Keen 4 keygem problem

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Keen 4 keygem problem

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I am having a problem in Keen 4. After I find a keygem, I save the game. Later, when I accidentally hit an enemy, I reload the game from the last save point. However, all the keygems that I had when I saved before are no longer in my information window. This happens in any level. What’s up with that? Also, I have tried this scenario in all the other Keen games, including the unofficial games, and everything works fine. Keen 4 is the only game with this glitch.
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What version of Keen 4 are you using? I think there's some weird version of Keen 6 out there that has a similar problem.
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Version 1.0 of Keen 4 has this bug. Version 1.0 of Keen 5 and 6 do not have it IIRC.

The simple solution is to get a newer version of Keen 4. Since Keen 4 is free this isn't even technically illegal :O
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I'm curious: Where did you get that copy of the game from?
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Fleexy wrote:What version of Keen 4 are you using? I think there's some weird version of Keen 6 out there that has a similar problem.
I'm using version 1.0
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Fleexy wrote:What version of Keen 4 are you using? I think there's some weird version of Keen 6 out there that has a similar problem.
I actually did some more digging and found version 1.4, and the problem is fixed. Thanks!
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ckguy wrote:Version 1.0 of Keen 4 has this bug. Version 1.0 of Keen 5 and 6 do not have it IIRC.

The simple solution is to get a newer version of Keen 4. Since Keen 4 is free this isn't even technically illegal :O
I actually did some more digging and found version 1.4, and the problem is fixed. Thanks!
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Keening_Product wrote:I'm curious: Where did you get that copy of the game from?
My dad had it on his old computer from the late 1990s. He found it on a local bulletin board.
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whoao, there is an "Edit post" button, you know, no need to quadruple post.
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