Posted June 02, 2014
Anybody had any crashing issues? On the first episode everything was perfect but on episode two (and only 2 levels in) the game seems to crash a lot...
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Jedi-Jones
Registered: Jul 2009
From Netherlands
SCPM
Registered: Dec 2010
From Croatia
Posted June 02, 2014
In your Realms of Chaos installation folder, in the DOSBOX sub-folder, there should be some files that show error messages, like stderr.txt and stdout.txt. Does it say anything in those files? Are you getting any error messages? And does this happen randomly or when you take some particular action in the game?
xxxIndyxxx
Jedi-Jones
Registered: Jul 2009
From Netherlands
Posted June 03, 2014
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CONFIG:Loading primary settings from config file ..\dosboxROC.conf
"vga" is not a valid value for variable: machine.
It might now be reset it to default value: svga_s3
CONFIG:Loading additional settings from config file ..\dosboxROC_single.conf
MIDI:Opened device:win32
One joystick reported, initializing with 4axis
Using joystick Controller (XUSB Gamepad) with 5 axes, 10 buttons and 1 hat(s)
That's the text. It crashed during changing of the character, once while attacking with the sword and while loading a new level. Been a bit more stable now. (Quicksaved a bit more). Maybe it had something to do with my controller? It was plugged in but i didn't use it because walking left didn't work for some reason, now I unplugged it...
Thx for the reply!
Post edited June 03, 2014 by xxxIndyxxx
xxxIndyxxx
Jedi-Jones
Registered: Jul 2009
From Netherlands
Posted June 03, 2014
Been stable through the rest of the episode. And through half of the third. Maybe it was random, maybe it was controller related or maybe the first few levels from ep 2 are buggy. I am past it now.
I am getting my ass kicked by the big boss of ep 2 though. I have actually given up and am halfway through the 3rd ep now. I can't even come close with the boss (normal difficulty), it's ridiculous. I get Always hit buy the ceiling rocks and almost can't damage him. Tried it a lot and best I got: 1.5 health orbs down of 5!! That's not even close...
I am getting my ass kicked by the big boss of ep 2 though. I have actually given up and am halfway through the 3rd ep now. I can't even come close with the boss (normal difficulty), it's ridiculous. I get Always hit buy the ceiling rocks and almost can't damage him. Tried it a lot and best I got: 1.5 health orbs down of 5!! That's not even close...
SCPM
Registered: Dec 2010
From Croatia
Posted June 03, 2014
Alright, good thing it's stable now, sorry I couldn't be of more help.
As for the boss, the boss itself has a predictable pattern, but those falling ceiling rocks are random, so it's down to luck and timing. =/
As for the boss, the boss itself has a predictable pattern, but those falling ceiling rocks are random, so it's down to luck and timing. =/
xxxIndyxxx
Jedi-Jones
Registered: Jul 2009
From Netherlands
Posted June 04, 2014
As for the boss, the boss itself has a predictable pattern, but those falling ceiling rocks are random, so it's down to luck and timing. =/
I finished the game now without anymore crashes. DIdn't have a lot of difficulties with the end boss. Hard yes, but felt a lot more fair then the episode 2 boss. The random stones are too hard to avoid in combination with avoiding the boss and then attacking (and he needs a lot of hits) and with limited health on normal difficulty. I eventually caved and used some cheatcodes on him and even then I barely got him...
New User
Registered: Dec 2010
From Sweden
GlennMagusHarvey
New User
Registered: Dec 2011
From United States
Posted February 16, 2022
How does the game crash? Is it anything like what happened to me?
I had just finished episode 1, and the game offered to launch episode 2 for me, so I accepted. I started playing it, and I was fighting some enemies in the first level, specifically some frogs, and I was walking around to cause more of them to spawn. At one point, Eldrick was airborne and so was a frog, and the game froze...graphics just frozen in place, while the music continued playing. And the odd thing was the music might have been different from before...
I had just finished episode 1, and the game offered to launch episode 2 for me, so I accepted. I started playing it, and I was fighting some enemies in the first level, specifically some frogs, and I was walking around to cause more of them to spawn. At one point, Eldrick was airborne and so was a frog, and the game froze...graphics just frozen in place, while the music continued playing. And the odd thing was the music might have been different from before...