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King's Quest 7 VII - DOS/4GW Professional Error

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First post, by t0mme

Posted on 2007-11-18, 09:23

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Hi everybody,

I bought the newest King's Quest Collection for XP. I managed to update the Windows version of KQ7 to the 2.00b DOS-version with Collector's patch (http://www.tawmis.com/collector/Patches-Updat … pdates.html#KQ7).

Now I have the following problem; sometimes when I play it I get a DOS/4GW Professional error (2002): transfer stack overflow (see attachment). I get that error in 0.72 as well as in ykhwong's build. Is this a DOSBox error and if so, does anyone know how to fix it?

Reply 1 of 8, by Neville

Posted on 2007-11-18, 10:37

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See if using DOS32 instead of DOS4GW helps matters.

Reply 2 of 8, by h-a-l-9000

Posted on 2007-11-18, 13:22

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This is caused by cycles=auto. Use a fixed value.

1+1=10

Reply 3 of 8, by t0mme

Posted on 2007-11-18, 14:29

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DOS/32a isn't even able to start the game, all I get is a black screen.

Rigt now I'm trying the .conf settings:

core=auto
cycles=25000
cycleup=500
cycledown=500

My CPU usage is between 60 and 70% with sometimes a 100% peak. Will see if it keeps acting normal like that...

Reply 4 of 8, by collector

Posted on 2007-11-18, 18:19

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KQ7 doesn't need very high cycles. Try

core=normal
cycles=8000

Reply 5 of 8, by red_avatar

Posted on 2007-11-19, 07:09

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Wow I didn't know there was a DOS patch for KQ7. One of the reasons I never played it was because it was a very early Windows game and it ran in a tiny window. Going to have to try that patch.

Reply 6 of 8, by collector

Posted on 2007-11-19, 08:46

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I have only made patches for versions 1.4 and 1.51, as these are the only pre 2.0 versions I own.

Kings Quest VII version 2 updates

Reply 7 of 8, by t0mme

Posted on 2007-11-19, 13:08

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core=normal & cycles=8000 runs fine as well. But the menu loads faster with the settings I posted. But then again, who cares about a faster loading menu?

Reply 8 of 8, by red_avatar

Posted on 2007-11-19, 15:53

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Could I recommend that your patches aren't so strict, collector? I don't want to keep my DOS games on my C drive - and I don't want my Dosbox versions in my program files folder.

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