Re: Egypt II The Heliopolis Prophecy
[Re: oldbroad]
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09/10/19 12:59 AM
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There's a patch here that claims to be for XP https://www.patches-scrolls.com/dl.php?file=eg2_xp.zipI played the game on Windows 98 when I wrote my review, and was referring to an older patch in the review. I think it was for a drum puzzle that didn't function properly. The XP patch is from after that review was written, and I don't know anything about it besides that it's there at patches-scrolls.
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Re: Egypt II The Heliopolis Prophecy
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09/10/19 10:00 PM
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Well, that's good to know! Maybe it fixed more than the drum puzzle!
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Re: Egypt II The Heliopolis Prophecy
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09/12/19 01:51 PM
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The patch seems to be working. I'm able to play in XP! Good to know that it worked. Are there any problems with panning speed being too fast? The original version of the game was very speed-sensitive, and worked best on computers that were between 200 and 300 mhz. On a 400 mhz computer the panning speed was too fast and the control for panning speed in the game menu did hardly anything. I'm wondering if the XP patch fixes the panning speed (as well as the XP compatibility), since most computers with XP are faster than 300 mhz.
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Re: Egypt II The Heliopolis Prophecy
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09/12/19 03:07 PM
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Not sure if this is the same thing you are talking about but this computer has a Pentium 4 CPU 2.60 GHz with 1 GB of Ram. Yes, the 2.60 GHz processor is what I was talking about -- It's a lot faster than 200 or 300 Mhz. I think this XP patch must do something about adapting the game for faster processors or you'd never be able to control the game.
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Re: Egypt II The Heliopolis Prophecy
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09/15/19 01:01 AM
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I am at the drum puzzle now. What did the patch do to help it? I feel I may not be finishing this game. I only tried it for a very short time so far but I can't see ever getting it. My brain can't take the moves in that fast.
EDIT: Well, I don't know what happened. I tried the puzzle for 10-15 minutes and got out of the game, came here and posted the above, then found a walkthrough on Big FIsh that showed a sequence so I went back in the game to try some more but still didn't get anywhere. I left the game open while I came back to this computer and was still looking for more information which I didn't find. I went back to the XP and the puzzle was apparently solved as I was able to proceed. Is that what the patch did? Whatever it was, I'm glad I can continue on in the game!
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Re: Egypt II The Heliopolis Prophecy
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09/15/19 11:43 AM
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My brain can't take the moves in that fast. The drum puzzle is a rhythm-based puzzle, not just which order to hit the drums. If your computer is too fast, it will be impossible without some kind of patch. Since some players still had problems with the puzzle with the patched version (year 2000 patch), it's possible they didn't realize it was a rhythm puzzle, or it's possible the year 2000 patch was insufficient to account for their computer speed. I don't know if the XP patch from years later made the drum puzzle automatically skip the puzzle after a certain amount of time. It's possible. If you hadn't gotten past it, I'd have suggested using the saved game at Mystery Manor http://mysterymanor.net/Atticsaves/index.php?act=view&id=17
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Re: Egypt II The Heliopolis Prophecy
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09/15/19 12:12 PM
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Thanks Jenny. Yes, I know it was rhythm based but still my brain cannot take things in that fast (sequence, rhythm, conversations, instructions, whatever). I don't have an ear for music at all either, and the instructions went off the screen before I even had time to start reading them. All I saw was something about any keys on the keyboard. (Also, last night I could not spell rhythm right and was too tired to try to find the correct spelling so I left the word out of my post Good to know there is a save available. I was wondering if there would be one around if I needed it. I seem to remember typing similar words about some other puzzle in some other game. I leave the game and a puzzle gets solved. Maybe I have a magical XP machine!
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Re: Egypt II The Heliopolis Prophecy
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09/15/19 02:30 PM
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Maybe it was FireFlower then ?? (I definitely got the series but I can't check up from where without my Win7 machine )
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Re: Egypt II The Heliopolis Prophecy
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09/16/19 10:47 AM
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My machine is still being worked on but progress seems good now 👍
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Re: Egypt II The Heliopolis Prophecy
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09/16/19 11:56 AM
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Any news on what happened? Poor GreyFuss lost his Windows 7 hard drive a month or so ago.
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Re: Egypt II The Heliopolis Prophecy
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09/16/19 12:36 PM
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GreyFuss was not able to resurrect his Windows 7 drive despite multiple tries with his disk to repair - there were just too many bad sectors on it. He was heartbroken to lose the drive and figured he was looking at a new computer. But his computer is such a good one with a great motherboard, CPU and video card. I helped him purchase a speedy new SSD and install Windows 10 on it. Once he got it up and running, I told him to connect the old hard drive because there was a good chance Windows 10 would "see" his data. Lo and behold it did! So he was able to retrieve over 4,000 photos, videos and a very special audio file of his grandson when he was little announcing that GreyFuss had mail! First thing he did was that backup he had been "meaning" to get to with his Windows 7 drive! He is now zooming around in Windows 10 and it hasn't been nearly the learning curve he expected.
So, oldbroad, if your computer itself is good, you may be able to do something like this too!
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Re: Egypt II The Heliopolis Prophecy
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09/16/19 12:50 PM
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My Win 7 machine feels like it is on it's way to the graveyard also. My fault for not taking better care of it! If you think the problem is the hard drive, make a drive image on a 2nd hard drive. You should be able to preserve the Windows 7 installation as well as your data. In my experience it's usually the power supply that goes bad. Symptoms can vary, but commonly a failing power supply will cause problems at startup, with the computer taking extra time to boot, or not detecting components properly (such as booting to a black screen because the video card needs more power than it's getting). If it boots to a black screen and you hear the fans, you leave it running that way and wait a few minutes, then reboot and this time it's successful, that's a pretty good sign the power supply is the issue. The BIOS battery is a little coin battery that is easy to replace. Typically the symptom of a BIOS battery needing to be changed is the computer forgetting the time, but it can also "forget" other settings that can cause boot problems if the default settings aren't compatible with your hardware setup. I still haven't decided about my Win 10 computer either. I just can't find the enthusiasm for it as I seem to be facing too many obstacles that I just can't deal with. Did you buy a Windows 10 computer? or are you talking about choosing one?
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Re: Egypt II The Heliopolis Prophecy
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09/16/19 01:23 PM
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Thanks for all that information Jenny. I'm still choosing one .
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Re: Egypt II The Heliopolis Prophecy
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My experience is usually the same... it's the power supply which is easily remedied. If things are shaky, just don't put it off until you have a drive failure like GreyFuss did!
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