Windows Vista Problems

[N2Katz]

I have just "upgraded" [HA!-not] to a new computer with Windows Vista. I moved my game and all of my saved games over to the new computer. It was great.... better graphics, great sound...began killing stuff and WHAM! An ugly box appears with a bunch of garbage characters and my game freezes up....goes completely black. If I try to load the game, it will load until I select my saved game, then it tries to load the saved game and gives me the same problem. Is anyone else running Windows Vista and have you run into a problem like this? Any suggestions from anyone would sure be appreciated. I have beaten this game once and really enjoy playing it. Would sure hate to trash it now thanks to good ol' Bill.

Thanks loads.

[Centurion]

Originally Posted by N2Katz

I have just "upgraded" [HA!-not] to a new computer with Windows Vista. I moved my game and all of my saved games over to the new computer. It was great.... better graphics, great sound...began killing stuff and WHAM! An ugly box appears with a bunch of garbage characters and my game freezes up....goes completely black. If I try to load the game, it will load until I select my saved game, then it tries to load the saved game and gives me the same problem. Is anyone else running Windows Vista and have you run into a problem like this? Any suggestions from anyone would sure be appreciated. I have beaten this game once and really enjoy playing it. Would sure hate to trash it now thanks to good ol' Bill.

Thanks loads.

Try starting a new game. See if you have the same problem.

[N2Katz]

Not only did I start a new game, I completely uninstalled the game and did a whole new install from scratch. However, this time I made note of the garbage...it's actually the following sort of error:

TerrQuad_ReadTerrObjFileInfo:: INVALID SLOT #0

If there is anyone out there who knows what this means and what I can do I really will appreciate your help. The game lets me create a character, it goes through the whole introduction, and then when it starts to load my character, I get this across the top of my screen and the rest of the screen is black.

Thanks all!

[MoldyNeufCheese]

I also bought a new pc, switched my game and saved game and got the same error message neatly outlined in a green box at the top of my screen.

I did the same uninstall, fresh install, and new game and was rewarded with a green box and same error message.

There has to be a way to run DL on vista.

[afixbutrfly]

I have the same problem. Although when i played The Sims I played under Administrater (right click, compadability, play as administrator) and that seems to work even on DL. But, the last time i played it didnt come up as administator and when I try to play It comes up with the last place I saved.. then the little green box appears. Then if i go back and try to play as administator it starts at a place that i saved a wile ago. WTF? DO i have to start at that place again? SOMEONE HELP!

[eyekwahD]

Try DLing a DirectX update from Microsoft. I had a similar problem with 3 different games that wouldn't run on MS Vista until I read somewhere on the Web that there was a DirectX problem that could be remedied by going to Microsoft and letting MS install a backward compatible patch to DirectX onto your 'puter. Of course you have to have a valid (Legal) version of MS Vista.

[afixbutrfly]

I figured out a way to get it to work on Vista!!!

Right click the Dungeon Lords Icon. Properties, Compadibility, will the have a box that says Run This Program in compadibility for (X that box and go to Windows XP) Then on the bottom of that same window check the box that says Run this Program as Administrator.

Thats what worked for me and I have the new Dell XPS Notebook with Vista. Hopefully it will work for you too!

[chvygrl759]

ok, so im kinda new to this, but also just got vista, and finally able to play DL. i have the same problem, but it hits as im leaving fargrove for the first time. i tried to play as admin, but it wiped out my saved game. id rather not start a new one, i like my character, if i try the patch, will it also wipe out my game?

[bArenziahlover]

This is very common with microsoft makeing it hard on user. I know bussien that cannot use infro store in old formmat of old database on new computer I than talking about old income taxes data for tax people who do other people taxes with taxes programs.

[Tolan]

I am going through the same thing invalid #39 green box.Only had it for a couple of days and already getting tired of starting over.

[khalsa9]

I had the same problem just run the program as administrator, you'll have to start the game again but you'll never have that problem again

[akido220]

I just recently bought DL and put it on my vista comp but when i
run the game the screen flashes and a black square pops up then nothing happens. PLEASE HELP!!!!

[Robapril]

One of the problems with running DL on Vista is it dousn't save the game correctly, it only puts the save is the slot but it fails to save all the info for the file. In essence your not really saving the game only a Save Ghost.
This happens becasue of the enhanced securirty on Vista I think.
To fix that you need to right click the shortcut to the game select properties go to the compatibility tab and click the box at the bottom to have it run as a administrater program, this gives DL permissions to alter files on your Computer so you can save over previous files and save all the info needed, doing this also rolls it back to the latest uncorrupted save file you have.
Also to make it run smoother set it in compatibility mode for windows 2000 (On the same tab as the above).
After doing these when you try to launch the game it will ask for your permission for the program to start since it will be able to alter files on the computer it needs to work correctly.
I have my windows Vista Notebook set to the above settings and it runs smoother and is less buggy then on my windows XP Desktop.

Another thing, it will lock up with those random numbers displayed at the top if you manage to climb a cliff and fall off the map. ^^

[blasted spiders]

The various replies are all interesting, and some are bordering on sarcastic. I believe I was one of the first members to post this particular problem, if not "THE" first. It's only been recently that I've had the time to play DL again and try to address this problem.

I had gone to the Dreamcatcher site forum recently and there was a similar solution in there to many of the suggestions here and in my original post. The solution also follows the logic of what Operating Sytem this game was designed for.

Open Explorer
Navigate to the Dungeon Lords folder (Program Files/Dreamcatcher/Dungeon Lords)
Right click on the dlords.exe file
Click properties
Click the Compatability Tab
Change compatability to Windows 2000
Also click on the box "Run as Administrator" in the lower part of the window
Click OK
Then close all open windows

Changing compatability to Windows XP did not work for me on my new Dell Laptop with Windows Vista. AND, I didn't have to change my parental controls settings then re-boot the computer. Changing it to Windows 2000 and running as Administrator has worked well for me for the past several days that I have played it. I have run into only one minor glitch, which may have occurred anyway. And it may clear itself up when I restart the game. I'll find out later.

Hope this helps "ALL" who are having this problem. I can only speak from my experience

[ColdFireRaven]

I've tried all of your suggestions. My computer makes it look promising (it goes to the black screen and tries to format itself correctly) and them I'm back to where I started... does anyone else have any suggestions? (Btw, I don't have a Dell. I have a Toshiba)