Riven issue; due to QuickTime? Options

[Zeos]

Okay, here is the deal, I got the Myst Tenth Anniversary set, two of the games are useless to me. I can't play Riven, I've tried everything, patches, you name it I've tried it. The GSPD patches, don't work dvd version doesn't come with one of the files. I even did the Mohawk trick. The quicktime files are copied and everything.

I, with nothing else to do, tried installing the 6.3 Quicktime.

I'm running Windows Xp with Sp 2. None of my drivers for anything are conflicting the game.

Here it comes.

-I run it with QT 7, nothing, doesn't even start.

-I run it under compatibility mode, black screen then to desktop.

-I get QT 6, nothing.

-I run compatibility with QT 6, runs fine until the first screen (Where Atrus Speaks) just freezes at him. Although, if I quick really fast before, it skips the video then freezes at the second screen (The starting Age).

I'm extremely angry, two games out of a three game box don't work, thank god for realMyst.

Although, I really want to play Riven, the box lied to me, even the Ubisoft site does, claiming running in compatibility mode fixes all problems!

[CAGrayWolf]

I'm beginning to think that has more to do with some of the updates that have been applied to XP / SP2. I was able to install and run this game great in XP all through the original and SP1 versions. I can even play the game in SP2 as long as I don't update XP any further. This may very well be tied in with why it will not play on Vista as well.

[Vexis Larseker]

I'm beginning to think that has more to do with some of the updates that have been applied to XP / SP2. I was able to install and run this game great in XP all through the original and SP1 versions. I run even play the game in SP2 as long as I don't update XP any further. This may very well be tied in with why it will not play on Vista as well.

It's not XP/SP2 necessarily, as I am still able to run Riven fine on my rig, fully updated. Of course, I originally installed Riven almost a year ago, and I suppose a recent update could be conflicting with the install somehow. None of the updates have interfered with my current install though.

I had trouble getting Riven to run originally of course, but was eventually able to get it running using the tips on the Technical forum here on this site(actually, that's how I first found this site). Looking over my install, I see I'm running in Windows 98/ME compatibility mode with 256 colors and 640 x 480 resolution checkboxes checked. I made the Mohawk change also, and copied Quicktime 3 files to my Riven directory from somewhere (I guess the link from the technical FAQ; I don't think I did the install from DVD as I was worried about botching my iTunes install). I also apparently did the GSPD patch. IF you need any other info from my system, I'll look it up for you. Hope you get it working.