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Nightmare Registered user Soul Calibur 2 Last page view: 4602 days, 4 hours, 25 minutes and 13 seconds ago. |
Ok, this has happened over the past two weeks. Is there any way to avoid this? If I play too long at once, will that make the game crash? Any other things likely to make ADOM crash? I'm going to have to save my characters at frequent intervals. It's so incredibly frustrating, building a char 20 levels just to watch ADOM freeze up and have it all be for nothing. "As for me, I feel priveleged to be among the only species able to make scientific inquiries." -unknown "Be sure to keep your distance if you don't have resistance." -DG |
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Mewto Registered user Last page view: 3602 days, 16 hours, 42 minutes and 26 seconds ago. |
What OS are you using? What kind of error do you get ? The one that sounds something like "Windows has encountered an error and ADOM.exe must close"? Or like a signal 291 in ADOM? For the Horde! |
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Darren Grey Registered user Last page view: 4242 days, 14 hours, 19 minutes and 59 seconds ago. |
I find using ADOM Sage greatly reduces the risk of a crash, but that could just be my own personal experience. If crashes are happening a lot recently then I'd worry that something you've changed to your computer lately might be causing it, or possibly some hardware fault. Are all your other programs running fine? Waldenbrook, the dwarven shopkeeper, mumbles: "I'd offer 9 gold pieces for yer dwarven child corpse." |
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Nightmare Registered user Soul Calibur 2 Last page view: 4602 days, 4 hours, 25 minutes and 13 seconds ago. |
Mewto - I'm running the 2nd latest version of windows. You know, the one right before VISTA, whatever it's called. The first example you gave "Windows has encountered an error and ADOM.exe must close". That is the one I get. Then I have to delete the PRC file in order to play ADOM again, and my character is gone. I haven't changed anything on my computer lately. Haven't had internet access on my comp since November 06. I ran my Antivirus and Anti-Spyware programs, they came up with nothing. My computer was in the trunk of my car for a while when I was moving. But it's been in that situation before and come out fine. Maybe it's all been a string of bad luck. I was wondering if anyone else has noticed a trend, certain things that make the game crash. "As for me, I feel priveleged to be among the only species able to make scientific inquiries." -unknown "Be sure to keep your distance if you don't have resistance." -DG |
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The Real J. Registered user The faceless swordsman Last page view: 5616 days, 21 hours, 16 minutes and 35 seconds ago. |
I'm afraid there is no other way than saving regularly and making a backup of the save (I don't consider it save-scumming if one just restores a backup on crashed game). Crashing frequency may also be dependent on version, for instance I can't remember my Linux version ever crashing and the Amiga version was also pretty stable. Sytytä toiselle tuli ja hän pysyy lämpimänä jonkin aikaa. Sytytä hänet palamaan ja hän pysyy lämpimänä loppuelämänsä. |
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Mewto Registered user Last page view: 3602 days, 16 hours, 42 minutes and 26 seconds ago. |
Nightmare, if you're running XP the crashes are normal... XP doesn't support DOS apps very well. I use Winbeta4 when playing on XP Home or Pro, and I usually get errors unless I change some settings. This is what I do: Right click on the ADOM executable, Properties, Compatibility and select compatibility mode for Windows 2000, Disable visual themes and disable advanced text services (the names are slightly different on your OS, I'm translating on the fly). From 5-6 errors an hour I get like 1 error in 20 hours now. Much better, IMO. For the Horde! |
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Silfir Registered user Writer of Overly Long Guides Last page view: 4071 days, 15 hours, 2 minutes and 9 seconds ago. |
I'm running XP and I think I have never gotten a Windows-induced ADOM crash. I've had a couple of ADOM bugs that caused a crash (very few). I've not even started the habit of doing backups, which is a pretty safe sign that my ADOM runs stable, or that I am masochistic. I'm assuming it's the former. You drop the golden ball. You kick the golden ball. It slides to the west. Suddenly Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, appears! "That's not how you play Quidditch! are you even listening?" Which direction? (123456789) 4 Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is hit by a bolt of acid! Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is annihilated. You hear the ecstatic cries of a large crowd! |
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Mewto Registered user Last page view: 3602 days, 16 hours, 42 minutes and 26 seconds ago. |
I've played Winbeta 4 on 5 computers with WinXP so far, and on 4 of the 5 computers I got errors. I don't remember why I stopped playing 1.1.1 on XP, but I must've had a good reason. For the Horde! |
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Nightmare Registered user Soul Calibur 2 Last page view: 4602 days, 4 hours, 25 minutes and 13 seconds ago. |
Ok, I think it's fixed. I had some corrupted files on my computer. Ran Chkdsk (which found some duplicate ADOM files to my surprise, and fixed those), changed some settings for my comp, deleted a bunch of files of dubious nature I never installed. Now I've been crash free for two days and I think my problems are solved. Too bad I can't get back that lvl 18 Dark Elven Archer, or the Trollish Bard, or the Dwarven Merchant, or several other characters. *sigh* you'd think after about 500 characters and no wins yet I'd be used to losing good stuff by now. lol "As for me, I feel priveleged to be among the only species able to make scientific inquiries." -unknown "Be sure to keep your distance if you don't have resistance." -DG |
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Eoryn Unregistered user |
I suggest save scumming your characters even if you plan on playing them legitimately. Then, if it crashes, you load up your backup. If you die, delete the back up. |
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Melkor Unregistered user |
I have Mac OSX, and this keeps happening to me. The thing is, I don't know where my files are saved to, and I can't find them with a file search for the file name (such as if my char's name is face, then "face.svg"). Does anyone know where I can find it? |
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Nightmare Registered user Soul Calibur 2 Last page view: 4602 days, 4 hours, 25 minutes and 13 seconds ago. |
Open the ADOM data files and look around. "As for me, I feel priveleged to be among the only species able to make scientific inquiries." -unknown "Be sure to keep your distance if you don't have resistance." -DG |
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Mewto Registered user Last page view: 3602 days, 16 hours, 42 minutes and 26 seconds ago. |
In Windows it's in the ADOM/adom_dat/savedg/face.svg I guess it should be similar in MacOS. For the Horde! |