Not sure what that could be, but I haven't tried playing the floppy version of QFG4 in DOSBox before. You could try different core= settings in your dosbox.conf, or maybe try a CVS build of DOSBox (see the development forum).

You could also try using DOS32A extender instead of the DOS4GW that I think the game uses (search the forum for info).

I was just going to type in something like that, but HunterZ was faster than me. 😎

You just walked into that screen for it to happen? 😐 I've never seen that error....QFG4 is full of timer bugs and crashes but that isn't one of them. Try HunterZ's suggestion and come back to us.

On the same subject, did the game crash at all while coming down the slippery path in the intro? If so then the cycles are too high for one thing.

You may also try posting your dosbox.conf if you've tweaked it a lot from the default settings.

I've only changed the cycles up to 7000, because in QFG4 my character 'stutters' when he walks, like every 3-4 steps he'll stutter for a half a second then keep walking.

I've tried using dynamic core.

When I use dos32a, the game never loads. I get a screen full of illegal writes in the dosbox console, then a termination from dosbox itself.

I genuinely have no idea what the heck to do next.

Hm.. I just figured out how to get it running through windows 95 compatibility in xp, and I still crash at the graveyard.. but I get a scripting error instead of a hard crash.

Maybe one of the floppies is corrupted?

I think that might be a possibility. I just borrowed a friends cd copy of the game from his 4disc collection, installed, ran straight to the graveyard, no crash. When I quit, I see the same white text crash, but hte game works.

My character stutters horribly though as he runs, don't know whats causing that. he like, stops running then keeps running, constantly.

I think it's my 6th and 7th discs that are corrupt, every other disk works fine but those two won't read, my drive just accesses forever. I tried copying the discs with windows, and near the end of hte copy they'd say the media is unreadable, so I'd eject it and put it back in and it'd work again, letting me copy it, but I'm assuming it didn't really finish copying.

Yeah, sounds like corrupt disks. You might have luck reading them in a different floppy drive. If it was me, I wouldn't feel bad copying my friend's version of the game (assuming he is okay with it) to replace the one you legitimately own, as I doubt Sierra would be willing to replace it for you.

Edit: Nice avatar BTW 😀

🤣 thanks, D is the greatest.

Well, I considered that, but when I run the cd version in dosbox (using the dos boot) the game acts veyr, very erratic.. mouse moves way too fast, text goes by ridiculously fast, and I crash at the slime trail like other people have mentioned..

But with dosbox running, I can't see how it would be a speed issue. I also tried the various qfg4 patches vailable for the CD version to fix issues, and none of them worked. *sigh*

So much work to play one game. 🤣

Edit: Forgot to mention, that dos32a also doesn't work with the cd version.. it doesn't spam that illegal error, it just says segment fault missing cpu something or other.

I was having that erratic gameplay problem as well, but I thought it was because I was being lazy and not mounting the CD-ROM fully before running the game in DOSBox. I never took the time to try.

I run the cd version at 10000 w/ dynamic core and it doesn't crash at the "hotspots" (swamp+tomb) and its perfect speed 😁

I should also mention that this is using my resource "no cd" method to play speech. I'm working on a guide to post it here.

Forgot about your no-cd method. I should look into that.

Can you tell me? message me or something? I'm dying to play qfg4 without getting eye strain from watching my character stutter around 🤣

...you guys are pulling my leg here. 😁 I've been slacking on it sorry. Well I'm not doing anything now...should I start it? It requires some steps that are unique to certain games, so it may take me awhile.

Where would I post it btw, the guides section? I want to make sure its in the right spot.

If it's DOSBox specific, it should go in DOSBox Guides. Otherwise it should probably go in Deep Thought.

As a moderator, I can always move it around for you if you or someone else doesn't like where it initially ends up.

Alight, I'm doing it up now. 🤣 I'll post it the minute I'm finished.

thank you so much!

I'm going to need clearance HunterZ! 😅 I don't have access to the DOSbox guide forum so instead I'll post it under the Games forum ok? Please move it when you next get on 😁 Thanks.