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First post, by stealthjoe

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Hi,

I was using Glidos 1.29 for quite a while on my Win 98SE. Had to reinstall my OS and tried to install the latest vesion. The Glidos version 1.59 throws an error that it requires a higher windows version. The version 1.55 installs and opens fine but as soon as I try to run Tomb Raider, the dosbox window stalls. Same case for UB as well. Haven't tried other games yet. Any fix for the 1.59 version on 98 SE?

Intel 845GEBV2, Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz, Geforce FX5600 256MB, 512MB RAM, 160GB HDD, Sound Blaster Live! SB0100 - Win 98.

Reply 1 of 3, by Glidos

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With 1.59, is it the installer that is giving the error? If os, you might try https://download.glidos.net/Glidos_v1_59_xp.exe (I realise it isn't XP you are targetting, but there's a chance it might work).

For 1.55, try changing the Glidos configuration, under the Dos tab, change Dos Emulation to Windows.

Reply 2 of 3, by stealthjoe

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Glidos wrote on Yesterday, 13:00:

With 1.59, is it the installer that is giving the error? If os, you might try https://download.glidos.net/Glidos_v1_59_xp.exe (I realise it isn't XP you are targetting, but there's a chance it might work).

For 1.55, try changing the Glidos configuration, under the Dos tab, change Dos Emulation to Windows.

Yes indeed. While running the 1.59 installer, it prompts the error on 98SE. I did try changing the Dos Emulation to Windows for 1.55, but the game doesn't open afterwards. While using the default mode (DOSBOX emulation), it was working the first time. However, during the subsequent times, the DOSBOX window just stalls.

Intel 845GEBV2, Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz, Geforce FX5600 256MB, 512MB RAM, 160GB HDD, Sound Blaster Live! SB0100 - Win 98.

Reply 3 of 3, by Glidos

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That's strange. Setting "Dos Emulation" to "Windows" is definitely the right choice for running under Windows 98. I'm struggling to think how it might work at all with DOSBox. The communication between the game and Glidos is entirely different under 95/98. Come to think of it, when trying to run under Windows 98, it's probably best to get TR I running in softwere mode first to make sure you have any config correct.

Did you try the XP installer for 1.59? It's not really specific to XP. It's my old bespoke Glidos installer, from before i swapped to the standard inno setup.

Where are you finding Glidos 1.55? I don't see it on download.glidos.net. Not sure why it isn't there. I tended to keep all old versions.