Finally someone figured out how to fix phantasmagoria II (win95 only version) under WinXP 😁 I have tried this myself and it works perfect with DOSBox 0.61
http://www.suprnovaforums.com/index.php?showt … ic=31798&st=680
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Ok, I got Phantasmagoria 2 to work under Windows XP, but it wasn't easy.
I downloaded the patch that Spaz gave a link to
( http://dlh.net/cgi-bin/patdl.cgi?lang=eng&sys … sptc.zip&ref=ps )
It lets you create a DOS version of the game from the Windows 95 version. The PATCH.BAT and PATCH2.BAT files included in the patch won't work properly under Windows XP, however, becuase some of the commands aren't compatible with XP. So I went through both of the files and figured out what to do manually. If you're really interested, here you go:
1) First create an installation directory on your hard drive "x:\install_dir\" where x is the letter of your hard drive and install_dir is just the path name of the directory you want to run the game from.
install_dir should contain only directory names that can be read from dos
(ie: "\games\phantas2\" )
2) Copy the following files from CD1 to install_dir:
ressci.lrg, ressci.med, cdcheck.bat, version, sierra.err, ressci.pat, resmdt.pat, resmap.pat, DUKDLL95.DLL, 997.v56, 998.v56, 999.v56, 999.CLU, 63007.csc, 64978.csc, 64990.csc, 63001.csc, 62999.csc, 4051.csc, 0.scs, and all files that end in .DRV
3) Copy the following files from the patch zip drive (from Spaz's post) to the install_dir:
patchit.exe, p2.rtp, and what.exe
4) create a file called patch.bat (you can use notepad) that has only the following line:
patchit p2.rtp
Save this .bat file to your install_dir and run it.
5)Edit the resource.cfg file (use notepad again) and add the following lines:
cdspeed=2
resAUD=CD:\
resSFX=CD:\
resMAP=CD:\;x:\install_dir\
rescdisc=CD:\
patchDIR=x:\install_dir\;CD:\patches;CD:\
movieDIR=CD:\duk
palette=CD:\duk
discID=RESSCI
CD:=z:
(where x and install_dir are the same as before and z is the letter of your cd drive);
6) Create a file called p2dos.bat (using notepad again), put in the following lines and save it to your install_dir
@echo off
call cdcheck z
x:\install_dir\sierra x:\install_dir\resource.cfg
(where x, install_dir, and z are the same as before)
7) Run install.bat to set up the options for your game
😎 Run p2dos.bat to play the game. You can make a shortcut to p2dos.bat also.
If you follow these directions exactly, you should have no problems getting the game to work in XP.