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I'm missing one pendant and got the stuff from the magician to apply on one if the items in my inventory - which I did. Now I don't know what to do with this new inventory item.
I also carry a rope which I haven't found any use for.

Edit: I seem to have missed the arrow at the house. Now I have to find a use for the arrow attached to the rope.

Ok, I now have 4 amulets....and I've got to find a turtle....I've tried the magic lotus and think I have to go to an island. My guess is that I should go on the lotus to one of the islands outside town but putting the lotus in the water doesn't work, I've even tried it on the waterfall and the duck pond but nothing.
I'll get som sleep now and maybe tomorrow I can see this wiht fresh eyes and find a solution.

Have tried getting last item in cupboard in the house but he says it's not needed, haven't seen an arrow nor any amulets.

I'm a bit stumped at 58 points, can't find the duck baby or get the canary to come beck with the sparkling thing that she went off to get.

Has anyone else managed to get further?

Edit: I managed to get the sparkling thing, had to go to the waterfall to get it. Now at 68 points.

In general the game was fine, apart from the points mentioned aleady and that banana man sometimes walks through thing, like cars and fotball goal.

I didn't care much for the fighting scene so I stopped playing before that, it's my personal preference and nothing to do with your game....I just can't see the point in kicking and punching. Maybe the game could have been resolved in other ways.

I've played worse and this is certainly a very good effort. I think you should keep creating games...they're bound to even better in the future.

Cheers

I've enjoyed it too. For a change i've played a game that's logical, some games require a bit of guessing and a lot of questions, but not this one - excellent!

Happy to be able to amuse you  Da_Elf 

It seems I'm back in business...I got the correct ATI drivers and have tested one game that seem to be working. I still get hacking sound when I click outside the game window and have problems shutting down the window after saving - the icon is still in the task bar and can only be removed by CRT-ALT-DEL.

But I think I can live with those hicups, at least I can now play games again.

Wish you all a nice weekend!

Oh dear, I seem to have been misled. The graphic card stated on my specification from Dell seem to have an incorrect graphic card listed. I 'phoned support and they tell me I have an ATI graphic card and that the sales office have got it wrong and probably have misled many customers.
This should please Da_Elf 

If I can get Dell support to provide me with drivers for my "new" graphic card I stand a good chance of having my initial problem solved....I hope. Can't wait to get back to AGS games.

No, I haven't updated my graphic card drivers. I didn't think it was neccessary since the computer is brand spanking new, I've only had it for a month.

I'll check if there are any updates to be done.

I'm more inclined to think that it might have something to do with what previous people have said about the Dual core being the reason for my problems.

No, unfortunately games don't run full screen or window. The difference between full screen anc window is that I can click outside the game window and if I click wildly I might get a graphic image inside but it's not moving (no animation, just a still picture). If I choose full screen I can't do anything but use the shortcut (windowsbutton+M) to remove the full screen. This removed full screen can then only be removed by using CTRL+ALT+DEL (and then removing the application).

I've tried downloading DirectX (and winrar for unpacking) but it's not helping. I still get sound but no picture. If a choose to play in a window instead of full screen I get a strange behaviour when I click outside the game window - the music starts to hack, I guess it stops in it's tracks and plays the note that was there when I clicked outside the window. I have again tried different resolutions and various settings in winsetup.
I can get a picture or two if I click outside on the icon in the task bar numerous times, and again no mouse pointer inside the game window.
The game I tried this time was Cosmos Quest I: To Find a Sun.

I'm not very good at computer part but I'll list what I have according to Dell papers, based on previous comments:
Pentium D 915 Dual Core Processor (2,80GHz, 800MHz fsb, 2X2 MB cache
256NB NVIDIA GeForce 7300 Turbocache (1xDVI, 1xVGA, 1xS-Video)
1024 MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz (2x512) Memory

I hope this tells you what you commented about.

I find it strange that no one else has raides this issue, regardless if it's a Dell computer or not.

Is there something else I can try?

Since upgrading to a new CPU (Dell Dimension E520) I can't play any AGS games. I've tried various settings using winsetup but there's no difference.

I can get the first screen but it's all black, I do get sound though. If I press on the icon in the task bar I might be able to click forward to a couple of screens, I then see images even though they're still - no animation. Also, the mouse pointer does not follow into the game window - it disappears when moved across the game window.

I would be grateful for some tips that'll help me get back to those enjoyable AGS games I've been playing for months.

I've tried the above with "Frank the farmhand" and "PMX the magic hat".

/Eva