Hi all,
I'd really be grateful of any suggestions that might resolve this problem.
A failed hard drive meant I had to re-install Windows 7 and all my apps. Pharaoh, which had previously played fine on Win 7, now only goes maybe two minutes before it locks up, with whatever sound was playing at the time stuttering like an old scratched CD. The only way I can recover is by using Task Manager to kill the program ... and then it seems that the Pharaoh mouse driver remains loaded (i.e. it continues to move at the Pharaoh speed, not my desktop speed), and I have to reboot my PC to recover.
Some details:
This is a standard installation of Windows 7 Home Premium x64, fully patched. I shut down all other apps (like e.mail and browser) before I launch Pharaoh, and run the game in full screen, not windowed. I've checked that I have up-to-date drivers for my audio and graphics cards. I've set the compatibility mode for the game launcher to Win XP+SP3. And this is the most recent GOG release of the game.
I don't know where to start to troubleshoot this. Other than the hard drive, the other hardware hasn't changed, and everything was reinstalled from the same discs I used before, so it really should be the same, no? (Or am I putting too much trust in Windows? ;-) ) I've tried removing the game and re-installing, but the problem still occurs.
Can anyone please suggest things I can try to see if I can get this running the way it used to?
Many thanks for any help.
Branais
I'd really be grateful of any suggestions that might resolve this problem.
A failed hard drive meant I had to re-install Windows 7 and all my apps. Pharaoh, which had previously played fine on Win 7, now only goes maybe two minutes before it locks up, with whatever sound was playing at the time stuttering like an old scratched CD. The only way I can recover is by using Task Manager to kill the program ... and then it seems that the Pharaoh mouse driver remains loaded (i.e. it continues to move at the Pharaoh speed, not my desktop speed), and I have to reboot my PC to recover.
Some details:
This is a standard installation of Windows 7 Home Premium x64, fully patched. I shut down all other apps (like e.mail and browser) before I launch Pharaoh, and run the game in full screen, not windowed. I've checked that I have up-to-date drivers for my audio and graphics cards. I've set the compatibility mode for the game launcher to Win XP+SP3. And this is the most recent GOG release of the game.
I don't know where to start to troubleshoot this. Other than the hard drive, the other hardware hasn't changed, and everything was reinstalled from the same discs I used before, so it really should be the same, no? (Or am I putting too much trust in Windows? ;-) ) I've tried removing the game and re-installing, but the problem still occurs.
Can anyone please suggest things I can try to see if I can get this running the way it used to?
Many thanks for any help.
Branais