BIONICLE: The Seal of Success (Reupload)

[jamesster]

About a year ago someone asked for working download links for Flow of the River and The Seal of Success, prominent fan games for their time: http://www.bzpower.com/board/topic/24661-can-someone-post-a-working-link-of-flow-of-the-river-and-the-seal-of-success-please/

 

It looks like the latter wasn't found and reuploaded, at least in that topic. Dunno if anyone else has since then, but I just found it on an old laptop, so here you go: http://www.mediafire.com/file/yq01r30hcha6v6z/BionicleSealofSucess.zip

 

I don't know much about the game itself, but it's from 2003, and the software library topic says: "Let's put it this way: if Flow of the River introduced us to the Bionicle RPG, this game revolutionized it. Play as all six Toa Mata in this BZP Classic!"

 

EDIT: And here's a pre-patched version that should hopefully include everything the game needs to run, since getting everything together manually can be a bit tricky and relies on downloads on obscure sites that could die at any time: http://www.mediafire.com/file/k3at37xh5nylcck/BionicleSealofSuccessPatched.zip

Edited March 20, 2018 by Terrev

[AZBlue]

I am so glad you found this! I checked everything I would have saved it on when I'd posted in that topic to no avail. This was the game that got me into RPG Maker. I already downloaded it, and will be playing it soon!

[jamesster]

Pereki and I were looking at it and found getting it to run wasn't entirely straightforward; it uses a runtime package from an unofficial translation of RPG Maker 2000 with some non-standard/unofficial assets. After some digging around we found what was needed, and merged it in with the game itself. There's also a bunch of sprites and such in there now which the game doesn't use, but it's not like that hurts anything. So, here's a pre-patched version that should hopefully run entirely on its own: http://www.mediafire.com/file/k3at37xh5nylcck/BionicleSealofSuccessPatched.zip

[evil_jaga_genius]

"RunTime Package not found.  Install RTPe.exe"

 

(this is on both the patched and original versions, BTW)

 

EDIT: How to fix this bug:

 

Go to http://2drpg.com/2000.php

Scroll down and download "RTP 1.32"

Extract the .zip file, run the installer contained inside

Go into BionicleSealOfSuccess

Right click RPG_RT.exe, go to Properties -> Compatibility

Check the "run in compatibility mode" box, set compatibility to "Windows XP (Service Pack 3)"

 

...and you should be good.

 

EDIT 2: This is probably bad advice; go install the RTP from Terrev's link in the following post.

Edited March 22, 2018 by evil_jaga_genius

[jamesster]

As far as I know, the 1.32 download only contains extra/add-on stuff that the game probably doesn't even use at all. It definitely doesn't have everything the game needs. The "RTP 1" link is what you'd need... But, the file for it on that site you linked is broken. Here's a working link for it, from another site: http://web.archive.org/web/20170824213658/http://download.thaiware.com/rpgmaker/rtp.zip And the 1.32 add-ons again, juuust in case the game DOES need them: http://web.archive.org/web/20170824213658/http://rpgmaker.thaiware.com/download/RTP132e.exe

 

(However, installing the add-ons may still be enough to mark the RTP as installed in the registry, and make the game continue loading... And then the patched version would still have everything it needs in its own data files. If that is what's happening, anyway.)

Edited March 21, 2018 by Terrev

[evil_jaga_genius]

Is there any way for you to patch that RTP check out of the game, or is the only solution to have some sort of RTP installed - even if it never uses the files?

[CHTrilogy]

Ah, now there's an oldie but a goodie! You know, it was games like these that got me into JRPGs!

Edited March 29, 2018 by CHTrilogy