Bjossi on 27/12/2006 at 14:03
I got the same problems before I did this.
I customized the BAT file a bit.
@echo off
"C:\Games\System Shock\nolfb.com"
"C:\Games\System Shock\MOUSE2KV.EXE" 640 480 10 10
"C:\Games\System Shock\dos4gw.exe"
cdshock.exe
This assuming you downloaded and installed the EXEs suggested in the guide. Most people probably get COM1/COM2 port errors at this point when running the game, I just click Ignore on two error messages and then the game plays flawlessly.
w0lfshad3 on 29/12/2006 at 23:55
Now after i uninstalled and reinstalled a couple of times when i try step 8,9 the shorcut is created as CDSHOCK.vlp file (VDMSound Shorcut) but i cannot run it, its not linked to anything and windows ask me with what program should i run it.
Ok cancel what i said after more tries the shorcut works again:confused:
But now i can't see the intro pictures then a messy and soundless "video" occurs then nothing, screen goes black.
Anyway thats not mouse2kv command line style, it should work like:
MOUSE2KV.EXE 640 480 8 8 dos4gw.exe cdshock.exe
wich produces a series of green dots :tsktsk: dunno what i did the first time when the onyl problem was the "video" and the crash
... ok after all maner of weird errors i restarted pc, everything worked as the first time, then "Our systme has been shocked!! But remember to Salt The Fries" message and a general protection fault +registry dump. I can see the "video" with sound using sshock.bat as it is but it crashes when i enter game.
... finally i managed to run it using the bat directly, and it run with sound hmm..
this is my bat:
@echo off
nolfb.com
MOUSE2KV.EXE 640 480 8 8 dos4gw.exe
cdshock.exe
Bjossi on 30/12/2006 at 04:09
That is pretty much what I did, my BAT looks slightly different though.
As a side note I never installed VDMSound myself, the sound is perfectly fine without it, at least in my case.
Shanjaq on 31/12/2006 at 20:11
I started a new game and for a while could move the cursor at a decent speed(grabbed all the stuff from the briefcase!) but now after loading a game if I just bump the mouse it crashes immediately!
I can't select 640x480, so I figured Mouse2kv was doing something bad(even though the mouse moved at a decent speed and stayed in the viewable area.) I changed the values to 320 200 and STILL it crashes when I bump the mouse!
Specs:
Win2k SP4
AMD64 4000+ 2.4GHz
PS/2 Keyboard + Mouse
Onboard Audigy2
nVidia 6800GS
1024mb RAM
Bjossi on 31/12/2006 at 21:42
How does your BAT file look like?
calvinx on 21/1/2007 at 09:15
This FAQ has worked well...but one issue that I am not sure has been addressed here is that I am getting graphical distortion when running in high-res...basically it looks psychadelic...which would be fine if I were on shrooms right now, but I'm just trying to play in high-res.
Music was off at first as well, but I turned of the Vesa option in the VDM properties...but either way the graphical distortion remains when running in high-res. It looks gorgeous in dosbox, but then it's too slow.
Any thoughts on how to resolve the graphical distortion issue at high-res?
Super Cat on 31/1/2007 at 14:52
Hello everybody I'm new here, after discovering that people have gotten System Shock to run on XP. I tried to get my CD version to work, but my problem is that I can't even get the installer to run (INITIAL.EXE) with or without VDMS. Without VDMS I just get a blank dos window with a blinking cursor, and with VDMS it shows some info about VDMS "Licenesed by GNU blablabla..." and then does nothing.
My system specs are
P4 3.06Ghz
512mb ram
Win XP sp1
40gb hdd
PS/2 Keyboard. USB Mouse
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro
SoundMAX on-board digital audio
Any help is well appreciated:thumb:
Xuio on 7/2/2007 at 16:30
I really suggest trying new WIP DosBox from:
(
http://ykhwong.x-y.net/cvs/frame.html)
With dynamic core and auto cycles - on my athlon 3200+, System Shock is running smoothly in 640x480! :thumb:
calvinx on 8/2/2007 at 02:54
Quote Posted by Xuio
I really suggest trying new WIP DosBox from:
(
http://ykhwong.x-y.net/cvs/frame.html)
With dynamic core and auto cycles - on my athlon 3200+, System Shock is running smoothly in 640x480! :thumb:
Hmm....that works almost too well...
Seriously, though, thanks...that's awesome...now soon as I finish UW1 and 2 I can dig into the best SS game out there.
Oddly enough UW is very sluggish under the 07062007 CVS build. For some reason the CPU doesn't max out.
By the way...is it possible to run the CD version from the HD? I want to put my CD away where I know I won't lose it...I keep misplacing my older CDs.
