Tech Tips

If you happen to play Alchera and Clan Lord on the same Mac, you might have noticed the icons get messed up. That will soon be fixed. However, if you are anal retentive like me, you can fix it yourself if you have ResEdit. Mind you, improper use of ResEdit can blow your fingers clean off your hands, so use at your own peril.

The basic problem is the Clan Lord client and the Alchera client have the same creator code. If you change the creator code of Alchera, all will be well after you rebuild your desktop. In order for this to work, you must make sure all creator codes of all copies of Alchera are changed. If there is one copy hidden somewhere with the same creator code as Clan Lord, all bets are off. The best tactic is to throw out all but the current version. If you totally smoke it with ResEdit, you can always download it again.

So, now that you've cleaned up your hard disk and have only one copy of the Alchera application, put on your safety glasses and launch ResEdit.

1. Open the Alchera application using ResEdit.
   
2. Double click on the "BNDL" item. A window will open up, with one BNDL item with the ID of 128.
   
3. Double click on the 128 ID BNDL.
   
4. Delete the current signature.
   
5. In the signature field, type option-a, lowercase c, lowercase l, option-j. The result will be an a with a dot over it, the letter c, the letter l and a delta.
   
6. Close the BNDL 128 window.
   
7. Close the BNDL window.
   
8. From the "File" menu select "Get info for Alchera..."
   
9. Delete the contents of the creator field.
   
10. In the signature field, type option-a, lowercase c, lowercase l, option-j. The result will be an a with a dot over it, the letter c, the letter l and a delta.
    
11. Close the window, saving the changes.
    
12. Close the Alchera window, saving the changes.
    
13. Quit ResEdit.
    
14. Rebuild your desktop. The easiest way I know to do this is to restart, and just after the extensions load, hold down the Apple and option keys. You'll be asked if you want to rebuild the desktop. Click "Yes."
    

After you rebuild the desktop, Alchera will have its own icons and Clan Lord will have its own icons too.
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