Monsters Inc. Game seems slow? Try this and fly!

[charliez]

Has anyone else noticed that the game can be REALLY SLOW on some machines? Like my otherwise-trusty 1.25 GHz G4 iMac, when running this game in either Safari or Firefox? I mean...

I T... C R A W L... S

Well, I did a little experimenting and discovered something - if I open the game directly, rather than let it open on top of the Monsters Inc ride page, itFLIESLIKETHEWIND!!!. Maybe it does this anyway on higher-speed machines, but what a relief!

Mind you, I mapped the whole maze (the long way - I had every door mapped before I got to the winning door) by hitting a key, watching my little guy move one square and then sit down, and then hitting a key, etc. I did it this way twice. Argh - no way I would subject my DDs to this!

How did I solve this? I checked the source of the Monsters Inc ride page on disneyland.com and found the URL to the SWF game file. Whoo-hoo! Dropped that into an empty browser window and "Boom-Baby!" Faster than you can say "Kuzco's a llama," the game loaded up and ran like there was nothing in its way, such as the pesky ride page. And it generated a door code at the end with no problemo. Riiight!

Your reward for reading all of this? The link to the game without the Monsters Inc ride page to slow things down:

http://adisneyland.disney.go.com/media/dlr_v0200/en_US/special/monsters/VMK_Ad.swf

Note: If clicking on the link doesn't work, try copying it or dragging it to another browser window.

Now, after you try this... did it run this fast for you before? Is it just me and my poor iMac? (Maybe don't tell me - I'm already lusting after the new Intel-based G5 iMac that Steve "Pixar" Jobs introduced yesterday.

Sigh... enjoy!

 

[Maleficent2]

Hi Charlie and THANKS

I am adding this link to the guide!


AWESOME!!!!!



Mal

 

[Lauralee]

Woot! This link even works on firefox! Thanks so much -- I was having a dickens of a time trying to get the disneyland.com link to work!

 

[MicMin]

That worked great. Thanks for posting.

 

[JeanJoe]

Thank you! That's a great improvement!

(And I, too, am eyeing those Intel-based Mac's... As soon as there's more native software out for it...)

 

[Belle1997]

Thank you so much my work computer is so slow now before work I can gather a lot more codes.

 

[Sonya]

THANK YOU!

 

[BrittnTylersMom]

Am I the only one who can't see the link?

 

[aeryn]

Woot! Now I can play it on my laptop as well -- when playing it thru the Disneyland page the arrow keys didn't respond. Oh man... this is gonna be bad or should I say worse

 

[Roxane]

I couldn't see the link at first either. I had to disable Norton and refresh Hope that helps.

 

[BrittnTylersMom]

I couldn't see the link at first either. I had to disable Norton and refresh Hope that helps.

That was it! Thanks Roxane!

And Thank you for the link, Charlie!

 

[Maleficent2]

If you haven't bookmarked the link I have added it to the guide just look for the Pink door and click on it.


THANKS AGAIN Charlie!


Mal

 

[mom2cookies]

thanks for suggesting the Norton thing. that worked for me. I was actually able to play the game. Now i have a promise to pay it forward to keep.

 

[FlyingPegasus]

Wow that worked for my computer at work. Will try again when I get home and see if it helps out there as well.

And just a helpful tip- when copying the codes- I put a line under the numbers and put the letters in caps. I have ok handwriting but I have a hard time with the letter "s" and the number "5", they just look the same when I write them down. LOL

 

[BrittnTylersMom]

I open WordPad then copy and paste the codes there. When I have a nice long list of codes, I print them out. It's much faster than writing them all down.

 

[cami89]

I open WordPad then copy and paste the codes there. When I have a nice long list of codes, I print them out. It's much faster than writing them all down.

I do the same thing - great minds must think alike

 

[Tiinkerbelle]

I've gotten so much credits from selling my doors..LOL, about 5,000 so far.

 

[Lauralee]

I also just copy and paste the codes into word pad -- there is no chance of human error that way. I don't print out the document -- I just keep it open in another window while I enter the codes. If you don't know where to find word pad, click on the start button lower left corner of your pc computer screen, click programs, click accessories, then click word pad.

 

[MomsGoneGoofy]

Thanks so much.

Just tried the link and it works so much better. It's nice to have the whole game board on the screen no more scrolling up and down.

 

[lab_girl]

Thank you from a fellow Mac-Addict
The game is SO fast now... not sure what I will do with all of my new doors

Now I'm off to check out the new MAC....