Game crashes leaving the Squidstone arch

[Alieneater]

I installed the patch as instructed, then verified that this is now version 1.1a. In the start of the game, after being greeted by Katrina outside of the cave, the game crashes as soon as I try to leave that screen. Sometimes it crashes during the animation sliding down the steep, slippery path. I am running the GOG version through DOS Box. Sometimes when it crashes, four differently sized rectangles showing the identical frozen screen appear for a few seconds. Any clue what could be causing this or how to fix the problem?

[h3rmit-git]

I've been facing the exact same issue, both with version 1.0 and 1.1a, running the game in DosBox. The game crashes right after the narrator says "The path is dripping with slimy goo", when the hero passes right behind a tree, right before the sliding animation.

The only workaround I have found so far to progress is the following:

• After entering the Squidstone arch scene, DO NOT try to walk down the path.
• Use the hand option to touch the tree in the middle of the screen, right next to the arch. Your hero automatically starts walking towards the tree, and he's interrupted by the "The path is dripping with slimy goo" message. He then reaches the tree and you get an "It doesn't budge" message.
• After that, you can normally walk down the path to get the sliding animation.

[h3rmit-git]

Update:

I published a quick fix for it here, until AshLancer includes it in his next release:
https://github.com/h3rmit-git/QFG4-Fixes