Shockwave Plug in problem

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Shockwave Plug in problem

Hello,

I am trying to access a page that contains a game.

When trying to naviagate to this page it comes up saying this:

"The page “iSketch” has content of MIME type “application/x-director”, but you don’t have a plug-in installed for this MIME type. A plug-in should be available on this page:

http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1ProdVersion=ShockwaveDirector

Do you want to open the page?"

Now i believe i have downloaded shockwave ( if someone can help me check please) but still won't work...

Where do i find that plug in please?

ANY help is much appreciated 🙂

Josh

IMac, Mac OS X (10.4.10), Intel based

Posted on May 3, 2008 11:52 AM

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Answer 1

Dick M

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May 3, 2008 6:46 PM in response to ~}

You may have a version of shockwave that didn't run natively on intel systems. The newest version for intel macs is 11.0.0r429. Previous versions required Safari to be run in Rosetta mode, which is another story. Hope this helps

RM

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Answer 2

Rusty B

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May 14, 2008 2:25 PM in response to ~}

I'm having this same problem. Did you ever get it resolved?

RB

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Answer 3

SpaceMan

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Jun 24, 2008 5:50 PM in response to Dick M

I downloaded the full version of Shockwave 11 and it still doesn't work on my Intel-based iMac.

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Answer 4

Jun 25, 2008 8:29 AM in response to SpaceMan

I have had the exact same problem. At a site I was requested to download Shockwave 11 as an update. After installation the message I get when I go to use shockwave is: Attempted to load an internet plug-in named "shockwave for Director", but the plug-in failed to load successfully. Worked with Apple and we reinstalled QT 7.5, which I had updated the evening before. I have also installed, uninstalled Shockwave 11 and still get same message. Any ideas as to where to go next. Apple couldn't find the plug-in for me. Thanks.

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Answer 5

Tom_X

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Jun 25, 2008 9:26 AM in response to Millie B.

Well, this won't help Josh because he's on an Intel as Dick M pointed out.
I'm running Tiger 10.4.11 PPC and Shockwave 11 DOES NOT work on my machine.
I can run Shockwave 10.1.1r16 Slim PPC and these two games play just fine (and others).

4 Wheel fury...
< http://www.shockwave.com/contentPlay/shockwave.jsp?id=fourwheelfury>

Gorillaz - note: this is a college site and if it gets to many hits they will remove the game.
< http://lifelong.engr.utexas.edu/shock.html>

There is a d/l link on this page for Shockwave 10.1.1r16 Slim PPC if anyone wants to try it.
< http://www.fossweb.com/detector/shockwave.html>

Good luck,

Tom

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Answer 6

Jun 25, 2008 11:36 AM in response to Millie B.

Problem solved. Managed to contact Adobe.com. They are having site problem - hence I just need to reinstall at a later time.

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Answer 7

Tom_X

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Jun 25, 2008 1:38 PM in response to Millie B.

Problem solved. Managed to contact Adobe.com. They are having site problem - hence I just need to reinstall at a later time.

Millie B., Would you please explain what you mean by " They are having site problem" what was the problem?
Also, I don't know why you said " hence I just need to reinstall at a later time." why & how did that make a difference?
Would you please explain that as well.

Tom

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Answer 8

Concho92

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Jun 26, 2008 11:07 AM in response to Rusty B

I'm having the exact same issue, any more info?

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Answer 9

lills

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Jun 26, 2008 5:46 PM in response to Concho92

so has anyone gotten it to work? I really miss my shockwave games. also, any idea why it works on some macs and not others? I got my macbook over the weekend and my mom got hers about a month ago. it works fine on hers, but not mine...

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Answer 10

Klaus1

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Jun 26, 2008 5:49 PM in response to lills

Adobe FlashPlayer should first be uninstalled using the appropriate uninstaller available here: http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14157&sliceId=2 and then the latest version obtained from here: http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1ProdVersion=ShockwaveFlash and installed.

You can check here: http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/about/ to see which version you should install for your Mac and OS.

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Answer 11

lills

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Jun 26, 2008 6:16 PM in response to Klaus1

I think the problem is with shockwave, not flash. at least the error message I keep getting mentions shockwave. will changing flash fix shockwave?

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Answer 12

Klaus1

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Jun 27, 2008 1:39 AM in response to lills

Which version of Shockwave do you have?

Version 11 is for Intel Macs, but version 10 is for PPC Macs.

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iBod

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Jun 27, 2008 1:59 AM in response to Klaus1

Hi Klaus,

Are you sure about that? I have Shockwave 11 installed on my G5 and seem to be able to play the online games over at shockwave.com? 🙂

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Answer 14

Klaus1

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Jun 27, 2008 2:10 AM in response to iBod

Not entirely, I admit. I went to the Shockwave download site and noticed that they pointed to two versions.

Possibly (because this was in the usual indecipherable Adobe-speak) they meant that version 10 had two different versions, whereas version 11 was in universal binary.

Will the OP please disregard my previous post!

I seem to have version 10. Everything works well. Should I attempt to update to version 11?

I hold you responsible for the results! 😀

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Answer 15

iBod

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Jun 27, 2008 2:18 AM in response to Klaus1

Hehe!

I only upgraded as I saw the shiny new version number 🙂
Not many places seem to use Shockwave these days - or if they do they've always worked for me and never noticed they were Shockwave.

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