Majesty (Gold edition) help thread

[WCG]

I just got Majesty Gold, but the game locks up every time after I've played a few minutes. No error messages, it just hangs.

The introductory movie runs fine, and I've got the music completely off. I'm pretty sure I don't have the CCCP-Project codec packs installed, either, though I don't have a clue what that is. But I do have an nVidia display card.

Well, I'm not too knowledgeable about this stuff, so there's a limit to what I'm willing to try. I guess I'll just forget it. Luckily, the game was cheap. But the demo worked fine...

Edit:

OK, I changed the shortcut to run in compatibility mode for Windows 98, and that seemed to do the trick for me. At least, this time I was able to play all the way through the first quest without it hanging. So you might give that a try, if you're having problems.

[joasoze]

Thank you - I will try this

[jfren484]

I've gotten the game to work fine in single-player mode, but I've been trying to get multiplayer working without any luck.

When I create a LAN game on one computer, the other can't see it. Both computers say they're running version 1.41. The only difference is one is running Vista SP1 and the other is running XP SP3. Any ideas on how to even troubleshoot this?

[Larman]

Hi.
I just bought the game on gamersgate. I can get the game to start just fine and it does not crash.
My problem is the following: The cursor leaves a trail of black squares and the game doesnt seem to refresh the graphics correctly until i place the cursor over an interactive object. Upon doing so the area around said object will refresh.
As an example, if i click "Levels" button on the title screen nothing will happen (most of the time) until i place the cursor where the different buttons on the "levels" menu should be. Then they promptly appear, one at a time, as i move the cursor over them.
Needless to say I have tried all troubleshooting suggestions mentioned on this forum. (except disableing directdraw as dxdiag wont let me).
Im running vista with ATI 3870x2.
All help apreciated

[joasoze]

Compatibility mode did nothn for me. I will rename the music folder and try again

[Larman]

I finally figured out what was causing the problem. Majesty seems to have problems with the dual GPU. Disabeling Catalyst AI resolved all issues. I now even have the videos working perfectly. Yay!

[Jayboi]

Recently re-bought the gold edition:

I've tried disabling the catalyst A.I.

I've tried the various compatibility modes.

I added the no-intro line.

I've deleted the bink file from both, even tried replacing it with the 3 linked.


Does absolutely nothing, everytime I try and load the game I get a direct draw has failed to initialize, is there anything else I can do?

[Raptor007]

I just got Majesty Gold, but the game locks up every time after I've played a few minutes. No error messages, it just hangs.

The introductory movie runs fine, and I've got the music completely off. I'm pretty sure I don't have the CCCP-Project codec packs installed, either, though I don't have a clue what that is. But I do have an nVidia display card.

Well, I'm not too knowledgeable about this stuff, so there's a limit to what I'm willing to try. I guess I'll just forget it. Luckily, the game was cheap. But the demo worked fine...

Edit:

OK, I changed the shortcut to run in compatibility mode for Windows 98, and that seemed to do the trick for me. At least, this time I was able to play all the way through the first quest without it hanging. So you might give that a try, if you're having problems.

Yep. I actually just signed up for these forums to report the same thing -- if you have random hangs in Majesty, set Majesty.exe (and MajX.exe, if you have Majesty Gold) to compatibility mode for Windows 98 / ME.

This is the first time I've ever found "compatibility mode" to actually increase compatibility!

[Raptor007]

I've gotten the game to work fine in single-player mode, but I've been trying to get multiplayer working without any luck.

When I create a LAN game on one computer, the other can't see it. Both computers say they're running version 1.41. The only difference is one is running Vista SP1 and the other is running XP SP3. Any ideas on how to even troubleshoot this?

Try disabling Windows Firewall and any third-party firewall software on both machines.

[Kulthos]

I had to use the "-nointro" and move the music directory to run the game without it hanging/crashing so thanks for those tips!

I used a simple little trick so that I could still play the music though, I just opened all the files in media player and kept it on in the background on shuffle and repeat, it didn't slow down the game at all.

[dragon83]

I have found that Majesty Gold and the Northern expansion pack will Hang and be forced to be terminated if you have the CCCP-Project codec packs installed.

Apparently the audio stream triggers the ffdshow audio decoder to start, which gets in the way of the program running audio correctly.

Uninstalling the CCCP-codec pack fixes the problem but I'd almost rather have the codecs than the games.

If anyone knows how to make these audio files not trigger the ffdshow conflict, please post it.

EDIT: I have found how to keep it from hanging. Follow these steps:
Open the Start--> Program --> Combined Community Codec Pack --> Filters --> FFDShow Audio Decoder Configuration.

In the left pane, select Codecs

In the pane on the right the very first thing listed should be MP3. In the middle column under 'decoder', make a note somewhere of its current setting (be it libmad or mp3lib).

Then select the decoder for mp3 and set it to 'disabled'.

Click apply and close the config utility.

Try running Majesty.

By making a note, you can set it back when you have troubles playing back stuff in other apps.

I have a similar problem, with the K-Lite codec pack. Though the game doesn't hang up, but the music plays in a terrible quality. When I disable the MP3 decoder, the game hangs up in the main menu. If I uninstall the codec pack, it still hangs up. Any more ideas? (I'm using windows 7 RC 64 bit)

[Spookyashell]

I have the same problem with the game freezing up at random times. Videos run fine and I can start the game. However I have to save once a minute as I know it will freeze up anywhere between 1 and 10 minutes of play.

When I try compatanility mode the game doesn't start at all, I just get the majx has encountered a problem send error report , don't send error report.

I saw someone say they have version 1.41, only patch I've found is 1.2, where do I get the 1.41 patch from? maybe that will let me run the game without it freezing up.

[Nickzilla]

Hey, another person here who has joined because of majesty gold locking up.

I switched to windows 98 compatability mode, and so far no freezes, so I may be in luck.

But for those of you who aren't so lucky, there is an autosave feature hidden away. If you go to "adjust levels" on the main menu screen and then click performance, you can set the game to autosave every 5 days.

This way, when the game freezes you don't lose nearly as much progress.

[Spiderman]

I saw someone say they have version 1.41, only patch I've found is 1.2, where do I get the 1.41 patch from? maybe that will let me run the game without it freezing up.

Those patches are for the original game and NE (1.4 and 1.2 respectively). Gold should already have the patches built-in - there were no additional patches for it.

[doctorfrog]

Hi all. I had some issues with my intro movie crashing the game, and I wanted to clarify a few things I've seen in this thread.

1. You don't need to download another bink32.dll to resolve the issue, or even use the -nointro switch. Just delete the bink32.dll, and movies won't play at all. For me, sadly, this is the only option.*

2. If you have an issue with mp3 playback, and the issue is related to ffdshow (whether you use the CCCP pack or not), you can prevent ffdshow from playing mp3's for Majesty in a more elegant fashion. To do this:

• Open the ffdshow configuration.
• On the left column, select "DirectShow Control."
• Locate the edit box labeled "Don't use ffdshow in:" and click Edit.
• Add Majesty.exe and MajX.exe to the list of exclusions.

Ffdshow will no longer be called upon to play mp3's for Majesty, which may resolve mp3 issues permenantly.

*I wonder, though, by disabling Majesty's ability to present movies, am I missing out on any in-game cinematics? Or are the only movies in the game the intro and credits?

edit: Ah, thanks, Dwarf

[Dumble Dwarf]

I wonder, though, by disabling Majesty's ability to present movies, am I missing out on any in-game cinematics?

No, just the intro.

[Cephas]

I have found that by actually installing CCCP-Project codec packs in Win7 the music plays fine in both the original and expansion without changing settings or compatibility. Weird.

[Jerome736]

I'm posting in here, although I don't own Majesty Gold. I own the original version of Majesty + the Northern Expansion. I thought I would dust off my copies of the game and give it a good go in preparation for Majesty 2. The game plays fine, all videos work, etc., but when I try to use the campaign map it instantly zooms/scrolls to the end of the map in the direction I move my mouse. The game played fine for me on Windows XP previously, the only thing different that I can think of at this point is Windows 7.

[scampers]

I'm posting in here, although I don't own Majesty Gold. I own the original version of Majesty + the Northern Expansion. I thought I would dust off my copies of the game and give it a good go in preparation for Majesty 2. The game plays fine, all videos work, etc., but when I try to use the campaign map it instantly zooms/scrolls to the end of the map in the direction I move my mouse. The game played fine for me on Windows XP previously, the only thing different that I can think of at this point is Windows 7.

Open the registry editor (regedit) use the "Find" feature (under the "Edit" menu), search for "Majesty", open the "Majesty Expansion" (or just "Majesty" if you aren't using the expansion) folder on the left side of the screen, and then on the right look for "ScrollSpeed". Open it up and change the value to something low. 3 seemed to work well for me.

(edit: Not a clue how this will work with Windows 7, or if the registry editor is the same. Just a friendly disclaimer.

[Danger]

Open the registry editor (regedit) use the "Find" feature (under the "Edit" menu), search for "Majesty", open the "Majesty Expansion" (or just "Majesty" if you aren't using the expansion) folder on the left side of the screen, and then on the right look for "ScrollSpeed". Open it up and change the value to something low. 3 seemed to work well for me.

(edit: Not a clue how this will work with Windows 7, or if the registry editor is the same. Just a friendly disclaimer.

THANK YOU!!!!! Running Win7 as well. I actually set mine to 2 it was set at 20. The only way
I could play the game was to use the arrow keys to scroll around the map. Now I can use my
mouse again.

BTW the scroll speed has nothing to do with your OS but rather to much faster hardware.
Remember this game originally came out 9 years ago. Damn wish I had Warcraft II again
wonder if that trick would have worked on it as well.

EDIT: After playing for a bit 2 was a bit too slow, 3 is just right.