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First post, by Bencf

Posted on 2004-07-05, 20:58

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i know many people have problems with system shock 1 under windows xp,but there are many different,so heres mine 😦 .
i got the cdshock.exe in my SS folder and the nolfb.exe.i tried editing the cdshock.bat file to :

nolfb.com
cdshock.exe

and

E:\SShock\nolfb.com
cdshock.exe

or
@echo off
E:\Sshock\nolfb.com cdshock.exe

and some other variatons,bur none has helped.so when i try to start the game through the cdshock.bat or cdshock.exe files.it tries to load the game but just when the game wants to start i get a black screen.i got the cd-version of system shock

here are my system specifications:
Athlon xp 2200+
os:windows xp
256 sdram @ 133mhz(i at least think they got 133mhz)
geforce 2 ti from msi 64 ddrram
K7S5A mainboard from elitegroup

newest graphics drivers etc. and i heard that could be my problem that i have too new graphics drivers,so that it won't work.i also followed this faq twice but it won't work too > http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69578

can someone help?

Reply 1 of 11, by priestlyboy

Posted on 2004-07-07, 03:23

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Sigh, I don't know how to force it to work in Windows XP BUT I have gotten it to work very well in DOSBox. I know this is like woo but that's the bottom line for me. I have dropped trying to force WindowsXP to run DOS Programs and just went for using DOSBox.

Ieremiou
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Helping Debug DOSBox.

Reply 2 of 11, by Bencf

Posted on 2004-07-07, 11:49

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hm im just reading the dos box instructional page,but i have to mount my drive letter in the instructional,and i dont know how to make this > \ with the american keyboard writing style.i know this is a bit stupid question.but im from germany and just don't know how to make this sign \ on american keyboards.can someone tell me ? 🙄

Reply 3 of 11, by rgriff

Posted on 2004-07-08, 19:45

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I believe you can use the forward slash "/" as well.

Reply 4 of 11, by samtam90

Posted on 2004-07-09, 17:27

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There is a way to make System Shock working with XP without DosBox (there is a System Shock CD XP patch). Use the quick search to find it.

I've used that way 😉

Reply 5 of 11, by Bencf

Posted on 2004-07-10, 11:12

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the cdshock.exe didn't worked for me 😖

Reply 6 of 11, by DoomGaZer

Posted on 2004-08-03, 06:57

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I'm in the same boat as this guy (CD version, Win XP). Forget Dosbox, that's the same as giving up in defeat. That's not why I come here. I would like to know about this "System Shock CD XP patch" as mentioned by a certain someone in this thread. I can't seem to find it anywhere, even after using the search function. Any help getting this going in XP would be appreciated. Thanks.

P.S. I've tried putting cdshock.exe to the HD and running nolfb, all the while using VDMSound. Nothing seems to work. I get two errors from the game that pop up in XP that complain about not being able to access COM1 and COM2 but then the intro and main menu load correctly thereafter. The specific error I get is when I try to start a new game. I get the following:
______________________________________________________
Our system has been shocked!! But remember to Salt The Fries
System Shock can no longer run due to a fatal error.
Error code 3007
Memory error
Not enough memory to make email cursor!

Common problem solutions:
* Incresase FILES in config.sys to 30 or more.
* Disable SMARTDRV write caching
* Use a minimal config.sys and autoexec.bat
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Using VDMSound I have the files at 40 so that can't be the issue. I also have EMS and XMS both at 16MB in VDMSound.

Reply 7 of 11, by DJKamilion

Posted on 2004-08-05, 03:39

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Your wish has been granted. Here is the CDshock XP executable.

http://home.graffiti.net/djkamilion:graffiti. … /cdshock_xp.rar

(and, for added benefit, a working cyb.cfg for harddrive use.)

1midi_list 7
2lowres_cutscenes 0
3midi_io -1
4midi_irq -1
5inp6d -1
6digi_list -1
7joystick 128
8midi_card 12
9midi_dma -1
10midi_drq -1
11cd_data_dir_path C:\Games\Dos\SSHOCK\VIRTUASS\data
12digi_io -1
13digi_irq -1
14digi_card 1
15digi_dma -1
16language 0
17digi_drq -1

This is configured for Soundblaster sound. Works For Me (TM)

For harddrive use, you'll need a CD version of system shock.

Make a directory (Default is C:\sshock\ for the installer)
Make a directory within that directory with a name like VIRTUASS
(8 char or less)

Copy the cd version into this folder. Here's my directory structure. ( Nore, I have removed all languages other than english to save space.)

1 Volume in drive C is System IBM40
2 Volume Serial Number is 686E-18F6
3
4 Directory of C:\Games\DOS\SSHOCK
5
608/04/2004  08:33 PM    <DIR>          .
708/04/2004  08:33 PM    <DIR>          ..
802/24/2004  11:53 PM                53 CDSHOCK.BAT
906/06/2003  12:28 AM           552,413 cdshock_xp.rar
1003/20/2004  08:27 PM               264 CYB.CFG
1103/19/2004  07:41 PM    <DIR>          DATA
1208/04/2004  08:33 PM                 0 dir.txt
1301/01/2000  08:00 PM           360,233 INSTALL.EXE
1401/01/2000  08:00 PM            20,341 README.SS
1501/01/2000  08:00 PM               203 SHOCKGUS.BAT
1602/24/2004  11:48 PM    <DIR>          SOUND
1702/24/2004  11:48 PM                32 SSHOCK.BAT
1802/24/2004  11:53 PM    <DIR>          VIRTUASS
19               8 File(s)        933,539 bytes
20
21 Directory of C:\Games\DOS\SSHOCK\DATA
22
2303/19/2004  07:41 PM    <DIR>          .
2403/19/2004  07:41 PM    <DIR>          ..
2501/01/2000  08:00 PM           105,834 CITMAT.RES
2603/20/2004  08:27 PM           609,398 CURRSAVE.DAT
2701/01/2000  08:00 PM           170,502 CYBSTRNG.RES
2801/01/2000  08:00 PM         1,923,868 DIGIFX.RES
2901/01/2000  08:00 PM               342 DIGIPARM.BIN
3001/01/2000  08:00 PM           186,858 FRNSTRNG.RES
3101/01/2000  08:00 PM           415,710 GAMESCR.RES
3201/01/2000  08:00 PM           184,806 GERSTRNG.RES
3301/01/2000  08:00 PM            22,638 HANDART.RES
3401/01/2000  08:00 PM           177,286 INTRO.RES
3501/01/2000  08:00 PM           150,164 MFDART.RES
3601/01/2000  08:00 PM           150,352 MFDFRN.RES
3701/01/2000  08:00 PM           150,548 MFDGER.RES
3801/01/2000  08:00 PM           136,314 OBJ3D.RES
3901/01/2000  08:00 PM         2,653,438 OBJART2.RES
4001/01/2000  08:00 PM         3,069,734 OBJART3.RES
4101/01/2000  08:00 PM            17,951 OBJPROP.DAT
4202/25/2004  12:15 AM           614,126 SAVGAM00.DAT
4302/26/2004  08:17 PM           614,298 SAVGAM01.DAT
4402/26/2004  08:24 PM           614,038 SAVGAM02.DAT
4503/01/2004  07:31 PM           610,746 SAVGAM03.DAT
4603/01/2004  07:58 PM           610,346 SAVGAM04.DAT
4703/14/2004  10:09 PM           609,878 SAVGAM05.DAT
4803/19/2004  07:36 PM           609,186 SAVGAM06.DAT
4903/19/2004  07:41 PM           609,398 SAVGAM07.DAT
5001/01/2000  08:00 PM             4,176 SIDEART.RES
5101/01/2000  08:00 PM         6,138,380 TEXTURE.RES
52              27 File(s)     21,160,315 bytes
53
54 Directory of C:\Games\DOS\SSHOCK\SOUND
55
5602/24/2004  11:48 PM    <DIR>          .
5702/24/2004  11:48 PM    <DIR>          ..
5801/01/2000  08:00 PM            14,906 ADLIB.MDI
5901/01/2000  08:00 PM            16,297 ADLIBG.MDI
6001/01/2000  08:00 PM             3,622 CIT.AD

…Show last 135 lines

6101/01/2000  08:00 PM             5,019 CIT.OPL
6202/24/2004  11:48 PM    <DIR>          GENMIDI
6301/01/2000  08:00 PM             1,792 MPU401.MDI
6401/01/2000  08:00 PM             6,900 MT32MPU.MDI
6501/01/2000  08:00 PM             1,528 NULL.MDI
6601/01/2000  08:00 PM            16,307 OPL3.MDI
6701/01/2000  08:00 PM            15,345 PAS.MDI
6801/01/2000  08:00 PM            16,378 PASPLUS.MDI
6901/01/2000  08:00 PM             4,625 PCSPKR.MDI
7001/01/2000  08:00 PM             2,849 RAP10.DIG
7101/01/2000  08:00 PM             2,756 SB16.DIG
7201/01/2000  08:00 PM            32,694 SBAWE32.MDI
7302/24/2004  11:48 PM    <DIR>          SBLASTER
7401/01/2000  08:00 PM             2,834 SBLASTER.DIG
7501/01/2000  08:00 PM            14,956 SBLASTER.MDI
7601/01/2000  08:00 PM             2,683 SBPRO.DIG
7701/01/2000  08:00 PM            15,295 SBPRO1.MDI
7801/01/2000  08:00 PM            16,356 SBPRO2.MDI
7901/01/2000  08:00 PM             4,171 SNDSCAPE.DIG
8001/01/2000  08:00 PM             2,971 SNDSCAPE.MDI
8101/01/2000  08:00 PM             4,930 TANDY.MDI
8201/01/2000  08:00 PM             3,622 TEST.AD
8301/01/2000  08:00 PM             5,019 TEST.OPL
8401/01/2000  08:00 PM               405 THM0.BIN
8501/01/2000  08:00 PM               786 THM0.DAT
8601/01/2000  08:00 PM               405 THM1.BIN
8701/01/2000  08:00 PM               786 THM1.DAT
8801/01/2000  08:00 PM               405 THM10.BIN
8901/01/2000  08:00 PM               658 THM10.DAT
9001/01/2000  08:00 PM               405 THM2.BIN
9101/01/2000  08:00 PM               738 THM2.DAT
9201/01/2000  08:00 PM               405 THM3.BIN
9301/01/2000  08:00 PM               786 THM3.DAT
9401/01/2000  08:00 PM               405 THM4.BIN
9501/01/2000  08:00 PM               850 THM4.DAT
9601/01/2000  08:00 PM               405 THM5.BIN
9701/01/2000  08:00 PM               834 THM5.DAT
9801/01/2000  08:00 PM               405 THM6.BIN
9901/01/2000  08:00 PM               771 THM6.DAT
10001/01/2000  08:00 PM               405 THM7.BIN
10101/01/2000  08:00 PM               690 THM7.DAT
10201/01/2000  08:00 PM             1,733 UMID.DIG
10301/01/2000  08:00 PM             1,696 UMID.MDI
104              44 File(s)        227,828 bytes
105
106 Directory of C:\Games\DOS\SSHOCK\SOUND\GENMIDI
107
10802/24/2004  11:48 PM    <DIR>          .
10902/24/2004  11:48 PM    <DIR>          ..
11001/01/2000  08:00 PM            14,226 END.XMI
11101/01/2000  08:00 PM             2,442 ENDLOOP.XMI
11201/01/2000  08:00 PM             1,120 INI-MT.XMI
11301/01/2000  08:00 PM               190 INI-SC.XMI
11401/01/2000  08:00 PM            32,344 INTROTHM.XMI
11501/01/2000  08:00 PM            11,814 THM0.XMI
11601/01/2000  08:00 PM            35,352 THM1.XMI
11701/01/2000  08:00 PM            32,242 THM10.XMI
11801/01/2000  08:00 PM            32,110 THM2.XMI
11901/01/2000  08:00 PM            26,238 THM3.XMI
12001/01/2000  08:00 PM            36,494 THM4.XMI
12101/01/2000  08:00 PM            35,018 THM5.XMI
12201/01/2000  08:00 PM            42,284 THM6.XMI
12301/01/2000  08:00 PM             8,142 THM7.XMI
12401/01/2000  08:00 PM             4,956 TITLOOP.XMI
125              15 File(s)        314,972 bytes
126
127 Directory of C:\Games\DOS\SSHOCK\SOUND\SBLASTER
128
12902/24/2004  11:48 PM    <DIR>          .
13002/24/2004  11:48 PM    <DIR>          ..
13101/01/2000  08:00 PM            12,188 END.XMI
13201/01/2000  08:00 PM             2,524 ENDLOOP.XMI
13301/01/2000  08:00 PM             1,120 INI-MT.XMI
13401/01/2000  08:00 PM               190 INI-SC.XMI
13501/01/2000  08:00 PM            29,334 INTROTHM.XMI
13601/01/2000  08:00 PM            10,648 THM0.XMI
13701/01/2000  08:00 PM            37,940 THM1.XMI
13801/01/2000  08:00 PM            32,396 THM10.XMI
13901/01/2000  08:00 PM            32,122 THM2.XMI
14001/01/2000  08:00 PM            25,422 THM3.XMI
14101/01/2000  08:00 PM            34,202 THM4.XMI
14201/01/2000  08:00 PM            36,192 THM5.XMI
14301/01/2000  08:00 PM            41,624 THM6.XMI
14401/01/2000  08:00 PM             9,624 THM7.XMI
14501/01/2000  08:00 PM             4,006 TITLOOP.XMI
146              15 File(s)        309,532 bytes
147
148 Directory of C:\Games\DOS\SSHOCK\VIRTUASS
149
15002/24/2004  11:53 PM    <DIR>          .
15102/24/2004  11:53 PM    <DIR>          ..
15201/12/2003  01:00 AM         1,362,115 CDSHOCK.EXE
15301/01/2000  12:00 PM         1,543,695 CDSHOCK.old
15401/01/2000  12:00 PM               104 CYB.CFG
15502/25/2004  12:16 AM    <DIR>          DATA
15601/01/2000  12:00 PM         1,254,195 SSHOCK.EXE
157               4 File(s)      4,160,109 bytes
158
159 Directory of C:\Games\DOS\SSHOCK\VIRTUASS\DATA
160
16102/25/2004  12:16 AM    <DIR>          .
16202/25/2004  12:16 AM    <DIR>          ..
16301/01/2000  12:00 PM           613,566 ARCHIVE.DAT
16401/01/2000  12:00 PM             4,096 BWTABL.DAT
16501/01/2000  12:00 PM        52,721,946 CITALOG.RES
16601/01/2000  12:00 PM         8,982,244 CITBARK.RES
16701/01/2000  12:00 PM            14,138 CUTSPAL.RES
16801/01/2000  12:00 PM           354,030 DEATH.RES
16901/01/2000  12:00 PM             2,468 GAMEPAL.RES
17001/01/2000  12:00 PM             2,048 GRYNTABL.DAT
17101/01/2000  12:00 PM           107,970 INTRO.RES
17201/01/2000  12:00 PM            32,768 IPAL.DAT
17301/01/2000  12:00 PM         1,052,124 LOWDETH.RES
17401/01/2000  12:00 PM         3,219,292 LOWEND.RES
17501/01/2000  12:00 PM         9,487,056 LOWINTR.RES
17601/01/2000  12:00 PM               256 MONGTABL.DAT
17701/01/2000  12:00 PM           752,192 OBJART.RES
17801/01/2000  12:00 PM            17,951 OBJPROP.DAT
17901/01/2000  12:00 PM             4,096 SHADTABL.DAT
18001/01/2000  12:00 PM           194,564 SPLASH.RES
18101/01/2000  12:00 PM               912 SPLSHPAL.RES
18201/01/2000  12:00 PM         3,374,810 START1.RES
18301/01/2000  12:00 PM         1,789,040 SVGADETH.RES
18401/01/2000  12:00 PM         4,451,160 SVGAEND.RES
18501/01/2000  12:00 PM        14,403,140 SVGAINTR.RES
18601/01/2000  12:00 PM             4,004 TEXTPROP.DAT
18701/01/2000  12:00 PM           816,094 VIDMAIL.RES
18801/01/2000  12:00 PM             2,048 WHYTTABL.DAT
18901/01/2000  12:00 PM           511,534 WIN1.RES
190              27 File(s)    102,915,547 bytes
191
192     Total Files Listed:
193             140 File(s)    130,021,842 bytes
194              20 Dir(s)   2,896,887,808 bytes free

cdshock.bat now contains:

1@echo off
2C:\Games\Dos\SSHOCK\VIRTUASS\cdshock.exe

This SHOULD get you up and running. Now prepare to destroy SHODAN!

Have a good one,
-- DJ Kamilion

(PS, I've also attached the rar to this post. If you can't get it from the post, try the URL I gave at the top.)

Attachments

Filename

cdshock_xp.rar

File size

539.47 KiB

Downloads

242 downloads

File license

Fair use/fair dealing exception

Reply 8 of 11, by DJKamilion

Posted on 2004-08-05, 03:43

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By the way, here are my specs.
And I'm not using VDMSound for it.

MSI K7N2G-ILSR nForce2 based motherboard
AMD Athlon XP 2100+
512MB Samsung PC3200 @ 400Mhz
Onboard Geforce 4 MX 400 (200) (and now Radeon 9000 for doom3)
Dualboot Windows XP Service Pack 1 / Gentoo Linux

Works very well at 640x480 mode.

Reply 9 of 11, by DoomGaZer

Posted on 2004-08-05, 07:38

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Cool, thanks. What exactly was done to the .exe to make it work? Also how do you get sound in XP without VDMSound? I can't enable legacy sound support without it crapping out on my system. Not sure if its an IRQ conflict or some other silliness.

My sys:
A7N8X Deluxe rev 1.04 (<-- nforce 2 of course 😉)
Athlon XP 3000+
1GB RAM
Geforce FX 5950
WinXP

P.S. Last question, how do you map keys on the keyboard? I never really tried the first time through. I remember 's' key is forward, 'x' is back, 'a' is look left and 'd' is look right, all of which is remarkable due to the age of this game (I didn't really start using a 'wasd' format until '99 and 2000). Thanks.

Reply 10 of 11, by DJKamilion

Posted on 2004-08-07, 20:40

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The .EXE? no idea. Downloaded it from here a while ago.
And I'm not sure how I got sound -- try my cyb.cfg and see if it works. if it doesn't, then install VDMsound and try again.

Reply 11 of 11, by DoomGaZer

Posted on 2004-08-08, 03:20

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Thats cool. I think the sound bit has to do with your IRQ (your REAL IRQ, not that ACPI/WinXP fake one) and whether or not it conflicts with another device in your system. Also, if anybody can tell me how to get SS1 from complaining about COM ports 1 & 2 not being accessable I'd appreciate it. I'm not sure if it has to do with VDMSound or not but I guess it's possible. Thanks.

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