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First post, by VirtuaIceMan

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1. Open the CD-ROM and set compatibility mode of Win98 on the INSTALL.EXE file, this will get past the error message about not being able to install.
2. Once installed, navigate to the folder where the game is installed, and delete WINMM.DLL, which will mean the game won't crash with an error about that.
3. When you start the game, it may crash saying unable to set mode of 320x240x8. To get around all this, navigate to the Sky Target install folder, right-click SKY.EXE and under compatibility tab set Reduced colours mode to 16-bit, as the game only supports 8 and 16bit. You can use 8bit if you want it to look worse 😉
4. The game should now work in a window, you can change the resolution/colours by pressing F3 to access the menus, or just use the menus whilst in a window!
5. To get rid of the top menu and improve frame rate (though you'll be unable to see the menu when pressing F3, so if you need the menu, press F4 to swap back to windowed mode), add the updated DDRAW.DLL from here to the game folder: http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/post.php? … 77&post=1202630

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