Oprindeligt skrevet af MrL0G1C:

don't know, you have to unhide files/folders and google 'appdata location' for your OS.

I could not find it, but restarting my PC seems to have fixed it, as I'm getting card drops again.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Shadok:

KEEP IN MIND that this part is mostly theory, but it's a pattern I observed:

As far as I can tell, games obtained with a retail key require to be closed down to obtain their cards. Games brought from Steam directly tend to drop over time, while key-given games refuse to drop cards until you close the game down (presumably to make farming harder?)

So at this point, just open idlemaster then click the hell out of the "next game" button to farm the cards as rapidly as possible. The idlemaster community is divided as to if "waiting 5-10 minutes" between clicks or "Just click the thing recklessly" is more efficient, but either way should yield results (the debate is "Is this one more efficient than the other?" rather than "Does it work?". We know it works).

I'd have to agree with Logic, since that hasn't been whats happening to me either. All of my games, as far as I can recall, have been bought directly from steam. Yesterday it went smoothly, and today I have been stuck on games I remember specifically buying directly from steam (7 days to die and Skullgirls just refuse to do anything useful for me, finally blacklisted 7DTD).

Also, this is just a curiousity question, so you don't have to answer it, but why does spamming "next game" automatically make cards drop? Does it somehow affect steam's algorithm for dropping cards? If so, wouldn't that be exploiting steam directly, and how does that not result in punishment from steam?

Oprindeligt skrevet af MrL0G1C:

That's

Oprindeligt skrevet af Shadok:

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As far as I can tell, games obtained with a retail key require to be closed down to obtain their cards. Games brought from Steam directly tend to drop over time, while key-given games refuse to drop cards until you close the game down (presumably to make farming harder?)
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This isn't my experience, most of my keys have been external to steam.

I simply find that there is the occasional game that is stubborn, for me it was 'crimsonland' just recently which took over 6 hours to drop 3 cards, long after the other games had finished dropping their cards.

Oprindeligt skrevet af jtc0999:

New question:

3) .... Also, I've been idling for about 7 hours straight today, and I've gotten about 3 or 4 cards. What gives?

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The problem will likely by gone when you try to farm some new cards, you could delete the programs appdata, it might help to make sure, see pinned thread on fixing problems.

I shall try it. Thanks again, y'all.

NINJA EDIT: So i went into my username folder, and I do not see an "appdata" folder. Where else could it be?

I put Idle master into a new folder on my desktop if that means anything.

New question:

3) Yesterday I was able to get over 20 trading cards in 12 hours, which was fantastic. Today, however, was vastly different. Cards no longer drop automatically, but I have to close Idle master completley (exit the game) for me to get my card. Also, I've been idling for about 7 hours straight today, and I've gotten about 3 or 4 cards. What gives?

I know about blacklisting some games that don't drop cards for some reason, and i've blacklisted one that i suspect is doing it, but i doubt its 4 games in a row, and all of them having more than 2 hours of playtime.

Alright, thanks y'all

I have read the FAQ and have not seen the answers to these questions:

1) Can I play games while Idle Master is running? (I know to not play games protected by VAC, but what about games not protected by VAC/Single player games? (Also, where can i check if a game is protected by VAC?)

2) If i were to put my Computer into sleep mode, would Idle master still work and give me card drops?

EDIT: adding a new question.

3) Yesterday I was able to get over 20 trading cards in 12 hours, which was fantastic. Today, however, was vastly different. Cards no longer drop automatically, but I have to close Idle master completley (exit the game) for me to get my card. Also, I've been idling for about 7 hours straight today, and I've gotten about 3 or 4 cards. What gives?

I know about blacklisting some games that don't drop cards for some reason, and i've blacklisted one that i suspect is doing it, but i doubt its 4 games in a row, and all of them having more than 2 hours of playtime.