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Overseer Freezing

Posted: May 16, 2006 • 11:34 am
by freepizza
Sorry if you guys have gone through this a thousand times but I didnt see this question asked.

I just installed Overseer again. Cd version. I get to tex's office with no problem. But the game freezes randomly after I am done examining something. It doesnt always happen in the same place, but it happens often so its not the most fun thing.

Thanks guys.

Posted: May 16, 2006 • 5:31 pm
by i'm_melting_i'm_melting
What's your CPU?

Posted: May 17, 2006 • 2:40 pm
by freepizza
Hmm I hope I can remember this. I'm not at my computer, it doesnt have the internet at the moment.

Windows XP Home Edition
Pentium 4 3.2 i belive
Radeon X800XL Video card

Thats all I can think up right now. If you need more info, just let me know.

Posted: May 17, 2006 • 7:09 pm
by i'm_melting_i'm_melting
I'm guessing Hyperthreading is on?

Snag this:
http://www.quandaryland.com/Help/download/imagecfg.zip

Unzip it to the Overseer folder, open up the command prompt and type-

cd\overseer (if this is where the game is installed to)
Then press return.

Then type-

imagecfg -a 0x1 OVERSEER.EXE
Then press return.

You should see something like this:
OVERSEER.exe contains no configuration information
OVERSEER.exe contains a Subsystem Version of 4.0
OVERSEER.exe updated with the following configuration information:
Process Affinity Mask: 00000001

Try running the game again.
Post back after testing.

Posted: May 18, 2006 • 3:15 pm
by freepizza
Um, I hit a problem. When I type in the imagecfg thing. It says "This program can not be opened in DOS mode." I'm supposed to be using DosBox, right?

Posted: May 18, 2006 • 6:30 pm
by i'm_melting_i'm_melting
No. Just open CMD.EXE via 'Run' and do ot that way.
It's a command line app, but not a DOS app.

Posted: May 18, 2006 • 9:04 pm
by freepizza
Yeah, sorry I tried that first. But I cant even get past the cd\overseer. It says it cant find it. Sorry if I'm being dense :(

Posted: May 19, 2006 • 7:41 am
by i'm_melting_i'm_melting
Where is Overseer installed?

Posted: May 19, 2006 • 9:01 am
by freepizza
Right on the C drive.

Posted: May 19, 2006 • 9:52 am
by i'm_melting_i'm_melting
I meant the full path.

You know, C:\Overseer, C:\Tex\Overseer, C:\Program Files\Overseer - etc.

Where is the Overseer directory?

Posted: May 19, 2006 • 10:24 am
by freepizza
c:\overseer

Posted: May 19, 2006 • 10:33 am
by i'm_melting_i'm_melting
freepizza wrote:Yeah, sorry I tried that first. But I cant even get past the cd\overseer. It says it cant find it. Sorry if I'm being dense :(
If you open the 'Run' dialog and type 'cmd' then press return, the prompt should come up with the current path listed as 'C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator' or something.
Typing 'cd\overseer' and pressing 'Return' should land you in 'C:\Overseer'.
As long as you put 'imagecfg.exe' from the archive into C:\Overseer, typing 'imagecfg -a 0x1 OVERSEER.EXE' should patch the file.

Posted: May 19, 2006 • 12:18 pm
by freepizza
Thank you good sir everything seems to be working now. Thanks for being patient, I wasnt typing in cmd. So thanks again :)

Posted: May 19, 2006 • 3:01 pm
by i'm_melting_i'm_melting
So it patched OK?
Overseer doesn't lock up anymore?

Posted: May 19, 2006 • 3:51 pm
by freepizza
It hasnt locked up yet. I played around for about 30 minutes to make sure and everything sees to be working real nice. If anything changes I'll let ya know.