The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery Help
The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery's original requirements:
MS-DOS 5.0 or Windows 3.1 or greater
486/33 (Pentium recommended)
2x CD-ROM
8 MB RAM (16 MB recommended)
20 MB Hard drive space (maximum install)
SVGA 256 colors
Windows compatible sound card or 100 % SoundBlaster compatible
Mouse
Installation Problems
Gabriel Knight II: The Beast Within comes with both Windows and DOS versions. Though some might
find the Windows version easier to setup, the DOS version can be played in DOSBox which allows you to avoid
any speed bugs that you might find in the old games, but more importantly, will allow you to enjoy the game
even if you upgrade to a version of Windows that run the Windows version (i.e. some versions of Vista).
If you must run the Windows game, use Enrico Rolfi's (Endroz) new installer (Endroz's
GK Patches & Tools) that installs the Windows version with all the patches for the The
Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery including his No
Interlace Patch. His installer also has the advantage of allowing you to installing to and running the game
entirely from the hard drive. There is also an option to let you create a single DVD to replace the 6 CDs. No
more swapping out CD during game play. It is possible to install the DOS version into this Windows only install
to have these advantages, but still use the DOS interpreter for DOSBox.
Like many of the later Sierra games, The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery has installation
problems.
Problem - AutoRun Hangs:
When you first insert the CD, the AutoRun will start and seems to lockup.
Solution:
It is just searching your system for a previous installation. You can safely quit the AutoRun and just open
the CD to run the installer. (Right click on the AutoRun button on the task bar and choose Close or use Ctl+Alt+Delete
to end task. You can also hold the shift key down when you insert the CD and hold it until the PC reads it.)
Problem - System Test Crash:
The installer crashes when running the system test with this error:
SETUP caused a General Protection Fault
in
module _SETUP.EXE at 0004:6357.
Choose close. SETUP will close.
You can't rerun the setup without ending the process (Ctl+Alt+Delete) or rebooting.
Solution:
Skip the system test. You will still be able to install the game.
Audio Problems
Audio problems are common in the later Sierra DOS SCI games. There's no single fix for all these games. If
there a Windows version you can try it, first.
Problem - Poor Quality / No Sound (Win9x and XP):
The game has no sound or the music is of poor quality.
Solution 1 (preferred):
Play the game in DOSBox. It also will work
with the MT-32 sound module, if you are fortunate to have one.
Solution 2:
Use VDMSound. The game work well with
VDMSound. The sound will be as good as your audio hardware, and as with DOSBox, it works with the MT-32 sound
module.
Solution 3:
Play the game with FreeSCI, a third party Interpreter
for Sierra's early SCI games.
Solution 4 (DOS/Win9x):
Install DOS drivers for your soundcard. Without DOS drivers installed you won't have sound in a DOS window
in Windows 9x. If you can't find DOS drivers for your soundcard, there is an alpha
(developmental) version of VDMS that you can try.
Speed problems
Many of the Sierra VGA games have timer related bugs. These bugs can also be avoided by playing the game in
DOSBox. Even the Windows versions can be played
in DOSBox if you install Windows 3x in it, first. If you can't or don't want to use DOSBox, you can try using
a Slowdown Utility.
Game Specific Bugs
Many of the The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery bugs can be fixed by using Enrico Rolfi's
(Endroz) new installer that installs the Windows version
with patches for the Gabriel Knight bugs. Note that the Windows version will not work with some versions of
Windows Vista. These users will have to install
the DOS version in DOSBox.
Problem - Out of Memory:
"Out of memory" message at Schloss Ritter in Chapter 4.
Solution:
Apply the Gabriel
Knight II: The Beast Within 1.11 update.
Problem - Error 99:
When switching to CD #2, you receive"Error 99: Error Loading Resource 122v56"
Solution:
Apply the Gabriel
Knight II: The Beast Within 1.11 update.
Problem - Dead End:
There is a "dead end" that occurs when player exhausts dialogue with Leber before visiting Ubergrau’s
office for the first time and then can't get back to Leber to ask about "Black Wolf".
Solution:
Apply the Gabriel
Knight II: The Beast Within 1.11 update.
Problem - Blinking Border:
Neuschwanstein border does not stop blinking even after player has heard every tour tape.
Solution:
Apply the Gabriel
Knight II: The Beast Within 1.11 update.
Problem - Missing "Lost Opera" Topic:
Georg does not have "Lost Opera" topic if player hasn’t clicked on "Letter to Conductor"
in the Museum but has exhausted topics with Frau Miller, then cannot get back to the Museum.
Solution:
Apply the Gabriel
Knight II: The Beast Within 1.11 update.
Problem - Holy Water Lockup:
Grace can get holy water only once. In the Priest's Office at Altotting when trying to LOOK at the BASKET
with the holy water in it. You may experience a lock up in the game that will require you to reboot.
Solution:
Apply the Gabriel
Knight II: The Beast Within 1.11 update.
Problem - Thrashing CD drive:
Some experience a "thrashing" or continuous hard drive or CD drive reads, during game play.
Solution:
Apply the Gabriel
Knight II: The Beast Within 1.11 update.
Problem - Black Bands on Movies:
The movies have black band running across them, as if there are missing scan lines. (Example)
Solution:
Apply Enrico Rolfi's (Endroz) Gabriel Knight II No
Interlace Patch. (Example)
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