Pcem isn't old hardware.
If you are only testing on pcem then best to ask on the pcem forum, we don't develop pcem here.
If you are testing on a real system then specify.
Fallout 1 isn't picky at all.

DosFreak wrote on 2025-09-18, 17:07:

Pcem isn't old hardware. If you are only testing on pcem then best to ask on the pcem forum, we don't develop pcem here. If you […]
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Pcem isn't old hardware.
If you are only testing on pcem then best to ask on the pcem forum, we don't develop pcem here.
If you are testing on a real system then specify.
Fallout 1 isn't picky at all.

I figured this was a software section of the forum that's why I posted these tests via PCEM. I am aware it does not behave like old hardware.
One of my tests via windows 98 was on real hardware and it still had some issues with fallout1. and I thought it was clear that it did since I dident say I was using PCEM for that.
I wanted to see if others had similar issues with real hardware / emulated stuff with this title I was not looking for support or development help with PCEM...
I also don't really suspect its purely emulation issues since changing nothing but the OS changed the behavior, an example is using windows 98 over ME and ME being able to adjust the resolution and color settings.

Anyway your post kinda comes off as weirdly hostile, is it because emulation was mentioned or something else?

Treah wrote on 2025-09-18, 22:49:

DosFreak wrote on 2025-09-18, 17:07:

Pcem isn't old hardware. If you are only testing on pcem then best to ask on the pcem forum, we don't develop pcem here. If you […]
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Pcem isn't old hardware.
If you are only testing on pcem then best to ask on the pcem forum, we don't develop pcem here.
If you are testing on a real system then specify.
Fallout 1 isn't picky at all.

Anyway your post kinda comes off as weirdly hostile, is it because emulation was mentioned or something else?

Probably cause this subforum is about running software on old hardware, not emulation.
For PCem issues, go to their forum https://pcem-emulator.co.uk/phpBB3/

I don't remember having any problems with F1 on 9x hardware back in the day, it was very stable.

Treah wrote on 2025-09-18, 16:28:

Game wants to be launched with video settings set to 800x600 256 color.

Are you running a modified version, like the one from GoG which is patched for modern OS? The original only supports 640x480.

feda wrote on 2025-09-19, 06:59:

Probably cause this subforum is about running software on old hardware, not emulation. For PCem issues, go to their forum https: […]
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Treah wrote on 2025-09-18, 22:49:

DosFreak wrote on 2025-09-18, 17:07:

Pcem isn't old hardware. If you are only testing on pcem then best to ask on the pcem forum, we don't develop pcem here. If you […]
Show full quote

Pcem isn't old hardware.
If you are only testing on pcem then best to ask on the pcem forum, we don't develop pcem here.
If you are testing on a real system then specify.
Fallout 1 isn't picky at all.

Anyway your post kinda comes off as weirdly hostile, is it because emulation was mentioned or something else?

Probably cause this subforum is about running software on old hardware, not emulation.
For PCem issues, go to their forum https://pcem-emulator.co.uk/phpBB3/

I don't remember having any problems with F1 on 9x hardware back in the day, it was very stable.

Treah wrote on 2025-09-18, 16:28:

Game wants to be launched with video settings set to 800x600 256 color.

Are you running a modified version, like the one from GoG which is patched for modern OS? The original only supports 640x480.

Thank you I did notice my error later on when I re-read the forum title better. Probably helps if I don't respond to shit when I am overly stressed at work and tired 🙁. So I do apologize if I kinda sound like an ass. No I am pretty sure my ISO is from an original source that my room-mate used to have but I do think I do have an original copy somewhere. I know that I am running it with the fan patch I think.

I also have a 486 here running windows 95 so I think I am going to test it today and see if I get the same behavior. I also suspect it might be due to me having the wrong directx as windows ME would have a later version.

it's going to chug hard on a 486, i've tried the game on a p90 and it runs just about at a tolerable minimum (it's the official requirement for the game as well).

looking back at my notes i've had one issue with a garbled titled screen, but that was when updating dx3 to dx5 and staying on the old driver, updating to the dx5 driver fixed it - so more of a curious note while experimenting rather than a real problem, but it does show that updating directx could have effects like this at times even though it's supposed to be backwards compatible. video card during testing would have been a matrox millennium.

i've never tried the fan patch yet, maybe that's the source of things like 800x600 which can't be true for the original. of course the original is ridiculously buggy and will softlock in places, so it's a case where the fan patch might be recommended.

Treah wrote on 2025-09-19, 17:34:

I know that I am running it with the fan patch I think.

The fan patch is intended for XP and newer systems, I believe. It makes some sort of changes to the graphics code.