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Re: Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles [Re: fildil] #1353937
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You don't have to be a member to get help from Big Fish. They're very good at responding but not necessarily with helping (in my opinion).

Re: Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles [Re: fildil] #1353942
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Oh.

While I was in a frenzy to install all the MCF games, I included Dire Grove. It (apparently) downloaded and installed. But I had not yet tried to run it. It tries to start, an icon appears on the taskbar, then nothing. So - sorry to say I am not the only person in the world who can run Dire Grove.

One of these days I will try to learn how to do Virtual Box.

Re: Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles [Re: fildil] #1353948
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Yes, what you describe is what is experienced universally on Windows 10/11, unfortunately. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

Re: Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles [Re: fildil] #1353951
10/07/25 06:14 PM
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Unfortunately Dire Grove was another game I re-installed on my new PC. It installed perfectly, I thought. Then I read Tally Ho's post, and thought I had better try it. Rats!! Same result. Might look to see whether it's available on GoG. Their games are (usually) pre-programed to run on anything.


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Re: Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles [Re: fildil] #1353952
10/07/25 06:55 PM
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Unfortunately, GOG does not have Dire Grove. If it ever shows up anywhere, tweaked and working on newer operating systems, I would announce it here.

It only took my son about 35 minutes to get it working in Virtual Box, thankfully.

Re: Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles [Re: Marian] #1353960
10/08/25 01:43 AM
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Talking about an older BF game that won't play ..... here's one on Win 10 .... for me ....

I recently contacted Big Fish about a game I transferred, along with my account, when I moved it (several years ago) from Win7 to Win 10.

It was an old game from 2012 called "Thief of Twilight : Curse of Souls CE" and was the first one (since I moved my account) that wouldn't play.

I raised an enquiry ticket and although they had me do quite a bit of messing about, the game WOULD download and install but would absolutely NOT play.

In the end I was credited with a few game points and that was the best they could offer.

It was the first that had failed after I'd moved my account to another machine. Up to now every other has been fine 😒


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Re: Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles [Re: fildil] #1354016
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So - having tested "Baskervilles" just to see if it would run, now I'm playing it through. I remember it (sort of) but enjoying it just as much as before. It's not like I am short of stuff to play. I always say a good story-line is a game's greatest asset.

Re: Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles [Re: fildil] #1354021
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Mad, I will have to check out Thief of Twilight: Curse of Souls CE. It is in my Purchase History but I've only played it on Windows 7. wave

The game is afoot, Tally Ho. smile

Re: Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles [Re: fildil] #1354023
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Is Thief of Twilight: Curse of Souls the same game as Curse at Twilight: Thief of Souls by any chance? I have played this game on Windows 10 (the second name).

Re: Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles [Re: oldbroad] #1354034
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Hi Marian 🙂
Let us know what happens if you try it then as I did play it when my BF ACC was on my Win 7 machine.

Sorry .. I can’t answer your question, oldbroad, but Marian probably can !!


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Re: Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles [Re: oldbroad] #1354047
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Originally Posted by oldbroad
Is Thief of Twilight: Curse of Souls the same game as Curse at Twilight: Thief of Souls by any chance? I have played this game on Windows 10 (the second name).


Yes, this was my mistake. I meant Curse at Twilight: Thief of Souls. wave

I was pretty sure that I remembered someone playing this on Windows 10.

Re: Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles [Re: fildil] #1354067
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Finished Sherlock; back to House of Tesla. Huge - Hard - Compelling. Wow

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