Install woes

Nordoki · 03-04-2002, 08:44 AM

I had the game installed and having a wonderful time playing. Then I got the "brilliant" idea to uninstall it, reinstall it and patch it with the lower patch to try pickpocketing. Well...you guess it...the game will not reinstall properly.

Now when I go to the character's profile in the create character section, I see the stats section worded incorrectly. Instead of Strenght being at the top it is where Piety should be. In it's place are words alluding to AC of the character. The numbers I entered are in the correct order.

Then I cannot save the game or even enter the options section without it crashing to the desktop and telling me I am trying to enter a forbidden area and I should contact Sir-Tech.

I tryed to patch it with the new patch and get the same results.

This is soooo frustrating and annoying.

[ 03-04-2002: Message edited by: Nordoki ]

skywalker · 03-04-2002, 09:17 AM

Did you delete "everything" connected to the game (except your saves folder) before the reinstall and patch?

Mark

Nordoki · 03-04-2002, 09:31 AM

To the best of my knowledge, yes.

Nightowl2 · 03-04-2002, 12:07 PM

When you uninstall, more is left behind than just your save games. I recently did an unins/reinstall, and had no problems (didn't patch it, either). However, I didn't keep any saves, just the character files. Those I copied out to another directory.

Then I uninstalled the game. The wiz8 directory was still there, with some stuff in it. I deleted the entire thing. After that came the reinstall, after which I copied the character files back in.

You may want to try something like that.

Nightowl2

Pyrates · 03-04-2002, 01:51 PM

Uhm, maybe you know, then you can ignore this... but you DO know that the patches are not backwards-compatible? And that the patches also fix the save-games, i.e. you can't use savegames from newer patches with a game that has only older/no patches? Sounds a bit like this might be your problem...

Never forget your towel, cheers
Philipp

Edit: Oh well, just read your post again, and saw that you also have trouble using the newest patch... sorry, can't help you, I guess you'd better contact ST.

[ 03-04-2002: Message edited by: Pyrates ]

03-04-2002, 08:44 AM	#1
Nordoki Dungeon Master Join Date: February 10, 2002 Location: California, USA Posts: 77	I had the game installed and having a wonderful time playing. Then I got the "brilliant" idea to uninstall it, reinstall it and patch it with the lower patch to try pickpocketing. Well...you guess it...the game will not reinstall properly. Now when I go to the character's profile in the create character section, I see the stats section worded incorrectly. Instead of Strenght being at the top it is where Piety should be. In it's place are words alluding to AC of the character. The numbers I entered are in the correct order. Then I cannot save the game or even enter the options section without it crashing to the desktop and telling me I am trying to enter a forbidden area and I should contact Sir-Tech. I tryed to patch it with the new patch and get the same results. This is soooo frustrating and annoying. [ 03-04-2002: Message edited by: Nordoki ] __________________ \"You\'re just jealous because the little voices talk to me.\"

03-04-2002, 09:31 AM	#3
Nordoki Dungeon Master Join Date: February 10, 2002 Location: California, USA Posts: 77	To the best of my knowledge, yes. __________________ \"You\'re just jealous because the little voices talk to me.\"

03-04-2002, 01:51 PM	#5
Pyrates Drow Warrior Join Date: February 3, 2002 Location: Muenster Age: 45 Posts: 287	Uhm, maybe you know, then you can ignore this... but you DO know that the patches are not backwards-compatible? And that the patches also fix the save-games, i.e. you can't use savegames from newer patches with a game that has only older/no patches? Sounds a bit like this might be your problem... Never forget your towel, cheers Philipp Edit: Oh well, just read your post again, and saw that you also have trouble using the newest patch... sorry, can't help you, I guess you'd better contact ST. [ 03-04-2002: Message edited by: Pyrates ] __________________ \" ... and the Vogon will do things to you that you wish you\'d never been born, or, if you\'re a clearer minded thinker, that the Vogon had never been born.\"

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03-04-2002, 09:17 AM	#2
skywalker Banned User Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: VT, USA Age: 63 Posts: 3,097	Did you delete "everything" connected to the game (except your saves folder) before the reinstall and patch? Mark

03-04-2002, 12:07 PM	#4
Nightowl2 Galvatron Join Date: December 11, 2001 Location: Plateau of Leng Age: 46 Posts: 2,190	When you uninstall, more is left behind than just your save games. I recently did an unins/reinstall, and had no problems (didn't patch it, either). However, I didn't keep any saves, just the character files. Those I copied out to another directory. Then I uninstalled the game. The wiz8 directory was still there, with some stuff in it. I deleted the entire thing. After that came the reinstall, after which I copied the character files back in. You may want to try something like that. Nightowl2

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