"Problem: Dos-Box-CODS game stops/freezes during play"

Printer-friendly version of this topic Bookmark this topic (Registered users only)		Previous Topic | Next Topic
Conferences Wizardry(r) 1-7 Conferences Wiz 7 - CoDS and Gold (Protected)
Original message

Dandiphoot (48 posts) Jul-19-09, 10:09 AM (Pacific) "Problem: Dos-Box-CODS game stops/freezes during play" I'm facing a problem within my CODS-game (played with DosBox). I left the countryside with the Wikum Boat and cruised via the DragonMountains. The problem occured while taking the boat ride for the first time and became critical after deafting Brombadeg (if that does mean anything at all). While resting and even within the normal game (while walking) the whole game stops - to be seen very clearly as the landscape movements (water, birds, daytime) are frozen for almost 10 seconds, if not longer. Resting is quite unbearable with that, to admit, the game is almost unplayable. I'm not sure if that has something to do with the Dragonmountains or Brombadeg (i doubt it). Was anybody affected by this (bug?)? Does anybody have a hint for me? Thanks!   Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Table of Contents

RE: Problem: Dos-Box-CODS game stops/freezes durin..., Jaysap, 07:10 PM, Jul-19-09, (1) RE: Problem: Dos-Box-CODS game stops/freezes durin..., emeraldFN, 11:27 AM, Jul-26-09, (2) RE: Problem: Dos-Box-CODS game stops/freezes durin..., Dandiphoot, 12:24 PM, Jul-27-09, (3) RE: Problem: Dos-Box-CODS game stops/freezes durin..., emeraldFN, 09:42 PM, Jul-27-09, (4) RE: Problem: Dos-Box-CODS game stops/freezes durin..., Dandiphoot, 08:21 AM, Jul-29-09, (5) RE: Problem: Dos-Box-CODS game stops/freezes durin..., Ravashack, 06:17 PM, Sep-07-09, (6) RE: Problem: Dos-Box-CODS game stops/freezes durin..., emeraldFN, 08:15 PM, Sep-07-09, (7)

Lobby | Topics | Previous Topic | Next Topic

Messages in this topic

Jaysap (13 posts) Jul-19-09, 07:10 PM (Pacific) 1. "RE: Problem: Dos-Box-CODS game stops/freezes during play" I had this problem myself. It only occured while I was on the boat, so I just grinned and beared it - ok, more like a gnashing of teeth. It seemed to have solved itself. As a suggestion, ff you have any edits to the files try a fresh one and see if its still there. Not sure what caused (or solved) my problem, but it's a start.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

emeraldFN (29 posts) Jul-26-09, 11:27 AM (Pacific) 2. "RE: Problem: Dos-Box-CODS game stops/freezes during play" Your problems reminded me of a bug I encountered in 1993... but Sir-Tech sent me the patches which corrected the movement problems on the sea. Surely your games are patched?   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Dandiphoot (48 posts) Jul-27-09, 12:24 PM (Pacific) 3. "RE: Problem: Dos-Box-CODS game stops/freezes during play" It's v1.20 - from the w6&7 CD-compilation (German)...so I'm not sure. How to find out if it's patched? I tried some changes in the Dos-Box config, changing the cycle-amounts and it seems to work. The whole game is rushing with that settings, but that could be balanced with changing the delay within the CODS-configuration. Unfortunatly my system crashed after several minutes, but that might result from my rotten hardware.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

emeraldFN (29 posts) Jul-27-09, 09:42 PM (Pacific) 4. "RE: Problem: Dos-Box-CODS game stops/freezes during play" You can try "Dark Savant Bug Fix" (cdspatch) here: http://www.tk421.net/wizardry/files.shtml It is the same I got in 1993.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Dandiphoot (48 posts) Jul-29-09, 08:21 AM (Pacific) 5. "RE: Problem: Dos-Box-CODS game stops/freezes during play" I tried it, but it didn't help...the game crashes with a runtime error as soon as i load a savegame. Thanks for your help anyways. I think I'll try out some Dosbox-configurations.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Ravashack (6 posts) Sep-07-09, 06:17 PM (Pacific) 6. "RE: Problem: Dos-Box-CODS game stops/freezes during play" From what I remember when I used to play the DOS version, everything just naturally becomes...slower...later. It was so hideously slow resting that it really WAS faster to run to the nearest beneficial fountain and drink.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

emeraldFN (29 posts) Sep-07-09, 08:15 PM (Pacific) 7. "RE: Problem: Dos-Box-CODS game stops/freezes during play" One more thing came to mind: My original CoDS didn't work at all with DosBox. I finally got a working copy here, complete with DosBox: http://www.oldgames.sk/en/ I haven't sailed the sea yet, though, in that version of W7.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Lock | Archive | Remove	Lobby | Topics | Previous Topic | Next Topic
Rate this topic (1=skip it, 10=must read)? [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 ]

Select another forum Lobby Wizardry(r) 8 Conferences (Conference)   |--Wiz 8 - Destination Dominus (Protected)   |--W8 - Hints, Tips & Spoilers (Protected)   |--The Dominus Diaries (Protected)   |--W8 - Tech support (Protected)   |--Top Ten (Protected) Wizardry(r) 1-7 Conferences (Conference)   |--Wiz 1 - The game that started it all (Protected)   |--Wiz 6 - Oh, don't be so Banal ;) (Protected)   |--Wiz 7 - CoDS and Gold (Protected)   |--Other Sir-Tech(r) Games (Protected) Potpourri, Grab Bag, etc. Conferences (Conference)   |--All about this board (Protected)   |--Other RPGs and related topics (Protected)   |--Game Review (Protected)   |--OT = Off Topic (Protected) Wizards & Warriors (r) Conferences (Conference)   |--General Discussion (W&W) (Protected)   |--Hints, Tips & Spoilers (W&W) (Protected)   |--Bugs :( (W&W) (Protected)

Powered by DCF2000 ©1997-2000 by DCScripts. All rights reserved.