Thursday, November 30, 2017

Google Play is not connected for Clash Of Clans running on KOPLAYER Android emulator

I'm running KOPLAYER Android emulator version 1.4 on Windows 7. I downloaded and installed Clash Of Clans (COC) within the emulator. The game started successfully, but i could not link my existing account. I've player COC for a few years on iPad and iPhone, and I'm now town hall 10. From COC within the emulator, I checked the Settings and saw that "Google Play Sign In" button is Disconnected. I clicked on it and nothing happened. Then, I click on "Link a device" button, and nothing happened either.

I found the solution from this post by following these steps:
- Go to Google Play Store (clicking on the triangle icon)
- Click on the horizontal bars icon at the top left corner
- Select My Apps & Games under Apps & Games section
- Click on the search icon at the top right corner and type "Google Play Games" and click on Update button. It will sign in Google Play automatically after the update has finished.
- Go to Clash Of Clans and link the device.





Wednesday, November 15, 2017

WiFi does not ask for password

I'm now in a coffee shop, which I've never been before. A moment ago, I had problem with connecting with the WiFi here using my MacBook Air Mid 2013 (Mac OS Sierra) but it was ok using my iPhone.

I could see the WiFi name (Amazon BKK 63) in the settings (no padlock symbol though) but it didn't prompt me for password when i clicked on it. It just showed that i'm connected. I then opened Network settings from the System Preferences and saw that "WiFi is connected to Amazon BKK 63 and has the IP address 10.10.10.238", but there was no internet connection.

This is because the WiFi network was not encrypted. Normally, the encrypted networks show the password input dialog box when you choose on the WiFi network name but the unencrypted networks don't.

I tried to access Google from a browser but it just said no internet connection. After that, i opened Terminal and pinged the IP address 10.10.10.238, and i got replies back so the IP was correct and could be reached. I wondered what would happen if i accessed it from browser? I then accidentally typed a wrong IP address, 10.10.10.239, in the browser's address bar and it redirected me to the WiFi's login page. I typed the password and then I got the connection. And when i typed the IP address 10.10.10.238, it said that "The site can't be reached". I have no idea what those IP addresses are.

I've got more tips on how to solve this problem from this web site, and i think i will try one of his methods if i get this problem again in the future. He said we should try to load router's default page by entering these IP addresses: 127.1.1.1, 1.1.1.1, http://localhost, in the browser's address bar. If it still doesn't work, try the IP address shown in the Network setting (10.10.10.238 in my case above) or the router's IP address (e.g. 10.10.10.1) by go to Network settings -> Advanced -> TCP/IP. You can also try to open the company's website.



Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Khmer Unicode Font Error: unable to type two vowels for one consonant

I can't type two vowels for one consonant in a newly created document of both MS Word and OpenOffice for Mac OS Sierra. I couldn't type the word below pronounced as /pei/.
I tried both ways below but it didn't work.
Surprisingly, it worked for the word 'eat' in Khmer.
This problem didn't happen when I typed the word in Chrome's address bar. I tried to type the word using the fonts Khmer OS System, Khmer OS Content, Khmer OS Battambang, Koh Santepheap, and DaunPenh in MS Word and OpenOffice but still no luck. At last, I found one that worked for me. It was Kh Battambang. I think it came with Mac OS by default because it showed in the Computer list in Font Book application.




Microsoft Word document saved in Windows 7 does not display correctly on Mac OS

I created a Microsoft Word document on Windows 7. The fonts I used in the document were Khmer OS Battambang and Khmer Mool. After that I opened it in Microsoft Word on Mac OS Sierra and the text did not display correctly. Please see the image below for how it looked like.


The problem I'm trying to fix in this post is some vowels and consonants overlapped each other. Those texts were displayed using Khmer OS Battambang font. (The square symbols resulted from missing the font Khmer Mool.)

When I copied the text and pasted it to the browser's address bar, they displayed correctly. I then created a new document in MS Word and paste it to the new document, and it still didn't work. It seemed that the problem is with the MS Word for Mac.

There are 2 workarounds:


  1. Installed OpenOffice then opened the document in it, and the text was fine but the symbols in the third line were replaced by square symbols. 
  2. You have to replace Khmer OS Battambang with Kh Battambang and make sure you install the font in another computer too. This is because the Khmer Unicode keyboard layout I installed was created to use with Kh Battambang font. If you need another font similar to Limon R1, you can use Kh Muol.