KQ7 help for steam game with DOSBox

[Jessieliz]

Hello!

I am brand new to the forums, but fondly remember Sierra games as my favorite first forays into video-gaming and adventure games. I downloaded the King's Quest Collection on Steam quite a while ago but have only just begun in earnest this week to try and get KQ7 to run on it. I have finally, after much installing, uninstalling, downloading patches, etc etc, gotten it to the point where it will at least open in DOSBox, but then I get this: "Error 42: This game has not been version-stamped."

I am hoping that someone on this forum can assist me in getting it up and running. The other games will open and run without problem. I have Windows 8, for reference.

[Collector]

My patch was designed for the 2006 VU release. I do not have the Steam release, so I cannot test, but I have heard that my patch can work with the Steam release. The version stamp error suggests that you applied the wrong patch.

Besides all of the major flaws with this release, KQ7 presents the extra problem that version 1.4 was a Windows only 16-bit game. This means that it will not run on most PCs with modern Windows. My patch will upgrade it to version 2.00b, which included a DOS interpreter, which allows it to run in DOSBox.

Without the Steam version I am working blind, but try doing a clean install. Then copy the entire KQ folder to

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C:\Sierra\King's Quest Collection

Download the KQ patch from here: http://sierrahelp.com/Patches-Updates/N ... aters.html then run it and point it the C:\Sierra\King's Quest Collection folder.

[Jessieliz]

YOU ARE MY NEW FAVORITE PERSON IN THE WORLD!!! Thank you so much! I won't pretend to understand how it worked, but it did. The game has loaded and for the first time in years I will be able to play. Thank you for creating this patch!

[Collector]

Enjoy the game.

[Jessieliz]

Okay, I"m hoping you can help me again. The game has been running perfectly for me and I have, several times, saved the game and closed out of it, coming back later to hit "continue old game" without problem. I played last night, saved, closed, and shut off the computer. Today I started the computer, went to the game, and now it closes itself automatically when I say to continue. It runs the intro without problem, but it freezes on "Start New Game" and keeps closing when I try to continue. Any thoughts on how to address this?

[Collector]

Sounds like something got corrupted or deleted. Run the diagnostic and attach the generated log as a file here.

[Jessieliz]

Microsoft Windows 8.16.2.9200.0 64-Bit, en-US
Service Pack :
Account type : Administrator
UAC status : On

CPU : AMD E-300 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Memory : 3.6 GB
Graphics Adapter : AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics w/ 384 MB of Video RAM
Screen Resolution : 1366 x 768, 32 bit color
DirectX Version : DirectX 9.0c
CD-ROM Drive(s) : E:\


========================= Game Info =========================

Game : King's Quest 7
Game Version : 2.00b
Game Path : C:\Sierra\King's Quest Collection\King's Quest Collection\KQ7
Installer Version :
NSIS Version : v2.46
Start Menu Directory :
Uninstall string :


================== Game Configuration File ==================

C:\Sierra\King's Quest Collection\King's Quest Collection\KQ7\RESOURCE.CFG:

videoDrv = VESA.DRV
soundDrv = GENMIDI.DRV
audioDrv = DACBLAST.DRV
joyDrv = NO
directory = .\
cmd = KQ7
mouseDrv = STDMOUSE.DRV
memoryDrv = ARM.DRV
minMemory = 1600k
brightness = 0
language = 1
minCPU = 386
CD = NO

resMap = .\
resAUD = .\
resSFX = .\
patchDir = .\;.\PATCHES;.\AVI
robot = .\AVI



======================== DOSBox Info ========================

DOSBox Path - C:\Program Files (x86)\DOSBox\DOSBox.exe
DOSBox version 0.74

Your version of DOSBox is up-to-date.


======================== dosbox.conf ========================

[sdl]
output= opengl
fullresolution= 0x0
windowresolution= 800x600
autolock=false

[DOSBox]
machine= svga_s3
captures= C:\Users\HP\AppData\Local\DOSBox\capture

[render]
aspect= true
scaler= normal3x

[cpu]
core= normal
cycles= 10000

[autoexec]
cls
mount c .
c:
cd \
sierra -o .\resource.cfg
exit



====================== Game Files List ======================

VERSION
ALTRES.000
KQ7CDSG.000
RESOURCE.000
RESOURCE.AUD
DOSBox.BAT
KQ7CDSG.CAT
RESOURCE.CFG
0.CHK
dosbox.conf
run.dat
D2HTOOLS.DLL
ADL.DRV
DACBLAST.DRV
DACMSSYS.DRV
DACPRO.DRV
DACPRO16.DRV
DACPRO8.DRV
GENMIDI.DRV
MT32.DRV
PROAUDIO.DRV
SADL.DRV
SBPRO.DRV
VESA.DRV
SIERRA.ERR
Conf.exe
DiagnosticTool.exe
King's Quest 7.exe
INSTALL.EXE
SIERRA.EXE
INSTALL.HLP
KQ7GAME.HLP
ALTRES.MAP
RESOURCE.MAP
ALTRES.MDT
RESOURCE.MDT
INSTALL.SCR
RESOURCE.SFX
GAMEDAT.SHP
KQ7v2 Patch README.txt
stderr.txt
stdout.txt
INSTALL.TXT

AVI\
AVI\E108X11.AVI
AVI\E208X11.AVI
AVI\INT08X11.AVI
AVI\PHANT.AVI
AVI\91.RBT
AVI\911.RBT
AVI\912.RBT

PATCHES\
PATCHES\30.HEP
PATCHES\34.HEP
PATCHES\5200.HEP
PATCHES\5300.HEP
PATCHES\30.SCR
PATCHES\34.SCR
PATCHES\5200.SCR
PATCHES\5300.SCR

[Collector]

I am not seeing anything missing. Perhaps a corrupt save file. Try removing the KQ7CDSG.000 and KQ7CDSG.CAT files and restart the game. If you do not want to replay the entire game, just start from the chapter you were playing.