The Mystery of the Nautilus ~ freezes ~ Patch?
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04/17/09 09:27 AM
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The Mystery of the Nautilus ~ freezes ~ Patch? Is there a patch for this game? It freezes 2 words into the game intro. have to shut dwn with ctrl/alt/del
“Life isn't about how you survived the storm.. it's about how you danced in the rain!” the kat =^,,^=
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Re: The Mystery of the Nautilus ~ freezes ~ Patch?
[Re: InlandAZ]
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04/17/09 03:17 PM
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*** WHOA *** Yall are like so far above my head it's swimming. This blonde g'ma is technically challenged. Throw me some basic HTML, ask me to post an image on a simple Website yeah, but Geeze Louise I would love to play it, but I guess it goes on the For Sale / Trade list. :-(
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Okay I followed the Link posted by InlandAZ. I s'pose I understand it a little better. Is it very blonde g'ma friendly? ;-)
“Life isn't about how you survived the storm.. it's about how you danced in the rain!” the kat =^,,^=
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Re: The Mystery of the Nautilus ~ freezes ~ Patch?
[Re: InlandAZ]
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04/17/09 09:19 PM
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I was able to run Nautilus under VPC with Win 98.To be honest, I had better luck running the game under XP. I think I'm one of those very lucky few that Robert Gault mentioned.Only thing I did was find,download, & add WMP 8 codecs.I also unchecked all of WMP's file associations, as I use Winamp for music, & Blaze dvd to watch movies.
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Re: The Mystery of the Nautilus ~ freezes ~ Patch?
[Re: Jenny100]
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04/18/09 01:21 PM
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Karsten, Are you sure you haven't confused Windows Media Player with QuickTime? Mystery of the Nautilus used Windows Media Player, and I don't believe it shipped with any version of QuickTime. Isn't The Mystery of the Nautilus and the Secret of the Nautilus the same game? released in Europe and in US/CAN with different titles? Or is there something I have totally misunderstood here?
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Re: The Mystery of the Nautilus ~ freezes ~ Patch?
[Re: Karsten]
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04/18/09 03:21 PM
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Yes, you are right. They are the same game.
When I had problems, I contacted The Adventure Company, and they admitted that it would not run on XP and gave me a refund - another game.
I did finally get the European version to run later on XP, by hitting Escape at the same time as clicking New Game (following advice that can be found on this website) but, like Robert Gault said, that was very much a matter of pure luck. Although it is unlikely to work for you, you could give it a try - nothing to lose. If it does work, you will miss the first and last videos, otherwise it will run OK. And I have played worse games, even though the game would cause Jules Verne to rotate rapidly in his grave.
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