10-17-2004, 09:36 AM | #1 |
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Discworld 1 save game problem
Hi,
I just started playing Discworld which is nice, but it turns out I can't save my game. When I save a game it appears to work all right, but when I go to load up a game there's nothing there. Anyone have any ideas? Cheers.
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10-18-2004, 04:01 AM | #2 |
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Which operating system are you running ?
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10-18-2004, 07:55 AM | #3 |
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Windows XP.
I suppose I should also mention that I actually downloaded it in the form of a bit torrent, which a) makes me a downright dirty thief , and b) Probably accounts for the fact that it doesn't work right. Frankly I was shocked it even worked in the first place. Ah well.
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10-18-2004, 09:58 AM | #4 |
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I am afraid that pirated copies of games are rightly frowned upon in these forums for any number of good reasons.
I would advise you to check eBay or similar periodically for a copy - they do come up quite often. And even if you do have to shell out £20-£30 for a copy, remember that, once you have completed the game, you will be able to resell it on eBay for the same amount of money, so you effectively get the game for free !
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10-18-2004, 10:42 AM | #5 |
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I think the underdogs has a version of the game, I actually played it a couple weeks ago and it was fine. I also think if it's in the underdogs there's no problem getting it from there.
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10-18-2004, 01:40 PM | #6 |
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Actually, while I empathise with the idea that since these games are no longer available to buy new it is OK to release them as "abandonware", it is simply NOT legal to distribute them without the copyright owner's permission - and Underdogs certainly does not have that permission for Discworld 1.
I simply can't understand why the copyright owners of these games don't re-release them again - you only have to look at the prices some of them fetch on eBay to see that it would be worthwhile producing another run of their games.
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10-18-2004, 02:22 PM | #7 |
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I guess they're all busy releasing Fps or something!
As for your problem, don't know what to say, I found it hard to run the game without at least using VDMSound and I had probs even with that.
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10-18-2004, 03:08 PM | #10 |
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I see. Well, you're always learning, right?
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Well anyway, thanks for the help guys.
I guess I could attempt the game in a one-er, though I probably don't fancy my chances much, seeing as it's apparently one of most difficult adventure games to complete without a walkthrough.
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I think it's because it's like telling someone where to score dope. Here it's illegal. It's just the same, helping someone commit illegalities is in itself illegal.
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Yes it does, law concerning. You're downloading copyrighted stuff, it's as much illegal downloading old stuff as new stuff if they're both copyrighted.
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Yup, with the main difference being that nobody is gonna sue you for downloading Caesar 2 (btw the first Caesar is freeware), but they are gonna do it for downloading Fifa 2005.
Well, stick to Caesar II says I!
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But it simply boils down to this: Imagine that 5 years ago you spilled a lot of blood, sweat and tears creating a game and eventually managed to sell it commercially. Over time, as tends to happen, the sales dropped off gradually until you decided to stop selling it any more due to the costs involved and moved onto other projects. Then today you find out that someone is selling (as some sites do) or giving away your game (possibly in a cracked format, so that errors might occur, just as they did to the game in this thread, thereby compromising the good name of the game). How would you feel ? You'd probably feel a lot better if someone contacted you and expressed their interest in the game and asked you to release it as freeware or shareware so that today's game players would have a chance of playing your game the way it should be played. It is a fact that on many occasions this technique has actually worked. There are of course many software houses who just can't be bothered to do this and I totally agree with the argument that the onus is on both sides (both those who want to play, and those who own the copyright). So what's the answer ? Good question. One possibility for a more positive route would be for someone to set up a liaison group that could help bridge the gap between the two parties (e.g. interest is expressed in a certain game, the group would then attempt to track down the copyright holders to try to get their permission to re-release the game in question). Well, just a thought...
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10-20-2004, 02:52 PM | #20 |
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Seed, your game probaly is not on main disk. Create on main disk a folder with a name of a game(C:/dsceld or something like this, it doesn't have 2 b C, the disk on wheach your game r.) In that folder creat folder SAVE(or SAVES- I don't remember exactly). You will have no problems with saving after that.
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