warning, clearing your flash cookies will delete the saves for this game

mown · 08-05-2011, 05:32 AM

I wish the game had mentioned this before I shut down my computer yesterday. The better privacy addon for firefox deletes all my flash cookies on close. I didn't realise it was going to take my machinarium save away too. I was at the arcade machines part. Pretty annoyed now.

xPi · 08-06-2011, 07:37 AM

wow I was just thinking about this issue a few hours before looking here...

BetterPrivacy removing flash cookies has been obsoleted by flash itself providing an API for clearing flash cookies, and Firefox using this API when you go to Clear Recent History.

when I saw this I decided to keep BetterPrivacy and I just added Machinarium.exe to the protect list (this only protects from BetterPrivacy though)

reloadro · 08-07-2011, 08:17 AM

baaaah lost my save also ... wish i knew this beforehand

Odra · 08-07-2011, 09:50 PM

Hahahaha! Wow!

All my progress down the drain.

GPFontaine · 08-09-2011, 07:52 AM

I also lost my progress in this game (160 minutes game time). Until this save mechanism is changed, I will postpone attempting to play through the game.

MithranArkanere · 08-09-2011, 07:21 PM

I had to play this game in one run, because I have Flash restricted so it doesn't do many of the annoying things Flash does, including saving cache or cookies.

And no way on earth I'm changing that. Ever.

I really hope HTML5 definitely kills and buries Flash forever.
DEEP.

dstar2 · 08-10-2011, 09:50 PM

If you use CCleaner or some other system cleaning utility, you'll need to set it to not delete Flash cookies too.

Mantis Toboggan · 08-11-2011, 03:18 AM

Someone on the Machinarium forums made a save backup tool
http://machinarium.net/forum/index.php?topic=809.0

aramir37 · 09-10-2011, 01:03 PM

Yeah you can use the save importer/exporter, or exclude the savegame from the CCleaner search.

Quote:

1. Open ccleaner.
2. Options
3. "Exclude"
4. Add Folder
5. Search the save path, eg C:\Users{USERNAME}\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flas h Player\#SharedObjects\{RANDOMWORD}\localhost\Progr am Files\Machinarium\machinarium.exe
check if the box is in | *.* |
6. Accept
5. Ready now can use ccleaner and do not erase your saved game.

Thanks jm2k7, source:
http://machinarium.net/forum/index.php?topic=359.0

Shad0WeN · 11-05-2011, 10:52 PM

yeah, CCleaner is a great program but it will also delete your flash data by default

to anyone who lost their progress, you can type "rebol" on the keyboard to enable a cheat menu that will allow you to skip ahead to different parts in the game. I would go back to a point shortly before where you left off. i think hitting the "item" button gives you whatever items you are supposed to have at that point

Krasnur · 11-30-2011, 05:10 AM

we need the steam cloud then! is it possible for flash games?

Arantor · 11-30-2011, 06:59 AM

I don't think Steam Cloud works properly for Flash games, but I might be wrong.

Cwagmire · 12-28-2011, 09:02 PM

Wow, was thinking about buying this, but this is a big turn off. Why would a game keep its game saves in flash cookies? It's not a browser based game, right?

Applecup · 12-29-2011, 03:59 AM

It keeps its saves in flash cookies because it's a flash-based game.

Methødical · 07-25-2012, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cwagmire

Wow, was thinking about buying this, but this is a big turn off. Why would a game keep its game saves in flash cookies? It's not a browser based game, right?

it saves in cookies because it potentially is a browser based game, you can play the demo in your browser for example.

08-05-2011, 05:32 AM	#1
mown Join Date: Jul 2011 Reputation: 3 Posts: 17	warning, clearing your flash cookies will delete the saves for this game I wish the game had mentioned this before I shut down my computer yesterday. The better privacy addon for firefox deletes all my flash cookies on close. I didn't realise it was going to take my machinarium save away too. I was at the arcade machines part. Pretty annoyed now.

08-06-2011, 07:37 AM	#2
xPi Join Date: May 2010 Reputation: 9 Posts: 40	better privacy vs firefox clear data wow I was just thinking about this issue a few hours before looking here... BetterPrivacy removing flash cookies has been obsoleted by flash itself providing an API for clearing flash cookies, and Firefox using this API when you go to Clear Recent History. when I saw this I decided to keep BetterPrivacy and I just added Machinarium.exe to the protect list (this only protects from BetterPrivacy though)

08-07-2011, 08:17 AM	#3
reloadro Join Date: Oct 2010 Reputation: 0 Posts: 7	<_< baaaah lost my save also ... wish i knew this beforehand

08-07-2011, 09:50 PM	#4
Odra Volunteer Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Reputation: 5690 Posts: 5,928	Hahahaha! Wow! All my progress down the drain. __________________ Thank you, and have a great day. Forum Rules - FAQ - Search Function - Moderators - Cheater reports?

08-09-2011, 07:21 PM	#6
MithranArkanere Join Date: Dec 2009 Reputation: 226 Posts: 1,720	I had to play this game in one run, because I have Flash restricted so it doesn't do many of the annoying things Flash does, including saving cache or cookies. And no way on earth I'm changing that. Ever. I really hope HTML5 definitely kills and buries Flash forever. DEEP. Last edited by MithranArkanere: 08-09-2011 at 07:24 PM.

08-09-2011, 07:52 AM	#5
GPFontaine Join Date: Jul 2009 Reputation: 0 Posts: 46	I also lost my progress in this game (160 minutes game time). Until this save mechanism is changed, I will postpone attempting to play through the game.

08-10-2011, 09:50 PM	#7
dstar2 Join Date: Jul 2009 Reputation: 9 Posts: 306	If you use CCleaner or some other system cleaning utility, you'll need to set it to not delete Flash cookies too.

08-11-2011, 03:18 AM	#8
Mantis Toboggan Join Date: Dec 2009 Reputation: 0 Posts: 43	Someone on the Machinarium forums made a save backup tool http://machinarium.net/forum/index.php?topic=809.0

11-05-2011, 10:52 PM	#10
Shad0WeN Join Date: Oct 2009 Reputation: 95 Posts: 997	yeah, CCleaner is a great program but it will also delete your flash data by default to anyone who lost their progress, you can type "rebol" on the keyboard to enable a cheat menu that will allow you to skip ahead to different parts in the game. I would go back to a point shortly before where you left off. i think hitting the "item" button gives you whatever items you are supposed to have at that point

11-30-2011, 05:10 AM	#11
Krasnur Join Date: Aug 2008 Reputation: 2 Posts: 154	we need the steam cloud then! is it possible for flash games?

11-30-2011, 06:59 AM	#12
Arantor Join Date: Sep 2011 Reputation: 13 Posts: 186	I don't think Steam Cloud works properly for Flash games, but I might be wrong.

12-28-2011, 09:02 PM	#13
Cwagmire Join Date: Nov 2010 Reputation: 14 Posts: 161	Wow, was thinking about buying this, but this is a big turn off. Why would a game keep its game saves in flash cookies? It's not a browser based game, right?

12-29-2011, 03:59 AM	#14
Applecup Join Date: May 2009 Reputation: 1 Posts: 30	It keeps its saves in flash cookies because it's a flash-based game.

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