Trouble with WC4

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Sotnik

Spaceman
After installation WC4 CD, and patch Win 95 (with installation compatability mode), video works fine. However, before the first mission, game crash on a desktop.
Repeated installation in other place and start under DOSbox give out the same problem. Game crash in the same place with message:
CVMManager:: Alloc request larger than memory pool
 
You should mention more information about your system. What operating system are you running this in? What type of hardware do you have? Are you running the game executable in compatibility mode?

That's a virtual memory error. Are you low on hard drive space, running any major background programs or have any odd custom setup? Does the mission run if you disable sound in the installer? Do you have an old config.sys/autoexec.bat active?
 
My system:
Processor: AMD 64 3400+
Memory: 1,5 Gb
HDD free space: 2 Gb (1 installation of WC4 - starting from wc4w.exe with compatibility mode)
HDD free space: 9 Gb (2 installation of WC4 - starting from DOSbox)
System: WinXP Pro SP1

Start from DOSbox with no sound - works wine. No error.

UPD. New params with comand "mount" (-size 512 -freesize 400). Crash before first mission.
Error message:
Wave header not found
 
Did you originally follow our Tech Support walkthrough? https://www.wcnews.com/techsupport.shtml#wc4 It could be something odd about how you're mounting the game. You shouldn't need to do the size/freesize stuff.

The Wave Header error means your Music.tre is corrupt. You can delete it and try again (the game will recopy over the music.tre it needs), but that could also be a symptom that something is mounted in an odd way.

What are your memory settings in dosbox.conf? Did you ever change them from the default? What version of DOSBox is this?
 
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