dvwjr wrote:What exactly is stopping the "new PC systems" from running WinXP to execute older DOS games under the NTVDM with the IPX VDDs? […]
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andrewwan1980 wrote:
Why old games? Because some people still like to play 4-8 player of those games... which we can't under new PC systems and Windows XP. And it's very very hard to setup an old PC.. and I don't want two PCs. emulation/virtualization is too slow when considering 4-8 player games...
What exactly is stopping the "new PC systems" from running WinXP to execute older DOS games under the NTVDM with the IPX VDDs? Was it the lack of NTVDM full-screen support on some of the newer NVidia/ATI/Intel video adapters or a problem with IPX support?
Be interested to hear why if you have the time...
dvwjr
Sorry, what I meant to say is that SOME older games won't play multiplayer under Windows XP's IPX driver... according to ADDiCT's reply and his follow-up link to:
http://www.gidforums.com/t-4535.html
The former Westwood employee says,
There is no way to enable LAN play at all. The number one reason is due to the fact that the IPX protocol was re-written in Windows XP/2000, and is now incompatible with C&C. C&C uses a different layer of the IPX protocol to play multiplayer over a network. This layer is no longer used and was phased out of the IPX protocol.
There is a patch to make C&C play multiplayer, but only max 2 players. What I was looking for was the original version playing 4 players.
Syndicate Wars seems to have similar problems under Windows XP.
Other IPX games are fine, eg. Doom, Blood, Carmageddon, Light Bikes, etc.