there :-) Also there are some updates
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on the links pages.
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</p>
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<p>
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<b>28 January 2006</b><br>
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Yes, I know -- I've not updated in ages. There have been all sorts of Real Life crises, all getting resolved
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okay but taking time, so all my wonderful hexing plans have had to wait. The Great Present Caper is of
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course finished, but I'm making my donations for Petz games available for you all. You can download them
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when you find the picture of a present. Also downloadable now, from my babyz toyz pages, is the Christmas
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Spoon that I made for DRN's Advent Calendar. I've fixed up some items on my links pages, and got a new
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"Sister". And finally, some weird and wacky babyz for your downloading pleasure on the <a
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href="babyz/babyzheadbanger.html">pasted-heads page</a>.<br>
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<img src="img/whatsnew_2006-01-28.gif"><br>
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Coming soon (I hope) will be some "Team Creation" breedz, for some of which I just need to get the pages
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done.
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</p>
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<p>
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<b>02 January 2006</b><br>
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Nicholas has updated <a href="specials/nicholastools.html">Petza to fix</a> the Petz II and Babyz bugs. It
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works beautifully now -- go get it!! That's it for today, but pretty good all the same :-)
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</p>
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<p>
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<b>01 January 2006</b><br>
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<b>Happy New Year!!</b><br>
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So I didn't get the hexing time I'd hoped for this past week... But we have from the wonderful Nicholas --
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another new version of Petza from his <a href="specials/nicholastools.html">Nicholas' Tools</a> pages. This
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update, version 2.0.2, fixes some problems for Petz 3, 4 and 5 players. On my machine it crashes in Babyz
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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
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some changes on my links pages, a new sister, and a changed link to Miranda's Kirby page on my P3,4,5 LNZ
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breedz page.
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</p>
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<p>
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<b>26 December 2005</b><br>
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The Great Present Caper is apparently delayed until tomorrow. Should be good anyway! And now, from Nicholas
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-- a new version of Petza from his <a href="specials/nicholastools.html">Nicholas' Tools</a> pages. This
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update, version 2.0.1, fixes the "weather" bug for Petz 5 players!
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</p>
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<p>
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<b>24 December 2005</b><br>
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The Great Present Caper should be under way -- good hunting! The big Christmas present for you at this site
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today is from Nicholas -- a new version of Petza from his <a href="specials/nicholastools.html">Nicholas'
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Tools</a> pages. There's some good stuff in it, including a great new feature for Babyz players; you can
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at last add new playscenes! Remember that you will need to make them non-overwriting with their own name and
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ID numbers of course. Apart from that, my <a href="cyberpets.html">Cyberpet</a> has grown up at last, there
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are a couple of updated <a href="links.html">links</a>, and I've had a nice time with my <a
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href="flowers.html">"gifts from friends" pages</a>. Yes, I meant to get a lot of hexed items up, but in the
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end I only managed to complete some presents for the Great Present Caper. Am hoping for some peaceful days
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over this coming week to finish off other goodies. Merry Yueltide!
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</p>
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<p>
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<b>07 December 2005</b><br>
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Just the Great Present Caper notice above, and a couple of updated links; Miranda's PAC on <a
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href="links.html">the main links page</a> , and Tigger's site on <a href="babyzlinks.html">the babyz
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links page</a>.
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</p>
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<p>
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<b>04 December 2005</b><br>
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The last of the demo-foolers is now online, thanks to Daniel! This time it's the turn of Mac players of the
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games. Get the
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<a href="petz/catz1dex.html">Catz 1 demo fooler</a> , and the <a href="petz/dogz1fooler.html">Dogz 1 demo
|
|
fooler</a> -- and last but not least, the <a href="oddballz/oddballzfooler.html">Oddballz demo
|
|
fooler</a>! Now <b>everyone</b> can join the fun :-)
|
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</p>
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<p>
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<b>03 December 2005</b><br>
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Another one of my toyz converted on my <a href="petz/p5toyz.html">petz 5</a> page -- the freedom fish to
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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.html">Catz 1 demo fooler</a> (yay!) and <a
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|
href="petz/dogz1fooler.html">my own Dogz 1 demo fooler</a>, which allows you to go back to the adoption
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|
centre and take Daphne's quiz. I have captured the flavour of the Catz 1 site as it was when the game first
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|
came out, complete with some little surprises, a find-it and the part which I personally adored -- the
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|
<a href="petz/dream.html">VRML temple.</a> I totally loved that thing, and I can still play it on my old
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|
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!
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</p>
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<p>
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<b>28 November 2005</b><br>
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Managing to get some stuff done at last. Some conversions... The Secret Wood, with its toyz, for you on the
|
|
<a href="petz/p5playscene.html">Petz 5 Playscene</a> page. Some of my toyz converted on my <a
|
|
href="petz/p5toyz.html">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.html">petz II</a> -- fishes swimming in
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|
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.html">Fishie breed</a> and a <a href="petz/p2playscene.html">scene backdrop</a> for
|
|
the fish petz and toyz to play in. Oh, and a couple of versions of the <a
|
|
href="babyz/babyztoyz.html">"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="img/whatsnew_2005-11-28.jpg">
|
|
</p>
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|
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<p>
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|
<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.html">this "Team"</a> page. A few pages
|
|
of detailed info on using LNZPro on <a href="tutorials/pet2breedxtraeasy.html">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="img/whatsnew_2005-10-22.gif">
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|
</p>
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<p>
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|
<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.html">new babyz</a> page. This picture shows just
|
|
<b>one</b> of them :-)<br>
|
|
<img src="img/whatsnew_2005-10-18_1.gif"><br>
|
|
An update to the texture List info on the <a href="tutorials/lnz2nd.html">2nd LNZ info chunk</a> page --
|
|
thanks to Lynelle for pointing out the missing bits -- and a <a href="lynelle.html">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="img/whatsnew_2005-10-18_2.gif"><br>
|
|
Oh, and my <a href="cyberpets.html">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>
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|
|
<p>
|
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<b>05 October 2005</b><br>
|
|
For your downloading pleasure... Yet more updated versions of Pet Workshop and of LNZPro, from the <a
|
|
href="specials/nicholastools.html">Nicholas' Tools</a> pages :-) Also some links on the
|
|
<a href="smallislovely.html">"small is beautiful"</a> page.
|
|
</p>
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|
|
|
<p>
|
|
<b>04 October 2005</b><br>
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|
The most amazing tool -- a brand new version of pet Workshop! Does tattoos, paint ballz and lots of other
|
|
good stuff. <a href="specials/nicholastools.html">Pet Workshop</a> page.
|
|
</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>
|
|
<b>02-03 October 2005</b><br>
|
|
A fantastic new version of LNZPro on the, yes, <a href="specials/nicholastools.html">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.html">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.html#SCN">Petz tutorials</a> page -- and extra
|
|
information on passing on colours in the <a href="tutorials/2ndgenreport.html">"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="specials/nicholastools.html">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.html">Tutorials</a> pages. Firs off, a grand Variations tutorial by Nicholas,
|
|
which
|
|
is on my main tutorials page and on his <a href="specials/nicholastools.html">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.html">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.html">Vital LNZ info</a> main page. I added some
|
|
info into the relevant LNZ chunk also. Slight improvement to my <a href="petz/p5foolersucess.html">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>
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|
|
|
<p>
|
|
<b>15 September 2005</b><br>
|
|
Just a real quickie -- a new brilliant version of LNZPro on <a href="specials/nicholastools.html">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="specials/nicholastools.html">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.html">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 <a
|
|
href="http://www.stevehornsc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/carolyn/cats.htm" target="_blank">fostercats site</a>
|
|
was updated a couple of days ago for those who are interested.
|
|
</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>
|
|
<b>04 September 2005</b><br>
|
|
New versions of Petza/babyza, LNZPro 2, and Pet Workshop on <a href="specials/nicholastools.html">Nicholas'
|
|
Tools</a> pages! New features and bugfixes... I'm so trying to get other things up, odds and bods of my own,
|
|
almost finished but not quite, hopefully this coming week will see some goodies.
|
|
</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>
|
|
<b>24 August 2005</b><br>
|
|
A new version of Petza/babyza on <a href="specials/nicholastools.html">Nicholas' Tools</a> pages. This has
|
|
no new features, it's another version he's made to try and help track down the problem that some people have
|
|
with it, so if it's working for you there's no need to download. Also one link removed from my
|
|
<a href="smallislovely.html">"small is beautiful" </a>page; after I had given them info on how to make files
|
|
available for download, Sarah and Ruby proceeded to "hotlink" to other sites' breedz. folks, this is a huge
|
|
no-no on the Internet; don't do it! They appear to no longer be answering emails, so until they do and fix
|
|
the problem, their link will stay down.
|
|
</p>
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<p>
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<b>22 August 2005</b><br>
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|
<br>
|
|
Whew, that was a tough few days -- it looked as if Petzwarehouse was down for good, and I was worried about
|
|
Abby. But last night I heard from Abby, she's fine :-D and the site should be up today *happy-dance*<br>
|
|
Meanwhile, my good pal Sue picked up my broken pieces and generously offered to mirror my site; see the link
|
|
above :-)<br>
|
|
Updates to the site are a couple of <a href="specials/nicholastools.html">Nicholas' Tools</a> -- go fetch
|
|
the latest Pet Workshop and LNZPro 2. Also there are some new links to great sites on my <a
|
|
href="smallislovely.html">"small is beautiful"</a> and <a href="babyzlinks.html">babyz</a> links pages, and
|
|
a few small tweaks on the tutorials pages.
|
|
</p>
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|
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<p>
|
|
<b>10 August 2005</b><br>
|
|
<br>
|
|
Not much, just a howto for people who are having difficulty working out how to use Tinker and LNZPro 2. On
|
|
my <a href="tutorials/tutorials.html">Tutorials page</a>. For those who are interested in my fostercats
|
|
site,
|
|
I'm going to update <a href="http://www.stevehornsc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/carolyn/cats.htm"
|
|
target="_BLANK">there also</a> today, with some cheerful news and a new family member. All a bit rushed,
|
|
Real Life is running away with me :-)
|
|
</p>
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|
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<p>
|
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<b>03 August 2005</b><br>
|
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<br>
|
|
Yup, another version of Petza/Babyza, version 1.1.4; also another version of Pet Workshop, also version
|
|
1.1.4. As always, they are on <a href="specials/nicholastools.html">Nicholas' Tools pages</a>. I've got a
|
|
small howto on the tutorials, <a href="petz/petzedit.html#BRE">Petz-specific page</a> because I've been
|
|
asked a few times how to change the default pet name at the AC. I have a bunch of other howtos waiting to be
|
|
polished up and uploaded, they're too rough at the moment. Some nice shiny new links on the <a
|
|
href="smallislovely.html">"small is beautiful"</a> and <a href="babyzlinks.html">babyz</a> links pages,
|
|
you really want to check them out! Also, for my own pleasure, I have a <a href="cyberpets.html">Cyberpet
|
|
page</a> for my site (thanks, Rachel!) and some lovely updates on my <a href="flowers.html">"gifts from
|
|
friends"</a> pages. Nothing else for you today, but for those who are interested in my fostercats, I
|
|
recently had another update <a href="http://www.stevehornsc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/carolyn/cats.htm"
|
|
target="_BLANK">there also</a> but be warned, the latest update was quite sad.
|
|
</p>
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<p>
|
|
<b>28 July 2005</b><br>
|
|
<br>
|
|
Another version of Petza/Babyza, this time a "bugfix" version 1.4.3 thanks to people who sent Nicholas their
|
|
bug reports, and to Nicholas too of course :-) as usual on <a href="specials/nicholastools.html">Nicholas'
|
|
Tools page</a>; thanks yet again, Nicholas! Also another neat link on my <a href="smallislovely.html">"small
|
|
is beautiful" </a>links page.
|
|
</p>
|
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<p>
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|
<b>22 July 2005</b><br>
|
|
<br>
|
|
Nearly 3 weeks since I last uploaded... So sorry! Well, today I've uploaded Pet Workshop version 1.1.3 on <a
|
|
href="specials/nicholastools.html">Nicholas' Tools page</a>; 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.html" target="_blank">Off-site specials</a>, as she has had some server problems
|
|
and in fact had lost all of them. Well, they are all back online again now :-)
|
|
</p>
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<p>
|
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<b>02 July 2005</b><br>
|
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<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="specials/nicholastools.html">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.html">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.
|
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</p>
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