Re: Games that require MSCDEX exe driver...
Posted on 2004-05-11, 17:10
I'll play some more but I don't think I could get the game demo (let alone the full game!) working in XP/VDMSound, only in DOSBox. Ice
Re: Games that require MSCDEX exe driver...
Posted on 2004-05-10, 22:48
It's not quite as simple as that... WRF seems to be built out of lots of mini-exe files that all seem to interelate to make the game work in the most annoying way possible! Every folder the game installs has an exe! Anyway here's the very first one, rally.exe - if it doesn't contain anything useful …
Anyone got these DOS games working in Windows XP?
Posted on 2004-05-10, 22:42
By using XP alone, with VDMSound or using DOSBox instead? My findings are as follows: NASCAR 2 (Papyrus/Sierra) - doesn't do much in XP, DOSBox works but sloooow Network Q RAC Rally (Pixelcraft/Europress - not the Magnetic Fields game) - runs too fast when you drive into scenery (you can complete a …
Can anyone run these in Windows XP?
Posted on 2004-05-10, 22:34
Pro Rally 2001 (Ubisoft) - does nothing once a track is loaded except playing audio Pod Gold (Ubisoft) - famously won't work; may be Pentium4 it doesn't like rather than XP and using Hyperthreading off doesn't help Extreme G2 (Acclaim) - does nothing on starting the game M25 Racer aka London Racer ( …
Re: A glide wrapper for DOS programs
Posted on 2004-05-10, 22:29
Hey Glide and bugs go together! Seriously though, I do think the later Catalyst ATI drivers aren't brilliant. In many (many!) games I get the scenery clashing and showing through other scenery in the distance. Seems like they don't do w-buffer or even z-buffer nearly well enough! That and the …
Re: A LOT of WindowsXP fixes...
Posted on 2004-05-10, 01:11
F1 2000 and F1 Championship Season 2000 Finally got these games to work in Windows XP fairly reliably! They usually crash to desktop loading a track. Note that I achieved this using Windows XP Home and an ATI Radeon 9800XT with Catalyst 4.4. You mileage may vary(!). Do the following: 1. Install/ …
Re: A LOT of WindowsXP fixes...
Posted on 2004-05-09, 15:42
I think the installer problems are down to something specific in some XP setups. I found that one version number of InstallShield won't work at all on my PC but all others will . Just a bit odd. I have the original release of Elite Force though so budget re-releases may be better or it might just be …
Re: A glide wrapper for DOS programs
Posted on 2004-05-08, 19:32
Tried in in NFS2SE: pretty much the same unfortunately. However I did notice that switching between 16bit and 32bit in Global settings (Optimal in other tab) changes what is flickery - with 16bit in Global, the flickering is much reduced with just narrow bands flickering and the shadow right under …
Re: Need for Speed III Hot Pursuit
Posted on 2004-05-08, 18:30
If you are only able to run it in software mode, check out my guide over here to get 16bit (hey better than nothing!) Direct3D in NFS3: A LOT of WindowsXP fixes... Ice
Re: A glide wrapper for DOS programs
Posted on 2004-05-06, 20:25
Yes that's from the debug version. The previous log-file was from Ableeker who has a different Radeon card to me (and probably ran a different game!). Just thought I'd post my feedback in case any of it differs from Ableeker's. I posted the shots of NFS2SE earlier. Ice
Re: A glide wrapper for DOS programs
Posted on 2004-05-04, 19:29
Dege, Okay hang on for the big cut 'n' paste! Just ran NFS2SE with the test version you posted (P4EE 3.2GHz, 1GB RAM, ATI Radeon 9800XT, Catalyst 4.4). emulate W-buffering selected: ------ dgVoodoo: driver description ------- dwDevCaps: 61bbef1 dpcLineCaps dwMiscCaps: 1b2c83 dwRasterCaps: c7361b3 …
NFS2SE
Posted on 2004-04-12, 22:03
Hi Dege, Just had a quick look at dgVoodoo 1.21 and it appears that the two effects shown before on this thread still affect NFS2SE, but if you use Emulate W-Buffer as well as having flickery road lines you also get all the textures near the car warping left and right like a PlayStation game (looks …
dgVoodoo
Posted on 2004-04-07, 00:31
dgVoodoo 1.21 appears to have been released a few days ago: http://www.freeweb.hu/dege/ I see he's been testing a some games I mentioned (e.g. Test Drive Off-Road 2!). From readme: What's new in v1.21 ------------------- This version is mainly intended to be a bugfix version of 1.20: - IRQ-problem …
Re: Program being used problem
Posted on 2004-04-07, 00:08
That happens to me with ever program I ever run in VDMSound and is my biggest annoyance with it! I fix it in a somewhat unrecommended way... On WinXP I do Ctrl+Alt+Del and bring up Windows Task Manager. I then choose Processes and End Task explorer.exe (Windows). This makes the whole desktop …
Re: Network Q RAC Rally
Posted on 2004-03-30, 12:27
Yeah VDMSound does work but there's a bug in running it through Windows: whilst driving in a straight line feels correct, if you steer into the scenery the game speeds up to lightning fast and you can complete a stage in 6 seconds! I expect it will probably operate better in DOSBox... if DOSBox …
Re: Games that require MSCDEX exe driver...
Posted on 2004-03-30, 12:25
Got to drag this one up: WRF demo works fine in DOSBox as it doesn't call MSCDEX, however the full game doesn't. I'm wondering if there's a hacked version out there that doesn't check for CD-ROM personally...! Ice
Re: A LOT of WindowsXP fixes...
Posted on 2004-03-23, 13:19
I don't mind at all, go for it. I'm just here to help! Ice
Re: IceMan's new PC
Posted on 2004-03-15, 13:14
we got a very very fast net connection at work 😉 Ice
IceMan's new PC
Posted on 2004-03-14, 12:30
Thermaltake XaserIII case Coolermaster Aero 4 CPU fan Pentium 4 3.2GHz Extreme Edition 1 GB Corsair Value RAM Asus ATI Radeon 9800 XT Creative Audigy 2 ZS 7.1 Platinum Creative Inspire T7700 7.1 speakers NEC 2500 DVD/CD+RW-RW+R-R 250GB Western Digitial hard drive Zip 250 Floppy disk 56k modem (I …
Re: XW vs TF, no CD Audio music? Anyone?
Posted on 2004-03-13, 19:11
It could be that the game tries to play the audio via analogue playback and WinXP is usually set up to digital playback. You might need a white cable from soundcard to CD-ROM too. To change the CD-ROM setting in XP, open My Computer, right-click on your CD/DVD drive and choose Properties, click the …
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