Daggerfall and Windows XP

Hello, I just got Daggerfall running on XP. The first time in several years,
I've been able to play it with sound support. I used the DAGNT5X patch from
Gamers Hell to install the game and configured the sound using setup. Now,
what I am having problems with and need help on, is that I can't seem to get
hardly any response when I use keys in combination. For an example... I'm
trying to use view-based mouse movement, the way Morrowind is played. If I'm
using the W to go forward and try strafing to the left or right with A or D,
the movement is barred. Now, while I'm standing in the middle of the room, I
can strafe, but it's slow. Another example is the Sneak + W movement. I
remember being able to circle enemies with the A and D keys, while attacking
them, so I know it was possible to use key combos back in the day. Anyone
know how to fix this problem? All other game movement seems normal,
sometimes the enemies just shake in one spot without coming for me, but...
for the most part, this is the best I've had Daggerfall running in years, so
I would really appreciate it if someone out there could help me get the rest
of the kinks out. Thanks

On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 19:01:50 -0500, dbru <dbru RemoveThis @NOispwest.SPAMcom> wrote:

> Hello, I just got Daggerfall running on XP. The first time in several
> years,
> I've been able to play it with sound support. I used the DAGNT5X patch
> from
> Gamers Hell to install the game and configured the sound using setup.
> Now,
> what I am having problems with and need help on, is that I can't seem to
> get
> hardly any response when I use keys in combination. For an example... I'm
> trying to use view-based mouse movement, the way Morrowind is played. If
> I'm
> using the W to go forward and try strafing to the left or right with A
> or D,
> the movement is barred. Now, while I'm standing in the middle of the
> room, I
> can strafe, but it's slow. Another example is the Sneak + W movement. I
> remember being able to circle enemies with the A and D keys, while
> attacking
> them, so I know it was possible to use key combos back in the day. Anyone
> know how to fix this problem? All other game movement seems normal,
> sometimes the enemies just shake in one spot without coming for me,
> but...
> for the most part, this is the best I've had Daggerfall running in
> years, so
> I would really appreciate it if someone out there could help me get the
> rest
> of the kinks out. Thanks

Your system shows symptoms of excessive processor speed. The game corrects
for high speed processors, but it does so slightly over-zealously. You
may want to look at utilities that slow down the system, such as MOSLO or
SLOW.COM or similar.

Typical symptoms of speed poisoning are inability to swim, climb or even
back up. If you have these problems, you will need to slow down your
system.

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