Can’t install kq6

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I’m trying to install KQ6 (DOS) on my new laptop computer, but when I open up the install program, I can’t do anything, it asks me to press Enter or Esc, but doing that has no effect. I’ve tried lowering the screen resolution to 640×480 in 256 color mode, but that didnt help, this happens with every dos sierra game that I try to install.

I tried installing the Windows version of KQ6 but when I try to play it, nothing happens, no window opens, nothing

its not the discs because I’ve got two collectors edition discs (one 2 disc set and one 3 disc set)

any ideas?

while trying to install KQ 1-3 I get this: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/binni/install.gif 

while trying to install KQ 4-6 I get stuck at this: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/binni/1.gif 

[Unknown,Unknown]

The 2nd image is just the standard Sierra DOS SCI install screen. You just need to hit “Enter” to progress through to the next screen. Changing your resolutions will not help with any DOS games as they will control the display. Help with the Windows version of KQ6 can be found here:

http://community.vugames.com/WebX?14@130.9z9mdpbJ2pU.2@.f00b588

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no, as I am saying, hitting Enter has no effect, nothing happens, the screen just stays the same, I’ve tried hitting every key, but nothing happens

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Are you installing when logged on your computer with administrator rights? For 1-3, just copy each folder to your hard drive and run them from there, no setup needed. For 4, try copying the folder to your hard drive and run install.exe from the hard drive to set up the game for your hardware. Try installing the Windows versions of KQ5 and 6.

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I tried to copy 1-3 directly to the hard drive, then I could open them, but the game is small in the middle with black boarders around it (which I think I can fix), and when I try to write something I just get random symbols and letters like: ☺þ♂&æĪ…

I think the problem is that DOS isn’t recognising my keyboard, so when I am hitting a key, like Enter, it thinks I am hitting some other key… but I don’t know how to fix it

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I’d suggest running the games in DOSbox but keyboard connection might be a hardware problem. You can download dosbox here:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/dosbox/ 

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You have a graphics card that does not support the fonts used by the AGI games (KQ 1-3.) Your best option is to use NAGI to run the game. With NAGI you will not only solve this problem, but, you will get three voices of music from your sound card (instead of the PC speaker) AND limited mouse support in the games. Get NAGI here: http://www.agidev.com/nagi.html

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thanks :D, NAGI plays the games perfectly, the only thing is that when in fullscreen mode, the game is in a small box (about half of the size of the screen) in the middle of the computerscreen, this also happened with DosBox…

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Are you using a flat panel monitor? By full screen, I take it that you edited the line for full screen in the nagi.ini file (full_screen=1) and not the Windows compatibility mode for 640×480.

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