When I run CTmouse it says that version.
Just checked the version I installed on 86Box. It's the same one.
OS: Windows 98 SE
CPU: Slot 1 Pentium III Coppermine 933MHz (SL448)
RAM: Kingston 256MB 133MHz
GPU: Nvidia 16MB Riva TNT/128MB Geforce 4 Ti 4200
Motherboard: ABit AB-BE6-II Intel 440BX
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live Value CT4670
Just tried the regular mouse driver, too. Thought it had solved the problem, but sadly it locked up again. 😕
OS: Windows 98 SE
CPU: Slot 1 Pentium III Coppermine 933MHz (SL448)
RAM: Kingston 256MB 133MHz
GPU: Nvidia 16MB Riva TNT/128MB Geforce 4 Ti 4200
Motherboard: ABit AB-BE6-II Intel 440BX
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live Value CT4670
First confirm the mouse is causing the crash by playing the game without a mouse - If it still crashes then need to look elsewhere. If the mouse is causing the crash, cutemouse 2.0a4 is the version to try.
98/DOS Rig: BabyAT AladdinV, K6-2+/550, V3 2000, 128MB PC100, 20GB HDD, 128GB SD2IDE, SB Live!, SB16-SCSI, PicoGUS, WP32 McCake, iNFRA CD, ZIP100
XP Rig: Lian Li PC-10 ATX, Gigabyte X38-DQ6, Core2Duo E6850, ATi HD5870, 2GB DDR2, 2TB HDD, X-Fi XtremeGamer
I’ll try that next if it fails again. But so far it’s looking likely to be the CPU. I tried Throttle, but those settings are too extreme. Too slow. Testing with CPUSPD, I’ve put it to 7/8 with the L2 disabled and FoA hasn’t crashed! 😄
EDIT: Also, that would explain why whenever I’ve tried using CPUSPD recently, it hasn’t made any difference. I’ve been typing everything in BAT files in uppercase. Looks like the switches for CPUSPD need to be in lowercase in order to work. 😅
OS: Windows 98 SE
CPU: Slot 1 Pentium III Coppermine 933MHz (SL448)
RAM: Kingston 256MB 133MHz
GPU: Nvidia 16MB Riva TNT/128MB Geforce 4 Ti 4200
Motherboard: ABit AB-BE6-II Intel 440BX
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live Value CT4670
Ahh, shite. It’s still frozen. 😩 When I tested it previously, it was with a basic DOS environment and I think I was using the regular mouse driver. Was testing just with EMS and CuteMouse 2.1. So, this time I’ll uninstall the mouse driver and play with the keyboard. See what happens.
OS: Windows 98 SE
CPU: Slot 1 Pentium III Coppermine 933MHz (SL448)
RAM: Kingston 256MB 133MHz
GPU: Nvidia 16MB Riva TNT/128MB Geforce 4 Ti 4200
Motherboard: ABit AB-BE6-II Intel 440BX
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live Value CT4670
Okay, I think I've found a sweet spot. Hopefully. Played through the intro and no crash. That was with CPUSPD set to7/8 with the L2 cache disabled and CuteMouse 2.0a, I believe.
OS: Windows 98 SE
CPU: Slot 1 Pentium III Coppermine 933MHz (SL448)
RAM: Kingston 256MB 133MHz
GPU: Nvidia 16MB Riva TNT/128MB Geforce 4 Ti 4200
Motherboard: ABit AB-BE6-II Intel 440BX
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live Value CT4670
