Hairspray gets stuck on BROWN

[edfshr]

It looks like Hairspray does not know how to find a brown doo.  Is this something that you need a screen shot for?  Or something that would be fixed by changing my display parameters?

[Homer]

Make sure you are using the latest version. If you are trying for the badge just let it run it will get it.

[Tara]

You can't blame Hairpsray for knowing brown hair rocks.  :^*

[edfshr]

Yes it's the latest version.  Twice I have come back to check on the game and ladies were sitting in a chair holding up BROWN signs (and getting mad) and Hairspray was doing nothing.  I used the mouse to click on some brown doos and the game continued.

[Homer]

Delete the program reboot your pc and redownload from www.badgehelp.com

[edfshr]

Ok, did that, though the downloaded image was exactly the same file.

I watched it for a bit and it did find a brown doo correctly but it eventually stalled on a lady who wanted a brown doo.  I saved a screen shot if you would like to see it.

[Homer]

submit a TSR

[edfshr]

It's not terrible, I did make it to rank 6.   

[edfshr]

Will do ion the TSR.  Will also try Firefox.

[edfshr]

Here's what I have so far:

OS:  XP Pro
Browser IE 6.0
Color 32 bit
screen res 1400x1050
smooth edges is not checked
Java Plugin 1.6.0_02
Agent Hairspray 1.5

Agent does not recognize the request for a brown hairdo.  I have watched
the agent run and it does do the request for brown correctly sometimes.  I
have never seen a problem with any other color.

https://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb1/fontnerd/Image1a.jpg

There are several other agents that run correctly on that computer.

[Quagmire]

you could try changing your resolution to 1024x768. That's the BH recommended setting.Hope it helps!  O0

[edfshr]

For the sake of this one experiment, I'll try that.

I don't use 1024 x 768 because I have 20 and 24 inch monitors on all my computers and changing back and forth is tedious. All the other cheats work just fine right up to 1920 x 1200, and 2560x1600 on a 30".

[edfshr]

Ok, I did hte 1024x768 and still ran into the same problem.   For some reason the hairdo in the jpg I posted is not "Brown"

[edfshr]

Another way to make the problem go away is "don't play on EASY"   O0

[BadgeBabe]

Ed, set your Makeover Madness on the hardest setting, called " Holy Cow", and under your auto settings, check " None" for the little extras like the robot assistant and fashion show, etc.. ( Takes more time and slows the auto down to do them).

You will have ALL your badges in a couple of weeks of steady play. Hairspray is a great auto. :)

     Hope this helps since you mentioned that you were playing on " Easy" setting.

[edfshr]

Yes, I have changed it to the Holy Crap, auuuh, Holy Cow setting and it works pretty darn fast.

It'll take more than a few weeks though because I actually stop the darned thing so I can play my favorite games, like Freecell -- I actually some guy harrassing me with "where did you get your auto" just because of my 100% win ratio (4 losses in 5K+ games)  :^*