Very strange... has anyone else had this problem?<br> <p></p><i></i>

There is an issue with KQ2 altering the global sound volume, which it really shouldn't. Apparently the next version of Allegro (AGS's sound system) will fix this issue, so hopefully in a future version of the game this can be fixed.<br> <p></p><i></i>

Does this happen every time, or was it just a one-off? If you press ESC when the problem occurs, does it take you to the menu?<br> <p></p><i></i>

Well, KQ2 takes exclusive access to the soundcard if it can get it, so you'll have to quit the game before using sound in another application.<br> <p></p><i></i>

So what happens, exactly? It plays the mirror video, then ends with Graham looking in the mirror, and is it that point where it locks up? You say the music continues - but does the screen just stop then with Graham looking into the mirror while the music carries on?<br> <p></p><i></i>

You only need one patch - that's the latest one, patch 3. It includes all fixes for all the engine issues found so far:<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.agsforums.com/patch3.zip">www.agsforums.com/patch3.zip</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br> <p></p><i></i>

adventurer76: that's right, the bug was to do with script strings getting corrupted when a save game was restored. That's what patch 3 addressed.<br><br>chultquist: hehe, I'm glad it's working for you <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/smil...

That could be the problem, since the launcher has control of the sound card and may not give it up in time for the game to run. Try using the "Play King's Quest 2 VGA" icon on the start menu in future, and let us know if the problem happens again when using that.<br> <p></p><i></i>

Were you running the game from the launcher, or directly from the "Play King's Quest 2" start menu icon (or running the EXE file directly)? <p></p><i></i>

Deleting save games is now supported by the latest AGS, but since you can overwrite them anyway it's not too much of an issue.<br><br>As for changing directory, that's a good idea and I don't believe it's been suggested before. I'll look into it for future.<br> <p></p><i></i>

Does anyone else still get the freeze with the merchant, when using patch 3? <p></p><i></i>

Have you been back into Setup and made the changes again that allowed you to hear the sound?<br><br>The AGS sound engine hasn't changed at all between patch 2 and 3, so recreating the settings that you had should do the trick. (What fixed it for you, by the way?). <p></p><i></i>

Unfortunately the reason for the crashes was that some vital information was not being saved - this is why they are not compatible, since the save games from earlier versions don't include the necessary info.<br><br>I understand how frustrating it is when this sort of thing happens, all I can do is ...

How strange... can you check that your game directory contains files called KQ2VGA.001 up to KQ2VGA.023 ? <p></p><i></i>

So if you don't save the game in between, but just keep restoring a game, do the games disappear then? <p></p><i></i>

Can you please try the patch posted in the sticky thread on this forum. <p></p><i></i>

Yeah, sorry about this... it's a shame that none of the beta testers had such severe problems or we might have caught these problems prior to release.<br><br>Anyway, the patches did roughly this:<br><br>Patch 1: fix for one cause of the saving game crash<br>Patch 2: fix for game freezing up<br>Patch...

This only happens with the patch, you say? If you run the old KQ2VGA executable, it works? Very strange, has anyone else had a problem like this?<br> <p></p><i></i>

very strange, because there is physically no code in AGS to delete save games - all it can do is overwrite existing ones. You did definatley refresh the folder before looking for missing games, right? By default when a file is updated explorer moves it to the end of the list.<br><br>sorry if this al...

Have you tried the "Force alternate letterbox resolution" checkbox in Setup?<br><br>Failing that, I'm not really sure what to suggest. Make sure you have up to date graphics card drivers and DirectX version.<br>What operating system are you using?<br> <p></p><i></i>

Are you saying some save games just disappeared?<br><br>You said you moved some save games out of the folder... if you do this, you must move all or none. If there is just one save game left, for example agssave.006, it will confuse the game and it might start overwriting the wrong games.<br><br>You...

chultquist: eek ... thanks for the save game you sent, I believe I have isolated the problem causing that crash now.<br><br>Sorry guys, but there's yet another patch, Patch 3 (link in first post), which should solve this problem. Unfortunately due to the nature of the fix I cannot make it compatible...

Can you try installing the patch and see if that helps?<br> <p></p><i></i>

Have you tried installing the patch and seeing if that helps? (for KQ2, anyway).<br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub57.ezboard.com/broyalquestfor ... dosuser</A> at: 12/8/02 10:10:47 pm<br></i>

Seems to work fine for me... maybe the server was temporarily down, all I can suggest is to try again now.<br> <p></p><i></i>