That's because you now have a 64bit OS. You'll need to go back to the Glidos download page and get the special version of DOSBox linked there. Install it, and then Adjust the Glidos settings to use DOSBox. The setting is under the DOS tab.

Win98se is a 64bit OS?

Oops! 😁 I skipped over your post too quickly. That's the error you get from VDos32 on 64bit OSes. But I can quite imagine you'd get the same on W98.

In that case under the DOS tab, select "Windows", and there's no need to install DOSBox.

I have to admit, it's ages since I tested Glidos on W98, but it should be OK.

ok so I've set dos emulation to windows - this is the result. I can't edit glidos.bat as this is created on the fly by glidos as is game.bat - so they cant be changed to point things in the right direction ... any ideas? or am I barking up the wrong tree here?

try installing GLIDOS in C:\Glidos.

Looks like PATH gets confused by the spaces in C:\Program Files

Ah right. I changed the way Glidos started the game, and haven't tested W98 since. 🙁

But v1.44 should be ok: http://download.glidos.net/Glidos_v1_44.exe

Thanks gods of glidos, I'll try both of these tomorrow and post the results.

Now we're getting somewhere. I reinstalled glidos 1.47 in c:\Glidos and got tr running using windows emulation and openGL. I can't get it to run in Direct3D as glidos reports that it can't run psVoodoo. With openGL the textures are moving (or sliding) as lara moves. I've tried every combination of display settings but it doesn't change the way the textures behave. I've also tried using a texture pack, with the same results.

Ah damn! TNT2! Last time I tried a TNT2, I had textures that moved around. Forgot about that. TNT2 used to work fine, but then in later versions of nVidia's drivers, the moving textures thing appeared.

I'm not sure what to suggest. If you could get hold of earlier drivers, it might work. I don't think OpenGLide is doing anything wrong. In fact, I think my test on a TNT2 was with psVoodoo, so the problem was apparent via both OpenGL and DirectX.

getting there now, installed early driver (29.42) from here http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/win9x_archive.html that sorted the moving textures, now just the sound effects to get working ( footsteps, gunshots etc.)the music plays ok and I even tried the sound pack but no change.

Nice one. Well done.

To get the sound working, try running SETUP.EXE. It might be able to auto detect your sound card settings. Or you may have to experiment. It may crash a few times before you get there.

That's it, I'm there sounds and all and the hi-res textures and sounds are awesome.
Thanks for all your help everyone.

Praise be to the gods of glidos 😀 😎

Great news. So that's v1.47 working under W98?

Yes, V1.47, W98, Nvidia Riva TNT2, Soundblaster 16 with windows emulation and openGL. On a PII 400 with 192Mb of mem. Also intsalled JC's texture pack and the sounds pack. Game is smooth, no judder or pauses. The only thing is, and it's not really a problem is when the game is first loaded I get a white screen for 10- 15 seconds which I assume is the textures being cached.

Great program guys.

That's quite amazing. I'd have expected the the TNT2 to struggle a little with the size of the texture packs, and the whole thing to be a little juddery on a PII 400 with 192MHz, but I guess W98 is making effiecient use of it all.

Thanks for the feedback.