*crawls out from under his rock*
Oh hi.
So.....about Mask of Eternity.
I was finally able to start recording again, and I've quite unfortunately hit that little well-known snag concerning the cutscene at the windmill. For those who don't know what I'm talking about:
This is, of course, a known issue with MoE. I've tried all of the suggestions listed at the Sierra Help Pages
here. I've only been able to get it working once, and at that point I had been messing around so much that I wasn't prepared to record. I then reloaded my save from inside the windmill without even exiting out of the game or changing anything, and it stopped working again and hasn't since.
I've also tried two different versions of the game: GOG's version (the patch doesn't run on this one; I assume it's already patched) and the standard CD-ROM version. Neither work. I've tried starting a new game. I've tried leaving the windmill, doing other things and coming back later. I've tried changing graphics options. I was going to try sacrificing a young goat at midnight under the full moon, but figured the neighbors wouldn't appreciate the mess.
Anyway, I've pretty much run out of options. I'm on XP Pro SP3; I wasn't able to get the darn thing working properly on 7, though I'm trying again at the moment. If anyone has any suggestions, I would really love to hear them. I have nothing to offer, unfortunately, other than an honorable mention in my MoE LP and my wholehearted gratitude. Thanks!