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Aug 22, 2001, 9:06pm

I UPLOADED some avs and i deleted all defalts i went into avatars.dat
file..... and i rigged it to work for the avs... i go into avatars.zip and
add the file... i upload it to my op and my world still looks same... IT
WONT WORK!! PLEASE HELP ME ITS PISSIN ME OFF!

Aug 22, 2001, 9:18pm

Ok, ok,,, chill a bit...
Sometimes you don't always download the newst dat file from a web site for
various reasons. Mainly, the web host hasn't updated the file for wahtever
reason and you're still re-downloading the old dat file. I've had this
happen on several occassions.

Work around= delete the avatars.dat file in your cache folder on your PC.
Replace it with your new dat file and enter AW and you'll see your new
avaters.

Casay


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Aug 22, 2001, 9:30pm

Casay, are u saying that the ppl who host my op is slowing this down? or
somtin... im alittle lost!

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Aug 22, 2001, 9:34pm

dump your cache

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Aug 22, 2001, 9:40pm

I'm saying the the web doesn't always update instantly from you to where
your OP may be at. No, I'm not at all blaming your particular OP as they
may/maynot have control on it all. ( Probably don't - I'm not a web master
though so don't know)

I've experienced the same problem you're having several times. I've deleted
the old dat file from my cache, enetered AW and still downloaded the old dat
file again even though I've updated the one on the site. I've had this
happen on a lot of different sites, not just one or two but many over the
years. Again, it's probably not your particular OP so don't blame them.

I don't know exactly what happens. I do know that over time it fixes itself.
If you are trying to test things though, you've deleted the old dat file
from you cache folder and enter AW and redownload the old one the best/
quickest fix is to put your new one right into your cache.

I was just trying to give you a workaround so you can look at your new dat
file :-)
Casay


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Aug 22, 2001, 9:48pm

okay thanx so much Casay and Brandon
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Aug 22, 2001, 10:19pm

well its sorta (and im no techie) because the reason for a cache is to save
you having to load something everytime you enter a world that you have
visited before. So when you change a file such as your avatar.dat file....
your cached one will still load as it looks in your cache first for
aforementioned file and dosent know that the new one by the same name IS a
new one.

So you need to delete your cache ( simple trick is just delete your
avatar.dat file) and then it will look to reload it... and will load the new
one.

Or you could wait until your refresh does it for you,
(options.....settings....disk usage) but if you have that set for 60 days as
i think is the default (could be wrong) then you will have to wait a
while....

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Aug 22, 2001, 10:29pm

ooops got that tangled its the world refresh in world options that you
can adjust not the browser ( thats for objects that have been removed and
you still "see")



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Aug 24, 2001, 12:38am

Same trick i did when Hangout world was having their server problems &
that had their avatar problems... BUT i went alot farther. I simply
copied all of Broadway World's avatars & dat and seq into Hangout's dir
and said yes to overwrite all of it... At kleast it worked quite well
for several visits into Hangout for awhile... I had nice av's while
everyone looks at a triangle. lol


"casay" <casay2 at home.com> wrote in
news:3b8442f2 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> I'm saying the the web doesn't always update instantly from you to
> where your OP may be at. No, I'm not at all blaming your particular
> OP as they may/maynot have control on it all. ( Probably don't - I'm
> not a web master though so don't know)
>
> I've experienced the same problem you're having several times. I've
> deleted the old dat file from my cache, enetered AW and still
> downloaded the old dat file again even though I've updated the one on
> the site. I've had this happen on a lot of different sites, not just
> one or two but many over the years. Again, it's probably not your
> particular OP so don't blame them.
>
> I don't know exactly what happens. I do know that over time it fixes
> itself. If you are trying to test things though, you've deleted the
> old dat file from you cache folder and enter AW and redownload the
> old one the best/ quickest fix is to put your new one right into your
> cache.
>
> I was just trying to give you a workaround so you can look at your
> new dat file :-)
> Casay
>
>
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Aug 24, 2001, 12:44am

You can change the world options of refresh a little faster.
Set that to 1 and not the default of 1040 or some thing like that...
Set to 1 is almost instant refresh for the world.
Set to 0 and nothing refreshes.

"kellee" <kellee at my.activeworlds.com> wrote in
news:3b844e85 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> ooops got that tangled its the world refresh in world options
> that you can adjust not the browser ( thats for objects that have
> been removed and you still "see")
>
>
>
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Aug 31, 2001, 7:05pm

dump your aw cache.. if it still doesn't show it's because a lot of ISP and servers cache files as well.. so it may take up to a day
or two for it to change, at which you'll have to dump cache again..

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Aug 31, 2001, 7:59pm

proxy, you mean... it's simple, just turn proxy off, it's more annoying than
usefull.

KAH

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