Well, at any rate, I've got it work under Win98 SE using VDMSound for Win9x (here on VOGONS) for the sound support. It stutters a bit, so isn't perfect, but the mouse doesn't have a problem there. It's definitely playable though. As for WinNT-based OSes, no luck though.

Not yet, no. I'm going to try running it on Win98 SE, although I think it needs a fresh install, uncluttered by VDMSound files and so on. I still think that Death Gate may be interacting with the mouse in some unusual way - it's like it's bypassing Mouse2KV and reading the values directly from …

Thanks for the help, everyone!

Out of interest, what did Microsoft change/break in WinXP that prevented BASS from working at all? It runs in Win2K - and if it has any serious problems bar the crash if Scroll Lock is not on, I've not encountered them. Perhaps I was missing sound effects - I couldn't say unless I could compare it - …

Mouseset drops me to desktop straight away - the game must be using Protected Mode. DosBox won't run it either, immediately closing its whole system without message. Again, I assume it's Protected Mode - and the game needs VESA, anyway, since the version from HotU only has the VESA mode graphics …

Ah, thanks for that information - that would explain how Alt+Enter helps 😀 Unfortunately NOLFB doesn't do anything - the game wasn't crashing before, the issue was only with the mouse. Thanks for your help.

Well, that managed to get the game to run without VDMSound's VESA support - but as soon as I move the mouse, it shifts back up into the top half of the screen again, and I can't get it out. The game offers its own mouse driver, and I have to wonder whether that's something to do with it - but it …

They work fine for me - perhaps the server was slow/down earlier?

Yup, pretty much the definition 😉

I'm trying to run Death Gate (available at HoTU) on my system, but the mouse is stuck in the top half of the screen, no doubt due to VESA mode mouse handling in Win2K. I've tried using Mouse2KV, but I can't get it to affect anything - the mouse stays stuck. I've tried the game's optional 'XMouse' …