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Guys, help me out. I installed Might and Magic VIII, set the compatibility mode, did everything as instructed, the intro plays, then the window with the copyright information appears, and that's it – it freezes. What should I do?:confused:

I have a different problem. I'm using Linux. I launch Might and Magic 8, and the first two cutscenes play (Book and 3D), but then, as soon as the NWC game starts, it crashes. My computer is powerful, and I'm using Ubuntu 7.10.

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I've been playing on Linux for a long time, both part 7 and part 8. The problem is that the videos don't play, and they cause issues with Wine (and Cedega). I heard that someone solved these problems, but I just skipped the videos. And in the places where you can't skip them (for example, freeing the Minotaurs), I would save, play in a Windows machine, and then continue playing at home. This isn't ideal, so either we need to figure out how to get Wine to work for these needs, or we need to launch Qemu and install Windows 98 in it and play in that, as this game doesn't consume many resources. :)
Good luck.

Please help me get the game running on Windows 7 Ultimate. Here's a description of the problem: when I launch the game, it goes through the initial splash screen, then the 3DO logo appears, and after that, nothing happens. When I open the Task Manager, it shows that the game is not responding and displays a "Direct Draw Error" message with the following content: DDERR_INVALIDPARAMS in file: F:\MM8src\MM8\Code\Screen16.cpp at line number: 2880. This is a bit strange because the game is installed in the D:\Games\M&M VIII folder, but the error message points to the F:\ drive, even though I have a virtual drive assigned to F:\. I've tried running the game's .exe file in compatibility mode with all the Windows versions offered, but it still doesn't work. The only thing I haven't tried is reinstalling the game, but I don't think that will help. If anyone knows what to do, please let me know, because right now, I feel like this :smile33:.

I figured it out: to get the game to run, you first need to launch it in Windows 98 compatibility mode, and the video mode should be set to Software 3D to watch the intro. After that, you can launch it in Hardware Accelerated 3D mode, and most likely, you'll need to repeat the process before each new intro, remembering to save beforehand. But unfortunately, in Hardware Accelerated 3D mode, the game starts to lag, which is quite funny considering the time difference between MM8 and Windows 7. So, my advice: create another partition on your hard drive that will serve specifically for playing MM8. You need to install Windows Millennium (2000) on it – I don't remember how much it weighs – and the game itself, which weighs 547 Mb (600). In general, the new partition on the hard drive should be approximately 1.2 Gb - 1.5 Gb, which is not a big deal these days. So, good luck. P.S.: I never managed to open that damn crystal in the center of Raven's Shore, and the time capsule either.