At some point in time with your kids’ usage of UB Funkeys they are either going to want to move their game to another computer, or you are going to buy a new computer for them, or for whatever reason you will need to move their funkeys account. While this would seem to be a very simple thing to do with your ubfunkey, the reality is that it is not. UB Funkeys is a fairly new phenomonen and there are many things that are not documented well, either in their own manuals, online or in the “Google Community” as I like to call it. Kids love their UB Funkeys but when they all of a sudden can’t play anymore because there is a new computer in the house then that can cause trouble!
I ran across someone today who has posted the steps for how to do this very easily, however. These steps are from Zain:
Why? Well, basically moving a character profile is a pain in the butt because there aren?t any guides on how to move your new character from one computer to another! This product?s so new, there?s no forum on it. Luckily, I?m the type of person with enough PC experience and also persistence to work something like this out. So moving the character data from my ?work machine? to the ?home machine? (where it should?ve been installed in the first place!) only took about an hour once I?d had a proper look at the set up of the folders?
Anyway, if you do find you need to move your Funkey character from one PC to another then don?t despair. It *is* possible to do. Initially, my little boy was disappointed because he?d played for a couple of hours and bought a few things for his ?crib?. Installing the game on the home machine, we found that moving the character over was a little tricky and we thought we had to start over from the beginning.
Not so.
Here?s how you do it:
Go to: C:\Program Files\U.B. Funkeys\RadicaGame\data\
Inside this folder you should find your character profile name as a folder (i.e. \YourFunkey?sName\ at the end).Copy your character folder (most importantly, the ?profile.rdf? file that?s inside this folder) to your other machine. The location must be the same.
Go to C:\Program Files\U.B. Funkeys\RadicaGame\data\system
Copy the ?users.rdf? file from the first PC to the \system\ folder of the one you want the game to run on.And that?s it. You?re all done and the UB Funky game should now run properly and give you the choice of characters in your ?login? screen.
That’s an awesome UB Funkeys trick Zain – thanks for the tip!
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Do you know why brand new funkeys might stop working? We get the “there’s something wrong with UB” message all the time. Does anyone know if I need a new UB or how I can make the guys work?
answer to question=
No, you don’thave to buy a new hub. To get the funkey working all you have to do is to keep moving the funkey.
The two files have different locations on Windows Vista (the ones under C:\Program Files\… are apparently not in use):
C:\Users\\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\U.B. Funkeys\RadicaGame\data\\profile.rdf
C:\Users\\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\U.B. Funkeys\RadicaGame\data\system\users.rdf
Substitute with your Windows Vista user name, and with your U.B. Funkeys character profile name.
I notice that the more the A/C or Heat is running the drier the air is, Funkeys don’t make as good of contact. Sometimes I just use a moist finger to wipe the contacts on the Funkey and that usually makes solid contact. It is just because the Funkey feet get dirty contacts from sitting on the table and such. Cleaning them periodically helps minimize the problem.
can any onehelp out the hub key keep displaying the same message connect the usb funkey then when it is connected , the message there is something wrong with the usb dock and occasionally it works for varying lengths , in addition the computer it is loaded onto is 1 year old
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Thanks for the help…my son is into funkeys and now my daughter wants to play…how can you setup 2 funkeys profiles (it says that I have to delete the existing one)????
I just got 4 new funkeys but I cant use them unles I download them! But the problem is I have dial-up and it has to take like 4 days just to download!!! another problem is my computer logs itself off the internet! will I ever get to play with my rare pack? please help! and do not email me!
i was also wondering how do transfer accounts…im only in my low teens and need someone to tell me so i understand. i no you go to ubfunkeys files but i cant find it. anybody?
helooooo! i was awonderings how u get a rare funkeeyy too work. theys hav 2 download it says but it takes days too download!! ugh! please help peoples!
i just got a pack of cool rare funeys! i dashed to the computer only to find out… they have to be downloaded. one of the problems is i have dial-up. i tried downloading them today but it took so long that my computer loged itself off the internet! what can i do? i cant get high speed! someone please help!
tetra304 do you have anouther computer
Tetra304 are you there
we have a new computer with windows 7 and its not installing. keeps saying the hub isn’t plugged in or the hub was plugged in and shouldn’t have been.
PLEASE HELP.
My son has been playing funkeys for over 1 year. Needless to say he was very far in the game and created 3 cribs. He went into the trunk and the computer froze there, he was not able to get out so we did a shut down – ctrl alt delete and he ended up losing his whole profile. HOW CAN WE GET THAT BACK? IS THERE A WAY TO GET ALL HIS INFORMATION BACK? The whole file was wiped clean so he lost all the work he did trophies, etc. Is says the file is missing or broken. The file is completely blank. He cried for hours. IS THERE A WAY TO GET HIS ROOM, ETC.. BACK?? Please help.. Please email me response… Thank you.
I do, but I have dial up and I’m not very computar savvy.
1.how do I delete a account?
2.how do i get my account back? it says “file is broken or missed, profile.pdf
I have a windows 7 computer and when I load ub funkeys it says the player is not pluged in I have tried all ways that I know but can not do it could you please help thanks in advance
We have windoes 7 and funkeys is not loading , please can you help
Hi,
I can’t seem to get funkeys to load on our computer – we have Windows 7 and it doesn’t do anything at all.
Could you please let me know if it’s possible and how to do this?
Thank you,
Kate
my computer broke and i tried to transfer it to my new 1 and i keep plugging it in but it wont load…any suggusttions?
help me put my ub funkey on the computer is not working some one help me please
Woah, guys I no that yall r stressed on having truble with putting ub funkeys on yer cpu , Here’s my suggestion: either try again, or get a new cpu, mizaviion. get it ? Got it? good!
boy I sure wish the blog will let us use pictures.
By the way, linsey, if you have another computer, that’s good, do you still have the disc that came in your Funkeys starter kit? If not, say bye to entertainment.
I read all of your comments, and the answer to transferring an account is…………………..you can’t do it. Sorry. oh and Shirley, I heard about the Windows 7 problem.
I cant make downloads I started a new account (long story) and I put speed racer in and it says do not have download and I dont no how to get the download
so you know you can install on win 7 i am playing it currently on my 7 machine. You need to install xp mode. If you are running home this is the site for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbEK0jD6GlE
If you are running anything higher go to MS and search xp mode and it gives you the steps to make xp mode work properly. Now after your done with all that go to your xp mode install and when you get to plug ub in remember to go to the top toolbar and attach through the usb menu. This helped me tons as i just got this for Christmas and wanted to see what everyone was talking about and was not willing to give up. So i hope this helps you in future refrences. Also for the people needing an update and the game won’t do it for you search for funkeys 4.5 zip download install and enjoy.
so you know you can install on win 7 i am playing it currently on my 7 machine. You need to install xp mode. If you are running home this is the site for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbEK0jD6GlE
Hopefully they will bring more out
If you are running anything higher go to MS and search xp mode and it gives you the steps to make xp mode work properly. Now after your done with all that go to your xp mode install and when you get to plug ub in remember to go to the top toolbar and attach through the usb menu. This helped me tons as i just got this for Christmas and wanted to see what everyone was talking about and was not willing to give up. So i hope this helps you in future refrences. Also for the people needing an update and the game won’t do it for you search for funkeys 4.5 zip download install and enjoy.