Quest For Glory V : Dragon Fire [WINDOW 7 Compatability]

[GameSInner666]

Hello,

I have owned and played the "Quest for Glory" Series faithfully for more than a decade through my many PC's and OS upgrades (Windows XP, Vista, 7). I have found use of the installers which plug directly into DOSBox to allow the enjoyment of "Quest for Glory I : So You Want To Be A Hero", "Quest for Glory II : Trial By Fire", "Quest for Glory III : Wages of War", "Quest for Glory IV : Shadows of Darkness". I have not found the same success utilizing the installer for "Quest for Glory V : Dragon Fire". I have tried clean, fresh installs utilizing the installer (I am running 32-Bit Windows 7 Ultimate), installing via my original GAME and INSTALL QFG V CD's. I have tried changing around compatibility and still come to the same issue. Whenever I attempt to start and run QFG V, it goes to black for a moment and then Windows 7 informs me that the program stopped working is is being closed. It is very distressing to find that the final chapter in this wonderful series is not longer compatible with the newest operating system. While I realize that by all means its not meant to, I thought I would post this in hopes someone would provide insight and perhaps a solution to my problem, I wish to complete this series again and enjoy this treasure of a series in its entirety.

Computer System

Computer Name UMBRELLA-CORP
User Name Umbrella
Organization

Operating System

OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
OS Version 6.1.7600
Product ID 00426-OEM-8992662-00400
System Uptime 6/6/2010 1:18:29 AM
Internet Explorer Version 8.0.7600.16385
Microsoft DirectX Version 10.0
OpenGL Version 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Free Physical Memory 2071 MB
Free Page File 3105 MB
Free Virtual Memory 4942 MB

Center Processor

CPU Name AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+
Code Name Model 3, Stepping 3
Manufacturer AuthenticAMD
Current Clock Speed 3000Mhz
Max Clock Speed 3000Mhz
Voltage 1.4V
External Clock 1000Mhz
Serial Number 178BFBFF00040F33
CPU ID x64 Family 15 Model 67 Stepping 3
Socket Designation Socket M2
Internal Cache 128KB
Internal Cache 2048KB

Motherboard

Model 0UW457
Manufacturer Dell Inc
Serial Number ..CN6986173C1EDF.
BIOS Name )Phoenix - Award WorkstationBIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Vendor Dell Inc
SMBIOS Version 1.1.11
BIOS Date 8/2/2007

Memory Resource

Total Memory 3326 MB
Used Memory 1255 MB
Free Memory 2070 MB
Memory Usage 37%

Physical Memory

Memory Bank
Description Physical Memory 2
Device Location DIMM_2
Capacity NULL
Speed 800Mhz
Manufacturer 7F98000000000000
Data Width 64bit
Memory Type
Form Factor DIMM

Physical Memory

Memory Bank
Description Physical Memory 3
Device Location DIMM_1
Capacity NULL
Speed 800Mhz
Manufacturer 7F98000000000000
Data Width 64bit
Memory Type
Form Factor DIMM

Video Adapter

Name ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series
Video Processor ATI display adapter (0x9490)
Manufacturer ATI Technologies Inc.
Video Architecture VGA
DAC Type Internal DAC(400MHz)
Memory Size 1024MB
Memory Type Unknown
Video Mode 1920 x 1080 x 4294967296 colors
Current Refresh Rate 60Hz
Driver Version 8.723.0.0
Driver Date 4/6/2010

Monitor

Name Generic PnP Monitor
Screen Height 1080
Screen Width 1920
Status OK

[Collector]

What version of QuickTime do you have installed?

[GameSInner666]

Quicktime 3.0

I have tried the latest version and the 3.0 version to ascertain if this was the issue, I still cannot get it to load up at all

[GameSInner666]

Quicktime 3.0 at this present time, I have tried both downgrading and upgrading to no avail...

[Collector]

I'm not sure if it is a QuickTime issue, if it crashes on launch it almost sounds like the Win2k patch did not get applied. Try reapplying it.

[GameSInner666]

Reapplied this once again, it still shows the Program stopped working pop up and sends the usual to Microsoft....

[Collector]

And it didn't ask for the patch? Have you tried to update your graphics card divers?

[GameSInner666]

It says patch successfully applied to QFG5.exe;

I noticed last week they did release a new driver update for ATI Graphics Cards, I am downloading it to see if it effects anything related to my problem.

[RESOLVED] A note to users with HDTV's being utilized as monitors, reduce the resolution to a lesser setting to allow the game to recognize, it is unable to run at higher demand HD Resolutions. How I totally missed this I do not know, but I know it now

[Collector]

Thanks for reporting what worked for you. It may be of use to others in the future.