Advice on Daggerfall Stability Issues

[potatohead]

From what I understand the game has always had 'issues' but I'm fully patched [107.213 commonly refered to as 213] The Game goes along fine then crashes for no reason other than I opened a door. A couple times I was 'Stealthing' my way up to a Giant when I slipped into a void that wasn't there if I wasn't 'stealthing'

I'm running win 98 [I have the 41meg patch for XP for when that time comes]

I'm a High Elf Rogue [level 3] I'll also take any advice on fighting [I Suxxorz], I'm not proud.

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[Rabby]

For advice on fighting in Daggerfall. . . avoid the dungeons with spiders! Their sound and their green ugliness scare the $%^$%#& out of me. . . And even if I enjoy seeing naked women in taverns, I've always turned on Parental Control because the corpses are too nasty.

 

[Raymondo]

Daggerfall is cool, the only problem I had with it was the quest you got when you were level 3, cant remember what it was but it was hard.

Maybe if I got my hands on daggerfall maybe i could complete it once and for all.

 

[DrattedTin]

DON'T upgrade to XP if you plan to play Daggerfall. The game will run fine, but all quest monsters will be invisible.

 

[Psilon]

Daggerfall's a DOS/4GW program, right? Unfortunately, that means no DOSEmu.

 

[Deathy]

Virtual PC runs protected mode games well enough.

 

[chiefnewo]

If you look around daggerfall sites, you'll find how to activate debug (also called cheat) mode. This is especially useful for the void problem,
as activating the debug mode allows to use F11 (I think) to move you back to the last point you were standing on.

As for fighting, a good way to fight is to step forward as you swing, then immediately step back after you hit. As a bonus this will develop your Dodge skill.

And random crashes? There is no fix, just make sure you save a lot. And back up those saves, occasionally save corruption occurs for no reason.

 

[potatohead]

Thanks for the replys. I've been poking around this site for a bit, gleaning what info I can: The Beginner's Guide To Daggerfall

http://www.izhtex.com/tes2/index.htm

I have very little experience with RPG's but I'm of the opinion that more of them should be like this [open ended, no linear rush, a bazillion places to go]. Heck, I can even buy a house.

The Game/Quest Journal could be a little cleaner/organised, Fighting could be a little/lot smoother. I get a few 'Garbled' sounds [some sort of Fanfare or Alarm jingle that isn't playing right] Guess I'll mess with my midi selection [another thing to note is that I missed 99% of the DOS days of the PC world having had an AMIGA from 86 to ... well entirely too long, 98 I think, So that whole extended memory thing baffles me

I've heard good [and bad] things about Morrowind and Gothic I+II but I don't have the horsepower to run them [350 mhz 192megs RAM ... It's a long story]

Anyhow, I'll just keep plodding along. Just like in real life, It's an exercise in humility, getting my head handed to me without losing my lunch money.

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Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
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[Elwro]

So, if you're running DG on W98, pray tell: are you able to run backwards? Or move while having two keys depressed, e.g. up and right arrow? I finished DG on a DOS machine and when I recently ran it in MSDOS prompt of W98, I couldn't do both of abovementioned things, and the sound (SBLive) was a bit garbled. The strange thing is that in MSDOS mode, with SB emulation, the game ran veeery slowly, slower than it did on a P120.
Anyone can give me any tips?

 

[DrattedTin]

Elwro: I had that symptom on WinXP, and solved it by hitting NumLock.

 

[Elwro]

I think that was the first thing I did, but I'll check it. Thanks!