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Originally Posted by Badseed My path is the default:
C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2
Ok, let me try and be clearer. 
When I run Install, the Progess Bar (showing the 'amount' of installation complete) gets to about 2/3 done, then stops. By this I mean the CD-ROM slows to almost nothing and information stops transferring to the HD (no red HD light on my computer).
I wait 5-10 minutes then a message box comes up saying that the installation is complete and that the BG2 movie is going to run. This message doesn't look right. By this I mean it pops up but the whole message 'description' isn't there. The end is cut off. It is hard to explain, but the colors look off I think. Anyways, I get the meaning of this message and just click OK.
The BG2 movie runs, and I wait for it to finish.
Now I am back to my desktop. I go to my Start Menu and run the game. This is where I get the 'text font' error I explained earlier. The only option it gives me is to hit OK, so I do. At this point, I am still at my desktop as I can't run the game because I get the 'text font' error.
From here I can run AutoRun from the CD and I see that the 'Install' option is still available, and the 'Play' option is not.
I say the Installation did not complete because that is what I THINK happened since the progress bar stopped during the installation process AND the AutoRun still thinks the game needs to be installed. I believe that not all the game information got transferred correctly. |
I'm all with you, badseed and da_venom... I've been struggling with the same problem, and guess what? I'm playing
You described it perfectly, badseed, and your idea on incorrectly transferred information brought me on an idea. So I tried putting this game on my drive manually. When I tried to move the master.dat file, an error appeared about 2/3 of the way (called something like CRC or RCR, I forgot). Taking note of this, I then reinstalled the game with the Autoplay menu (humongous install). Once again, the red progress bar didn't finish, I watched the bg2 movie and the "couldn't find/load text fonts" error appeared. Next, I hit "C:/Program Files/BlackIsle/Fallout2" and looked at the master.dat file, which in comparison to the master.dat on the CD, was too small. I thought, that maybe my CD was scratched and that was the reason why the master.dat couldn't transfer. I decided to take the CD out of the DVD drive, and put it in my DVD-RW drive. From there, I managed to move the master.dat to my computer without any problems, played around with the fallout.cfg file so that all the connections were correct, and voilą! This must be like the 7th time I play this game.
