older sierra games (sq1, kq3, kq4, lsl1) display issues \ VOGONS

older sierra games (sq1, kq3, kq4, lsl1) display issues

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First post, by octobre

Posted on 2004-03-12, 22:46

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quick question about running certain old sierra games (this bug happens with KQ3, KQ4, LSL1 and SQ1 at least) - whenever anything on the screen moves, it gradually gets wonkier and wonkier on the screen - as if the sprite is not being "cleaned" off the background where it once was. the same bug does NOT happen on KQ1 and KQ2.

dell inspiron 8200 laptop running xp.

anyone else finding anything similar? what a great program this is. i got to beat hero's quest on a long plane ride yesterday.

Reply 1 of 2, by Silencer131

Posted on 2004-03-14, 01:33

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Not sure if that helps you but there was a VGA version released of SQ1 which looks pretty normal on dosbox (and is more fun to play).

Reply 2 of 2, by jal

Posted on 2004-03-18, 10:29

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octobre wrote:
anyone else finding anything similar?

Yes, and it's been discussed here before. Check black cauldron. Bascially, it's a combination of a bug in DOSBox and a bug in the earlier Sierra interpreters. The interpreter first checks for Tandy, but then switches into EGA mode, or something like that. Setting the "system" parameter in the config file from auto to vga should fix the problem, or wait for the next release of DOSBox.

JAL

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