Near the mid-end- Victoria has set the clock- is reading the diary- gets to the part about finances and shows the poker game -- and CRASH!! It shuts down. I've tried slowing the graphic accelerator but it doesn't help. Any suggestions????

Have you tried turning down the audio acceleration all the way to basic?

EEEKK! I set audio & graphic to lowest and tried to speech on harddrive and game wouldn't even load!

It's a 3D game and needs graphic acceleration to run.
That's why it wouldn't load. I wouldn't recommend reducing graphic acceleration more than one notch from full, and even then I'd only suggest it for really fast video cards.

It doesn't need audio acceleration though. Try it with one notch above no audio acceleration and if that doesn't work try reducing it all the way.

kind of odd that it played well so far into the game then did this isnt' it? I've got the speech half loaded to h/d now so am stuck in making changes for a few more minutes

I had a crash around that point too - that video where the guys are playing the poker game. But it didn't crash the next time I played it. I didn't make any changes to the computer - just restarted the game and reloaded my save and it was fine. It was just a random bug.

I'm assuming that your crash is repeating every time you try to play that part of the game, which is why I suggested the audio acceleration change. You might also try having Darryl do that part and see if he has better luck. Sometimes doing things just a little differently will prevent a crash bug like that.

yup -- that's what& where Jen-- I'm going back to get Daryl and if that doesn't work -- possibly a huge hammer! lol

nope ... did exactly the same thing with Daryl!!!

Dang! Must be a sensitive spot in the game. Let me see if I have a save around that point.

I just got an email from trecision!!!! Marco asked for a gamesave just before the diary is opened. He said they have not found a fix yet so sounds like they are at least AWARE of the problem!

Thanks Jenn -- That would be sooooo great! Be interesting to see if the game will play past my bug!

I have a save that seems to be from around that area. I think it's from just before looking at the bag though. My next save is a little while afterward, when Darryl has found a cassette tape and a walkman.

Update - I'll send them and you decide if you want to use them or not.

Put it this way Jen--- you are saving the life of the game and possibly my whole computer at this point????? Actually -- Not that bad - 'nother email from watchmaker@trecision.com -- they wanted "original save " file and are going to work on it I'd very much like your saves tho-- Thanks!!!!

OK. They're sent.
It will be interesting if the first save works for you when your own save doesn't. I'm pretty sure it's before I looked in that suitcase and got the video. I don't remember if I'd looked at the desk yet.

The second save will probably skip over a bit of other stuff, but it will definitely be past the suitcase.

Thanks Jen-- got em -- is this in the old wing of the castle -- the diary???