XenivouS on 10/6/2003 at 06:13
hmm, the only way i could help you troubleshoot this problem is if I load up win98SE, well, im actually moving the end of this week then im going out of town, but I actually have an old ibm thinkpad with win98SE on it. While im away ill probably tinker with it and see if I come up with anything. Hopefully you can figure something out before I get back in a few weeks but if not I should be able to give some kind of help (if I can actually figure it out)
It's wierd because I thought it would actually be alot easier on a win9x system as opposed to a NT system. Also, im assuming your on a FAT32 format right? (cant remember if you can do NTFS on win9x, dont think you can though) If I can figure it out ill write another FAQ on how to do it on a win9x system since Daxim's FAQ is a bit confusing and doesnt really cover much on SS1.
I'll be around till about Thursdayish or so, so if I come up with something off the top of my head Ill spit it out. Best of luck to you until then!
tripwood on 10/6/2003 at 16:43
err.. i'm not on 98. i said 'my only hope would be to install win98'..
i have xp. that's why i posted in the thread about not running Ss1 on XP. :)
The Brain on 10/6/2003 at 17:14
dj_ivocha, you should run SShock via MS-DOS prompt, not directly via cdshock.pif.
After you have finished your playing with SShock, run cdshock.bat again. And voilá!
No crash anymore! This kind re-starting works on my Windows 98 (not SE).
XenivouS on 10/6/2003 at 18:11
I thought you had win98SE opps my mistake. Hmm, well, my wife has a pc with xp on it I could troubleshoot on that later then:cheeky: Ill see what I come up with, until then Dont give up!
dj_ivocha on 10/6/2003 at 21:37
The Brain - thanks for the tip, it worked :) . But I was wondering, why does win98 crash always when ss1 hasn't been started twice from msdos prompt? I've never seen anything like this, and I have played plenty of dos games on my machine.
Elsidar on 17/6/2003 at 21:55
After following your FAQ and getting everything working, I tried turning the volume of the music up, and suddenly, the game slows to an absolute crawl. I'm running it at 640x480, my mouse is working fine, digital sound is fine too. If the volume for the music is all the way down, the game runs okay. However, if it's playing, the music is jerky/stuttering/halting, etc, and the control of my character becomes sluggish.
Anyone else run into this, or am I doing something wrong?
XenivouS on 19/6/2003 at 16:30
hmm that hasnt happened on my system, but you may want to try the different "sound cards" in the config, the place where you setup a soundblaster, soundblaster 16, soundblaster AWE 32,...etc. And try the different cards for the emulation. Also you can try different dos4gw's instead of 1_97. Just delete the one you renamed to dos4gw.exe (make sure you have them all still in a zip or whatever).
Im starting to come to the conclusion that possibly that even though what worked for me might not work for someone else, reason being that everyone has a different computer setup and such. But I can keep thowing out possible ideas and possible fix actions to help you guys get SS to work properly:cheeky:
Hardcore-Evil on 26/6/2003 at 12:05
Quote:
Originally posted by XenivouS How to Run System Shock 1 on Windows 2000/XP FAQ v. 1.0
...
1. What you Need
...
B. Programs - NOLFB.exe
MOUSE2KV.exe
Dos4gw.exe (1_97)
VDMSound
VDMSound 2.0.4 Update 2
VDMS Launch Pad 1.0.1.1
Mok's modified System Shock XP patch
...Once again: big THX! Now i can play System Shock 1 again (under WinXP & with a P4 3GHz). Best Game forever for me (System Shock 2, too)! Last time i've played SS1 without any problems was on my 486DX-133 ...
I think (i'm not 100% sure) i've just only needed the Dos4gw.exe and the Mok's modified System Shock XP patch, because i've deinstalled later all the VDM-Files and dll's, cause it doesn't works with it. I just run the cdshock.exe (no batch-file) and it runs very fine.
Darkfire on 27/6/2003 at 20:34
Cheers for the guide...finally I can play one of the best games ever written again! :D
Only one problem though is that it's awefully choppy. The intro movie stutters a lot, and the game does so as well. Interestingly the higher the res, the less stuttering...
My system spec is as follows:
XP1800+
Epox Mobo
512Mb
Geforce 3
SB Audigy
Any ideas?
tyler on 1/7/2003 at 12:33
Hey, dj_ivocha, did you get the whole thing running with sound? Ive finally managed to run it and avoid the after-end freeze, but still troubles with sound. Do you run any other programs than that dosdrv.bat in vdmsound? When I launch it with vdm the game freezes right after filling in my name and clicking on "start". Do you have any other support programs?
