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How do I save an online flash game/movie?

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wide

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hey all,

a friend showed me this game a couple days ago called curveball. since first playing i have become extremely addicted. on my windows laptop, I used to save flash games and movies that ireally liked to my computer by accessing them in my temporary files folder and by copying them to another location. i have tried to do a similar thing using safari and IE, but i can't figure out how to do it...

does anyone know how to do this?

the game can be found at http://www.fetchfido.co.uk/games/curve_ball/curve_ball.htm for those who are interested.

thanks!

dn
 
wide said:
hey all,

a friend showed me this game a couple days ago called curveball. since first playing i have become extremely addicted. on my windows laptop, I used to save flash games and movies that ireally liked to my computer by accessing them in my temporary files folder and by copying them to another location. i have tried to do a similar thing using safari and IE, but i can't figure out how to do it...

does anyone know how to do this?

the game can be found at http://www.fetchfido.co.uk/games/curve_ball/curve_ball.htm for those who are interested.

thanks!

dn
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If you have firefox, there is an add-on called Downthemall. When this add-on is installed you have to go to the website where the file is located. Then you have to go to tools-->Downthemall tools-->downthemall.

After you click on that a manager window will pop up and you have to go under pictures and embedded. Most online games are in .swf format. So go down and type into the fast filtering bar .swf. This should narrow your search and help you find the actual game. Just look for the file that ends in .swf and this will be the game.

To play the game on your desktop you will need a swf player

This is the easiest way I know how to do this and I have around 20 online games on my desktop from using this add-on.
You can also download pretty much anything that is in the webpage with this add-on
 
Multi-chapter SWF?

I am trying to download a SWF file that has many "chapters". At the end of each chapter, the next chapter automatically loads. The entire movie is several hours long. Can anyone tell me how I can download this entire file?

Thanks.
 
gskidmark said:
I am trying to download a SWF file that has many "chapters". At the end of each chapter, the next chapter automatically loads. The entire movie is several hours long. Can anyone tell me how I can download this entire file?
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Two ways, one easy one hard.

1) keep activity monitor open in Safari, when the first is over you should see the second start loading in. Alt-double-click.

2) get a flash decompiler and go through the actionscript to see if you find the url.
 
Usually you can find the the SWF/FLV file within the Source Code.

  1. Just go to View > View Source in Safari.
  2. Then hold down Command + F and search for ".FLV" or ".SWF".
  3. Firefox might make it easier if you have the Firebug add-on.
 
to use a swf downloader

you can also use iwisoft swf downloader which is free. you can google it.
 
Vegerot said:
Problem, I want to download a game, but when I double click it, the game opens in a new window, and nothings happens if I try to right click the file in the Activities window!
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Hold in Alt while double-clicking.

Edit: pretty sad that I said the exact same thing a couple of posts up a year ago. No need to read the whole thread before posting, eh?
 
Hello.

Is it possible to download a flash game from the site ‘mofunzone’? I’m having lots of trouble downloading any of the games, and I’ve used almost all of the techniques in this thread.
 
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