WINDOWS 2000 TOWN BUG
This is a SAZ post!!!
Okay, once more for the troops...
There have been so many questions regarding how to get the guilds to work properly under a W2k install that I am making one post regarding this and will attempt to keep this "bumped" back to the top periodically.
The problem is that in Windows 2000, the town .avi files are compressed and won't work properly. To uncompress them, you need to go to the following site:
http://www186.pair.com/vdub
Once you get there, load the file townmsk1.avi from the Townavi directory in your Wizards & Warriors folder into Virtualdub. Save it with the "Save as old-format AVI". You will get back a 32MB file. Rename this file townmsk1.avi (over the old file).
Now restart Wizards & Warriors. You should be able to get inside all the buildings. This also prevents crashing from inside towns.
For the workaround in Win 98 or Windows Me, the solution is to reset your Compression codecs in the Windows Setup. Open up Control Panel (Start ->Settings ->Control Panel), click on the "Add or Remove Programs" icon, and then click on the Windows Setup tab. Scroll down the list until you find "Multimedia", then click on it and then click the "Details" button. Make sure "Video Compression" is checked. Then click the OK button.
Also make sure that you have the current version of Direct X installed. You can download it from the above link.
Hope this may solve some of the technical problems in getting Wizards and Warriors started on various systems.
Have fun!
-Sazerac