Ikonius, is your OS 32-bit or 64-bit Win 7?

64-bit

Thanks. I need to update the first post, but have been running pretty hard the last couple of days.

no worries. This post is very much appreciated.

Has anyone tried replaying The Longest Journey (the first) and Jack Keane? Neither of them seem to work on my 64-bit win 7, even in 98 and XP modes. I still get an "incompatible program" window that pops up. Hoping someone found a workaround

As for Jack Keane, the installer gets past the infamous shared files block, but still won't run, even in XP mode. HEEEELP! I feel I'm losing my mind, not to mention some still very playable games here arrrgh!

Ikonis, I also have Win 7 64 bit, and it took me quite a while to get The Longest Journey to work. What finally worked for me was disabling 3D acceleration in the options menu that pops up before you start the game and then downloading the patch. You need to disable the acceleration first, as once the patch is applied, you no longer have that option. (I also turned the shadows off once I started playing, as the dotted shadows - caused by disabling the acceleration - were a distraction for me. This may not be an issue for you though, as everyone is different.)

As for Jack Keane, that game works fine for me, so I'm afraid I don't have any suggestions. Hopefully someone else will have a suggestion for it.

ok will try that for TLJ. Did you have to choose a specific compatibility mode or did you stick to default?

EDIT: I succeeded in installing the game in win98 compatibility mode, but for some reason I could not force it to install it on C(x86). Will try again and let you know.

Try it in compatibility mode for NT 4.0. I had to double check as it's been a while since I set it up, but at looks as though that is what mine is set for.

EDIT: I just remembered, I should have asked you which version of TLJ you have. The information I have given you applies to the 2 disk version. Do you have the 2 or the 4 disk version?

ok will do. I had to uninstall it anyway as it was giving me a "parameter is incorrect" error message when I clicked new game. I wonder if it's because I mistakenly installed the 1.61 patch to C x86?

EDIT: Sorry, by the way, I seem to have a leftover Tages driver on my drive somewhere. Windows keeps prompting me that it has to disable it. Oddly enough, when I try to look for it, I can't locate it.

EDIT2: OK. I've reinstalled the game in the proper place (C x86) I then unchecked 3D acceleration BEFORE installing the patch like you recommended. Now the game runs, but I still get a "parameter is incorrect" error message on a regular basis (4 times during the opening sequence alone). Is there anything else you recommend? And I have the 2-disk version)

Did you try looking for it with the search box? In downloads? I don't have any experience with Tages, so I'm not really sure.

Yes, the "parameter is incorrect" message could be related to the patch being installed to C x86, though that is where my game is located. If you follow the instructions, the patch should automatically be applied to the game itself. This may be a silly/obvious question, but did you run the patch application, or did you just put it in your x86 folder?

EDIT: Sorry, just read your second edit. Did you try it in NT 4.0 compatibility mode? I never got the error messages you've mentioned, but I did get serious lagging in the opening scenes before I did all of these things combined - disabling 3D acceleration, patch, compatibility mode. (Also, are you running the game as administrator? Not sure if this would be a factor, though, as generally speaking, the computer refuses to play the game at all if you are not. It may be a possibility, though.)

EDIT 2: You may also want to make sure that anti-aliasing is disabled. This may cause problems as well.

success!

I uninstalled and reinstalled the game in a newly created TLJ folder this time and installed the patch in same folder (3D acceleration disable beforehand per your recommendation) . I also set compatibility to NT 4.0 like you suggested and everything now runs smoothly.

It'll be a real treat to replay this game and Dreamfall again. I had forgotten how incredible the quality of the game was! By the way, do you know if they ever developed anything else to follow Dreamfall (the downloadable episodes)?

Thanks again for your input!

So happy to hear it worked for you! Enjoy the game! I agree, I think it is an outstanding game, one of the best I've played.

Unfortunately, I haven't heard any news about Dreamfall Chapters. Currently, the creator is working on an RPG called The Secret World. Once he finishes this, hopefully he will begin working on the chapters again. It will probably be quite a while, though.

ok venus. thanks for the news. BTW, the game is still running smoothly

So far The Whispered World is running just fine in Win 7, 64 bit (I'm running the downloaded version). I'll add it to my list, along with Hamlet and Sam & Max The Devil's Playhouse.

You're welcome, ikonius. So glad everything is working for you now!

Glad to hear about The Whispered World, Becky. Can't wait for that one. I'm pre-ordering the disk version.