[QUESTION] Worldbuilding help and windows 7

[thesixth]

Hi!
I'm a windows XP fanatic and apparently I must have a few personality disorder-issues.
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[spoiler:b8f2pbk5]I just bought a new laptop recently and I am very displeased with windows 7 Home Premium.
Windows 7 has some serious doubts my computer habbits so I have three "what the hell's" that I just gotta get out of my system before I ask.. sorry, that's the way I work...

I do one thing, ex: click to start a program - then I am prompted to confirm that I really want to start the program.. what the hell??
So I click 'Yes' and yet - still it's not for granted that windows 7 will let me do what I intend to do, and use the program for what intention it has been programmed, because I sometimes have to 'run as administrator'... what the hell???
And yet... it's this 'smart update' garbage designed to automaticly update WITHOUT my confirmation... and then just asking for a reboot.... what the hell??

It just doesn't seem right to be the owner of an operating system, having to "run as administrator" and confirm a thousand times that I really want to do what I really want to do, while windows is running it's own private little agenda, updating this and that behind my back... Baaah!!
With all theese 'smart-functions' we're being treated like mentally handicapped people who can't make computer-related decissions... plus the windows 7 UI sucks!!

Sorry about being a crybaby, LOL, just had to get it out of my system![/spoiler:b8f2pbk5]
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Hi! again.
So, I am trying this guide: viewtopic.php?f=22&t=26 and I haven't gotten passed the step on saving the WDT-file.
I click 'save' and Taliis behaives like it's saving but no file is actually being created at the save-location. How do I get arround this?
Plus, I've opened the continent creator.exe and it tells me this: 'Could not load path for WoW! Make sure the key 'SoftwareBlizzard EntertainmentWorld of Warcraft' exists!' ... why doesn't it just ask? does everything really have to be automated when it doesn't work properly?.... How can I specify for this program where to load WoW? I have four different client versions installed...

[Steff]

Use save ass and select the path in Taliis.
Dont use the continent creator.exe. Do the stuff direct in the DBCs. If you dont do it this way you never know how to edit it.

[thesixth]

Thanks for the quick reply!
Well, the continent creator.exe issue was rather a matter I wanted to ask about if needed in future work.
My main problem is that Taliis won't save my work... :S
It just doesn't save the files...

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EDIT:
I, per standard, have a well sorted project directory, where I store all diferent projects I have. But I even tried saving the WDT file to the desktop, and yet no file is being written.
I suppose this is a 'windows 7 security' issue or some equally undefineable term.

Suggestions?

[Steff]

No I work with Win7 and everything works fine. Expect of taliis is not updated for the newest files. Just try to creat a new WDT and save it. ot load one. You should also use the scan folder option from menu to set the adts. Do not set them wiht hand.

You will never need the continent creator. I never used this tool. New continent meens. New folder, new adts, new wdt and some changes in the Map.dbc to get it running.

Try to fetch an other Taliis version there are some very bad versions out the dont work very good

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[thesixth]

Okay, thanks!
Well it's good to know you've done this on W7.
I'll check out a newer version and see if it works for me then. ^^

[Steff]

I develop noggit on Windows 7 64bit. I have no problems with any tool.If i found problems i test them also on an xp in a vm ant the are there too.So its not a win7 problem.