download the file, then a .zip file should appear. right-click it and then click "extract all". a new file for clangen should appear, then open that and scroll down to the file that says "clangen" and has a starry clan symbol on it. click that and itll open
I wish that in the allegiances tab you could see surrounding clans and well as your current relationship with them. And Although it would take alot of work, I also think it would be cool if you could see cats you've met from other clans, like you can see loners and kittypets you've met
Yeah, right now I just write down the other clan names in the leader's history tab. Also it would be good to see what the outsider relationships as well. Plus, and this probably won't be added, but what if certain cats can have relation ships with cats from other clans/outsiders, maybe one cat really hates a cat from another clan because they killed their brother, or a cat likes a cat from another clan, stuff like that.
This is without a doubt a great game for Warriors fans. Those books are straight nostalgia for me. Though I do recommend always playing in extended mode because it just has better gameplay in my opinion. SableSteel, if you are interested I have some suggestions. I would love for you to add these features ,but I understand if you can't.
To start off, make the game more cannon please. Especially with medicine cats. Medicine cats cannot accept mates or kits. And it annoys me so much when I click the choose mates button and I see medicine cats as options. that is just a preference, so if other people don't like that please just make it a setting.
Another suggestion is a better mating tab. I would like their to be filters where I could filter out pair that could not have kits or elders as an example. I feel like it could make it more organized. Overall the mate tab is a bit chaotic. The only tell if they would like each other is the heart. Which could be confusing for beginners, therefore I wish you could see the cats relationships with each other.
I already now there is an extended game mode, but the extended is not extended enough. There should be a way to tell if their is enough kill in the kill pile to sustain your clans. There should be a more in depth way to maintain your clans relationship with the surrounding clans. Also I would like if their was better chemistry system. Also any cats should be able to collect herbs.
I think that concludes my suggestions, that you for reading! Thank you for reviving ClanGen!
Edit; Chill, I was not hating on t he game. Just suggestions!
There actually used to be a hunger system in the dev version i believe, but its been temporarily removed for now. I think they've also hinted at adding a system to see certain cats from other clans too, but i'm not 100%
In the recent updates the devs have updated the mating tab pretty close to what you are describing :) Also the devs apparently have a lot of ideas in the works rn so they aren't taking any suggestions, which is understandable.
Download file that matches computer type, unzip/extract file, search something like "Clangen", double click "Clangen.exe", should run.
If something comes up saying the program might be a virus, just ignore it or continue on, this isn't a virus. Can go into more detail if u want, hope this helps :)
you should allow any patrols to do med patrols even if med is not there just incase med gets sick and they need herbs cus my med DIED and there were no other cats to relplace them :|
I play all my games in extended mode. I believe it would be amazing if you were able to keep track of fresh kill the same you keep track of herbs in the med den. This would also give a purpose to sending your cats out on hunting patrol, since at the moment it's one of the patrols with the least amount of effects on the clan
Idk if there is, I don't play the web version. But you should probably just download the game instead since the web version has been known to be kinda buggy
Idk about mods, but I think you could find the answer to that on discord
As for editing cats, open the game, go into settings and click the Open Data Directory button in the bottom left corner, then open the folder with the clan that you want to edit and look for the clan_cats.json file. There will be a loooooooooong list of all the cats you have and you'll be able to edit everything. Hope this helps :) (Btw, never done this before, so this might not work, but I'm assuming this is how you do it)
When you download the game, make sure to turn off your virus detector, certain ones will think the game is a virus when it isn't and will delete the game. Hope this helps :]
hello. When i try to download this game- my computer says it's unsafe and wont let me open it. Im on mac. Do you know how to get around this? How can i safely download it? I don't know how ;(
hello :) im pretty new to itch.io and stuff but i downloaded the game before the update and it hasn't updated? i rlly dont want to lose all my progress as ive gotten attached to all my clans. is there a way to update or do i have to start all over?
Unfortunately, you will have to download a new version of the game in order to get the automatic downloader. But downloading a new version will not remove the older version from your computer. So, if you still want to play with the clans that you are attached to. You can. <3
You can move your saved clan to the new game, you'll have to go through the settings to the data directory (Button in the bottom left corner), go into the saves folder, and copy + paste your clan folders into the new game. That should work, hope it helps :)
I'm not sure if the devs are working on making this game an app atm since that would require quite a bit of work, but I think they are fixing the web version a bit. The web version doesn't exactly support mobile devices but I think that is the closest you can get rn. Hope you can get a computer soon :]
- the game will not have an app version as far as im aware. this is to do with copyright and the python which mobile uses being quite different to the one used for our game!
- the web version is an alternative, but it only has a team of around 4 coders and the main coder is in university right now. its essentially like rebuilding the game from scratch and everyone has their own projects they want to do, so web has no schedule, more if the coders want to work on it.
Although I don't have Apple (I have Windows) so I'm not sure if it works on Apple, but when I get a message like that I click 'learn more' and I find a button that says 'continue anyway' or something like that.
I'm not sure if this works on Apple, but I hope it helps!
so, will we ever be able to see inside the leader's den or the apprentices? I think it would be cool if the dens/nests were personalized, and it would also be fun if we could add things around the dens and the clearing. but that's just an idea, I absolutely love the game btw!
Yeah, I think it would be quite hard to do this but it's definitely a cool idea. Plus, maybe you could change where cats sleep and have two cats sleep next to each other to improve their relationships, but idk.
I’d love if you could have more control over the Med cats. Like some cats I would be okay with dying and some not. Like when you roll it says blah blah blah has been cured with catmint well that’s one less catnip that could be given to another cat. Just a suggestion I love this game <3
Yeah, like maybe for helping cats give birth it could be some sort of timing minigame, but idk if that would be too much work right now. But maybe they'll add you're idea into cruel season. :)
hey! when i try to run the game (after letting it past my firewall) it just immediately closes, any ways on how to fix this? I've tried downloading multiple times (just so you are aware, I am on a mac)
Yeah, you should just download the game instead since the web version has quite a couple of bugs. I've heard that sometimes it will just stop working at some point.
whenever i click onto the "other tech support" button in navigation it brings me to tech helper applications. im unsure if im just misunderstanding something but i cant find where i would need to go to get help with downloading on a Chromebook.
Idk if you're still struggling or if you still want to play the game at all, but there is a google doc that explains how to download for Chromebook, here's the link :]
The text is probably a glitch, but when it appears and hasn't been fixed. Think of it as the cat imagining what ever they are watching in their mind with using their sense of smell and hearing. Just until its fixed. <3
Huh, maybe try the discord linked above but if you can't use discord feel free to ask me questions. So you said when you try to download it? What kind of computer are you using?
Just to make sure you're doing everything right, you download the file, extract it, then go through the files till you see the Clangen.exe file, then run it and if you're computer says something like, "This file might be dangerous" then just click show more and then run anyway. The .exe file should be in the (Download file)\Clangen. It is really hard to see so make sure to look out for the file the ends in .exe.
Hey the same thing happened to me! Your antivirus may be removing the actual application and leaving the rest of the files! I would deffinetly check it if I were you, my anti-virus turned out to be a virus itself with that stuff and could never fully be removed from my computer. Happy gaming stranger!
Hey, just a little suggestion for a small patch that I don't believe would take too much coding. I think it would be good to change the text for "eye color" for newborn kits to "???" instead of listing their actual eye color, as it isn't possible to know if the little rat hasn't opened its eye color. Thank you!
I tried following the instructions on how to download but it isn't working. I've tried at least 7 times now to download it but it only comes up with a heap of files. I have also been trying to do the online one and it has been working fine for a while but for the past couple of days, when I try to run it, it does the blue screen and then it turns black and stays black until I finally decide to just close it.
Hi! Yeah, I experienced this too. I'm not sure if it's the same issue but I fixed this by finding and attempting to run the game's file. Basically what you have to do is compress the files. Let me know if this works for you.
The online one isn't as up to date as the downloadable one, so the problems you are experiencing with the online one are understandable. In the downloadable folder, the Clangen icon is very hard to differ from the other files so make sure you're looking for the Clangen.exe file. (I tried to upload a picture of the icon into this reply but I couldn't get it to work, sorry)
I have only downloaded theClangen_Win64.zip file so if you are downloading a different file then it might be different, but I don't think it would be. You could try searching ".exe" in the search bar while the "Clangen" folder is open so that you can find it easier. If it is not there then idk what happened. Hope this helps :)
Also, just saw someone else say this, but apparently certain anti-viruses actually delete programs that they believe is a virus. When you download your game make sure the anti-virus is turned off, then download your game and look for the Clangen.exe program. Hope this helps :)
I've heard that some people have issues with the online version loading for a few days after an update, and I have a similar problem, except updates don't matter and it hasn't loaded for.... months. How I wish there was a tutorial on downloading it for a chromebook; I know it's possible. However, it would be much easier if the whole bug was fixed, but it might just be me, because I've seen nothing of the sort anywhere else.
The online one isn't has updated or maintained as the downloadable one. You should just download the file above and play the game that way instead of playing the online version. If you're having any problems with the downloadable version then you can bring it up here or in the discord :)
Ah, sadly I do not know how to use the Linux files for Chromebook but if you go into the discord you should be able to ask how to download the game for Chromebook there. Hope you find out how to get the game to work :]
I'm a few months short of 13 years of age, so at the moment I cannot use Discord. I don't think I'll be able to play clangen, but I'll be okay. My life doesn't depend on it.
Okay, so yes, your life does depend on it, you just don't know it yet.
Thankfully, some nice guy commented giving a short tutorial on how to download the game for Chromebook and gave a link to the official google doc for the game. I'm gonna paste it below :]
hey hey! just a suggestion, maybe there could be an option in settings where you could turn off/on that medicine cats could get a mate, I have been playing clangen for a while now and sometimes when I skip a moon one of my medicine cats has got a mate, and in my opinion it's kind of irritating, because medicine cats aren't allowed to have mates. thank you for reading this! I really love the game btw! <3
Lmao in both of my saves I gave my medicine cat a mate. Both of which are gay relationships, the first save with one of the other meds of my clan, the other w/ the clan leader. The first one has a ton of kits, and the one on my newer save is one newborn kit (that looks like a rat).
Yeah, that would make it more accurate to the game, but right now I don't really mind it. Also does anyone know how the settings work in the settings menu? Like, when I create a clan, will that clan save the settings and no matter if I change the settings or not the settings will stay the same as when I created the clan or will the settings in the clan change?
For example, if I make a clan with Mass Extinction events off and after a couple moons I turn Mass Extinction events on, will Mass Extinction events now be on since I turned them on or will they stay off because the setting was off when I created the clan?
It will turn on if you do that. If you make a clan and change your settings the clan will be automatically set to those same settings as you are changing your specific settings and not the first setting you choose for the clan
It is! It is not a steam game (which actually is also files, just with a hub via the steam app), it is a desktop game. If you unzip the file there should be an executable called "Clangen," and that is where the game is.
Note, the icon for the Clangen.exe file looks very similar to the files next to it. Just search ".exe" with the Clangen folder open, and run the "Clangen.exe" file. If you don't want to have to keep opening the file every time you want to play the game, make a shortcut to the game.
If you are absolutely sure that the Clangen.exe program is not in the file then something is wrong and you should probably either redownload the file or take up your problem in the discord. Hope this helps :)
Also, some anti-viruses delete any program that they think are viruses, and I think every anti-virus program thinks this game is a virus. So turn off your anti-virus program when you download the game. Hope this helps :)
I have the same problem. And I did find the executable file, I clicked on the execute button but it wouldn't open, I waited to see if it would open for like 5 minutes but it wouldn't open. The file was just called 'clangen' with a paper aeroplane icon. I'm using a raspberry pi 4 computer (linux) could someone please help me with this?
Ah, built in firewalls. Always assuming that if it's an indie game or online it's malware. Don't worry! I believe it's fixable. If it's anything like windows firewall, what'll happen is there should be an option to view more details and run it anyway. Just for the record, if this doesn't work, I don't use mac, so this is just my best guess.
Is there a way to possibly update an already downloaded earlier version? I can't bear to let go of my clan, I'm very attached, I'm on moon sixty-one, and one of my favorite and most lore-heavy cats just got a mate. I really don't wanna see any of my cats go.
Yes! Go to the file itself on your computer and copy the save file, it should be labeled “saves”, then, download an updated version of Clangen, go to settings, and find the little button at the bottom left of the settings, something labeled code or whatever, then delete the current save file, and replace it with the new save file! There’s more information on how to do this on YouTube and stuff, but it worked for me, and this will only work if you delete the current save in the exact file you want to replace ur saves in. Hope this helped :D
If your game is version 0.8.0 or later then there is an auto-update feature already in place. It will simply say something along the lines of, "There is a new update available! Would you like to download it?" Just click yes and it will be downloaded and put in place.
I am assuming that your game is earlier than that version and since it is, then I'm just gonna reword theonethetwothefour's reply. Go to the settings, click the "Open Data Directory" button, open the "saves" folder, and copy your clan folders. Then, open the data directory in the new Clangen game, go to the saves, and paste the saves there again.
I am a bit confused on why you couldn't find a save folder. Can you list the folders you see? I have four folders, "~temp", "cache", "logs", and "saves". I haven't seen a Clangen game that old so it could be different. Hope this helps :)
I'm having trouble with ho I stock up my medicine den with herbs. I go on patrols with my medicine cat only, but my den still comes up as "bare" Can someone help me figure this out plz?
When I downloaded the May update, and I looked at the changelog. I noticed that it was the same as the April update. Is it supposed to be different, or the same as last time?
I believe it may be mostly the same, however, there is an option in the config.json to set april fools on. I believe setting it to "true" gives all your cats hats.
Earlier I got the update for 0.8.6., and then a little later I got the update for 0.8.7. but it won't load. I waited for literal hours but it just freezes and won't update. is there a way to fix this, or can only one update be performed per day? or is this a bug?
There's two versions for Mac, so consitering your's is so old, I'd say try downloading the smaller download first. If that doesn't work, try the other version. If none of those work, false hope :(
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I dont understand how too open the game help
download the file, then a .zip file should appear. right-click it and then click "extract all". a new file for clangen should appear, then open that and scroll down to the file that says "clangen" and has a starry clan symbol on it. click that and itll open
uhm i'm having a slight problem.
no matter how many times i delete and download the game again and again, i keep getting the main.py file which means I keep getting the source code..
idk what I'm doing wrong, even with a video tutorial from other people on youtube I keep getting the source code somehow instead of the release.
do you get the clangen file as well?
I wish that in the allegiances tab you could see surrounding clans and well as your current relationship with them. And Although it would take alot of work, I also think it would be cool if you could see cats you've met from other clans, like you can see loners and kittypets you've met
Yeah, right now I just write down the other clan names in the leader's history tab. Also it would be good to see what the outsider relationships as well. Plus, and this probably won't be added, but what if certain cats can have relation ships with cats from other clans/outsiders, maybe one cat really hates a cat from another clan because they killed their brother, or a cat likes a cat from another clan, stuff like that.
you can! theres a cat outside the clan button on your clan roster page
This is without a doubt a great game for Warriors fans. Those books are straight nostalgia for me. Though I do recommend always playing in extended mode because it just has better gameplay in my opinion. SableSteel, if you are interested I have some suggestions. I would love for you to add these features ,but I understand if you can't.
To start off, make the game more cannon please. Especially with medicine cats. Medicine cats cannot accept mates or kits. And it annoys me so much when I click the choose mates button and I see medicine cats as options. that is just a preference, so if other people don't like that please just make it a setting.
Another suggestion is a better mating tab. I would like their to be filters where I could filter out pair that could not have kits or elders as an example. I feel like it could make it more organized. Overall the mate tab is a bit chaotic. The only tell if they would like each other is the heart. Which could be confusing for beginners, therefore I wish you could see the cats relationships with each other.
I already now there is an extended game mode, but the extended is not extended enough. There should be a way to tell if their is enough kill in the kill pile to sustain your clans. There should be a more in depth way to maintain your clans relationship with the surrounding clans. Also I would like if their was better chemistry system. Also any cats should be able to collect herbs.
I think that concludes my suggestions, that you for reading! Thank you for reviving ClanGen!
Edit; Chill, I was not hating on t he game. Just suggestions!
1 - letting med. cats have mates is more canon, as forbidden romances are surprisingly common
2 - there is a way to see if they like eachother beside the hearts, which is the relationships tab that includes the "romantic like" sat.
3 - maybe in cruel season? :o
There actually used to be a hunger system in the dev version i believe, but its been temporarily removed for now. I think they've also hinted at adding a system to see certain cats from other clans too, but i'm not 100%
By messing a bit with files you can have it on (tbh I tried and it worked fairly easily ! )
the prey system is being worked on right now, you can turn it on but its not competely fuctional right now and we dont recommend it ! <3
In the recent updates the devs have updated the mating tab pretty close to what you are describing :) Also the devs apparently have a lot of ideas in the works rn so they aren't taking any suggestions, which is understandable.
how to play this I tried every thing !!!!🤔🫤
Download file that matches computer type, unzip/extract file, search something like "Clangen", double click "Clangen.exe", should run.
If something comes up saying the program might be a virus, just ignore it or continue on, this isn't a virus. Can go into more detail if u want, hope this helps :)
you should allow any patrols to do med patrols even if med is not there just incase med gets sick and they need herbs cus my med DIED and there were no other cats to relplace them :|
What do u mean by "There were no other cats to replace them"? Can't you just convert one of your cats to a med cat in the roles menu?
I play all my games in extended mode. I believe it would be amazing if you were able to keep track of fresh kill the same you keep track of herbs in the med den. This would also give a purpose to sending your cats out on hunting patrol, since at the moment it's one of the patrols with the least amount of effects on the clan
Someone said this was an option in the dev mode, but for now it has been taken out. Maybe we'll see this in the future or in Cruel season :o
this is possible to toggle in the dev mode but currently does not work exactly as intended. we're still working on it ^^
Is there a way to change the text size on the web version? It's very small and difficult for me to read
Idk if there is, I don't play the web version. But you should probably just download the game instead since the web version has been known to be kinda buggy
The game has not really worked for me whenever I have tried downloading it so that is not really possible for me, but thank you anyway.
How do you add mods and download them. Or how do you edit the cats?? :)
Idk about mods, but I think you could find the answer to that on discord
As for editing cats, open the game, go into settings and click the Open Data Directory button in the bottom left corner, then open the folder with the clan that you want to edit and look for the clan_cats.json file. There will be a loooooooooong list of all the cats you have and you'll be able to edit everything. Hope this helps :) (Btw, never done this before, so this might not work, but I'm assuming this is how you do it)
when i try to download it, after the download is complete, it says that the file is not found, i tried few but each time the same
When you download the game, make sure to turn off your virus detector, certain ones will think the game is a virus when it isn't and will delete the game. Hope this helps :]
hello. When i try to download this game- my computer says it's unsafe and wont let me open it. Im on mac. Do you know how to get around this? How can i safely download it? I don't know how ;(
Go to settings then security and privacy, see if it can allow
hello :) im pretty new to itch.io and stuff but i downloaded the game before the update and it hasn't updated? i rlly dont want to lose all my progress as ive gotten attached to all my clans. is there a way to update or do i have to start all over?
Unfortunately, you will have to download a new version of the game in order to get the automatic downloader. But downloading a new version will not remove the older version from your computer. So, if you still want to play with the clans that you are attached to. You can. <3
ty <3
You can move your saved clan to the new game, you'll have to go through the settings to the data directory (Button in the bottom left corner), go into the saves folder, and copy + paste your clan folders into the new game. That should work, hope it helps :)
could this game eventually become a app? I can’t afford a computer qwq
I'm not sure if the devs are working on making this game an app atm since that would require quite a bit of work, but I think they are fixing the web version a bit. The web version doesn't exactly support mobile devices but I think that is the closest you can get rn. Hope you can get a computer soon :]
we arent working on app version :)
hiya!
- the game will not have an app version as far as im aware. this is to do with copyright and the python which mobile uses being quite different to the one used for our game!
- the web version is an alternative, but it only has a team of around 4 coders and the main coder is in university right now. its essentially like rebuilding the game from scratch and everyone has their own projects they want to do, so web has no schedule, more if the coders want to work on it.
tdlr; no
It won't let me open, when i try to open the application out of finder it says '
'“Clangen” can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software.'
Although I don't have Apple (I have Windows) so I'm not sure if it works on Apple, but when I get a message like that I click 'learn more' and I find a button that says 'continue anyway' or something like that.
I'm not sure if this works on Apple, but I hope it helps!
right click open! :)
so, will we ever be able to see inside the leader's den or the apprentices? I think it would be cool if the dens/nests were personalized, and it would also be fun if we could add things around the dens and the clearing.
but that's just an idea, I absolutely love the game btw!
i really love this idea! It would be AWESOME to be able to customize/add things to the inside/outside of the dens!
Yeah, I think it would be quite hard to do this but it's definitely a cool idea. Plus, maybe you could change where cats sleep and have two cats sleep next to each other to improve their relationships, but idk.
i dont think this is in the works atm
I’d love if you could have more control over the Med cats. Like some cats I would be okay with dying and some not. Like when you roll it says blah blah blah has been cured with catmint well that’s one less catnip that could be given to another cat. Just a suggestion I love this game <3
Yeah, like maybe for helping cats give birth it could be some sort of timing minigame, but idk if that would be too much work right now. But maybe they'll add you're idea into cruel season. :)
hey! when i try to run the game (after letting it past my firewall) it just immediately closes, any ways on how to fix this? I've tried downloading multiple times (just so you are aware, I am on a mac)
make sure you've put it in your applications folder and check your MacOS. Clangen basically only runs on MacOS 11 or up
the web version doesn't load for some reason
Yeah, you should just download the game instead since the web version has quite a couple of bugs. I've heard that sometimes it will just stop working at some point.
for some reason mine says this and i just cant open it
try putting your clan_cats.json through jsonlint.com
Can you download this game on a Chromebook it's the only device I have, and I really want to play
I don't think you can.
please don't give a response to things you aren't sure about :) not mad, but it's 100% possible and many play on chromebook
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you can! i'd recommend heading onto our discord server, we have instructions and tech support for getting it set up
its hard to understand the discord very well
whenever i click onto the "other tech support" button in navigation it brings me to tech helper applications. im unsure if im just misunderstanding something but i cant find where i would need to go to get help with downloading on a Chromebook.
Idk if you're still struggling or if you still want to play the game at all, but there is a google doc that explains how to download for Chromebook, here's the link :]
Sometimes my blind cats are "watching" things despite being blind.
How can a cat watch stuff if they are blind?
The text is probably a glitch, but when it appears and hasn't been fixed. Think of it as the cat imagining what ever they are watching in their mind with using their sense of smell and hearing. Just until its fixed. <3
okay I will
Please help!! Everytime I try and open it application I get a unexpected error that says this
'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 153, in <module>
File "scripts\screens\organizational_screens.py", line 264, in screen_switches
TypeError: format_exception() missing 2 required positional arguments: 'value' and 'tb'
'
I don't know why it's happening, I've tried Win31 and 64 and both have the same error. Idk if its something on my computer or what :(
Huh, maybe try the discord linked above but if you can't use discord feel free to ask me questions. So you said when you try to download it? What kind of computer are you using?
If you are using a windows, what type of windows are you using? Another thing, It might be your antivirus stopping you from downloading.
Oops sorry not download, I meant everytime I try to open the application! I'll edit it sorry!
Did you extract the zip file?
Yeah, I have no idea what could be wrong :(
would I be able to download this on an Apple tablet or PS4/any console, or just computer?
Just computer
My clan gen wont let me exit or go to the menu- pls help!
i got it, i just shut off my computer
hi can anyone help me when i download clangen it only comes up as files and no game. does anyone know anything to help me.
Just to make sure you're doing everything right, you download the file, extract it, then go through the files till you see the Clangen.exe file, then run it and if you're computer says something like, "This file might be dangerous" then just click show more and then run anyway. The .exe file should be in the (Download file)\Clangen. It is really hard to see so make sure to look out for the file the ends in .exe.
Hey the same thing happened to me! Your antivirus may be removing the actual application and leaving the rest of the files! I would deffinetly check it if I were you, my anti-virus turned out to be a virus itself with that stuff and could never fully be removed from my computer. Happy gaming stranger!
I just did my first update with the new update button. Amazing! TY for implementing it!
Hey, just a little suggestion for a small patch that I don't believe would take too much coding. I think it would be good to change the text for "eye color" for newborn kits to "???" instead of listing their actual eye color, as it isn't possible to know if the little rat hasn't opened its eye color. Thank you!
Oooou i agree to this! That would be such an interesting detail!
cat*
I was calling it a rat on purpose, haha!
oh mk
is anyone having trouble getting to their save files to edit thier cats? i could write a quick tutorial if anyone needs it <3
I’d like a tut please!
I tried following the instructions on how to download but it isn't working. I've tried at least 7 times now to download it but it only comes up with a heap of files. I have also been trying to do the online one and it has been working fine for a while but for the past couple of days, when I try to run it, it does the blue screen and then it turns black and stays black until I finally decide to just close it.
Hi! Yeah, I experienced this too. I'm not sure if it's the same issue but I fixed this by finding and attempting to run the game's file. Basically what you have to do is compress the files. Let me know if this works for you.
The online one isn't as up to date as the downloadable one, so the problems you are experiencing with the online one are understandable. In the downloadable folder, the Clangen icon is very hard to differ from the other files so make sure you're looking for the Clangen.exe file. (I tried to upload a picture of the icon into this reply but I couldn't get it to work, sorry)
I have only downloaded the Clangen_Win64.zip file so if you are downloading a different file then it might be different, but I don't think it would be. You could try searching ".exe" in the search bar while the "Clangen" folder is open so that you can find it easier. If it is not there then idk what happened. Hope this helps :)
Also, just saw someone else say this, but apparently certain anti-viruses actually delete programs that they believe is a virus. When you download your game make sure the anti-virus is turned off, then download your game and look for the Clangen.exe program. Hope this helps :)
I've heard that some people have issues with the online version loading for a few days after an update, and I have a similar problem, except updates don't matter and it hasn't loaded for.... months. How I wish there was a tutorial on downloading it for a chromebook; I know it's possible. However, it would be much easier if the whole bug was fixed, but it might just be me, because I've seen nothing of the sort anywhere else.
The online one isn't has updated or maintained as the downloadable one. You should just download the file above and play the game that way instead of playing the online version. If you're having any problems with the downloadable version then you can bring it up here or in the discord :)
I can't figure out how to download using a Chromebook. I've heard that I can use Linux, but there aren't any tutorials to help me with that.
Ah, sadly I do not know how to use the Linux files for Chromebook but if you go into the discord you should be able to ask how to download the game for Chromebook there. Hope you find out how to get the game to work :]
I'm a few months short of 13 years of age, so at the moment I cannot use Discord. I don't think I'll be able to play clangen, but I'll be okay. My life doesn't depend on it.
Okay, so yes, your life does depend on it, you just don't know it yet.
Thankfully, some nice guy commented giving a short tutorial on how to download the game for Chromebook and gave a link to the official google doc for the game. I'm gonna paste it below :]
1. download Linux
2. Open the terminal
3. Type in or copy paste this:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://install.clangen.io/stable/linux-glib2.31.sh)"
And here's the google doc! Google Doc
I could only find one video it was kinda bad, so no video, but hopefully this is enough :]
Also, eventually when it is your birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :D
hey hey! just a suggestion, maybe there could be an option in settings where you could turn off/on that medicine cats could get a mate, I have been playing clangen for a while now and sometimes when I skip a moon one of my medicine cats has got a mate, and in my opinion it's kind of irritating, because medicine cats aren't allowed to have mates. thank you for reading this! I really love the game btw! <3
agreed
Lmao in both of my saves I gave my medicine cat a mate. Both of which are gay relationships, the first save with one of the other meds of my clan, the other w/ the clan leader. The first one has a ton of kits, and the one on my newer save is one newborn kit (that looks like a rat).
Yeah, that would make it more accurate to the game, but right now I don't really mind it. Also does anyone know how the settings work in the settings menu? Like, when I create a clan, will that clan save the settings and no matter if I change the settings or not the settings will stay the same as when I created the clan or will the settings in the clan change?
For example, if I make a clan with Mass Extinction events off and after a couple moons I turn Mass Extinction events on, will Mass Extinction events now be on since I turned them on or will they stay off because the setting was off when I created the clan?
It will turn on if you do that. If you make a clan and change your settings the clan will be automatically set to those same settings as you are changing your specific settings and not the first setting you choose for the clan
when i download it it just ends up being files and not a game help this isnt normal is it
I’m pretty sure that’s normal. If your on windows, just search clan gen. If on any other device maybe look for a tutorial.
Same with me. It only comes up with files
It's normal, kid!
It is! It is not a steam game (which actually is also files, just with a hub via the steam app), it is a desktop game. If you unzip the file there should be an executable called "Clangen," and that is where the game is.
Note, the icon for the Clangen.exe file looks very similar to the files next to it. Just search ".exe" with the Clangen folder open, and run the "Clangen.exe" file. If you don't want to have to keep opening the file every time you want to play the game, make a shortcut to the game.
If you are absolutely sure that the Clangen.exe program is not in the file then something is wrong and you should probably either redownload the file or take up your problem in the discord. Hope this helps :)
Also, some anti-viruses delete any program that they think are viruses, and I think every anti-virus program thinks this game is a virus. So turn off your anti-virus program when you download the game. Hope this helps :)
It is normal all you have to do is extract it and look in the extracted folders files until you find ClanGen application file
I have the same problem. And I did find the executable file, I clicked on the execute button but it wouldn't open, I waited to see if it would open for like 5 minutes but it wouldn't open. The file was just called 'clangen' with a paper aeroplane icon. I'm using a raspberry pi 4 computer (linux) could someone please help me with this?
I can't download because it says mac cant check for malicious malware. What should I do?
The online version for me is just a blank blue page
A lot of people are having this too, it is unknown why though. Your best path is just downloading it if possible.
It should work if you wait a little
Just click "More info" and run it anyway
Ah, built in firewalls. Always assuming that if it's an indie game or online it's malware. Don't worry! I believe it's fixable. If it's anything like windows firewall, what'll happen is there should be an option to view more details and run it anyway. Just for the record, if this doesn't work, I don't use mac, so this is just my best guess.
It thinks it's a virus, just play it anyways. It's perfectly safe for your computer
Fixed!
Is there a way to possibly update an already downloaded earlier version? I can't bear to let go of my clan, I'm very attached, I'm on moon sixty-one, and one of my favorite and most lore-heavy cats just got a mate. I really don't wanna see any of my cats go.
Yes! Go to the file itself on your computer and copy the save file, it should be labeled “saves”, then, download an updated version of Clangen, go to settings, and find the little button at the bottom left of the settings, something labeled code or whatever, then delete the current save file, and replace it with the new save file! There’s more information on how to do this on YouTube and stuff, but it worked for me, and this will only work if you delete the current save in the exact file you want to replace ur saves in. Hope this helped :D
I realised that earlier, and I went to go port it I found there was no saves folder. I downloaded the game on January 4th 2023, if that helps.
If your game is version 0.8.0 or later then there is an auto-update feature already in place. It will simply say something along the lines of, "There is a new update available! Would you like to download it?" Just click yes and it will be downloaded and put in place.
I am assuming that your game is earlier than that version and since it is, then I'm just gonna reword theonethetwothefour's reply. Go to the settings, click the "Open Data Directory" button, open the "saves" folder, and copy your clan folders. Then, open the data directory in the new Clangen game, go to the saves, and paste the saves there again.
I am a bit confused on why you couldn't find a save folder. Can you list the folders you see? I have four folders, "~temp", "cache", "logs", and "saves". I haven't seen a Clangen game that old so it could be different. Hope this helps :)
I meant that I was unable to find the saves on the newer version.
I'm having trouble with ho I stock up my medicine den with herbs. I go on patrols with my medicine cat only, but my den still comes up as "bare" Can someone help me figure this out plz?
Make sure u didnt pick the "classic mode" before u made ur clan
When I downloaded the May update, and I looked at the changelog. I noticed that it was the same as the April update. Is it supposed to be different, or the same as last time?
think its the same thing
I believe it may be mostly the same, however, there is an option in the config.json to set april fools on. I believe setting it to "true" gives all your cats hats.
Yes
Earlier I got the update for 0.8.6., and then a little later I got the update for 0.8.7. but it won't load. I waited for literal hours but it just freezes and won't update. is there a way to fix this, or can only one update be performed per day? or is this a bug?
does an IMac work for this or no? I have an old pc I got from my dad
There's two versions for Mac, so consitering your's is so old, I'd say try downloading the smaller download first. If that doesn't work, try the other version. If none of those work, false hope :(