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It's me again... I was kind of forced to use a Windows machine for a while and one of the first things I did was install FastCrawl. It's still great after all this time.

Anyway, back on my Linux box, I decided to give it another try with Lutris and got it installed! Yeah... kind of... It installs, but when I first launch it, I get an error (see picture) and it closes. Per the error, an error.log file was created, which I have pasted below.

Any chance you'd know what's causing this and can point me towards a solution? I know you aren't developing this anymore and I am sorry to pester you, but I'd just hate to lose access to this game. I've played some of the games inspired by this, but they just aren't the same.

If not, that's fine... I will just resign myself to live in the dystopian present.

Error.log contents:

Invalid parameter used.

   at System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(String filename, Boolean useEmbeddedColorManagement)

   at System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(String filename)

   at bg..ctor(String Filename, a FilterType, Boolean DisposeHint)

   at w.a()

   at ap.Main()


Hey there! Looks like some kind of problem with loading the image files. Hard to tell what without spending some significant time on this, but from some quick research it's possible that this can be solved by just installing the "gdiplus" verb in Lutris.

Otherwise, I'd be happy to share the source code if that would help you resolve the issue.

Well, that was progress... I no longer get the error, the music plays, and the mouse cursor changes. One time I got the menu up, but it was very delayed in responding to any clicks. Usually I just get a black screen as the music plays, but if I click around, it sounds like I'm interacting with the menu... I just can't see anything.

If you are willing to share the source code, I'd like to see what I can figure out. If I find a solution, I will be sure to report back.

Here it is: https://github.com/gpawley/FastCrawl

Awesome. I'll let you know if I figure anything out.