ID:536702
 
Keywords: button, html
BYOND Version:493
Operating System:Windows 7 Home Basic
Web Browser:Chrome 17.0.963.79
Applies to:Dream Seeker
Status: Unverified

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Descriptive Problem Summary: Logging into both http://www.byond.com/games/Lavarion/StolenLands and http://www.byond.com/games/StargateOnlineorg/SGO I cannot get past character creation. Character creation is HTML format. For stolen lands it does not register the submit button. For SGO it does not register the save and apply button.

Numbered Steps to Reproduce Problem: I believe its just me and can't be reproduced, I have had two people go to stolen lands and create a character to see if it was the servers problem. its not.


Did the problem NOT occur in any earlier versions? If so, what was the last version that worked? (Visit http://www.byond.com/download/build to download old versions for testing.)

Will try older versions now.

version 489 and back is to far out of date to even access the games. (http://www.byond.com/download/build/489/) I tested version 490 and 491 and the problem still persists. I didn't bother to test 492 or 493.
What version of Internet Explorer do you have installed, and is it running properly?
Internet Explorer... *sigh* I guess that needs to be updated? I threw it out along time ago for mozilla and then chrome. Let me check. Its version 9.
BYOND uses an embeddable instance of Internet Explorer for its internal browser, so if BYOND's browser isn't working, it may mean IE isn't working.

Is this the first time you've noticed this? Are there other games that use a browser control that do not exhibit this behavior? Did you change IE's security settings / disable javascript?

You can also try clearing your BYOND cache, via the BYOND Client's Preferences / Games / Clear Cache button
I cleared the BYOND cache, still doesn't work. I haven't found another game that uses the buttons. Clicking Play Now on stolen lands no longer launches a connection with BYOND, (But I think thats because I downloaded and tested multiple versions and screwed up my computer pointing to the right one, so Ill re-download/install the newest one now). HTML hyperlinks work fine. (the blue highlighted text) but buttons are like clicking the void. Also, Java has been asking to update for a while, Ill go ahead and run that. be back.
Java 6.31 up, running, and enabled in both IE and Mozilla. BYOND freshly installed. clicking Play Now launches the game. Button still not responsive.
I can't test this with Stolen Lands because the game seems to be only intermittently available. Downloading the game didn't work. (In fact I found out the author made a huge mistake on the download and had to remove the link because it's broken.) With Stargate Online, I tried the character creation button and tested far enough to ensure that it will actually send the button's command through--but that might just indicate the problem won't ever show up at my end. I also checked out SGO's actual HTML code for the form in question, and the form looks valid to me.

This really sounds suspiciously like something is broken in your IE installation, possibly something in the permissions for your local zone. Java is not involved here, nor is JavaScript (you'd want the latter for some games, the former for probably none of them), so that's not the issue.
Lummox JR changed status to 'Unverified'
Ill re-install IE tomorrow then.