

Note:Keep in mind that beating the Weapon Master is optional, so don't worry too much about it unless you are trying hard to get a perfect score. When playing as a Fighter, the Weapons Master fights too quickly for you to try to beat him. Here is a list of problems with solutions/workarounds.Īpply this patch by NewRisingSun. If you can't or don't want to use DOSBox, you can try using a Slowdown These bugs can also be avoidedīy playing the game in DOSBox. See hereĪs with many of the Sierra VGA games, Quest for Glory I: So You Want to Be a Hero VGA has some speed bugs. New patches by NewRisingSun addresses the speed issues. Note: While the following solutions can help with the speed bugs found in Quest for Glory I VGA, these are mostly not Use an updated driver, AUDBLAST.DRV (sb16drv.exe), Patch the old audio driver with GOSiERRA or SBSIERRA. You may raise the cycles back up after the game starts (Ctl+F12). You can mimic the turbo switch solutionīy lowering your cycles (Ctl+F11) before starting your game. If you have your cycles in DOSBox set too high, you may still encounter this problem. By playing your game in DOSBox, you can avoid this and other timer problems.Įven the Windows version can be played in DOSBox if you install Windows 3x in it, first.īack when computers came with a "Turbo" switch (a sort of speed switch,) Sierra's workaround was to turn off the Turbo switch to start the game, after On starting the game you get the message: Problem - Unable to initialize your audio hardware: Soundcard, there is an alpha (developmental) version of VDMS that you can try. Without DOS drivers installed you won't have sound in a DOS window in Windows 9x. Play the game with FreeSCI, a third party Interpreter for Sierra's early SCI games. The sound will be as good as your audio hardware,Īnd as with DOSBox, it works with the MT-32 sound module. It also will work with the MT-32 sound module, if you are fortunate to have The game has no sound or the music is of poor quality. Problem - Poor Quality / No Sound (Win9x and XP): There's no single fix for all these games. Quest for Glory I VGA Demo (ZIP file) Īudio problems are common in the later Sierra DOS SCI games.Quest for Glory I On the Sierra Soundtrack Collection.Quest for Glory I UHS File (ZIP file).Quest for Glory I VGA Manual (PDF file).New Quest for Glory I: So You Want to Be a Hero VGA DOSBox Installer.Unable to initialize your audio hardware.Quest for Glory I: So You Want to Be a Hero VGA's original requirements: MS-DOS 5.0 or greater Quest for Glory I: So You Want to Be a Hero VGA Help
