It's a DOS-based game (through DOS4GW) and it ran perfectly in 9x family.
In XP in various compatibility modes it locks up after Dos4gw title. I've tried disabling sound and replacing Dos4gw with Dos32a, same result. In DosBox it runs, but unplayable (slow), probably because it runs at resolutions 640x480 and up, its 2d RTS with some unique features.
Any suggestions welcome:)
Were you running it in DOSBox with DOS32A and the Dynamic core?
Yes, it’s my fault.
I've ran it In DosBox with dos32a, yes, but i don't know was it with dynamic core or not. 3-5 FPS:( I think dosbox is best suited for older games. BTW, has anyone compared dosbox with VirtualPC speed-wise?
You should give dynamic core a try. It will make a hell of a difference. I was just playing Realms of Arkania: Shadows over Riva yesterday, which uses VESA 640x480x256c; replaced DOS4G stub with DOS32A and it run quite good, as I recalled it from the ms-dos days.
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Tried dynamic core. Generally it's almost ok (sound sometimes choppy, maybe try to set sound to 11khz in dosbox options or turn it off), but when unit is destroyed and death animation is played, there is significant lag. Which of display modes is faster - overlay, opengl, ddraw?
It depends on your hardware. You will have to test every one of them. 😀
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Partial solution found. Game runs without dosbox in WinXP if you run nolfb.com first (make a bat file with nolfb.com and then warinc.exe). I've integated dos32a into executable too. Solution is partial because there are 4 small square areas on the screen wich are black at first and then filled with garbled graphics (probably video mode stuff). Have anyone had such a problem with other games with nolfb.com?
What type of graphics card do you have?
What res does the game run in?
If your using NOLFB it's probably an Nvidia card and your probably trying to run the game past 640x....
Do the garbled graphics happen in DosBox as well? If not then you'll you can try the WinXPFix Utility which patches XP's vga.sys to fix VESA incompatibilities. Be warned tho it's not official and may break your system so be sure to backup vga.sys and have a method of recovery read (DOS Bootdisk with NTFS/Dual-boot/BartPE)
Here's the link: http://www.nomissoft.com/service.html
Post back if it works.
Graphics card is Radeon 9550, War Inc runs in 640x480. Looks like 256 colors.
I've tried nolfb because otherwise game hangs on startup with black screen. I recall there were no garbled graphics in dosbox.
Thank you i'll try this tool.
