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[rickvoid]

The very first Roguelike I played was not Rogue, nor was it Nethack, nor was it Angband, or any of the other often silly iterations of that game.

No, no, my first Roguelike was ADOM.

It was also nearly my last, but I persevered.

Anyway, I used to run it on an Windows ME PC. I have a version on my XP Laptop (the DOS version, I think) and it is kind of error prone. I uses up a crap load of memory, then crashes. I just downloaded the beta4 windows version, and though I get a window to pop up, it sits at a black screen and does nothing else.

What can I do to get this thing running again? I wanna starve me some more characters! Obviously there is a way to make these work, since we had that bloodline game going a few months back.

Any help?

[Captain Hat]

...You're using the most recent version right?

[rickvoid]

1.1.1, Downloaded from Mr. Biskup's site today.

Is there a more recent version floating around out there?

*Edit*

Okay, here's some wierdness.

I re-downloaded the DOS version of the game. It looks to be the same as the (I assume) DOS version I already have on my laptop, the only difference being the lack of a folder marked adom_dat. A folder I assume is created the first time it runs.

My old copy of the game starts like I expect it to, with the same issue I was talking about earlier (crashiness). The new DOS version? Auto-kills itself about two seconds after I run the .exe. Which is freaking weird, as it should run just like the one I already have. Winbeta4 still sits and does nothing. I wonder if this has something to do with the fact that the winbeta4 zip contained nothing but an executable.

Clearly, this game hates me. I remember it running just fine on the ME PC, no crash problems there.

Maybe I'll try running the one that does work in compatability mode for Win95/ME. Of course, I half expect that to break it, but you never know.

[Lord Dullard]

Sounds like your laptop has some problems, to me. ADOM runs flawlessly on all the computers I've owned, the likes of which cover several platforms and many different hardware makers.

[rickvoid]

Could be. I don't have this trouble with other roguelikes though.

I'll experiment with it some more when I get a chance.

[a1s]

I'm not sure how much help this is (if you have windows ME on there, I'm guessing the hardware isn't brand new either?), but you could run it in DOSBox.

[rickvoid]

I had ME on the old desktop, my laptop runs XP.

Might try dosbox. You never know.

[a1s]

well that is odd. I've never seen an XP machine that wouldn't run the DOS version...

[The Architect]

Well, with your first post my thoughts were as follow:

Wow, what a great game. I love ADoM. I wonder when he will come out with a new version; it seemed like he'd moved on with his life but didn't want to let ADoM go and certainly didn't want to open-source it for everyone to screw over like Angband... Oh, he made a new one? tight, got to go check it out! .......it won't run for you? Well, I should suggest DOSBox, as an emulator it should skip over several potential problems. Oh, everyone else is suggesting it too. Oh well.

So, in short: Great game, try DOSBox. Kill some walking trees for me, and trail around certain death while occasionally savescumming for several levels on end until it finally irrevocably catches you, just when you'd thought you lost it. Good luck!

[Muz]

Heh, ADOM. I don't really like it.. it takes way too much patience. It's fun, sure, but there are more fun games out there. I'd say that it was a pretty damn awesome game back in the days. But now, I'm happier with DF, Dungeon Crawl, and Unreal World. ADOM's creator seems to have lost interest in it too.

[Deon]

For me, there's no match for ADOM. I simply love it. That probably explains why I think it's awesome .

[rickvoid]

I never got very far In ADOM, to be honest. Most deaths were from ants in the first cave. Furthest I ever got was a high level Dark Elf Ranger (insert shame here) that was heavily save-scummed and had really crappy equipment. He died when I unknowingly got the constantly replicating item. That was fun.

I don't think there is one perfect Roguelike yet. DF adventure mode may eventually come close. Incursion too, maybe. Can't wait for updates to both of these!

[chaoticag]

Ah yes, ADOM. I once got all the way to the dude that imediately dies after giving you stuff.

It takes a bit to get used to this game, but orcs can be cool. They level up faster than trolls, so that is a plus. Also, Barbarian is the perfect class so long as you get to the point where you could read.