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Dragon's Eye possible glitch

Discussion in 'Icewind Dale (Classic)' started by Shook the Semi-Master, Jul 22, 2005.

  1. Shook the Semi-Master Gems: 1/31
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    I have just gotton to the lowest level of Dragon's Eye and encountered the odd little girl. After I chose a dialog option the game quit to the desktop. I reloaded it and chose another. It worked until I moved down the hall and she said something else. I then installed the 1.06 patch and had to reinstall the whole game along with Heart of Winter and the ease of use mod because the patch messed up the whole game. I had kept the saved game files and I put them back in after I reinstalled it. I loaded the game and the game cut off when I told the party to move. It is probably the mod that is the problem, but I thought it was odd that I couldn't find anything about it in the forums. This is the first time playing through the game. It may be that I'm trying to play an older game on Windows XP. I'm new to posting on any forums and I hope that this isn't too longwinded. Any help would be appreciated.
     
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    [​IMG] It sounds like you installed the wrong patch and messed your own game up. If you've got HoW installed, the only patch you should be installing is the HoW, 1.41 one. See http://www.sorcerers.net/Games/IWD/index_misc.php

    All the original patch fixes are already applied once you install HoW. Doing it after you install HoW will mess things up. Also, make sure to install the patch before you install any mods. Doing it the other way around could also cause problems.
     
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    Thank you for replying. Unfortunately, it didn't solve my problem. The game still quit after I completely uninstalled the mod. I downloaded the 1.41 patch for HoW and installed it and the game still quit to the desktop. The mod was still uninstalled when I installed the patch. I think that was the version I had anyway. I have the Ultimate Collection version and I don't know if that may be part of the problem. I did make it past a couple small battles with yuan-ti by saving very often, but the game won't play for long and it keeps cutting off during a longer battle. It plays a little stuttery on this level like I don't have enough memory or the right processor, but the game worked fine in chapter 1 and so far in chapter 2.
     
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    I could be wrong here but usually with games that are ultimate collections they are already patched fully because they were published a few years later than the original release. Maybe not installing a patch will work.

    Now I'm not sure here so just a thought.
     
  5. Taluntain

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    Yea, that's true generally, but I think applying the HoW patch in this case shouldn't make any difference. Do you also have ToTL installed?
     
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    No, the only thing I have installed is Icewind Dale, Heart of Winter, 1.41 patch, and the ease of use mod. I don't have ToTL installed. Also, as far as not patching, I didn't download any patches until after I had this problem.
     
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    I'm afraid I can't help you then. Desktop crashes can be caused by dozens of different things, and without any error notices it's nearly impossible to figure out what the issue is. For starters try the game without any mods, then try deleting everything in the game's cache dir, then defragging, reverting back to older graphics card drivers if you have the latest... One at a time, testing in between.
     
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    I decided to cheat through the level. I enabled the cheat keys and killed all the monsters by Ctrl+Y. Even though I saved often, the game still cut off at least ten times. I did finally get the gem and got out of there. I got all the loot from the area but none of the experience. That may add a little of a challenge to the rest of the game. Also, the game didn't cut off a time on the trip back to Kuldahar or while I was killing Orogs and shopping. It was isolated to that one area. Thanks again for replying and trying to help.
     
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    Good luck, Shook ;)
     
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