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Jane is BAD

posted by [personal profile] pmsumner at 01:39am on 27/04/2005 under
She bought Dungeon Keeper 2 and I've been spending time trying to make it work properly on XP, as it's really designed for Windows 98 and has a tendency to crash on some sound related events.

Just to make sure it worked, mind you... just to make sure... I've been playing for about 3hrs now. I think that's a pretty good stress test.

Damnit she's got me addicted *G*
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Not a solution, but...

posted by [identity profile] albatros.livejournal.com at 12:59pm on 27/04/2005
Yes, I've had this problem, and tried all the published fixes. There's a geeks' tool, Microsoft Compatibility Tool, which makes some patches to known programs, (in response to industry-wide SP2 compatibiity issues, I suspect), where DK2 is listed.

I ended up unintalling it, as it crashed eventually in all situatons, and couldn't cope with multiplayer for more than 10 minutes. Shame, as despite its age, it's a really good game.
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Re: Not a solution, but...

posted by [identity profile] phil99.livejournal.com at 01:51pm on 27/04/2005
Aye, I installed the compatibility thingie and it made very little difference when runing with the various compatibility modes on.

Then I uninstalled it after breaking it completely, reinstalled it and it seems to be working. Sound's a bit crackly but it at least hasn't crashed out on me yet. Hurrah!

A creature has died in your dungeon and left all their cats to you in it's will.
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Re: Not a solution, but...

posted by [identity profile] albatros.livejournal.com at 01:59pm on 27/04/2005
That sounds like DirectX swapping out textures over AGP (this would cause sound to be choppy), but why it would want to do that, given the system requirements, I don't know. Try setting the texture detail to low, and installing all the patches for the game.

A lost soul has entered your dungeon...
...oh! - it's wandered out again.
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posted by [identity profile] albatros.livejournal.com at 01:01pm on 27/04/2005
Your dungeon is full of yoghourt!
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