It's always a problem during soft launch. We need this time to make sure that the game is ready for general release. Our testers are very talented, but they represent only a small cross-section of all the different computers and players that exist "out there." We always seem to find that there are bugs (some serious) that have not been discovered during testing, despite our best efforts. We prefer to fix these as we move through our soft launch, rather than making all of you live with the problems until the general release.

That does cause a problem for our Mac fans, since our Web site only carries the demo of the Mac version, and there aren't any reasonable alternatives. Once we release the final version that will be going to all of the game portals, the frequent updates will be a thing of the past.

ok for some reason before i installed the updates. he just decided to check his email. dont know if he was being stubborn before or what. thanks for the help Lady.

Ah! I see. I didn't realize VF hadn't been officially released yet.

Well, the game *has* been officially released, but in an exclusive "soft launch" on the LDW site only. This gives us a chance to evaluate the game's performance under controlled circumstances first. Once it goes to all of the game portals, many new variables are introduced as each portal repackages the game with their own DRM software, download managers, toolbars, and the like.

I have two games going and I have not received on email for atleast 18 hours on either game. I did do one time travel and this is when the problem occured. I downloaded the updated version of the game, but still not receiving emails. Any suggestions?

Don't time-travel.

The game runs in real-time so if you change your clock you'll mess up the game. There are several extant threads in the forums warning of the dangers.

It looks like you'll have to start the games over.

You could also wait it out and see if the game recovers. Sometimes a messed up game will recover on its own, so it's not necessarily hopeless. It all depends upon how attached you are to a game how much time you want to give it.

I am not getting any emails in my 3rd generation. The other 2 generations were fine, no problems. I did not time travel. #rd generation moved in about 3 hours ago, and with the other generations, I usually got the first "marriage" email within the first 5-10 minutes but I have gotten no emails for anything now.

Edit: Got my first email. Rejected the proposal, but I had backed up the saved games just in case I didnt get another one, this way I can restore the game and accept.