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player created levels freeze up when text apears
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 8:44 am
by ace
I've posted this on Planet Drakan so apologies for any repetition.
I've downloaded and installed the 445 patch but when I try to play any new levels they freeze up as soon as text appears and I can't do anything except manually restart my pc. Anyone else had this problem?
Is this an installation issue and if so do I have to uninstall Drakan and reinstall it and the patch? Arokhs Twin said he'd post the 445 patch on this site - Is it up yet? Thanks to everyone for previous help and I hope someone can help me with this and save me from the clutches of Lara Croft.
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 8:46 am
by ace
oops - posted it twice.
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 5:29 pm
by nubby
Make sure you have the complete game installed, including multiplayer, and you're in developer mode. The read-me in each level should tell you where to create your new folder to put the files.
I had the same freezes and crashes until I bumped up my ram from 64 to 128, I don't know why, but it fixed the problem.
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 7:15 pm
by Arokhs Twin
Here is the patch d:\webdocs\arokhslair.net\drakan_patch_445_eng.zip
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Webmaster of Arokh's Lair
Edited by - Arokhs Twin on 20 Mar 2002 19:16:56
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 7:17 pm
by Arokhs Twin
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 8:21 pm
by ace
Pretty sure I have the full game installed. I've unzipped the levels to their correct folders. I was in developer mode. The levels loaded and played until text appeared on the screen. I have 256Mb ram so it's not this. I'll try downloading the patch from Arokhs Twin but I think the original download was ok. Do I have to reinstall the whole game in order to reinstall the patch? Once again, thanks to everyone for their help.
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 8:39 pm
by ace
OK. I'VE BEEN VERY THICK. I UNZIPPED THE PATCH AGAIN, OVERWRITING THE ORIGINAL FILES AND REINSTALLED THE PATCH. SAME FREEZE ON TEXT.
I PRESSED EVERY BUTTON TO NO AVAIL - THEN I PRESSED THE SPACE BAR.
DOH!!!
IF ANYONE THINKS THEY'RE HAVING THE SAME FREEZE UPS ON TEXT JUST PRESS THE BLOODY SPACE BAR!
IN MY DEFENCE I WORK VERY TIRING HOURS.
THANKS ALL.
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2002 7:12 pm
by nubby
That's funny! I know the texts are to help the story but I kind of find them annoying, especially the ones that don't go away after one space-bar press.
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2002 11:00 am
by ASSASSIN
Hmm... okay, I agree that sometimes they can be annoying, but why to play without knowing the storyline???? That seems to be pointless to me...
Dobos "Assassin" Andras
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2002 4:30 pm
by ace
I didn't find them annoying - I was just stupid enough to think my pc was freezing up when they first happened.
Where's my pills?
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2002 7:10 pm
by ASSASSIN
Oh, fear not. Not you are the first who has problems with drakan... I remember myself going crazy with Rynn not attacking (I forgot to calibrate the key...
). BTW - it is really interesting how buggy the game is sometimes, isn't it?
Dobos "Assassin" Andras
