unrecognized fatal exception error / activating easter egg

[Jules]

I'm trying to activate the easter egg option in GK3 but I'm getting the unrecognized fatal exception error. I used Collector's GK3 installer which says it takes care of this but I'm still getting it. Am I doing something wrong?

[Collector]

The post SCI game installers have to be considered experimental. I guess that the old fixes don't work 100%. I am thinking that there are issues with the Bink codec on modern systems. Is the Easter egg the only place you get this? Take a look at my last post in Tin's GK3 thread to see if that helps.

[Jules]

Yes, this is the only time the error occurs.

Years back when I played the game 'as is' without any installers, the egg function worked and I never had the error pop up anywhere.

I'll try the bink thing when I get home tonight.

[Jules]

There was no such file in the C:\WINDOWS\system32 folder but there was one in the game folder. Relocating that one didn't allow the game to start.

Any other options?

[Collector]

Try recopying the .brn file from that day from the CD to the DATA folder on the CD.

[Jules]

Try recopying the .brn file from that day from the CD to the DATA folder on the CD.

Copying it to the CD? You mean the game folder?

I'm not quite understanding what you're saying. The error isn't attached to a specific day. It's when I try activating the egg feature at the spash screen.

[Collector]

Sorry, serves me right for checking on 3 boards at the same time. Try recopying the .brn file from that day from the CD to the DATA folder in the installed folder.

[Jules]

I'm still not understanding what you mean by 'day'. The egg feature isn't tied to any specific time or day in the game.

Steps to reproduce the error:

1. Start up game
2. At the splash/option screen, press Ctrl + Shift + ~
3. Type, SetFlag and hit space
4. type, 'egg' and hit enter
5. error occurs and game quits

This error does not occur during gameplay.

[Collector]

Change render mode to software.

[Jules]

I don't know where to change the render mode but I found out that the egg feature can be activated during gameplay. It's only at the splash screen does it give the error. The eggs work, but the purple text field stays on the screen. No big deal, at least the eggs are working. Thanks for the help though, Collector.

[Collector]

You can turn the console off with the same "Ctrl+Shift +`" that you use to open it.