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Hey!
I got MM VI pack a while back and I've really enjoyed playing them. However, whenever I try to open up MM 4-5, it freezes in the intro. Also, with MM 5a, Swords of Xeen, if I go into any shop or establishment and try to exit, the game freezes and wont respond. The music still plays, but I have to ALT+TAB out of there. If you guys can help, please respond. Thanks again!
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tessorb: Hey!
I got MM VI pack a while back and I've really enjoyed playing them. However, whenever I try to open up MM 4-5, it freezes in the intro. Also, with MM 5a, Swords of Xeen, if I go into any shop or establishment and try to exit, the game freezes and wont respond. The music still plays, but I have to ALT+TAB out of there. If you guys can help, please respond. Thanks again!
This problem was reported before. Did you try these:
http://www.gog.com/forum/might_and_magic_series/mm45_worlds_of_xeen_game_freezes_after_i_exit_the_first_shop
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tessorb: Hey!
I got MM VI pack a while back and I've really enjoyed playing them. However, whenever I try to open up MM 4-5, it freezes in the intro. Also, with MM 5a, Swords of Xeen, if I go into any shop or establishment and try to exit, the game freezes and wont respond. The music still plays, but I have to ALT+TAB out of there. If you guys can help, please respond. Thanks again!
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ZFR: This problem was reported before. Did you try these:
http://www.gog.com/forum/might_and_magic_series/mm45_worlds_of_xeen_game_freezes_after_i_exit_the_first_shop
Thanks for your reply. The shortcuts don't actually work for me. I have to go into dosbox and type in the commands manually. So I have to create a desktop shortcut, and then go into dosbox and run my desktop shortcut? I'm confused. I'd really love some help with this please.
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tessorb: Thanks for your reply. The shortcuts don't actually work for me. I have to go into dosbox and type in the commands manually. So I have to create a desktop shortcut, and then go into dosbox and run my desktop shortcut? I'm confused. I'd really love some help with this please.
No. You should have a shortcut to DOSBox that runs the correct conf file. You shouldn't type commands manually.

For example:
"D:\Games\Might and Magic 4-5\DOSBOX\DOSBox.exe" -conf "..\dosboxMM4-5.conf" -conf "..\dosboxMM4-5_singleCD.conf" -noconsole -c exit

But these should be created by GOG already. You don't have to do it manually.
Why aren't the GOG shortcuts working? Are you getting any error messages?
Post edited June 10, 2015 by ZFR
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tessorb: Thanks for your reply. The shortcuts don't actually work for me. I have to go into dosbox and type in the commands manually. So I have to create a desktop shortcut, and then go into dosbox and run my desktop shortcut? I'm confused. I'd really love some help with this please.
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ZFR: No. You should have a shortcut to DOSBox that runs the correct conf file. You shouldn't type commands manually.

For example:
"D:\Games\Might and Magic 4-5\DOSBOX\DOSBox.exe" -conf "..\dosboxMM4-5.conf" -conf "..\dosboxMM4-5_singleCD.conf" -noconsole -c exit

But these should be created by GOG already. You don't have to do it manually.
Why aren't the GOG shortcuts working? Are you getting any error messages?
When I click on dosboxMM45.conf, it says that "DOSBOXMM45.CONF IS AN ILLEGAL COMMAND". Not sure what I'm doing wrong. I may not be able to get back to you today, big storm might take out my internet.
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tessorb: When I click on dosboxMM45.conf, it says that "DOSBOXMM45.CONF IS AN ILLEGAL COMMAND". Not sure what I'm doing wrong. I may not be able to get back to you today, big storm might take out my internet.
No, don't click or run dosboxMM45.conf

In the folder where you installed the game you should have a shortcut made already. It's called "Launch Might and Magic 4-5 - World of Xeen". See attached screenshot. Just run it. In Windows, not in Dosbox.

To run the full speech version, a shortcut should be created in your Start Menu folders.
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Post edited June 10, 2015 by ZFR
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tessorb: When I click on dosboxMM45.conf, it says that "DOSBOXMM45.CONF IS AN ILLEGAL COMMAND". Not sure what I'm doing wrong. I may not be able to get back to you today, big storm might take out my internet.
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ZFR: No, don't click or run dosboxMM45.conf

In the folder where you installed the game you should have a shortcut made already. It's called "Launch Might and Magic 4-5 - World of Xeen". See attached screenshot. Just run it. In Windows, not in Dosbox.

To run the full speech version, a shortcut should be created in your Start Menu folders.
Great! Thanks for your help. No problems so far. This looks like a really fun game.
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tessorb: This looks like a really fun game.
It is! Glad you got it working.