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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.