My game crashes as soon as I open it

[Pikmingirl]

It runs the dos stuff and all, but i get this error and not sure what to do.

"CONFIG:Loading primary settings from config files base/hexen.conf
"vga" is not a valid value for variable: machine.
It might now be reset it to default value: svga_s3
MIDI:Opened device:win32"

Help please?

[[AU] Tabris:DarkPeace]

Verify the game cache.
Then try installing a Source Port such as DoomsDay Engine.
- http://dengine.net/windows

[Phoenix7786]

Yeah a source-port adds lots of quality stuff like mouse-aiming, WSAD movement, and a much stabler engine. I personally use Zandronum but others exist like ZDoom and DoomsDay

[Rufus]

Mine was crashing at start and I followed these guys suggestion. If you want clearer detail here's what I did.
1-Download zdoom.

2-Go to C:/programmefiles(X86)/steam/SteamApps/common/Hexen/base

3-delete or remove to a safe place dosbox.exe (I just deleted it, these games are really tiny d'loads so no worries really)

4-Unrar zdoom.rar into an empty folder or to somewhere you can get to it easily.

5-Change the name of zdoom.exe to dosbox.exe (right click/rename and type dosbox.exe)

6-transfer contents of zdoom.rar including the renamed .exe into the folder called base (at this point you should notice that the zdoom.exe that you renamed to dosbox.exe has changed in appearance and now looks exactly like the dosbox.exe that you previously deleted)

7-Close, navigate to your library and start game.

You should find that it is much smoother with better graphics. Great controller support in options, you have to enable the gamepad. It is configured (for xb360 pad) -
forw. backw. and straffe - Left Stick
Turn, look up/down - Right Stick
Change Weapon - L & R shoulder buttons
Attack - Right Trigger
Use/Action/open doors etc - A button
Jump - Y button
That's all I've Sussed Out so far.
I Have used the above method for Heretic, Hexen : Beyond Heretic and Hexen : DeathKings of the Dark Citadel and it worked perfectly on all three with exactly the same results for all three and I bet it will woprk for any similar games on Dosbox.

[Pikmingirl]

Thank you, I'll be sure to try that out!

[GinJuIchi]

I will keep your advise in mind for when the time comes for me to try this out.

[GinJuIchi]

I could not find dosbox.exe. However, I did find dosbox and dosbox.conf. Does that count?

[Rufus]

OK sorry to be so slow to answer but I lost my steam library when my mobo died and the new mobo caused licensing problems with win10 so had tro revert to 8.1 - long story so I wont bother.
Anyway, I had to re install Hexen and do it over to make sure I got it right. Wether it shows as .exe depends how you have your folder display set up. The file you need to replace is dosbox application and it looks like the dosbox logo (brown square with yellow writing) and in that case you should just change the zdoom file to dosbox and not dosbox.exe, also you don't have to remove the dosbox file before putting the renamed zdoom file into the base folder, that's only if you want to keep it. You can - change the zdoom to dosbox (rename)/copy paste the contents of zdoom .rar inluding the renamed file to base folder/ select replace the file when asked/ exit folders/start your game in the normal way.

[GinJuIchi]

Okay, thanks. One more thing, though. Are there any known cases of computer viruses that ZDoom and/or GZDoom which might be repsonsible for?

[Rufus]

Not as far as I know but I've only ever downloaded it twice. The best thing with downloading anything is to download from the publishers site whenever possible because they have a vested interest in their product having a good name.