I ran beta 183 as an admin, and zquest-w.exe worked fine. But when I ran zelda-w.exe, it didn't work. It just appeared on the status bar for about half a second, then disappeared, and nothing else happened.
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I ran beta 183 as an admin, and zquest-w.exe worked fine. But when I ran zelda-w.exe, it didn't work. It just appeared on the status bar for about half a second, then disappeared, and nothing else happened.
You're getting closer :)
did you set it to mimic windows 95/98?
if so, try deleting out the ag.cfg file and double clicking on zquest-w.exe and playing a midi, so it can write you a new ag file, that might fix it.
Well, I played Lost Woods in ZQuest, then stopped it, then exited ZQuest. When I ran zelda-w.exe, the screen went black, then returned to the desktop and that was all it did.
I checked the allegro.log, and got something identical(or nearly identical) to this:
loading data file...error loading sfx.dat
ok, I bet you have the sfx.dat file for the 2.10, it won't work in the 183.
here are the sfx.dat files I have, you'll need to make sure you get one for the 183, originals are down at the bottom, they are zipped, so yopu need to unzip them to use them.
http://storm.prohosting.com/~mfreedo...ound/sound.htm
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Alright, I downloaded those sfx.dat files (the "spooky" one wouldn't work--a bad link I believe), and allegro.log isn't showing any errors anymore, but zelda-w.exe is still just blacking out the screen for a second or two before an error report comes up.
I played the Lost Woods and everything, as well as run it under 95 and 98, but nothing helped.
If changing from fullscreen to a window might help you'll have to tell me how. Other than that, I've got no idea what's going on.
You didn't need all those sfx.dat files, really only the 1 original for the 183 at the bottom.
If it's saying you have an sfx.dat file problem then that's probably what it is, I had it do the exact same thing to me.
BUT if you want to try it in window mode, you make a shortcut for zelda-w.exe and then right click on it and choose properties and put in -windowed after the target...
well, I'm lazy... check out this thread at Elise's board.
http://www.zeldaclassicforum.com/showthread.php?t=95
Running it windowed had no effect. It open, it closed, and then an error report came up, saying that zelda-w.exe had encountered a problem. And allegro.log is showing no errors at all.
I'm just about at a loss at what to tell you, maybe someone with XP can step in and take over.
Have you tried installing Zelda to a different path? I currently defaults to c:\program files\zc2.10. Change it to something elsse and see what happens.
Well, I just went over this whole thread again for the 184 beta, doing everything to it that I tried on the 183 beta, and BAM, it ran like lightning. Must be something about the 183 beta.
Anyway, thanks for all your help, Freedom. You're the man!