QfG V crash with new installer

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QfG V crash with new installer

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Well, in fact I don't know if crash without the new installer.
Greetings, I'm Klint-psk, an spanish fan of the Quest for Glory series. I downloaded and played the first four games in DOSBox (except the Trial by Fire remake), and now I'm playing QfG V. I used the new installer for W7 x64, and I must to say that works pretty well.

But when I go to the Science Island the game crash. I jumped in the gondola, released the brake again, and when the gondola arrives at Science island, I heard a TERRIBLE sound and the game crashed. I tried it again, and it crashed again. I can't do anything, only press ESC to return to the desktop without a error message or something.

Any help? :3
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Re: QfG V crash with new installer

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Run the diagnostic and attach the log here as a file.
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Here, take it.
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Re: QfG V crash with new installer

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Was this a localized version? I see that you have the game installed in you %ProgramFiles% folder with UAC on. I would suggest that you uninstall and reinstall outside of any system folder. You may be encountering some write permissions issue.
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Re: QfG V crash with new installer

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I don't really know if I'm using a EUR or USA version or not. About the folders, I will try execute the game with admin rights. If that fails, I will reinstall it. I'll post the resulsts, and thank you :3

EDIT: Well, that was awkward... when I used admin rights, the game reacted like it was never runed before (and without save games). The crash still happens. I will try to reinstall.

EDIT2: I reinstalled it and it still crash. Also, I lost ALL my savegames. I don't know where the game store the savegames files, but certainly not in the folder of the game. So I still have a bug, and no savegames... ;_;
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Re: QfG V crash with new installer

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I have some bad news and some good news.
Good news: The error seems to be caused by the executable, as seen here:
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I downloaded a new Iso of QfG V, and the exact same error happened, BUT this time it gave me a error message. It isn't very clear or useful, but it's something.

Bad news: I'm a filthy pirate. Yes, I downloaded the entire series, including QfG V. It makes me feel really bad, especially after all the good moments that I passed playing this games. I have serious plans of buying the games (I always prefer to buy original games), but right now I haven't enough money. Just so you know ^^U.
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I don't support abandonware. I have no way of knowing how any given game has been altered, ripped, hacked, cracked, etc. These have unpredictable results and is probably the cause.
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Re: QfG V crash with new installer

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Well... the exact same error happens with two totally unrelated rips of the disc, so I doubt that's the problem. Anyway, thanks for your time :3
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