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Tex Murphy seriesOverseer: Crash at chandelier(10 posts)solved(10 posts)solved
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Posted July 25, 2009
Now I'm pi**ed!
Like others, I've had a few random lockups throughout the game, but have always been able to progress after restarting from where I left off............until now. No matter what I do, the game crashes when I try to reach the chandelier with the "long pole" in Gideon's gallery. I've tried going at the chandelier from every angle, running the game as an administrator, etc. Unlike others, I've never had any problems with audio so I don't think it's connected with my RealTek High Definition (on-board) Audio.
I'm running Vista Home Premium 64 bit on a gamers machine using an NVidia GeForce 9800 GT card and the aforementioned on-board audio.
Any ideas?
This question / problem has been solved by nanetteimage
Posted July 25, 2009
That's a known bug in the original game too and can be solved by muting the MIDI in the in-game Configuration > Audio tab. You can switch it back on a bit later
Not sure if this will work in the GOG-version (I stick to my old CD's until -hopefully- the DVD-version gets released here), but worth a try
Posted July 25, 2009
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nanette: That's a known bug in the original game too and can be solved by muting the MIDI in the in-game Configuration > Audio tab. You can switch it back on a bit later
Not sure if this will work in the GOG-version (I stick to my old CD's until -hopefully- the DVD-version gets released here), but worth a try

That worked! Thanks for the solution!!
Posted July 26, 2009
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nanette: That's a known bug in the original game too and can be solved by muting the MIDI in the in-game Configuration > Audio tab. You can switch it back on a bit later
Not sure if this will work in the GOG-version (I stick to my old CD's until -hopefully- the DVD-version gets released here), but worth a try
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MiketheWino: That worked! Thanks for the solution!!

I am starting to wonder how much research GOG are doing on the games before they release them. They say they are running them first but I can't see they have done that, it's common knowledge that the midi has to be muted. Unless the player had changed the settings not knowingly.
Posted July 26, 2009
Well that's not being fair to GOG in this case. MIDI audio IS muted by default in the GOG version of Overseer. You can activate it in the options but it's at your own risk because indeed it's a known fact that MIDI crashes the game in some places (the chandelier being one of them).
Posted July 26, 2009
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Starfox: Well that's not being fair to GOG in this case. MIDI audio IS muted by default in the GOG version of Overseer. You can activate it in the options but it's at your own risk because indeed it's a known fact that MIDI crashes the game in some places (the chandelier being one of them).

as I posted above , if the player changed the setting without knowing why the midi is muted.
Post edited July 26, 2009 by plumgas
Posted May 22, 2014
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nanette: That's a known bug in the original game too and can be solved by muting the MIDI in the in-game Configuration > Audio tab. You can switch it back on a bit later

Not sure if this will work in the GOG-version (I stick to my old CD's until -hopefully- the DVD-version gets released here), but worth a try
That's what worked for me too. Just clicked config in-game from the top-middle menu there, selected Audio, and muted the MIDI on the far right bottom.

Now he crawls over, and the speech is not affected. As for sound FX, don't know because, like I said, I had to mute the MIDI, so I wouldn't have heard any MIDI-driven sound FX or music.

I am playing the GOG version, so I'm verifying that this is a solution for the GOG version as well.


Thanks Nanette
Post edited May 22, 2014 by Doof1234
Posted May 26, 2014
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nanette: That's a known bug in the original game too and can be solved by muting the MIDI in the in-game Configuration > Audio tab. You can switch it back on a bit later

Not sure if this will work in the GOG-version (I stick to my old CD's until -hopefully- the DVD-version gets released here), but worth a try
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Doof1234: That's what worked for me too. Just clicked config in-game from the top-middle menu there, selected Audio, and muted the MIDI on the far right bottom.

Now he crawls over, and the speech is not affected. As for sound FX, don't know because, like I said, I had to mute the MIDI, so I wouldn't have heard any MIDI-driven sound FX or music.

I am playing the GOG version, so I'm verifying that this is a solution for the GOG version as well.

Thanks Nanette
you are replying to a 2009 posts & it related to the gog cd version which no longer exists. the dvd version you just select midi mapper for the midi , no need to mute the midi now.
Post edited May 26, 2014 by plumgas
Posted May 27, 2014
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Doof1234: That's what worked for me too. Just clicked config in-game from the top-middle menu there, selected Audio, and muted the MIDI on the far right bottom.

Now he crawls over, and the speech is not affected. As for sound FX, don't know because, like I said, I had to mute the MIDI, so I wouldn't have heard any MIDI-driven sound FX or music.

I am playing the GOG version, so I'm verifying that this is a solution for the GOG version as well.

Thanks Nanette
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plumgas: you are replying to a 2009 posts & it related to the gog cd version which no longer exists. the dvd version you just select midi mapper for the midi , no need to mute the midi now.
I downloaded this about 3 weeks ago, so I'm sure that I have the GOG DVD version, and I still had to mute the MIDI in order to get across.
Posted May 28, 2014
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plumgas: you are replying to a 2009 posts & it related to the gog cd version which no longer exists. the dvd version you just select midi mapper for the midi , no need to mute the midi now.
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Doof1234: I downloaded this about 3 weeks ago, so I'm sure that I have the GOG DVD version, and I still had to mute the MIDI in order to get across.
what do you see under midi under audio in overseer config panel, it should show microsft wave top & midi mapper...select midi mapper
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