King's Quest 8 from GOG won't work.

[Ripper]

I got King's Quest 7+8 from GOG. King's Quest 7 is working fine, but 8 is not. King's Quest 8 won't even start. I have readed a lot of messages on GOG forum, and i noticed that a lot of people had problems with this game. I tried a few solutions, but nothing works. Does anybody knows how to make this game work using Windows 10? The Original CD Version of this game that i have work using a patch from The Sierra Help Pages, but sometimes the game freezes, but it's playable at least.

[notbobsmith]

I got King's Quest 7+8 from GOG. King's Quest 7 is working fine, but 8 is not. King's Quest 8 won't even start. I have readed a lot of messages on GOG forum, and i noticed that a lot of people had problems with this game. I tried a few solutions, but nothing works. Does anybody knows how to make this game work using Windows 10? The Original CD Version of this game that i have work using a patch from The Sierra Help Pages, but sometimes the game freezes, but it's playable at least.

You might want to try here. It seems to work well, but I haven't tried a full playthrough using it.

https://kqmoe.nicode.net/

[Ripper]

I found a solution to play King's Quest 8 GOG Version. In the game directory, delete this file:

main.kq

Now try to run the game. It will work. I just found new problems after that. In the top of the screen instead of "King's Quest Mask of Eternity" you will see strange symbols. If you try the option "Replay Intro", the game will crash. Deleting the file main.kq and running the game will play the intro in the beginning of the game again. Also, you will have to play in 640 X 480. If you choose 800 X 600 the game will crash. When you quit the game, the Windows screen will be bugged, and you will have to log out of Windows to fix this. I had the same problems when i installed the original game using The Sierra Help Pages patch, except the error in the top of the screen in the main menu. I solved this problems with The Sierra Help Pages patch selecting the option to install "Zeckensack's Glide Wrapper". I downloaded this program and installed on Windows 10, but didn't solve the problems in the GOG Version of the game. Well, at least now the GOG Version is playable. I will try to finish the game later.

[Ripper]

More problems fixed. I tried to use Nicode kq8fix.exe before, with no effect. But after i deleted the file main.kq and the game became playable, i decided to try again. kq8fix.exe fixed more things. Now in the main menu, the option "Replay Intro" works with no crash, and you can watch the intro movie. Now the game will work in 800 X 600 screen resolution. No more screen problems in Windows when you quit the game. Only one problem remained, the strange symbols in the top of the screen in the main menu. After you delete the file main.kq, when you lauch the program, the game will create a new main.kq file. But looks like the game is creating a damaged file. Maybe if somebody can give me a copy of the English Version of the file main.kq this will fix the problem. One more thing. I tried Nicode's fix in the Original Brazilian Version of the game. The patch removed the Brazilian Portuguese subtitles in the intro. So, i will only use this patch in the GOG Version of the game. Now all i need to do is complete the game to test it.

[notbobsmith]

I found a solution to play King's Quest 8 GOG Version. In the game directory, delete this file:

main.kq

Now try to run the game. It will work. I just found new problems after that. In the top of the screen instead of "King's Quest Mask of Eternity" you will see strange symbols. If you try the option "Replay Intro", the game will crash. Deleting the file main.kq and running the game will play the intro in the beginning of the game again. Also, you will have to play in 640 X 480. If you choose 800 X 600 the game will crash. When you quit the game, the Windows screen will be bugged, and you will have to log out of Windows to fix this. I had the same problems when i installed the original game using The Sierra Help Pages patch, except the error in the top of the screen in the main menu. I solved this problems with The Sierra Help Pages patch selecting the option to install "Zeckensack's Glide Wrapper". I downloaded this program and installed on Windows 10, but didn't solve the problems in the GOG Version of the game. Well, at least now the GOG Version is playable. I will try to finish the game later.

I'm glad you are making progress. I haven't used Zeckensack's Glide Wrapper in a long time. I'm surprised it still works. It was last updated in 2005.

More problems fixed. I tried to use Nicode kq8fix.exe before, with no effect. But after i deleted the file main.kq and the game became playable, i decided to try again. kq8fix.exe fixed more things. Now in the main menu, the option "Replay Intro" works with no crash, and you can watch the intro movie. Now the game will work in 800 X 600 screen resolution. No more screen problems in Windows when you quit the game. Only one problem remained, the strange symbols in the top of the screen in the main menu. After you delete the file main.kq, when you lauch the program, the game will create a new main.kq file. But looks like the game is creating a damaged file. Maybe if somebody can give me a copy of the English Version of the file main.kq this will fix the problem. One more thing. I tried Nicode's fix in the Original Brazilian Version of the game. The patch removed the Brazilian Portuguese subtitles in the intro. So, i will only use this patch in the GOG Version of the game. Now all i need to do is complete the game to test it.

I've attached a copy of my main.kq file. I'm not sure how much help it will be. Opening it up with a text editor it just has this:

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[Window]
classType=KQMainWindow
x=0
y=0
numRasters=3000
background=0
aviPlayed=1
shutDownOK=1

[Ripper]

Thanks, notbobsmith. But the problem was not the file main.kq. I fixed the problem with the strange symbols in the top of the screen in the main menu of the game. This file was missing:

starttxt.txt

Now all problems have been fixed.

Thanks anyway.