Help !!! Mayday Mayday

[Armycardinal]

OK. Just bought a new notebook and am installing BG1 (and 2 and ToB), but when I attempt to run and load one of my saved games for BG1 I get the following:

An Assertion failed in D:\BGSourceUpdate_TOSC\dev\Baldur\IntScreenLoad.cp p @ line number 1358

(D: is my DVD-RW drive)

NOW (so I don't SPAM the BG2 site with the same problem)

I installed BG2 also and attempted to load my saved game, I get:

Runtime error
Program :C:\Program files\Black Isle\BGII-SOA\BGMain.exe

PLEASE HELP. If you look at my Avatar and see where I live (currently), you can sort of figure out what I do for a living. I'm going overseas for a year and WILL go crazy if I can't take a break and play the BG series. That was the whole purpose for this laptop.

BTW it is an HP 512mb Ram, 60GB HD, 64MB video and a Pent4 processor. Please don't ask for any other specs, as I know just enough to mess things up - so I just surf and game.

For those of you who know me from the BG2 site - ask them too.

Thanks

AC

[Sojourner]

Assertion errors for BG1: http://www.interplay.com/support/pro...sp?gameid=52#3

BG2 Runtime errors: http://www.interplay.com/support/pro...p?gameid=310#4

General troubleshooting: http://forums.interplay.com/viewtopic.php?t=7155

[Armycardinal]

Well...Results are mixed.
Patched both games, just in case...

Same problem with BG1, but NOW, it WILL let me "Start" a new game, just not "Load" one. Sorry, but I just can't stay awake that long.

Any other Ideas?

As far as BG2 goes, thanks, BUT (there is always a but, right):

I must have the ToB disk in to begin the game (Start or Load). In the past, I just had to insert "Disk 2" and go (from the desktop). Just another "qwirk" to running the game. ANy ideas here? Does it matter that, right after you install, the game prompts you that it will play the "Demo Movie" (the NWN promo), but on MY machine, it didn't work.

So results are mixed, but slightly favorable. I'm almost to the point of wiping the HD and reloading XP, and the whole shooting match. I didn't have these problems on my desktop, and this Notebook is a better (faster) platform.

Thanks Sojourner. If this gets your creativeness going, I'll listen.

BTW, I was confused with the link for fixing BG2.
This is from the site...

Q: I am getting a runtime error or the game is just crashing when loading a new area. (YES I AM !!)
A: This will happen most often when the area file has copied over incorrectly from the CD. You will want to do the following:

Right click on "My Computer"
Select "Properties"
Click on the "Performance" tab
Click on "File System"
Clcik on the "CD-ROM" tab
Under "Optimize access pattern for" select "No Read Ahead"
Click on "OK"
Click on "CLOSE"
The system will want to restart for these changes to take effect. Click "YES" to restart.
Delete all area files contained within the {games folder}\CACHE\Data folder.
Rerun the game



But I have XP, and this set of instructions doesn't fit what I see.
ANy Ideas here?

Thanks a bunch. At least I can continue my current game.

AC

[Sojourner]

Ah, I forgot that second link was written when Win 98 was the norm. Check section 8 fron the third link - it has Win XP specific directions. My experience with laptops is that the sound card is not always the greatest - so try running dxdiag and setting the sound acceleration from full to standard. Make sure all your drivers are up to date.