First post, by Nightwind
There's a few people who got one working, but almost nothing about the 2nd and very little seems to be about vista. The most recent topic maker was directed to use the ScummVM.
There are NO previous topics about 11th hour.
These are related games, both from the same long gone, merged into oblivion, company.
They are also two of the best point and click games ever released.
My last attempt to install either of them directly, using the patched installer and other tricks ended with music but not sound in 7th guest, it could not recognize a modern sound card anymore. 11th hour could not see the CD while it was in the drive once the game had started.
So now I want to take the best advice I can get, to use DosBox. I also want to go to the people who know the most about it.
This means you.
I'm going to try Scumm first, as I've got the page up from the wiki with the directions to make it work for 7th guest. I will then try the same thing with 11th hour and report back.
If nothing else this topic will contain (by the time I am done) a detailed list of what it takes to make it run.
Found this:
http://code.google.com/p/t7gre/
Looks like it's been added to scummVM so I don't need to use it separately, though maybe it might be needed for 11th hour.
1st attempt:
Attempting to use the native installer for the game vista refuses to allow it to run due to it being "not compatible with 64 bit vista".
2nd attempt:
Using shortcut to give the installer admin privilege level and under compatibility mode "Is not recommended" then exit out.
Looks like I'm going to have to run the installer itself inside of dosbox.
3rd attempt:
Installing ScummVM, moving the listed files
*.gjd
*.grv
*.rl
fat.*
sphinx.fnt
Into a folder.
Had to take the two audio tracks from the first disk and put them in the folder as well as MP3 files. Quick rip and done.
It gives midi errors constantly, the music is not quite perfect, but it runs, and it is good. "this video is special somehow" heh...
It does NOT let me skip a video once it starts to play. No speed runs possible for me...
I'll try a dosbox setup latter. A running version was first for me. Once I get dosbox downloaded and installed, I can try to make it work better then scumm worked, that will be #4. Then I can work on 11th hour.
(this looks useful 7th Guest and 11th Hour setups beyond the install)
(collecting this too http://www.tbyte.com/downloads/ )
Right, played it through and beat it.
Oddly in scummvm some of the puzzles load with different initial starting points then is normal for the game. They seem to have fixed the error with the microscope game, though again the moves are different then any recorded move set in any old guide.
IF you use this, take track 1 from the first disk, and take the track from the 2nd disk and name that track 2. That will give you opening AND closing with the proper soundtracks.
4th attempt
I'm now downloading D-Fend Reloaded, and I will attempt to install it, and then use the windows95 beta patch. I do not expect this to work as well as the scummvm install.
5th attempt (will be)
A pure install and clean run with just dosbox and d-fend. Building on the last one to see how well it can be made to run.
Predicted trouble:
Due to having on board sound I'm having trouble locating the proper settings for the sound card. The good news is there are less then 1,000 possible combinations, brute force will not take long.