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Posted September 29, 2013
Sorry for what might be construed as a double post, but I hijacked someone else's topic for this before and I think it'll have more visibility if I make a new one instead.

I'm using Windows XP and I keep crashing in the furnace room in the beginning of the game (the fifth screen or so). The elevator comes down for a second time and Joey flies down to join me, but when he lands and folds up his rotor blades, the console pops up saying "ERROR: Invalid Mode (65534)!" The game then crashes when I attempt to exit the console.

This happens every time, and I'm not sure what to do. Having wanted to play this game for a long time, I find this quite disappointing. I hope this issue can be fixed.
This question / problem has been solved by DeMignonimage
Posted September 30, 2013
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Rakarr: The elevator comes down for a second time and Joey flies down to join me, but when he lands and folds up his rotor blades, the console pops up saying "ERROR: Invalid Mode (65534)!" The game then crashes when I attempt to exit the console.
This seems to be a rare error, that actually happened to other people before.

See Bugtracker for ScummVM on Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=1008946&group_id=37116&atid=418820
Unfortunately there was no solution then, but you can always revive or repost this bug there.

My guess is, that you did something in-game, that you weren't supposed to do, what eventually leads to the invalid mode. That means, you might have entered the furnace but still missing something or you did something to much, often or whatever.

To get rid of this error, I'd suggest to start a new game and use a walkthrough till you reach the point, where you're now. Thus, you're doing it the standard way and the invalid mode shouldn't appear. Starting over takes a bit, but with the walkthrough you'll be back in the furnace in a blink.
Post edited September 30, 2013 by DeMignon
Posted October 01, 2013
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Rakarr: The elevator comes down for a second time and Joey flies down to join me, but when he lands and folds up his rotor blades, the console pops up saying "ERROR: Invalid Mode (65534)!" The game then crashes when I attempt to exit the console.
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DeMignon: This seems to be a rare error, that actually happened to other people before.

See Bugtracker for ScummVM on Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=1008946&group_id=37116&atid=418820
Unfortunately there was no solution then, but you can always revive or repost this bug there.

My guess is, that you did something in-game, that you weren't supposed to do, what eventually leads to the invalid mode. That means, you might have entered the furnace but still missing something or you did something to much, often or whatever.

To get rid of this error, I'd suggest to start a new game and use a walkthrough till you reach the point, where you're now. Thus, you're doing it the standard way and the invalid mode shouldn't appear. Starting over takes a bit, but with the walkthrough you'll be back in the furnace in a blink.
Thank you very much. I guess it's a bug the game has always had (at least since becoming downloadable?) and it's not necessarily anything to do with my computer or operating system - I know at least one person using a different OS had the problem. I'll try some earlier saves, then go from the beginning once more without the walkthrough, and if I still can't get past the error I'll take your advice.

Thank you again!
Posted October 01, 2013
Yes it's a bug. As I said, it has to do with the way you were playing, so that you eventually come up with an unexpected status, at least from the games point of view ;-) To try older saves might work and saves you some time (or not).
(I may even have some savegame files for you, if yours are corrupt. Let me know)
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