Karkianman on 30/8/2006 at 23:31
I finally got the game to run multiple times. I had gotten it to run, but it only ran once per installation. After ignoring the COM thing, the game would cleanly crash to desktop. However, one problem I can't seem to fix is the mouse speed in 640x480. I went into CDSHOCK.exe and changed the 8's to bigger numbers, and the menu got alot more sensitive, but in the game, when I change it up to 640x480, it hasn't changed one bit. Anyone have any idea what's going on with that? I'd prefer not to have to change my mouse's acceleration.
Mouse = Some cheap standard Microsoft USB infared with a scrolly/clicky wheel.
MysteryGoat on 30/8/2006 at 23:55
Trying taking out moust2kv and the numbers that follow, but be sure to leave cdshock.exe. I had the same problem, although at one of the lower resolutions.
Karkianman on 31/8/2006 at 01:02
Still negatory :confused:
I've checked, and my changes are in fact being saved. Do I need to remake the shortcut from CDSHOCK.bat? I've been assuming that since it was a shortcut, it would still be relevant.
MysteryGoat on 31/8/2006 at 01:14
Sorry, don't know, I actually havn't been able to make the shortcut itself.
Karkianman on 4/9/2006 at 04:17
Argh... the mouse thing is an annoyance, but this is a real issue.
After some random period of time, for each installation, the game will stop running. I'll start it, it'll do the COM2 port error, then I'll pull it back up, and it'll just close to desktop. So I end up having to reinstall the game. The real problem is that I don't know how to transplant saves.
MuckyFoots on 13/9/2006 at 01:02
wow coolness!!
followed the directions and was up and running in minutes!
:thumb: thanks and good job u guys!
if this helps anybody:
i find that when starting the game for the first time, the default resultion is the lowest. however the mose setting (in the cdshock.bat file) is for the max, so the cursor is working, it just moves really quickly.
Juffos on 16/9/2006 at 15:39
Hello. I have been playing ss1 with dosbox, with almost no problems at all.
When I get mail by using a lever and such (reactor level, when I have put the isotope x-22 into the shield generator
thingie, and I use the lever, I get the message "You got new mail")
and then the game simply freezes, but the music continues playing. :confused:
Can you help me out of this, I have tried playing ss1 with vdmsound but it frigs my mousesens totally up.
:erg:
ripa on 16/9/2006 at 21:16
You can bypass your hardware's VESA implementation with dgvesa, part of the dgVoodoo glide wrapper. Running System Shock with dgvesa allows it to use the same refresh rates all Windows programs use. System Shock ran perfectly at 800x600 120Hz with doublescanning (no flicker or nasty scanlines!). You can even run it in windowed mode. Also, dgvesa eliminates the need for mouse2kv.
You can get dgVoodoo 1.40+ at (
http://dege.freeweb.hu/) Installing it is quite simple: just extract it to your System Shock directory. You can configure it by running dgVoodooSetup.exe. My settings: Platform: DOS; Global tab: Fullscreen mode, 32-bit, Working in VDD mode, Hide console checked, Set mouse focus to application checked; VESA tab: Use built-in VESA support checked, refresh freq 60Hz (not the same thing as refresh rate), and 4096kb video memory. Finally, to enable dgvesa, you need to run dgvesa.com before cdshock.exe and without mouse2kv. It's simple with a batch file. My cdshock.bat contains just two lines: dgvesa.com and cdshock.exe. Run the batch file with VDMsound for great audio!
If System Shock crashes with dgvesa when starting a new game, try running System Shock without dgvesa, create a new game, set it to high resolution, save the game, and finally restart System Shock with dgvesa, and load the savegame.
Your refresh rate might still be just 60Hz because of Windows XP. In that case you need to force it higher. I've always used RefreshForce, but I think it can also be done with the default ATi and nVidia control panels somehow.
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http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/5038/ohnoesxb1.jpg)
j0e_x on 20/9/2006 at 20:16
Hello,
I am running cdshock.bat ( patched ) with dgvesa and and vdms sound.
Running win 2k Pro. Game looks and acts great for about 3 minutes and then crashes. I have used the dgvesa setup in the above example. It keeps reverting to default after a crash.
My cdshock.bat file is:
@echo off
C:\SSHOCK\dgvesa.com
CDSHOCK.exe
I hope someone else has seen this. so far this is as close as i can get to playing. Under vdms my mouse cursor was stuck in upper-left corner in hi-res mode.
Oh--I am running the original cd copied to my harddrive. Thanks! Joe
v.dog on 24/9/2006 at 03:14
NM. I got the portable one to work.
