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The Longest Journey - small freezes #625588
05/29/10 01:06 PM
05/29/10 01:06 PM
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I'm on Dell Inspiron laptop, MS XP Home Edition Version 2002, SP3 w/1.773 GHz processor, 1GB RAM. Between each sequence of action or speech (e.g., one character says or does something)then there's a pause of about 6-7 seconds before I can perform the next action. I checked out patches but evidently Mozilla Firefox is not compatible with the download. This game worked fine on my older computer w/less power, older graphics card, etc. I'd appreciate any advice -- (when I loaded it today, I selected the "typical" install so didn't customize anything) -- thank you.

Re: The Longest Journey - small freezes [Re: Aggiemom] #625589
05/29/10 01:14 PM
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Why don't you try downloading the patch with IE?


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Re: The Longest Journey - small freezes [Re: Aggiemom] #625595
05/29/10 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted By: Aggiemom
Between each sequence of action or speech (e.g., one character says or does something)then there's a pause of about 6-7 seconds before I can perform the next action.

If you have an antivirus running, it could be scanning everything the game is doing before allowing it. That will certainly slow the game down.
There may also be a problem with dual processors if your laptop has them. The game was made to work with a single processor.
Also, if you're using a laptop, make sure it's plugged in when you play.

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I checked out patches but evidently Mozilla Firefox is not compatible with the download.

If you have the 2 CD or the DVD version of the game, try this patch
http://www.filefront.com/7318449/tlj-patch-161.zip

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This game worked fine on my older computer w/less power, older graphics card, etc. I'd appreciate any advice -- (when I loaded it today, I selected the "typical" install so didn't customize anything) -- thank you.

Use the full install. If the game has to read off the CD or DVD during gameplay, it will be slower.

Re: The Longest Journey - small freezes [Re: Jenny100] #625605
05/29/10 02:28 PM
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One other thought since you're running XP - Check your audio acceleration level in DXDiag.

Click Start, Run (or press the Windows Logo Key+R) enter DXDiag and press Ok.

You'll find a slider control to adjust up or down on the sound tab. Try moving it up or down a notch and see if it resolves the problem.


Last edited by InlandAZ; 05/29/10 02:30 PM.
Re: The Longest Journey - small freezes [Re: Jenny100] #625824
05/30/10 08:45 AM
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The anti-virus was the culprit -- I hadn't even thought about that!! So thanks very much everyone for your suggestions -- all is well now.

Re: The Longest Journey - small freezes [Re: Aggiemom] #625846
05/30/10 10:02 AM
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Thanks for letting us know.
Enjoy the game.

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