Re: Games freeze after launch with VDMsound (again)

Posted on 2003-02-01, 05:34

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by Nicht Sehr Gut

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Originally posted by Snover That's all good and fine for the XP users... They have the option installing GoBack and using it's "save and restore" process (which is a little more involved than I feel comfortable with...changing drive letters and such...) before trying DX9. They can also attempt to …

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Re: Lands of lore 2 Cutscene problem

Posted on 2003-02-01, 05:28

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Originally posted by kukus444 Ok then i understand, it is played from the CD-ROM Assuming you are running this on XP with VDMSound and are using the GUI launcher...what settings are you using for CD-ROM access? Did you enable low-level CD-ROM support (MSCDEX)? If not, are you using SAPUCDEX as a …

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Re: Lands of lore 2 Cutscene problem

Posted on 2003-01-31, 16:45

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Originally posted by kukus444 Hmm, i dont really understand what you mean with off of the cd. I mean that it has to access certain files to play these cutscenes. Are they playing from the hard drive ? or the CD-ROM?

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Re: Old, old, system

Posted on 2003-01-31, 05:46

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*bah* Send it to me, should be in the hands of one who knows it's true capacity. First home computer with 256 colors, 4 channel audio, hardware-based player/missile graphics (before they were called sprites) and 4 controller ports (unfortunately, Tramiel ripped the last two off of the XL/XE models). …

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Re: Games freeze after launch with VDMsound (again)

Posted on 2003-01-31, 05:33

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Originally posted by psz To be honest, I don't think it's DX9... It could be that the problem only arises when used with a specific combination of hardware, software, and DX9. In any case, like MS suggested, XP users should create a restore point before they install DX9.

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Re: Lands of lore 2 Cutscene problem

Posted on 2003-01-31, 05:30

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I can only guess on this, but A) are the cinematics being played off of the CD or the hard drive? and B) try disabling audio completely and see if the video portion works properly.

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Re: Promise RAID hell!

Posted on 2003-01-31, 05:19

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Originally posted by Snover@school If this was a regular IDE drive that would be one thing, but it is a RAID-5. Unfortunately true. I would've though that, by now, they would've inserted RAID support into their recovery software. I must've forgotton that they have pretty much jettisoned the idea of …

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Re: Games freeze after launch with VDMsound (again)

Posted on 2003-01-29, 04:50

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Originally posted by Unregistered sorry for not making myself clear, what I meant was that I tried to launch the game (LoK2 - Hand of Fate) with "no sound" in the game's setup. And that didnt work Which means it's an OS problem... ...the pc with DX9 the game did the EXCACTLY same thing, it froze up …

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Re: SoundFX causes game freeze

Posted on 2003-01-29, 04:39

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Can somebody else with Win2K confirm proper operation of Raptor (DOS version)? It runs in XP for me (with the previously mentioned fixPOPF issue), but it's not very smooth. I'm wondering if this needs Cli2Nop for Win2K...

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Re: Can't Install Tomb Raider Any More

Posted on 2003-01-29, 04:01

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by Nicht Sehr Gut

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By chance are you running DirectX 9?

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Re: Promise RAID hell!

Posted on 2003-01-29, 03:50

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There are tools for disastrous drive recovery that you could probably accomplish this yourself, but you would still be looking at hundreds of dollars. If possible, you should get a replacement hard drive and preserve your corrupted drives until you've exhausted all possible options. Right now, the …

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Re: Games freeze after launch with VDMsound (again)

Posted on 2003-01-28, 17:12

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Start with the basics. Did I understand you correctly, that you ran Legend of Kyrandia (stick with one title at a time please...) without VDMSound and without sound? You need to eliminate the possibilities of what is wrong. First, try a title that has the option of "No Sound" or "No Sound Card", etc …

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Re: Im trying to play The Darkening in Normal game speed

Posted on 2003-01-28, 16:46

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For titles like this, that may be the only solution. Someday soon, however, that won't be viable. Hopefully, a speed-adjustable form of emulation for early Windows titles will have arrived.

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Re: Problems with MOM, Fantasy Empires, and Stronghold

Posted on 2003-01-28, 16:42

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Originally posted by Juason Stronghold used to experience the SAME exact problem... Have you tried it under DosBox? You need to crank up speed a bit, but it worked in some basic tests I ran. BTW, the skipping happened even with WinXP's emulation and every setting with it. This is not a surprise. …

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Re: SoundFX causes game freeze

Posted on 2003-01-28, 16:18

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Running XP? Have you applied "Update 1"? Using the GUI Launchpad for VDMSound? If "yes" applies to all of the above, the GUI Launchpad will cause the game to lock due to Raptor having an apparent issue with fixPOPF. The are two workarounds. One is to use the "Run with VDMS" option that does not have …

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Re: Promise RAID hell!

Posted on 2003-01-27, 23:17

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Originally posted by Snover All my data. Everything except for the meager 30-disc backup I made. All because of the controller. There was never anything physically wrong with the drive as far as I can tell now. I don't know what I'm going to do. I'm better off, but I'm in a similar position, it …

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Re: Update 1 install instructions

Posted on 2003-01-27, 18:28

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NOTE: To use VDMSound at it's fullest, this is the recommended install procedure: Install Vlad's VDMSound program. VDMSound v2.04 at http://www.ece.mcgill.ca/~vromas/vd...load/index.html After installation is completed, copy the files from the 2.04 Update zipfile at http://vdmsound.sourceforge.net/ …

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Re: Problems with MOM, Fantasy Empires, and Stronghold

Posted on 2003-01-27, 17:59

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Originally posted by Boksha only a lot shorter and not only in the battle scenes... Seemed smooth to me, of course I was testing as opposed to playing. For some reason, the uglyness I experienced yesterday (weirdly coloured menus) is now fixed. Seems to appear if there's any switching between a …

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Re: Hmm, problems with Strike Squad

Posted on 2003-01-27, 07:46

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You have a knack for picking the hard ones. I can't get Tegel's Mercenaries running without switching off digital audio. I'm getting the same message as you for the fail (GPF), but I'm suspecting it may actually be a corrupted archive. DosBox is no good for either of these (actually, it will run …

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Re: Beneath a steel sky

Posted on 2003-01-27, 07:36

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May work for 2000, useless for XP of course...

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