I have just started the game and created a party in Valeia. I cannot enter the town hall, the magic shop and the east gate.
The buildings doesn't even show a sign when pointing at them.
Other buildings and the west gate are working.
Tried the unofficial patch and other graphic modes, but no success.

What is going wrong?

Running on WinXP and Asus geforce 3.

• RE: Town doesn't work,Gandalf, 11:11 PM, May-09-02
  • RE: Town doesn't work,Marcel Overweel (Guest), 03:01 AM, May-10-02
    • RE: Town doesn't work,Miranda (Guest), 03:21 AM, Jan-17-06
  • RE: Town doesn't work,Miranda (Guest), 03:25 AM, Jan-17-06
    • RE: Town doesn't work,tom (Guest), 02:36 AM, Jul-21-06
      • RE: Town doesn't work,Ian (Guest), 03:38 AM, Aug-29-06
        • Did you do all three files?,Llevram, 06:27 AM, Aug-29-06
          • problem,tom (Guest), 11:47 AM, Sep-07-06
      • RE: Town doesn't work,Daniel (Guest), 05:20 PM, Sep-29-06
        • RE: Town doesn't work,BOb (Guest), 05:29 PM, Sep-29-06
          • RE: Town doesn't work,tom (Guest), 02:32 PM, Oct-13-06
            • RE: Town doesn't work,tom (Guest), 02:04 PM, Oct-23-06
              • ya, shame it wasn't done better,Llevram, 02:11 PM, Oct-23-06
                • RE: ya, shame it wasn't done better,tom (Guest), 03:23 PM, Oct-26-06
                  • RE: ya, shame it wasn't done better,tom (Guest), 03:28 PM, Oct-26-06
                    • old form!!!,tom (Guest), 01:07 PM, Feb-23-07
                      • RE: old form!!!,tom (Guest), 08:40 AM, Mar-31-07

The same happened with me. I'm working with OS W2k. But W&W only works with W95 and W98.

Mike

So it's time for a multi boot setup... again...

Thanks for your response

To all with such problems (inactive buildings in Towns) - download VirtualDub (it's a free program), find files townmsk.avi (there are 3 of them) in the game directory. Make copies in case something goes wrong, then open them in VDub and "Save as old format .avi". If it doesn't help, repeat it for files townhub.avi.

IMO the game is worth some effort. I almost finished it (only Pyramid remaining), and I think it wasn't a waste of time.

It also works very well with Win Me, although it's installation took about 40 minutes (!). But maybe it's normal?

hay i dont know if this will work but try it

one

6.1) Canīt enter buildings in town or exit through the gates
Problem: Your town*.avi files are compressed and wonīt work in Windows 2000/XP
Solution:

Download Virtualdub. First, copy each townmskn.avi file to townmskn_orig.avi in the W&W\townavi folder. This takes about 4.5 MB of space, and will let you put the original versions back if you need them. Next, delete the original townmskn.avi files. Third, use virtualdub to open each of the townmskn.avi files. Save each file in Vdub with the "Save old-format AVI" option with a new file name (townmskn_new.avi ). You should see some strange graphics appear; you will get back a large 32MB file. Fourth, exit Virtualdub and then in Windows Explorer copy each new file from townmskn_new.avi to townmskn.avi. Try to play the game at this point; if it works, stop here. If it doesn't, repeat the process with the three townhubn.avi files. Note that this will require an extra 90Mb of diskspace for each set of three files.

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go on the w and w icon on the start menu or windos bar right click it click on the bottem bar tab and go to assable and click windos 95 click apply

Any reason why this wouldn't work? I have tried and when i just followed the process with the townmsk.avi files i couldn't enter any buildings when i had before. I then tried the same with townhub.avi and there was no picture. Did I do something wrong? why didn't it work?

Apparently there should be three town*.avi files to try this on. If all else fails (or I would maybe try this first), unistall adn reinstall.

Tools for Wizardry(r) 7

i think the game has to many problems on for xp i dont think its worth it i got up to the serpent temple and when i heard about this error i gave up i dont think there is anyway to get it to work.

>hay i dont know if this
>will work but try it
>
>
>one
>
>6.1) Canīt enter buildings in town
>or exit through the gates
>
>Problem: Your town*.avi files are compressed
>and wonīt work in Windows
>2000/XP
>Solution:
>
>Download Virtualdub. First, copy each townmskn.avi
>file to townmskn_orig.avi in the
>W&W\townavi folder. This takes about
>4.5 MB of space, and
>will let you put the
>original versions back if you
>need them. Next, delete the
>original townmskn.avi files. Third, use
>virtualdub to open each of
>the townmskn.avi files. Save each
>file in Vdub with the
>"Save old-format AVI" option with
>a new file name (townmskn_new.avi
>). You should see some
>strange graphics appear; you will
>get back a large 32MB
>file. Fourth, exit Virtualdub and
>then in Windows Explorer copy
>each new file from townmskn_new.avi
>to townmskn.avi. Try to play
>the game at this point;
>if it works, stop here.
>If it doesn't, repeat the
>process with the three townhubn.avi
>files. Note that this will
>require an extra 90Mb of
>diskspace for each set of
>three files.
>
>
>2
>
>
>go on the w and w
>icon on the start menu
>or windos bar right
>click it click on the
>bottem bar tab and go
>to assable and click windos
>95 click apply

I, have 6 "Town" files, and none of them have the names of the ones you stated, could someone possibly help me out?

which of the 3 Townmsk.avi
files do you use?
1 2 or 3?

you use all 3 of them files only them files lol

i guess no body plays this game anymore seen as nobody has replyed in a while i do think its a good game it has a nice little world to run around in a shame that i cant get past the serpent temple

.. their next game looked as polished. I initially gave up on W&W ... a few years later I got bored enough to give it another try. I was glad I did, because the game does have some good stuff .. but the bugs made it nearly unbearable to play (for me).

I guess I was lucky enough not to have comeplete show stoppers.

Tools for Wizardry(r) 7

the only thing i can suggest is to download your saved games onto a disk and reinstall them on a 98 pc and play the game on there.
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by the looks lof things i do not think we can play the game if we can't even go though the gates and all this dam bugs ((

the only thing you can do is to look on this website it tells you on how to fix the problems

http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=4;t=007547

not many people go on these forms anymore to old but if you people who are veiwing have a problem post it and i will come back to read but it might take me a while to read don't come on this form that often :p

this methord did not work for me the screen goes black i think it is due to the video card not been compatable for the game