Myst under Windows 98 won't run?

David Musicant

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Mar 9, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/9/99

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Hi folks -

Has anyone succeeded in making Myst run with Windows 98 on a Gateway
P-100? The Broderbund technical support folks abandoned me after going
through the standard tricks, claiming that sometimes Myst just won't
run on Windows 98.

Symptoms: I start up Myst by starting it from the Start menu; the
pointer turns into an hour glass, then back to a pointer. The CD-ROM
is never accessed, and I keep staring out my Windows 98 desktop. I
then have to Cntl-Alt-Del to remove Myst from the Task Manager.

I tried the basics: uninstalling and reinstalling Quicktime, turning
off hardware acceleration on the sound card, adjusting QuickTime Drawing
settings to Bitmap (BMP), removing all concurrent applications, and
turning off graphics hardware acceleration.

Configuration Details:
Ugh, here we go.

Gateway 2000 P-100 computer. 48 Meg RAM.

ATI Mach 64 video card. I've tried running both the automatic Windows
98 drivers, and the newest Windows 95 drivers that I downloaded from
the ATI sute (12-19-1996).

Ensoniq Soundscape Gateway OEM sounds card. Firmware 34, Drivers build 44.

Memorex CD-322E CD-ROM. Memorex offers no drivers; I'm using the
Windows 98 automatic drivers, "E-IDE CD-ROM 32X/AKU" (5-11-1998).

Anyone have any ideas at all as to why Myst might not run? It runs
fine on my girlfriend's Windows 98 setup, I'd just as soon play it
here than there, though :)

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Dave Musicant
Computer Sciences Department
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Cheef

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Mar 9, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/9/99

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You might try to completely delete the QuickTime files from the Myst
directory, forcing Myst to use Windows QuickTime files instead. This worked
under Win 95, but I have not tested it under Win 98 so I cannot confirm it.

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David Musicant

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Mar 10, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/10/99

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Cheef wrote:
>You might try to completely delete the QuickTime files from the Myst
>directory, forcing Myst to use Windows QuickTime files instead. This worked
>under Win 95, but I have not tested it under Win 98 so I cannot confirm it.

Interesting idea. Help me out; which files should I actually delete?
Here is my Myst directory as I see it:

Volume in drive C has no label
Volume Serial Number is 2B37-1ADE
Directory of C:\Program Files\Myst

. <DIR> 03-04-99 9:58p .
.. <DIR> 03-04-99 9:58p ..
DEISL1 ISU 4,192 03-04-99 9:59p DeIsL1.isu
CL1WG1 MOV 24,884 11-10-95 11:14a CL1WG1.MOV
CL1WG2 MOV 25,942 11-10-95 11:14a CL1WG2.MOV
CL1WG3 MOV 21,774 11-10-95 11:14a CL1WG3.MOV
CL1WLFCH MOV 241,541 11-10-95 11:14a CL1WLFCH.MOV
MOHAWK W32 28 08-24-95 12:00a MOHAWK.W32
MAKING EXE 266,240 03-01-96 3:05p MAKING.EXE
MYST CFG 235 03-04-99 9:58p MYST.CFG
SYSTEM DAT 72 05-04-94 12:00a SYSTEM.DAT
MYST EXE 376,832 03-06-96 12:35p MYST.EXE
EREG <DIR> 03-04-99 9:58p ereg
README TXT 17,833 03-19-98 11:34a README.TXT
LEDEMO <DIR> 03-04-99 9:58p LEDEMO
TSGUIDE <DIR> 03-04-99 9:58p tsguide
SAVEGAME <DIR> 03-04-99 9:58p Savegame
11 file(s) 979,573 bytes
6 dir(s) 835,022,848 bytes free

Bernie Simmons

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Mar 10, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/10/99

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Doubt it will help but look in C:\windows for Qtw32del.exe and/or
Qtw16del.exe.
Bernie

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Cheef

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Mar 10, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/10/99

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I'm going to try installing the game on my computer, and will get back with
you on the results. I'm using Win 98 also.

Cheef

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Mar 10, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/10/99

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Ok, I've installed my copy of Myst under Win 98. I've got Myst 3.1 version.
I had to change my color resolution to just 256 colors, plus delete all the
files in the Myst directory that start with Q*.*

The game runs fine. Do you have the Win 3.1 or the Win 95 version ? I didn't
realize my copy of Myst was so old <g>.

David Musicant

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Mar 16, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/16/99

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Cheef wrote:
>Ok, I've installed my copy of Myst under Win 98. I've got Myst 3.1 version.
>I had to change my color resolution to just 256 colors, plus delete all the
>files in the Myst directory that start with Q*.*
>
>The game runs fine. Do you have the Win 3.1 or the Win 95 version ? I didn't
>realize my copy of Myst was so old <g>.

Congrats :) I've also got 256 colors, no fles in the Myst directory
that start with Q*.* (maybe I'm _missing_ something then?), and the
Win 95 vesion of the game.

cyber

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Mar 20, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/20/99

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I have an older version of Myst and a new computer with windows 98.
I get an error message (Myst requires 256 colors). Can anyone help?

Respectfully

K Lanier

Bernie Simmons

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Mar 21, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/21/99

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Display Properties\ Settings and change to 256 colors before starting the
game.
Bernie

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