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Title: A little problem
Post by: hingedshinobi on February 28, 2004, 10:28:19 AM: I didn't know where to post this so I decided to post it here. Whenever I run fan made SCI games I get to play about a minute of them and then the game crashes and sends me back to the desktop without an error message (the same thing happens with Sierra made SCI games) does anyone else have this problem and/or know how to solve it?

thanks in advance
Title: Re:A little problem
Post by: Chris Cromer on February 28, 2004, 10:54:08 AM: Well maybe if you told us what error you receive? ;)
Title: Re:A little problem
Post by: hingedshinobi on February 28, 2004, 11:34:36 AM: Quote from: hingedshinobi on February 28, 2004, 10:28:19 AM
...sends me back to the desktop without an error message (the same thing happens with Sierra made SCI games) ...

I didn't get an error
Title: Re:A little problem
Post by: Nychold on February 28, 2004, 12:06:58 PM: What OS are you using? Windows, Linux, OS/2, etc?
Title: Re:A little problem
Post by: hingedshinobi on February 28, 2004, 12:13:52 PM: Windows XP Professional.

Other specs:
Processor : 2.0GHz AMD Athlon running at 1.7GHz
Dunno the graphics card
Bulit-in sound card
Title: Re:A little problem
Post by: Nychold on February 28, 2004, 01:14:29 PM: Try right clicking on sciv.exe and selecting "Compatibility with Windows 95" mode. If there's still a problem, you might need to run the installation program which comes with the SCI game and try a few other settings, like no sound.
Title: Re:A little problem
Post by: hingedshinobi on February 28, 2004, 01:28:26 PM: this problem happens with most of the old DOS applications I have so I might try a DOS emulater and I have already tried the Windows 95 Compatability
Title: Re:A little problem
Post by: Chris Cromer on February 28, 2004, 01:33:56 PM: Sorry I have been up for 2 days straight... and mistook "without" for "with". ::)
Title: Re:A little problem
Post by: Cloudee1 on February 29, 2004, 04:27:57 AM: I really like VDMSound. very user friendly, You just right click, and highlight "run with VDMS"
Title: Re:A little problem
Post by: Dominic on February 29, 2004, 08:19:08 AM: I also run Windows XP and I play all my SCI0 and SCI1 Sierra games under DOSBox (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net)). It emulates the Soundblaster, so I now use it instead of having to install VDMSound. Sometimes it's a bit stuttery on talkie games, but this shouldn't be a problem on fast machines.
Title: Re:A little problem
Post by: AndyPanda on June 21, 2004, 03:18:19 PM: Ok, I know this thread is half a year old, but anyway...MSN messenger causes SCI games to minimize (on message or reconnect), and even quit sometimes, without a error message. It's only happened with fan made games this far (though I use my 486 for older games, so it would probably happen with Sierra games too). I don't know if it's just here, or if it is a general problem.
Title: Re:A little problem
Post by: RJD on June 21, 2004, 08:38:55 PM: Well, thats not SCI or MSN's fault. Just about any game you play will minimize if another window opens up. Just like if you hit that windows key on yer keyboard, the game will minimize. Most games will still work when you maximize again, though I have had some freeze up, go black, etc. My advice o' the day: Don't have other programs running while gaming.
Title: Re:A little problem
Post by: AndyPanda on July 02, 2004, 06:09:02 PM: I found out the solution to this one yesterday (or something similar at least). A friend of mine tried to play an early version of my game, and it just freezed right after the title screen. Same happened with other games made in SCI studio. It turned out that the problem was that he used a USB mouse and keyboard. When he switched over to ps/2 (using converters), it was OK. I don't know if this is covered somewhere else on the forum, I couldn't find it at least.

Andreas