win 98 problems

jon5500 · #1 September 9th, 2002, 03:01 PM

hi again. as the game was reverting back to the desktop whenever i tried to run it, i decided to reinstall. This time, the intro was disabled and I was able to play it. But when I quit the game and tried to restart the game again, it would revert again to the desktop. The only solution I have at the moment seems to be reinstalling the game each time.

capnq · #2 September 9th, 2002, 07:51 PM

Try rebooting your system before starting the game. I don't have Space HoRSE, but I have a couple other games that only run properly if they're the first thing run after a restart.

Another thing I've seen solve a problem with exiting to the Desktop is to reduce the screen resolution and color depth.

[ September 09, 2002, 18:55: Message edited by: capnq ]

Gillissie · #3 September 9th, 2002, 11:59 PM

Is your Version of Windows 98 the "Second Edition" or the original?

Gillissie · #4 September 11th, 2002, 05:59 AM

I have a possible fix for the launch problems a few people have been having, but I need to have a couple volunteers to test it. Please email me if you'd like to test it.

todd@gilligames.com

adam · #5 September 12th, 2002, 01:27 AM

Beta testers have been waiting impatiently for you for months but you've been too busy for us.

Gillissie · #6 September 11th, 2002, 11:47 PM

Adam, I'm talking about people who are having crashes when launching in Windows 98. This is not a problem you are experiencing, so I didn't ask you particularly. But you're correct, I am very busy working on the next Gilligames title. I had to take time off of that project to look into these newly reported Space HoRSE issues.

capnq · #7 January 7th, 2007, 05:43 PM

I recently had to reinstall Win98se. When I reinstalled Space HoRSE, it was dumping to desktop after launch.

Poking around a bit, I discovered that at some point I had turned hardware acceleration down to Low while troubleshooting something else. Cranking hardware acceleration back up to Full solved the problwem.