Re: Hounds of the Blade
fyi, inui has finally uploaded the latest update on his original uploader (the slow one); the former was blocked for many. Also, according to the download description the complete up-to-date game can be downloaded as a single archive.
Not sure if the latest bugs (like cockroach stage crashing) still occur. However, the author has his own japanese HotB forum (kinda, check "BBS" on inui's page) and someone posted a crash log which is the same for the cockroaches, except that one is about Gokis (the little humanoids in the desert stage). I'm not sure if they crash as well. Inui answered only with something which google translates into "Adressed". I haven't checked it out, but I consider downloading it again to see whether or not the crashes are fixed altogether.
For starting the newest stage and falling into a bottomless pit of nothingness he explicitly recommends downloading the entire game again. When updating my own game, I had the same problem. I replace every folder single-handedly to be extra-sure only the right files get replaced or deleted, but I forgot about replacing the actual exe.file, which led to the bottomless pit. Replacing the exe.file fixed the problem. Both exe.files have different file sizes btw.
BtW, according to the the game files related to Unknowns they are also called Walker.
