Well Nicht,Stiletto,& Dos freak...looks like you got me thru it-at least as far as I can make it,which while not perfect,is good enough..I DID donate...for which I think you'll quickly see that Donald Trump is NOT my real long lost dad (that would be Hugh Hefner !)
final success level,& even a little unrequested advice:
1.Blood works great,thru vesa patch...have not done the final test with the path to Nolf.com in the dos environment section of the VDMSound launcher properties;i'm guessing it will work.
2.ditto to Cryptic Passage...via the WONDERFUL ctbppat
3.Neither go above 640x 480..which unless further commented on or resolved,I'll attribute to the lack of VEsa-dos support for my GeForce4 TI 4600 card,with the latest beta drivers ( 4.0.7.1)-if anyone on any driver with this card gets better than 640 x 480 please let me/us know.
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4.as to redneck rampage original & Route 66 addon (of which the desire to replay was the genesis of all this stuff,& for which I last nite,FINALLY played the first level...better than the first level of the original also)-same as all the above WITHOUT VDMSound...I ran into the exact same,won't allow to play locked starting animation that NICHT mentioned...(>"Tried with VDMSound. Stunned to find that it's consistently locks up on the introductory animation. Tried tinkering with the settings.
This may only be an movie-animation problem. Need to tinker further when I get a chance...
The thing I find bizarre is how it locks up on the intro with VDMSound. I can't figure how to stop the animation from being played. "...<
so unless this is resolved,these 2 games can ONLY be played with WinXP soundblaster emulation...sucky but acceptable;so solved of sorts...though a cure to the latter would be nice.
5.In closing,was this all worth it..? ( I still can't believe the amount of posts generated by this)...You bet it was!!!! thus my donation & thanks again.
Too bad there isn't the interest in the great Build engine games there is the the ID hacks...imagine a world with JShadow Warrior,JDuke,JBlood,Jredneck etc...wouldn't THAT be nice...?:)
Oh one more thing...I think I'm no more ignorant than the lumpen proletariat as to all this Dos-hacking..maybe less so even..
I think another summary of the steps woyuld be nice,but THIS time,with the details of how to actually command prompt VESA(could it BE LESS intuitive?),where to put in the Dos-environment section as to the nolfb.com path in vdmsound launcher properties,etc...
This info is neither intuitive or "out there"...e.g.,one of the only redneck pages left,the great Betram's Lair.on their bullentin board,has no idea how to play the rednecks thru WinXP...with your permission,as i've sturggled thu it,I'l like to tell them,
take care,folks
eric margolis
ericjmz@comcast.net
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I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a pre-frontal lobotomy !