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

[kitashus]

Thanks Charlie!

...and LabGirl...I see a new maze in your future! I can't wait!

 

[Raineforst]

Wow CharlieZ, that is AWESOME... so fast... so many more doors to get now . My Powerbook and I thank you.

Great idea with the copying and pasting of the codes too everyone...

Hehe, now we can all be highly profitable door to door salesmen and saleswomen.

 

[Tiinkerbelle]

I've spent all day getting doors, LOL.

 

[wildcatkris]

The link doesn't show for me, nor does the URL.

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!

 

[charliez]

If you can't see the link I posted above (and below), try reading this thread in the text-only mode provided by the DIS Boards archive:

1) Go to www . disboards . com / archive (remove the spaces).
2) Navigate to the Just for Fun>The Virtual Magic Kingdom section.
3) Click on this thread to see it in text-only mode.

This is actually a great way to read the DIS Board, particularly on a PDA - it's fast, shows no graphics and the text wraps to fit the screen size. I also think this will block the link-hiding features that may be causing some of you trouble.

The link again (with auto parsing turned off):
http://adisneyland.disney.go.com/media/dlr_v0200/en_US/special/monsters/VMK_Ad.swf

 

[nmudisneyfan]

Thanks so much!! Now I can play it using my firefox browser!

 

[tolkien7]

Thanks so much! I wasn't able to play at home, no matter what I tried. (I did sneak in a few games at work, though!). But with the link I am now able to play. Thank you!