New Problem??

[Featherstone]

Here tis
1. Defeated Cet
2. Kerah and Lord A done their thing and disappeared

Picture changes to reading from a book
Get about the first 3 pages and the voice-over with it

Gets to the picture of the hand holding the scroll (Cets Mortal Body) and then it

STOPS

Im that close to finishing and "DA-DUM" it crashes!!!!!!!!!!


Ok Ive looked thru the techie tips and no joy

Clues hints tips and pats on the back all appreciated

[Radek]

Have you tried Esc? I am always pressing Esc when the final scene begins. The game is always taking me in Brimloch Roon.

[Bungleau]

Hmmmm.... haven't heard of that before...

My first guess would be system overload. Before you run W&W, go into task manager and stop all unneeded programs. Then go in to play the final scene.

Second is movement. Move as little as possible during the battle and following discussions. That's less visual imagery to display.

Third is drivers. I'm sure you know the drill -- get the most current ones, etc.

Fourth, on a lark, if you're on W2k or XP, consider doing the virtualdub thing on the final movie. I'm not sure where it is, but that might make a difference.

Other than that, I'm fresh out of ideas.

[Wyvern]

Congrats on winning the game!!!!

Even if you haven't gotten the very end bit. You're not missing that much (sadly). Radek's and Bungleau's ideas are worth a try. I believe the last game I played, I just skipped that bit and headed back to Brimloch.

Wyv

[WillowIX]

Originally posted by Bungleau: Hmmmm.... haven't heard of that before... My first guess would be system overload. Before you run W&W, go into task manager and stop all unneeded programs. Then go in to play the final scene. Second is movement. Move as little as possible during the battle and following discussions. That's less visual imagery to display. Third is drivers. I'm sure you know the drill -- get the most current ones, etc. Fourth, on a lark, if you're on W2k or XP, consider doing the virtualdub thing on the final movie. I'm not sure where it is, but that might make a difference. Other than that, I'm fresh out of ideas.

The first guess in Bungleau's excellent post would be my guess as well. I'm not sure about the fourth since the movie apparently starts to play. But it is worth a shot alhtough I have never had any problems viewing the final scenes on Win 2000. It could also be over heating if you played the game for several hours before reaching the end. But I do not believe W&W is a cpu-hogger.

Now I'm off to do an exciting experiment on W&W.

[bsftcs]

I have never had any problems with the game crashing, and I have completed the game quite a number of times with hardware and drivers that were state of the art... 1½ year before Wizards & Warriors was even released.

[Bungleau]

Originally posted by WillowIX: Now I'm off to do an exciting experiment on W&W.

Really? I can hardly wait to see the results...

[WillowIX]

Originally posted by Bungleau: Really? I can hardly wait to see the results...

Well that didn't work. I tried to compress the townavi files with a different codec. Well it compressed nicely, 400kB(!!), but I couldn't play the file afterwards. Someone more knowledgeable than me would perhaps fare better. I thought it would work with a registered codec. If we can get it to work there is plenty of disk space to save for those running win2k/XP on small hdds.