Hi this is my first post here. I've been watching the DOSBox development for quite some time, but only with the 0.65 and 0.70 releases have I been daring enough to try using it. So far, so good.

However, with Stonekeep, I have come across an error that is not covered by the oodles of threads already lying around. The error mentioned by Xerxes inthis thread does crop up from time to time, but I've found a way to bypass it, at least to be able to continue playing.

However, the error that's frustrating me is of a different sort, and comes in two flavours. If I try to view a certain item (the lower half of the key needed to free the dragon) in the journal (not the inventory) the game crashes with a FOPEN FAILURE <random gibberish>.POJ NOT GROUPED, followed by ERROR IN FCLOSE CALCULATION. The same error occurs if I try to pick up any item from a certain square in the Faerie Realm. As one of the items in the square is plot-vital, I'm unable to progress much further in the game.

Since I have completed the game before, using this exact disc, I don't think the game is at fault. I tried it first unpatched (V1.05) and then again patched (V1.2) but the error persists. What I'm curious to know is...what is causing the error? I've tried changing soundcards in the setup does nothing, running the game windowed/fullscreen, changing the DOSBox parameters that I understand, switching out the DOS4GW.EXE with the new freeware one mentioned on this site...none of that worked.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Also, has anyone here completed Stonekeep under DOSBox?

(Also, apologies if this is posted in the wrong place. I've never seen a forum with so many sub-forums before)