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Shanghai II - Dragon's Eye: available files, invisible tilesets

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First post, by Nowhere Girl

Posted on 2021-09-19, 11:43

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I have had this problem for some time and nobody has been able (or willing) to help me. I have this game and greatly enjoy it, but I can't play two tilesets: Fantasy and Flag. They are just missing from the in-game tileset list. However... I have the files! Both fantasy.set and flag.set are in the game folder. What could be wrong? Are there any other files which have something to do with tilesets being shown on the list?
Both were working on my old computer. Technical data:
old computer (desk-standing laptop): Windows 7 32-bit, emulator: D-Fend Reloaded
new computer (full desktop computer): Windows 7 64-bit, emulator: D-Fend Reloaded
I have seven tilesets available - that is, visible on the in-game list: Alphabet, Animals, Hanafuda, Hilo, Lohi (that said, these two are very boring), Mahjongg, Sports.

Reply 1 of 7, by Akuma

Posted on 2021-09-19, 19:54

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They load fine here, my initial guess:

No read permissions
Hidden files
File corruption

Reply 2 of 7, by Nowhere Girl

Posted on 2021-09-20, 07:33

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I would like to test these options. If it's the first option - how do I recognise no read permission and how do I change it?

Reply 3 of 7, by Akuma

Posted on 2021-09-20, 14:56

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https://www.windowscentral.com/how-take-owner … ders-windows-10
Check flag.set and fantasy.set

Reply 4 of 7, by Nowhere Girl

Posted on 2021-09-20, 21:02

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But it doesn't look like this on my computer. There is no tab titled "owner" in the security settings. I use Windows 7, not Windows 10.

Reply 5 of 7, by Gmlb256

Posted on 2021-09-20, 22:27

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How-To Geek have a similar guide and includes one part specific to Windows 7:
https://www.howtogeek.com/301768/how-to-take- … ers-in-windows/

In Windows 7, the “Advanced Security Settings” window has a separate “Owner” tab where you’ll make these changes. On that tab, click the “Edit” button and then click the “Other Users or Groups” button on the subsequent page.

Reply 6 of 7, by Nowhere Girl

Posted on 2021-09-22, 11:52

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I didn't help (I changed to something called "EU - Moderators", even though I'm the computer's only user). I even tried redownloading the game and the effect was the same: invisible tilesets.
Any other ideas? I don't want to be deprived of such a nice tileset as Fantasy!

Reply 7 of 7, by Gmlb256

Posted on 2021-09-22, 12:45

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That's starting to sound like you got it from an abandonware site which usually has missing or broken files. If the files were hidden you wouldn't be able to see both FANTASY.SET and FLAG.SET on the game folder.

Sorry, I can't help further.

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