Longest Journey
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11/19/16 08:21 PM
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I have this game from GOG and have been trying to play it for the last 3 hours almost but it won't work. My first attempt I was able to get through the part in the prologue where you fix the stream flow and the tree puts the egg back in the nest but then the game froze up and I had to open the task manager to close it. After that I could not even get that far. It freezes after seeing April in her bed, before she gets to the cliff. And one time I had to do a hard shut down because task manager wouldn't even work. Thought I remember seeing that Inland had played the disc version so I came to look. Yep, the 4 disc version so I hunted down my discs, 2 disc version only  I tried some easy stuff I saw in the GOG forum but I think I won't be able to play it. I guess I'm not really looking for help unless somebody knows something SIMPLE. Just pouting.  
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Re: Longest Journey
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11/19/16 08:29 PM
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I have Windows 7 and the GOG version did not play properly for me - it crashed during the cut scenes. The GOG system requirements do not say that it supports Windows 7, and I guess that's why - because the GOG download doesn't seem to play nicely with it. I searched through the forums for answers, but nothing really helped matters. If you are running Windows 7, I would be inclined to say that if nothing suggested in the forum helps, then it's probably not worth trying to troubleshoot. I ended up playing the game from my 2 CDs instead and had no trouble after that.  Here's a thread on GOG that discusses this issue.
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Re: Longest Journey
[Re: oldbroad]
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11/19/16 08:51 PM
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GOG also says: The game may require installing an earlier (below 190.xx) driver version on NVidia graphics cards. That solution won't work with graphics cards that are too new to work with 190.xx drivers. I don't know the date on the 2 CD version, but here's a ***link to the archive of the 2003 FAQ for the game***Suggestions for a crash at a different location: Try the following (restart the game after each change, and try playing, before making any further changes): In the Game Settings menu, uncheck the "High Quality Videos" checkbox. In the advanced start-up dialogue, disable hardware 3D acceleration. If you've just played another game prior to playing TLJ, reboot your PC before running TLJ - if the first game used the same video "codec" as TLJ (Bink), there may be a system conflict that can only be resolved by rebooting. I don't know if the 2 CD version has those options.
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Re: Longest Journey
[Re: oldbroad]
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11/20/16 02:31 AM
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I have the GOG version of TLJ installed it on win7 64 bit a couple years ago. I've played it several times and it is still on my system. Installed the GOG file without any tweaking or patches and it runs fine. I never had an issue. I'm using a fairly new middle of the pricing range Sound Blaster sound card and have a mid range 2gig Nvdia graphics card. So it is not an old low power computer. I can't imagine why you are having difficulty with this game. It is DRM free so the hassles from the disc versions are not in the way.
Last edited by oldmariner; 11/20/16 02:37 AM.
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Re: Longest Journey
[Re: oldbroad]
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11/20/16 01:02 PM
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Jenny100
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There may be more than one 2-CD version. There was certainly more than one 4-CD version. The UK version was different from the North American version. I don't know which version GOG is using now, and it's possible that they've tweaked whatever version they're using. This is the quote from ***the relevant post at GOG***: You have as I had before GOG; a 4 CD Retail version and that version miraculously works with no problem on WIN 7 32/64 bit!
But later a 2 CD version was released which didn't work quite so good on WIN 7 for some players (FMV cutscenes in particular)
And when GOG got TLJ, they first had a version which was exactly like a 4 CD patched version and it worked flawlessly on my WIN 7 and almost for everyone. That version had a 1.0.0.9. GOG version number and luckily I kept it.
But when WIN 8 came out, GOG decided for some reason to go from this version to smaller 2 CD version you can buy now; version number 2.0.0.12.
And as you see in game card it work only on XP, Vista and 8.
I don't know about WIN 10, but I couldn't get it to run on my WIN 7 64bit computer.
I tried everything I could find on GOG forums, GOG help, GOG support and all over internet, but the FMV cutscenes simply won't play till the end and always crashes to desktop.
I was lucky to have kept the previous version, which still works flawlessly!
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Re: Longest Journey
[Re: oldbroad]
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11/20/16 02:20 PM
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I uninstalled the GOG version to try my disc version. In the .exe file my disc version shows: 1.0.0.142
Just looked at the PM. Will try it and let you know.
Thanks!
Last edited by oldbroad; 11/20/16 02:24 PM.
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Re: Longest Journey
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11/21/16 07:34 PM
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So there is a lesson to be learned here. Jenny's comments regarding versions sent me off to do a bit of research. My inherent belief to not rely on the internet regarding access to downloaded purchases appears to be correct. Every time I purchase a downloadable file I back it up off the current PC on both cd/dvd and external drive. My current working on win 7 TLJ is version 1009 created more than six years ago. The available replacement download file in my GOG account is version 2.0.0.12. From what I'm reading this one will not work on win 7. The same holds true for Syberia 1&2 which also work on win7 but the available file is a newer version. Do they exhibit similar problems as TLJ? I have no idea. I only know that if I need to replace them I have no worries. In the advent my install files will not work on win 10 or 8 I don't care and if the need arises I can download the newer files. The lesson is do not rely on your online account. Back up what you purchase.
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Re: Longest Journey
[Re: oldbroad]
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11/21/16 11:38 PM
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You've got me wondering now if my Syberia's will work when I go to play them. GOG says Syberia 1 and 2 will work with XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10. They haven't removed 7 from the list.
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Re: Longest Journey
[Re: Marian]
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11/22/16 02:34 AM
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You are wise to back up the downloaded files, oldmariner. It is just one of those things learned through life experiences. Accept help with gratitude and lend a helping hand when you can but depend on yourself it can often save you from disappointment later on.
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