Hi, King Jim,
What do you mean by "upgraded my computer?"
If you just mean installing a new hardware device, there could be lots of possible causes, but possibly could be some type of driver incompatibility. I don't think I'm the best to advise on this type of problem, but I think anyone will need more details on what you did to have a chance to solve this.
If your "upgrading" involved a new Windows installation, I might have the cause of the problem, at least if you are playing 'vanilla' HF, and not one of the mods. If you are playing a mod, the cause might be the same, but I don't know if "The Dark" folks or other mod-makers played around with this or not.
If you are talking plain HF, you are locked into an early patch (IIRC, about 1.04 or 1.05) of Diablo. Before the 1.08 patch for Diablo, the Diablo save files included the computer name (i.e., the 'name' assigned to your computer by Windows - this was mostly done as a network feature, but was done on computers even with no network software installed). If you copied the save files to a computer with a different name, or reinstalled windows and ended up with a different computer name, the files would not work. I think the default name created by Windows was based on your last name plus some initials from your first & maybe middle name.
Big Note: After writing almost all of the above, I suddenly had a qualm - what I wrote MIGHT only apply to multi-player save files. I just don't remember for sure, but I think maybe the single-player files didn't have the computer name embedded in them. Damn, it's frustrating to get so rusty with this information! :wacko:
So, if you are talking about HF Single-player saves, you can probably ignore most of what I wrote. :blush:
Hmmm, I'm reminded of the old SNL sketches with Roseanne Rosannadanna..."Never mind!"
Edit: I think I should have stayed in bed...I double-checked how to spell Rasannadanna and ended up finding out that it wasn't the Roseanne character that said "Never mind," it was Emily Litella [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Litella]
Sorry I (probably) couldn't be more help, but I decided to post this anyway, just in case it sparks something useful.
Regards,
Dako-ta
King Jim,Sep 22 2005, 08:54 PM Wrote:I tired to play my saved characters after I upgraded my computer, however I get a ERROR message . :(Â
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What do you mean by "upgraded my computer?"
If you just mean installing a new hardware device, there could be lots of possible causes, but possibly could be some type of driver incompatibility. I don't think I'm the best to advise on this type of problem, but I think anyone will need more details on what you did to have a chance to solve this.
If your "upgrading" involved a new Windows installation, I might have the cause of the problem, at least if you are playing 'vanilla' HF, and not one of the mods. If you are playing a mod, the cause might be the same, but I don't know if "The Dark" folks or other mod-makers played around with this or not.
If you are talking plain HF, you are locked into an early patch (IIRC, about 1.04 or 1.05) of Diablo. Before the 1.08 patch for Diablo, the Diablo save files included the computer name (i.e., the 'name' assigned to your computer by Windows - this was mostly done as a network feature, but was done on computers even with no network software installed). If you copied the save files to a computer with a different name, or reinstalled windows and ended up with a different computer name, the files would not work. I think the default name created by Windows was based on your last name plus some initials from your first & maybe middle name.
Big Note: After writing almost all of the above, I suddenly had a qualm - what I wrote MIGHT only apply to multi-player save files. I just don't remember for sure, but I think maybe the single-player files didn't have the computer name embedded in them. Damn, it's frustrating to get so rusty with this information! :wacko:
So, if you are talking about HF Single-player saves, you can probably ignore most of what I wrote. :blush:
Hmmm, I'm reminded of the old SNL sketches with Roseanne Rosannadanna..."Never mind!"
Edit: I think I should have stayed in bed...I double-checked how to spell Rasannadanna and ended up finding out that it wasn't the Roseanne character that said "Never mind," it was Emily Litella [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Litella]
Sorry I (probably) couldn't be more help, but I decided to post this anyway, just in case it sparks something useful.
Regards,
Dako-ta