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“… (by Kay C) It still isn’t working. I released the crab long ago, but for some reason, the pike just won’t budge. It keeps on saying “The key’s stuck under the pike tip!” Also, where is the box that is supossed to be by the submarine that contains the floating orb?…”
You’re clicking on the key, not the pike tip. Click on the RIGHT-HAND SIDE of the pike, and then again, and you’ll get the key (well, sort of).The ‘box’ is an old toilet, broken in the submarine screen.
– Alistair
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I got the orb! But I still can’t get the stupid key! maybe that’s because my cursors are weird. they are all cut off on the top so i can’t actually see what I’m clicking. Whether I click the key or the pike, it still says the same thing. I’m so sorry! I’m probably irritating you so much! I’m just really demented when it comes to this stuff!
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“… (by Kay C) I got the orb! But I still can’t get the stupid key! maybe that’s because my cursors are weird. they are all cut off on the top so i can’t actually see what I’m clicking. Whether I click the key or the pike, it still says the same thing. I’m so sorry! I’m probably irritating you so much! I’m just really demented when it comes to this stuff!
…”Kay,
I’m guessing it’s not your fault, now that you mention cursors. I take it you’ve got the CD, and are playing the Windows version?
Let me know. And believe me, I’ve been around the community, and I’ve heard it ALL. This question of yours isn’t so bad. I don’t mind answering it, because people generally don’t ask for EQ tech support.
– Alistair
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“… (by Kay C) Yes, I am playing the CD on Windows. It’s very strange.
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Yes, it’s all very clear now. The CD version would have worse graphics as well, right? (Might only be in the DOS CD version, but not sure.)
It’d certainly have some bugs in the CD version, this must be one.Never play Windows versions, Kay, they’re ALWAYS more buggy and dodgy than their DOS counterparts. No good reason to play any of ’em!
If you’re going to continue, I have some DOS saves I’m happy to send you, or alternatively to continue playing in the Windows version, to pass this sequence you’ll have to randomly click around ’till you get it.
Regards,
– Alistair -
I don’t understand why it won’t work. It worked fine when I got it when it first came out. Maybe that’s the problem… the fact that it’s about 9 years old. Wow! I didn’t realize that I’ve had it for that long. I just discovered it recently after not playing it for a very long time. I never used to be able to get past the fish apartments. Haha! Those were the days!
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“… (by Kay C) I don’t understand why it won’t work. It worked fine when I got it when it first came out. Maybe that’s the problem… the fact that it’s about 9 years old. Wow! I didn’t realize that I’ve had it for that long. I just discovered it recently after not playing it for a very long time. I never used to be able to get past the fish apartments. Haha! Those were the days!
…”It’s nothing to do with how old it is.
As I said, Sierra CD games with both DOS and Windows versions generally have problems with their Windows versions. You’d still get these problems regardless of whether you were playing in XP, or Windows 95.
A typical Windows version bug is the cursor palette being completely emssed up. I’ve never played EQ1’s Win version, though I own the EQ1CD. If you like, send me your saves via email (check my profile) and I’ll load EQ1 tomorrow and check this out.
– Alistair
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Okay. My email address isNOSPAMagillett@ihug.com .au (delete the ‘NOSPAM’, obviously)
From your current save folder (I assume you have more than one, or maybe you have just the one- in that case they’re in your EQ1 game folder) take your Ecosg.001 and all files after, including ecosg.dir (they’ll be called something like this, even if they’re not identically named). Make a ZIP file of them. I assume you have WinZip or WinRAR or something? Highlight the files, (drag and select), and right-click and select ‘add to zip’ or one of those.
Then send me an email with the zip attachment. Alternatively, when you have the ZIP, upload it here!
– Alistair
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“… (by Kay C) I was just at a friends house and i tried the game on her ocmputer. It worked! I don’t understand why it would work on hers and not mine even though we both have XP and basically the same files that would affect the game.
…”Possible reasons for working on one machine but not another:
– You were using a different game version, i.e. the CD Windows version on your PC and the disk version on a friend’s, OR the DOS version of the CD game at your friend’s
– You used a fix at your friend’s
– Your friend had different resolution settings (i.e. different colour levels, maybe 256 colours)Couple of questions. What does ‘I tried the game on her computer’ mean? You tried the pike sequence there, or what?
Also, what does ‘basically the same files’ mean? They are either the same files or they’re not.
– Alistair
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