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First post, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2003-11-26, 18:18

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Running on an ASUS A7V333 - Athlon XP 1800 - GF4 Ti4200 - 512 MB DDR SDRM - WinXP Prof.

Although i have managed to run both versions of the game properly (ms-dos and windows), i would like to run the windows version full-screen. Is it possible?. Until then, i'm playing the ms-dos version using VDMSound. It works like a charm, using midi music and sb sounds/speech. It's such a shame ms-dos version work even better that its windows counterpart. 🤣!.

Things i tried:

+ Pressing ALT-ENTER. Nope.
+ Using compatibility modes. Nope.

Reply 1 of 14, by Qbix

Posted on 2003-11-26, 19:07

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uhm set display to 640x480 before starting the game ?

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Reply 2 of 14, by collector

Posted on 2003-11-28, 07:36

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Just set the compatibility mode on the shortcut to 640x480 256 colors.

Reply 3 of 14, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2003-11-28, 08:42

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I have already tested all compatibility options to no avail. I haven't tested setting my desktop resolution to 640x480 (manually - current 1024x768x16bpp) though, but i don't want to. I'll play the ms-dos version, then. 😁

Reply 4 of 14, by robertmo

Posted on 2003-11-28, 09:46

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It's nice to know that there is a DOS verion of the game. My origiinal CD contains only windows version.

I remember that it was not possible to run my game without that blue stripe at the top. Even screens in a paper games magazine contain the stripe (and that was win3.1). But as your CD seems to be newer (cause it contain DOS version) possibly there is a way...

BTW - Sierra was so "proud" of windows that the next game the made (Space Quest 6) was released only for DOS. 😉

Reply 5 of 14, by Snover

Posted on 2003-11-28, 17:23

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Space Quest 6 was released for Windows. Space Quest 5 was released only for DOS. 😀

Yes, it’s my fault.

Reply 6 of 14, by robertmo

Posted on 2004-10-23, 11:29

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I have managed to run the game without that blue title bar at the top.
I had to edit Resource.win
titleBar=FALSE
😀

Reply 7 of 14, by Sordid

Posted on 2005-02-04, 10:10

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How did you managed to play it under XP???

Installation runs well but the game won't start 🙁

(I've tried all compatibilty modes)

Update: I searched the forum and found somethiing about changing a filename. I'll try that...

Reply 8 of 14, by collector

Posted on 2005-02-05, 04:13

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XP does not like the executable, SIERRAWS.EXE, that comes with some versions of the game earlier than version 2. It will run with the other executable on the CD, SIERRAW.EXE. Just change your shortcut to point to SIERRAW.EXE instead of SIERRAWS.EXE.

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Reply 9 of 14, by Endroz

Posted on 2005-02-05, 22:26

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SIERRAWS is a win95 executable but WinXP is bullsh|t and it doesn't support it (the executable tries to access a 16 bit DLL and that's too much for XP to handle). 😀

Visit my site:

http://gkpatches.vogons.org

Reply 10 of 14, by Sordid

Posted on 2005-02-06, 11:23

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Man, your Gabriel Knight site is AMAZING!!!!

I can't believe it...your little patches are GREAT!!!!

Thanks...

Reply 11 of 14, by laxdragon

Posted on 2005-02-06, 15:43

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Endroz, I'm not able to get to your site. Seems the DNS does not resolve here. I'll try again in a few days, DNS issues usually clear themselves up, or its an issue with my ISP. Damn Time Warner 😵

Reply 12 of 14, by Reckless

Posted on 2005-02-06, 16:33

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Although it's off topic...

Endroz's site is now hosted here by Snover. The main URL is just a redirection to https://gkpatches.vogons.org/ Use that and you should get the site.

Reply 13 of 14, by Endroz

Posted on 2005-02-06, 17:34

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thank you for pointing this out, Reckless.

I take it some peoples are not able to access the Tokelau domain (.tk) in their countries.

Visit my site:

http://gkpatches.vogons.org

Reply 14 of 14, by Sordid

Posted on 2005-02-06, 19:22

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About your patches...

The Gabriel Knight 2 DVD maker doesn't work with the german version. unisci can't "combine" the files...

What can I do 'cause a dvd woulb be soooo cool...

Sorry, I know this is off topic but I don't know how to contact him without this board 🙁

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