Help Topics
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Introduction
Pogo's balloon popping puzzle just got easier with Play Buddy's Pop Buddy. Pop Buddy makes it easier for you to rake in the tokens and increase your wealth by helping you solve the puzzles quicker and better.
Pop Buddy is a non-intrusive tool that helps enhance your puzzle solving skills and also improve your score.
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The Interface (GUI)
Pop Buddy offers a simple interface that is easy to use. The main console provides the miniaturized version of the game screen. Useful for knowing
what's going on, this screen is also interacive, as it lets users practice the puzzle! Just press scan for the puzzle to appear then start
popping! Oops - didn't want to make that move? No problem! Press the rewind arrow key. Decide that move really was what you wanted? Just
click the fast forward arrow key. And if that's too much work for you, just use the show hint and play hint buttons for
friendly assistance. Then again, if you'd rather just watch, it's time to engage in autoplay and collapse that GUI screen!
Pop Buddy also offers an arrangement of menu options: Options, Rooms and Help. You can learn more about these by reading below. |
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Menu Options
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The Options menu allows you to access Pop Buddy's settings and change them to suit your needs (see below). It also offers an opportunity to refer a buddy (tell a friend) about Pop Buddy and/or request a new feature. |
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The Rooms menu has one of most valuable features of Pop Buddy. It contains backdoors to each of Pogo's Poppit rooms. This feature lets you enter a room even if its full. Note: If the room does not load, login to any Pogo Poppit game with your username and password first then select the desired room from the list. |
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The Help menu provides instructions on how to use Pop Buddy, a link to the Play Buddy Help Center, shortcuts to buy and register your copy, and a valuable Bug Report feature to use when Pop Buddy isn't working. But perhaps the most valuable feature here is the auto check at startup which automatically checks for any updates. |
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| Settings
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| Settings |
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| Play time |
Sets the autoplay game time for X number of hours to infinite. |
| Always on top |
Keeps Pop Buddy on top of all windows all the time. |
| Play sound on startup |
Turns the "Welcome to Play Buddy" greeting on and off. |
| Click Speed |
Adjusts how slow or fast rounds are completed during autoplay. |
| Maximum thinking time |
Sets the maximum amount of time Pop Buddy will sit idle to "think" puzzle-solving strategy. |
| Accept only perfect solutions (0 balloons left) |
Determines if Pop Buddy will solve only perfect solutions or any solution. |
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How To Use
- Log on to Pogo games with your username and password.
- Launch Pop Buddy when your game opens and/or select a room from the Rooms list. Upon entrance it automatically recognizes it and is ready to work.
- Manual players can practice the puzzle within Pop Buddy's GUI and even rewind and fast forward moves using the arrow keys. Once you've solved the puzzle to your satisfaction, press the play my moves button and watch your puzzle solving skills come to life on the big screen! And don't forget about the options that let you see and play hints.
- Autoplayers need only press the autoplay button to have Pop Buddy complete the rounds automatically. You also may decide to collapse the GUI - it can always be expanded later.
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Optimizing Performance
- Speed and Efficiency: To complete rounds quickly and efficiently, use the autoplay feature and select "never stop" under Options and set the Click Speed to a fast setting. If speed (and not so much efficiency) is your goal, reduce the maximum thinking time to 1 second. If efficiency is desired, increase the thinking time and select Accept only perfect solutions.
- Do it yourself (with help!)!: Interested in achieving a high score all on your own? If so, Pop Buddy is the perfect team player. Take advantage of the "practive before you play" feature by practicing the puzzles in the GUI until you solve it just the way you like it!
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HELP!
It won't recognize the game window
Double-check that you have the newest version available. Do this by using the check for update feature under the Help menu on the Buddy. Also, the "News" section at the top of this page has a link to "Updated Buddies." Here you can see if the Buddy has been recently updated and why.
Now make sure that all the system requirements for the Buddy are met. These include Windows XP or Vista, Internet Explorer, Sun Java, and appropriate display settings.
It won't work
First, go to the Help menu on the Buddy and visit the Troubleshoot page to see if your solution is there. No luck? Select the Bug Report feature under the HELP tab on the Buddy. Fill in the required fields, capture the screen, and then send it. Play Buddy Support will receive it and respond to you via e-mail.
It didn't give me all 750 tokens!
This is Pogo's way of saying "Stop using a bot!" The situation is that the Buddy works more quickly and efficiently
than a human can. This is noticed by Pogo who then rakes back the bonus tokens so that you rake in only a few hundred.
Things to try: make your bot outsmart theirs! One option is to slow down the Buddy's play speed, decrease the thinking
time, and UNcheckmark accept perfect solutions.
Miscellaneous / Other
Don't see an answer to your question, or do you think something else needs to be added to this help file? If so, e-mail support@playbuddy.com with your suggestion. |
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Registering your software
Pop Buddy is trialware and it cannot be used once the seven day trial period has expired. To avoid losing a great buddy, buy your copy by using the Buy Now option in the HELP menu or use the link given below. If you have already purchased and need help registering, please click here.
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Download Pop Buddy
| Requirements |
| Windows XP or Vista |
| Sun Java |
| Internet Explorer 6.0+ |
Note: AOL users will need to open their games and operate their Buddies in IE Windows
| Found a bug? |
| Help us squash it! Report it using your buddy's HELP menu option |
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