I am going to just restart the game and save in the diary then save using the function keys! This website is freaking awesome :] Thanks for your prompt replies. I think I just shot myself in the foot by not properly saving.

As for the mac thing if you guys are interested in relaying this information or discussing it......

I have a Macbook Pro with an OS X operating system. Using Virtual Box, [ http://www.virtualbox.org/ ] I have split my computer into multiple operating systems. Virtual box explains it all to you much better than me. My mac is hosting Windows XP and also runs as its own computer simultaneously. I can switch between the two as a I please or use both at the same time. I gave it 8 gb of memory from my Mac and use it to run various microsoft programs and more recently you guy's awesome site! Where i screwed up was not realizing that it does not recognize the function keys unless you press FN + Whatever function key you would like to use on your guest operating system. It is a really nifty way to run PC only websites and programs.

Here is a scrn shot of what I am talking about: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v27/scream_it/screenshot.jpg

I hope this clears things up.

-Jessica

I actually figured out the brightness problem. I am running Windows XP as a guest through virtual box. I am actually using a mac. Virtual box was not recognizing my Function keys with windows xp and was using them through the mac only. I had to press FN simultaneously...... Complicated stuff [for me at least] to press F4 and F2.....

Now when I press f4 I can see where the computer is actually registering me pressing it. My only problem is it still reads "Save State Download Fail"

BNuge : Thanks so much for your prompt reply! So I should just restart my game and this time instead of just saving with the diary within the game I should Save with f4 and f2? Also let me me clarify what I meant by screen brightness, I was referring to my brightness controls on the computer. f2 brings up the brightness option. Do you think my other game data is lost because I did not adequately save it? I never pressed f2 or f4 until I started trouble shooting the save process. Do you get a certain number of saves before the game does not allow you to save anymore? I was able to open the game several times without using the f2 or f4.

Thanks again! I'm new to this whole process and I appreciate your patience with me.

Hello,

I have been playing Harvest Moon Friends of Mineral Town for several days. I am super excited that you guys offer it! Today, however, I went to log on to get my Harvest Moon fix and the "continue" button had disappeared. My only option was to create a new game. I am not that far into the game so I don't mind starting over I just don't want to begin playing again and lose my game. I have saved with the diary option thus far. Was there something else I should have been doing? I double clicked on the game window and it brings up the button options. When I press F2 or F4 it doesn't do anything except adjust my screen brightness. The bottom of the window reads "Saved state download failed" I am not sure if this matters but yesterday I played on my laptop at my school and before I was only using my home internet connection.

Thanks for your time!