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Unable to pick up "Magic items" in Warlords IV 10 years, 9 months ago #1140
Hi, I hope that there is someone who can help me with my problem.
I have played Warlords IV (Heroes of Etheria)for about 12 years without any big problems under various Windows versions up to Windows XP. Then when I upgraded to Windows 7 the problem started. Nine times out of ten the game just freezes when one of my heroes tries to pick up any "Magic item" that has been discarded by any player, even if discarded by one of my own heroes. Then I have to close the game while Widows tells me that they will try to look for a solution which they never find. I have tried to solve any incompatibility issues but that does not work either. So I have to start the game again and load the saved "current play" and continue playing avoiding any "Magic items" that that I come across. My Warlords game is an official game that I bought in Thailand (for use in Thailand only.) I would be very grateful for some help with this annoying problem. Gus van Kan |
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Re: Unable to pick up "Magic items" in Warlords IV 10 years, 9 months ago #1141
Are you running it in the correct compatability mode? It sounds like a compatability issue.
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Re: Unable to pick up "Magic items" in Warlords IV 10 years, 9 months ago #1142
Gus,
A few of questions. 1) The version you bought in Thailand you bought 12 years ago. Is it the English version of the game and did it come on CD? 2) Are you running the latest 1.05A (or patches here from the website? 3) Which version of Win 7 are you running? One thing to be aware of is that WarIV still writes save games and other stuff in the local directory. If you installed to C:\Program Files (the normal install path) Win7 doesn't like when programs write there as Microsoft now thinks anything that does is a virus (unless it's an installer). So I recommend installing to My Documents or some other place. Or you have to be an Admin user when you are running the game. KGB P.S. It seems strange it only crashes when picking up items. How are you able to pick them up in the first place if your own heroes are discarding them and another hero is trying to pick them up? You aren't using saved games from when you were running on XP are you? |
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Re: Unable to pick up "Magic items" in Warlords IV 10 years, 9 months ago #1143
Hi KGB, thanks for your rapid response and for spending your time for me.
Here are the answers to your questions. 1 The game is an original one on a CD in a box from Ubisoft. It is in English (USA) but may not be sold outside Thailand 2 I am running Patch 105, No A or B mentioned so I don't know. Incidentally the patch seems to be irrelevant to Warlords IV as it mentions lots of things which do not seem to have anything to do with Warlords IV. 3 I run Windows 7 Professional I have the habit of installing all my games on "drive D" which is a partition of my main hard drive. I keep "C" for other applications. And I run Windows as the Admin user. I installed the game way back in Windows 2000 or even earlier. I don't remember. However I started a new "set" just about two weeks ago on Windows 7 and that is when the problem started. I did run the program through the compatibility application but it made no difference. What is really incomprehensible is that one of my heroes picked up a Helm in one of those ruins. Later he got killed and his helm dropped. Another one of my heroes picked it up without a problem. He got also killed but when a third hero tried to pick it up the game froze. I assume that it was all the same helm although I do admit that it could have been a duplicate. The weirdest thing is that I never had this freezing when I played in Windows 7 previously. Now it happens about nine times out of ten and I have given up trying to pick up items. Thanks again for taking the time to find a solution. Best regards, Gus van Kan |
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Re: Unable to pick up "Magic items" in Warlords IV 10 years, 9 months ago #1144
Do you have a saved game you can send me where this is occurring? Ideally I want the save to occur just before you pick up an item when the crash happens 9/10 times.
I'll need both the game save and your warlord. Then I can see if it's just a corrupted save or something else. KGB |
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Re: Unable to pick up "Magic items" in Warlords IV 10 years, 9 months ago #1145
Hi KGB, Thank you for your continued involvement and help.
I am attaching saved game "MLN 10 temp" which I saved just before trying to pick up a Helm just below the city of Zandor. When I pick it up I can no longer move my hero or any other hero for that matter. I then have to close the game, re-open it and load the "MLN 10 temp" file and carry on playing without picking up any Magic items. I also attach a copy my Warlord, Narbon II. He is in a second (or third) run of a campaign, which can explain his somewhat unusual looking statistics. I hope that these can help you to determine the cause of my problem. Best regards, Gus van Kan
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Re: Unable to pick up "Magic items" in Warlords IV 10 years, 9 months ago #1146
Gus,
The only thing attached here is a jpg image of your hero. Can you zip up the saved game and the Warlord (it's .war file in the warlords folder) into 1 zip archive. That will make it much easier to attach because I think the forum only allows 1 attachment file per post. KGB |
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Last Edit: 10 years, 9 months ago by KGB.
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Re: Unable to pick up "Magic items" in Warlords IV 10 years, 9 months ago #1147
Hi KGB (again)
I tried to attach the saved file but the forum does not accept .ss1 files for attachment. I am not a computer expert but I thought that I could perhaps change the name of the file to "MLN 10 temp.txt". If the forum accepts that, you would have to change the name back to "MLN 10 temp.ss1" before you could use it. Look forward to your comments. Best regards, Gus van Kan PS: Tried to change to a .txt file but that does not work. |
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Re: Unable to pick up "Magic items" in Warlords IV 10 years, 9 months ago #1148
Hi again.
Our messages crossed and please disregard mu previous message. I have zipped both the .war file and the .ss1 file but was unable to get the into one zip file. So have to attach two zip files. Sorry to make things so difficult for you. Kind regards, Gus
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Re: Unable to pick up "Magic items" in Warlords IV 10 years, 9 months ago #1149
Gus,
I got your saved game and warlord. But when I go to the load screen and click on your saved game the Warlord name instead of being Narbon_II is a garbage character. The rest of the save (date/time) looks OK. However when I attempt the load it stops at 40% and crashes the game. So I can't even load your turn. On your load screen when you click on the saved game is the Warlord name right for you? Are you sure you are running 1.05 (it should say 1.05 or 1.05A or 1.05B in the lower left on the main screen)? I tried 1.05, 1.05A and 1.05B and they all show the same problem and can't open the game. I know that 1.05B and 1.05 aren't compatible save wise, neither is 1.04 with 1.04 or 1.03 with 1.04 etc. That's why I am asking so I know for sure what version you are running. KGB |
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Last Edit: 10 years, 9 months ago by KGB.
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