Right click on C:\Porgram Files\Redguard\sound\setsound.exe and select "Run with VDMS". Let it autodetect the digital driver, and select "General MIDI" for music.

Well, I should have written that I already followed your install instructions from the website.
And that it does not matter what device I choose for sound. Even with no sound at all, the same thing happens as described above.
So, no Redguard for me.

Maybe I still have my Descent2-CD, then I will give this game a shot.
Besides, there is a shareware version of Blood.
http://www.3dgamers.com/dlselect/games/blood/blood.exe.html
Is this shareware supposed to work under Glidos?
I am not in this "abandonware" scene.
BTW I use Glidos 1.33RC2.

You could right-click on the two short cuts C:\Program Files\Glidos and C:\Program Files\GlidosF and uncheck "Close on exit". That way the DOS box may hang around after rgfx crashes, and you might see an error message. It helps to run Glidos in windowed mode.

I did that, but still the doswindow closes itself at once.

Hmmm! Try:

Start Glidos, and make sure its switched to Redguard.

Start a comand prompt and type

1cd c:\Program Files\Redguard
2Glidos.bat

Now, the doswindow does not disappear. Here is the complete content:

"Loading 'VDDLoader.dll' ...
Successfully loaded & initialized (hVDD = 0x01).
C:\PROGRA~2\REDGUARD>RGFX.EXE
C:\PROGRA~2\REDGUARD"

In the server-window of Glidos are not any new entries at all, besides the starting line ("Starting Glide Server" etc.).

Okay, I am out of luck. I will look for other Glidos-supported games and see if at least they work, then I will check back.

This is a pain. Redguard is superb.

When I run it, I get the attached error dialog. Do you not see that?

try this patch
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/spencer.greystro … /XPProfiles.exe
reboot and follow the usual procedure with glidos. You don`t need dos box, only vdm sound and glidos to run Redguard. Maybe I`ll post my guide for running Redguard under win XP if I find it.

I tried the other legacy-files, but no change here.
Same failure as before. Nothing happens at all, besides the message quoted above.
I´ll try another Glide wrapper. Furthermore, I do have an older PC, running with Win98SE. It is a bit painful to connect that one to monitor, speakers etc., so I do it very rarely. When I am in the mood, I will test Glidos-Redguard on the old PC.

So you don't get the error dialog I posted? I don't think you are going to have any luck. The game causes that very early before you get to anything to do with Glide. Your system must be set up in some way to close program that to that straight away. Can't think what to suggest.