VOGONS


First post, by Klon

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I have a problem with WoX that I haven't seen others having, and I need help. Sound works, game works, I enter towns and all that just fine, the problem is that the game will either lock-up on or drop back to the command prompt with the message "error drawing sprite in window" when I use the town portal spell from an item, I don't know about the actual spell because I haven't learned it yet. This error only occurs when using the town portal spell and not the travelling mirrors.

Reply 1 of 4, by Neville

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Game related issues go in the Games / applications forum.

As for the error, try using the "full" core.

Reply 2 of 4, by eL_PuSHeR

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Reply 3 of 4, by Unkillable Cat

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I played WoX recently using DOSBox 0.65, and all the default settings. It worked without a hitch. But I was using the version from the Special Edition of Might & Magic 6, and didn't mount the CDs, so I had no speech during the game.

Which version of WoX are you using?

Reply 4 of 4, by DaveMC

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Sorry to bring this topic up again, but I'm having the same problem.
I've been trying to get advice on fixing this on the abandonia forums, and a member there referred to this forum, so I decided to see if anyone here has come up with a solution.

I'm running DOSBox 0.72.

I've already tried changing the cycles in 500 increments from 4000 to 20000, and also set it to max.
I've changed the frameskip from 0 to 1 to 2 to 3.
I've changed core from auto to full to normal.
For every change of one setting, I've tried it with all the changes of the other settings mentioned above.

Nothing works. Everytime I use the item, the selection for the 5 towns come up, I type in a number for the town I want to go to, hit enter, the game says 'Please wait', then crashes to DOSBox. The error message displayed in DOSBox is: Error drawing sprite in window: 0000 handle: 0009 frame: 0008!

The thread for World Of Xeen on the Abandonia forum is 49 pages long, and I haven't seen anyone else there have this error. In fact, the original poster here is the only other person I can find a post for that mentions it.
I assume from this that it's a pretty rare situation.

I think I can play the game thru without using Town Portal, but it will make it more difficult. I'd really appreciate any help you guys can give.
Thanks.