JB posted one fix for a particular freeze, which I've re-posted below. I'll add this to the Sticky section for a while to ensure it doesn't get lost in the depth of the comments.
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Problems with Esoterica: Hollow Earth, post it here......
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Whiterabbit-uk
Games GuruIf you are having problems with the game, please post your issue here. Hopefully, someone from the community may post a fix. Posted 5 years ago # -
Whiterabbit-uk
Games GuruJB posted the following fix (numbered 1 to 7) when the game was originally given away on Oct 23, 2016 HERE. Also check the second time the game was given away HERE
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.- At that time, I figured out how to fix the 'freeze' problem. My original post on it can be seen in the link above, post 42. I've put the two sections of the post together so you can read it here. Its a bit technical, so if in doubt have someone help you if you don't understand it. pay particular attention to changing the round brackets to the GT and LT symbols in the file text I supply.
---------------------------------------- I have found a way to get the game going again if you are hung at the Professor Hanger Silhouette HOG. I had no problems with the game myself, but my wife played it on her PC and it hung there for her. I compared the game save files between her profile and mine and then through some trial and error found a solution. Here are the steps:
1) Have the game in the hanger but NOT in the HOG itself (the desk should display the magnifying glass so you could go into the HOG, just don't do it now).
2) Quit the game.
3) go to the game save folder:
%appdata%\AlawarEntertainment\HappyArtist\The Esoterica. Hollow Earth Survey\saves4) Note there is a file that will have a unique number with a .sav extension.
5) Create a new text file with notepad and put the following in it (Note I had to change all of the < to ( and > to ) to post in the forum, change them back before saving the file):
(?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?)
(Save )
(LuaVariables )
(b s="ep_02_loc_03_hog" v="1" /)
(t s="avatar_save" )
(s s="current_state" v="normal" /)
(s s="avatar_id" v="professor" /)
(/t)
(/LuaVariables)
(/Save)6) Save the file with the same name as the .sav file but use the extension .savcross
so if your .sav file is 1234567890abcdefg.sav then save the file, in the same location as the .sav file, with the name 1234567890abcdefg.savcross7) Start the game again. You can now go into the HOG and it will work. For me this also changed the player picture (to the left of the inventory) from the professor to the girl, but it still plays the same.
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.I think this works because the .savcross file makes it rebuild the .sav file with the HOG activated. I'm not sure why it changes the avatar, in spite of it being defined in the file as the professor. I tried it without the avatar section and it did not fix the HOG.
Hopefully this will also work for all of you.
Thank you and appreciated for taking the time to sort this bug out.
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Whiterabbit-uk
Games GuruUnfortunately I haven’t had time to read the Steam community comments; however, you’ll find a thread about the game being bugged HERE. Other possible sources of information may be found via the Big Fish forums HERE. Another possible source of information could be You Tube videos (if you have time). If you know how far into the game you are, you may be able to find a walk-through video that covers the section you need to see. Again, sorry I can’t be of more help. I’ve not played through the game myself (apart for the initial stages) as I’ve been really busy recently; also, I'm not that keen on most HOG's. I bought this via Steam when it was released over five years ago (Jan 2014) but never got around to playing it until it was given away three years ago, and more importantly I never got as far as the bug that JB mentions, let alone the one you've encountered.
Posted 5 years ago # -
Thanks for the great review. It is useful
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