june gloom on 12/9/2008 at 03:15
Quote Posted by NMA Forums troubleshooting thread
There's no music in the game
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Open your config file and make sure the music path entry points to the right folder. It should look something like this (for Fallout 2):
music_path1=C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2\data\sound\music\
See if that helps- not having bought a game over GOG, I don't know where the shit gets placed, but I imagine it's the same deal.
ignatios on 12/9/2008 at 03:57
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
Obviously any random person on the internet wasn't in mind when that was written. Also notice that the EULA had been changed when they released Freespace 2 on Gametap?
It wasn't just Gametap; the EULA
minus the sharing clause was installed from the retail CDs.
More (
http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Freespace_2_EULA_Issues) here
mothra on 12/9/2008 at 11:49
i got myself Fallout and Fallout2 for free. installers do not contact the mothership (i have some sniffers runnning) and installation is as easy as they come (choose path + click on OK). after that it seems to follow normal installation routines, the extra-stuff is nice as well.
for both Fallout games there is:
Manual
ReferenceCard
High-Rez Wallpaper
Wallpaper Series
Avatars
Soundtrack (mp3s)
so far I just bought both for Fun, I already own the Fallout Collection DVD, I just wanted to have a game I arleady own to compare gog-installation to.
I will get myself a few others, moreso to support gog than to play them right away since I'm occupied with Stalker and soon TheWitcher and FarCry2.
The_Raven on 12/9/2008 at 15:50
Yes, I can say I'm fairly confident that the installers don't contact the mothership as well. This steams from the fact that my software firewall is extremely fickle when it comes to programs launching other programs or trying to access the Internet. During most installation routines, I normally have to make exceptions for the installer, otherwise it makes Vista's UAC look completely nonintrusive by comparison. My software firewall didn't even make a peep when I installed the games from GOG.com. You do have to run the installer as an administrator, which is annoying.
doctorfrog on 12/9/2008 at 18:46
Neat. Incidentally, I have Fallouts 1 and 2 on CD; 1 came with a simple screensaver, similar to that built into the PipBoy in the game. It's a bunch of green-scanline bombs falling out of the sky at an angle, interspersed with game art. (If you'd like to see an example, fire up Fallout, have your character view his PipBoy and let it sit there for a few minutes.) If that isn't included in the extras, and you're interested, I can provide, or just search the web for it.
Owners of the original Fallouts can also extract the soundtracks from the original ACM files using (
http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=acm2wav&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8) ACM2WAV. This includes the Inkspots' "Maybe" and Louis Armstrong's "A Kiss to Build a Dream On."
june gloom on 12/9/2008 at 19:04
I've been using that screensaver for 8 years. Never saw a need to change it. :D
Though I turned off the background. It's not so much "artwork" as it's dark clouds.
doctorfrog on 12/9/2008 at 19:30
Just to clarify, what I meant was that the bombs-fallin' animation is periodically interspersed with actual game art, such as a close-up of Bob's Iguana, or a shot of a soldier in power armor against an AMERICA!!!! flag in the background. Ain't just clouds, but you can turn these and the clouds off in the screensaver.
june gloom on 12/9/2008 at 19:51
Are you sure about that? Because there's no option for such a thing in the menu, and I've never seen it in 8 years of using this screensaver.
doctorfrog on 12/9/2008 at 20:04
The option is "Bombs Only," which turns off the art, whereas "Bomb backdrop" turns off just the clouds.
june gloom on 12/9/2008 at 21:14
Ah there it goes.
