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[blackboard]

I played Discworld a few days ago using Dosbox 0.71 and Rincewinds inventory worked fine. Did you enlarge the inventory window? (Pull the borders) Otherwise it might get full with the pouch and the pick-pockets icon.
You should be able to simply drop objects into the window with a left click.

The only other problem I can think of is that Rincewind can only carry limited number of objects (I think two), so if its inventory is full you might have to move something into the chest.

[b_b_champ]

i downloaded discworld from this site and when i ask it to install it starts to but then comes up with a message saying " cannot open: DW_1.RNC " HELP!

[tomfoolery katie]

Hello, people of Abandonia!

I'm new to abandonware and admittedly technologically inept. I downloaded the game and began playing using Japofran's directions on the FAQ's for "wtf IS dos bOX AND DOES IT WORK ON wIN xp??? (DA MOVIE)" by dragging and dropping the executable file into dosbox's shortcut. Everything works great until I finish Act I, then I am automatically sent to the map of Ankh Morpork and can't go anywhere. Mini Rincewind moves, but the place names no longer hover over the right areas and I'm stuck. I don't even make it to the dragon summoning ceremony. I was unable to find a solution to this on any of the threads. Can anyone offer some advice to this confused newbie?

I love love LOVE Pratchett and adventure games and would love to be able to actually play the game! Sorry for my lack of dosbox savvy, (and my lack of computer savvy in general), and thanks a ton for any help or solutions!

[dosraider]

Not 100% sure about what I'm gonna say here ...
But I don't think that Discworld will ever work swell with the drag/drop method.
You probably better use the mount command in dosbox.
Learn about it there:
>A beginner's guide to DosBox<

[tomfoolery katie]

Thanks a bunch, Dosraider!!!

I followed all of the directions and was able to go through the first act again. However, when Rincewind takes the dragon finder, I get sent back to the Norton Commander. Perhaps I clicked on the wrong exe file to start the game?

Thanks again for your help!

[Fubb]

I love Discworld Tis a very funny game

[dosraider]

Originally Posted by tomfoolery katie

...Perhaps I clicked on the wrong exe file to start the game?

Don't think so, you can only run it two ways,
or with disc.bat
or with dwb.exe
Doesn't matter I thought how you run it.

As for your problem, I don't remember having that problem, so if none can help you further ... ough.
Could be that you have a corupted savegame file, maybe try from a earlier one?

[SlowCoder]

After something like 10 years, I'm trying this game out again.

So far, I'm having some difficulty enjoying the game. I'm finding some humor in it, but much less than I think I should be, based on the books it's based on, and my previous experience with the game.

And I'm having problems putting together the what-to-do next stuff, and am finding myself forced to refer to walkthroughs to make the connections. This is not a problem I commonly run into with many other adv. games.

At this point, I can't blame the game, but it feels like I just got tossed into the middle of a disjointed plot.

Probably just me ...

[Aliva]

Originally Posted by Guest_Mort_*

It seems I am suffering from the same problem as a few other people...
When I join the dragon summoning ceremony I end up in the cut-scene at the start of the game (with the drunk bumping into death, then getting roasted alive, then to the UU and eventually the bursar comes to Rincewind's room and wakes him up) and then the game freezes.

Yes, exactly the same problem here (Windows XP SP2); tried to run with VDMS and without it, the summoning cut-scene always repeats exactly the game intro, and I find myself in the beginning of Act 1, and then game freezes on me. If I try to Esc during the cut-scene, the game freezes anyway.

The HOTU links no longer exist.

Any ideas how to bypass this cut-scene completely? Or where to get the working game archive?

Pretty please?

[rozp89]

Does anyone have a link to the HOTU version, or is anyone willing to upload it as a torrent?

Roz