When I try to start Minkata Shard, it gets as far as "Checking for patcher update..." and stops. Canceling displays the message "Shutting down" but doesn't stop the program. I copied the most recent MOULa dat folder over and same problem. I have been able to get in in the past. Any ideas?

rarified wrote:I'll be updating the Minkata shard on Saturday, June 16th to use the new content files from MOULa 1.912, as well as updated programs from the Minkata repositories now that we have merged source code reflecting MOULa 1.912.

When on Saturday?

Is there an ETA on a solution to this problem?

Has anyone seen the new standing jump? A person could get whiplash if not worse the way the upper body and head come down.

I'm one of the lucky player that saw the Live version in '06. It originally did start in the Cleft, which follows the proper story line of the game: you are from Earth drawn to a place in New Mexico I believe it was, and find the Cleft which leads you into Relto and D'ni. I understand it reason for ...

ok, I have this problem as well. Win XP. I updated MOULa, copied the filed from dat to minkata, fired it up and same error. Any ideas?