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Wizards & Warriors
Topic Started: Jul 6 2009, 02:00 PM (1,243 Views)
UtopiaNH
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Cu Roi
I recently tried getting this old game running again on my system and apparently I'm having a specific conflict with attempting to spell cast (and issues with entering some of the buildings in town) that cause immediate crashes of the game. I'm thinking it's related to either XP or running an ATI video card but I couldn't really find a way to get it resolved. There's so few people who have even heard of the game, let alone played it that it's almost impossible to track down info on how to fix these problems.

I'm just giving up for now, but I'm curious of any of you who possibly own it have gotten it running on an XP platform or have encountered these bugs/crashes.
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Killer Kitty
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http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=4&t=007547

Seems like the ones that apply to you are:

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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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6.2-6.5) Game crashes then receiving a memory error message, game crashes when talking, using/giving, casting spells, disarming.
Problem: Wizards & Warriors is not compatible with Windows 2000/XP
Solution: Go to your shortcut in Windows, either on desktop or in start menu. Right click the shortcut and choose properties. Click on the compatibility tab. Check the box "Run in compatibility mode" and select "Windows 95 layer". Playing when logged in as Administrator can also help.
Solution provided by: WillowIX and Xignal
Edited by Killer Kitty, Jul 6 2009, 02:30 PM.
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UtopiaNH
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Thanks a lot KK; the first I had found, but the second I had not.

I've been going through some of my older PC games lately and made full play throughs of Might & Magic VI, Might & Magic VII, Arcanum and played a bunch of Master of Orion 2.

I'll try to get this running later with your solutions.
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