First post, by InterClaw
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I'm trying to get HoMM2 running properly on my 486 (IBM Aptiva 2144-888) running MS-DOS 7.10 (CDU). It works fine the first time I launch the game. I get the spinning test animation for videos, then get the other intro videos and end up on the main menu. I can start a game and save and exit out into DOS normally.
The second time I run the game I get a black screen though and the monitor eventually goes into stand by, so there's no output it seems. I can hear the intro videos playing and the main menu music. Trying to restart with Ctrl-Alt-Del seems to lock the system and I can't shut off the system with the power button either (the system has an early version of that springy hold to force shut off that we're used to today). I have to shut if down by switching off the PSU.
The only way to make it work again that I've found is to delete HEROES2.CFG and let it go through the testing again and generate a new CFG file. Seems a little bit annoying to do that every time. In the settings when it is running, the videos are set to interlaced.
Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a solution available to me?
