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RuySan
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Joined: 11 Jul 2001
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Location: Portugal |
| I can't get Wizardry 8 to play. plz help me |
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a friend of mine lend me a copy of wiz8 that he has ordered from the states (it isn't available here) and when i'm going to start playing (the menu loads fine) the game crashes and returns to windows without any warning.
i have a PIII 500, riva tnt2 ultra 32mb, winXP and directX9. I've tried to play with openGL and directX...but its always the same. |
Thu Dec 04, 2003 7:34 pm |
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pauk
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| Re: I can't get Wizardry 8 to play. plz help me |
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Also I didn't get W8 to run on winxp, but fortunately I had XP/98 multiboot and the game ran just perfect under win98.
Perhaps win98&95 compatibility modes (in W8 shortcut properties) would help? Or getting an illegal W98 copy as an multiboot option. |
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Thu Dec 04, 2003 7:53 pm |
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RuySan
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Joined: 11 Jul 2001
Posts: 42
Location: Portugal |
i've done the compatibility mode, but no avail..i'm getting desperate.. |
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Thu Dec 04, 2003 7:56 pm |
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Danicek
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Joined: 15 Dec 2001
Posts: 5922
Location: Czech Republic |
I think Wiz8 should run on XP.
Stupid, but necessary question: did you updated all your drivers (mainly for graphic card?). Well Wiz8 is old game, but you have old card and so you can have older drivers..., also try to download latest patch for Wiz8. |
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Fri Dec 05, 2003 6:51 am |
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dteowner
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I've run Wiz8 on a WinXP (Home ed) rig for over a year. Not a problem to be found. Definitely follow Danicek's advice and do the driver dance. Also, given your much older video card, you might make sure you're using software acceleration.
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Fri Dec 05, 2003 1:36 pm |
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RuySan
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Location: Portugal |
the game is patched and with the latest card drivers. i also have tried every combination of graphics and sound in the options....
JA2 was also a pain the ass to get it to play. i really doubt that i'll ever buy another sir tech game again |
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Sat Dec 06, 2003 10:38 am |
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dteowner
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Well, you're right about that, because Sir-Tech is out of business for all practical purposes. 
Check the properties on your video card and turn all hardware acceleration off at that level. That might help. Also, how much RAM do you have? Wiz8 will use a ton of memory if it can, as will WinXP. Since you seem to have an older system, you might not have enough memory to make it all "play nice together".
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Sat Dec 06, 2003 3:28 pm |
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RuySan
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quote:
Originally posted by dteowner
Well, you're right about that, because Sir-Tech is out of business for all practical purposes.
Check the properties on your video card and turn all hardware acceleration off at that level. That might help. Also, how much RAM do you have? Wiz8 will use a ton of memory if it can, as will WinXP. Since you seem to have an older system, you might not have enough memory to make it all "play nice together".
I have 256mb. And my card wasn't very old by 2001 standards... |
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Sun Dec 07, 2003 1:45 pm |
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dteowner
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One other possibility is that the Safedisc copy protection doesn't play nice with certain CD drives. That was supposed to be fixed with the final patch, IIRC, but perhaps that's something to look into? You might want to look at the official Wiz8 Technical Support forums for additional details about that issue.
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Sun Dec 07, 2003 3:25 pm |
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RuySan
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Location: Portugal |
quote:
Originally posted by dteowner
One other possibility is that the Safedisc copy protection doesn't play nice with certain CD drives. That was supposed to be fixed with the final patch, IIRC, but perhaps that's something to look into? You might want to look at the official Wiz8 Technical Support forums for additional details about that issue.
definitely i think it's a graphic card problem. If that was the case, the game would hang with the 1st sirtech logo.i'll buy a new comp in the next month or so, and i'll try again then. thnx for the help |
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Mon Dec 08, 2003 1:37 pm |
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Bilbo
High Emperor
Joined: 12 Mar 2002
Posts: 1620
Location: New York |
It's not a Windows XP issue. When I upgraded to XP (new computer) a few months ago, my version from when Wiz8 was first released worked fine. I patched immediately to 1.2.4, even before running it for the first time. Perhaps this is the key.
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Sun Dec 14, 2003 2:10 pm |
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Soozie
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Joined: 04 Sep 2003
Posts: 12
Location: Quincy, MA USA |
Can't get Wizardry 8, Version 1,2,4 to install on my XP. The install comes up, I click on install it hesitates and disappears. 
Got any ideas? Sure will be appreciated.
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Sun Mar 21, 2004 11:30 pm |
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Val
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Joined: 18 Feb 2002
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Location: Utah, USA |
Try going to the CD and starting the install manually.
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Mon Mar 22, 2004 3:19 am |
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Soozie
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Tnaks, Val did try that ... same thing ... nothing.
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Mon Mar 22, 2004 4:30 pm |
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Val
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Location: Utah, USA |
Have you tried the compatibility mode?
It may also be that the file is corrupted. Which would suck. 
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