Also wanted to share that it was impossible to run this on my laptop with Win 7 on it, until I changed the display resolution from 32 to 16.Yeah, that's because the game requires to be run with DirectX 5 (my Windows changes color mode automatically though). One of the plugins (or both) used in this game does not support Direct3D 9 driver.
Absolutely loving it! My only gripe (sorry!) is the low recording quality of Ben's voice - he sounds very muffled against everyone else. But apart from that, EXCELLENT! :DI dunno, the quality of some of the other voice acting recording was noticeably worse. Quite willing to overlook that considering that it's a free game, though.
Thanks for the awesome final installment! :smiley: It's sad to think that this is the last chapter, though, as I'll miss Ben's adventures :sad:
By the way (ending and series spoiler alert),
I loved to play something realistic for a change, without dozens of inventory items.
I loved to play something realistic for a change, without dozens of inventory items.
Yeah, like
Wow, finally...the game I've been waiting for. I can't believe I'll be able to play this.
-bakes cookies-
I loved to play something realistic for a change, without dozens of inventory items.
Yeah, like
That wasn't garlic, it was brambles. :P
If you were just trying to download it now, I was re-uploading a fixed version. Should work fine now.Anything notable been fixed? I hadn't noticed any bugs myself.
If you were just trying to download it now, I was re-uploading a fixed version. Should work fine now.
If you were just trying to download it now, I was re-uploading a fixed version. Should work fine now.
I've actually been trying for three days. If no one else has had this problem, it's probably on my end. But I tried downloading another file from a different site to test and it worked fine. I'm using Firefox but I'm not sure if that matters. Maybe there's a partial file of the old version somewhere that I can't find and it is keeping me from downloading the new version or something. I can't get past 2.2 MB.
First, in case anyone needs it, here's a mirror (http://www.castironmuse.com/games/bj8/bj8.zip).
Second, the series is amazing and this game did a lot to provide closure to most of issues that had been introduced. The mirror image of Arthur's adventure vs. Ben's was also fun both in the parallels and the contrasts. I actually tried all of the endings and heard all of the commentary - few games are so interesting that I bother with that. Also, I loved the action puzzles: "guy with gun at door" and the "car chase scene".
Next, a series finale is always tough. Simply put you have to get everything right for all the fans (assuming you want to) because you don't get another chance. If some of us think Land of the Rising Dead is lacking something, it doesn't matter because another game will be coming up. Some of us will criticize. Some of us will praise. All of us have been impressed by the work put into this series.
The Ben Jordan series stuck with the fans. It gave us something to ponder and puzzle. Characters for us to love and hate. We chewed up obscure riddles just to guess the name of one case. We speculated about the traitor in the midst. We lined up to offer our services. Francisco took eight years to produce the series and didn't abandon it.
Thank you and congratulations.
- Cogliostro
First, in case anyone needs it, here's a mirror (http://www.castironmuse.com/games/bj8/bj8.zip).
Try setting your color depth to 16 bit, that should help.
You may also try this solution (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=46598.0).
Huh? Did recognise anyone in the intro, but I thought one of the portraits looked like Matt *g*
Hi guys. I have finished all the cases except the case 8. Ben Jordan is together with John DeFoe series the best AGS stuff I have ever played.I don't remember which version of AGS was used to create BJ8, but your description sounds like the known problem AGS had (or still have in some circumstances) when the saves directory has non-ANSI characters in it (for example - cyrillics or asian hieroglyths).
I have just one issue with the Case 8. I am not able to save/load. I click on Save, write something next to "Save as" text. Then click "Save" button at the bottom. The Save window will close but when I try to load the game or save another one, the list is empty and there is nothing saved.
Hi guys. I have finished all the cases except the case 8. Ben Jordan is together with John DeFoe series the best AGS stuff I have ever played.I don't remember which version of AGS was used to create BJ8, but your description sounds like the known problem AGS had (or still have in some circumstances) when the saves directory has non-ANSI characters in it (for example - cyrillics or asian hieroglyths).
I have just one issue with the Case 8. I am not able to save/load. I click on Save, write something next to "Save as" text. Then click "Save" button at the bottom. The Save window will close but when I try to load the game or save another one, the list is empty and there is nothing saved.
One solution that once worked was to run the game in Win98 compatibility mode:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/316-compatibility-mode.html