TheNightTerror on 1/9/2004 at 12:04
The way I do it is through the control panel. If you open it, click on 'printers and other hardware', then click on 'mouse,' you'll be able to change your mouse settings. (I play SS1 quite a bit, so I just put a shortcut to the mouse settings icon on my desktop so it's easy to find when I need it.) Under the 'motion' tab, there should be some kind of acceleration setting. It probably depends on the type of mouse and type of drivers you have, but if you max it out, you should hopefully be okay. The mouse will be incredibly sensitive and hard to control in Windows, but once you get in game and you're in 640x480, you'll be just fine. :thumb:
i_are_monkey on 5/9/2004 at 22:22
This is REALLY F*****G ME OFF
Ive installed all the bits and bobs fine, and done everything.
But i have NO cdshock.exe file. where is it???? i need it to do the last bit of the process (step 10)!
The xp patch is there, but its a "rar" file.
the only cdshock file in the main directory is "Cdshock" - which is an MS-DOS batch file. Is this it??
i clicked on this and it went to the intro, menu and the startup screen (the one where you set the difficulty settings and puzzle settings etc). when i click start everything quits to windows. And no explination either.
i have the CD version of the game.
thanks,
Tim
rachel on 5/9/2004 at 23:20
*.rar is a compression format just like *.zip. I won't provide a link to the app because it's 1.20am and I'm tired but it's quite easy to find. And take this as a somewhat sweetened version of STFW, because it's not that difficult to find out.
oh, welcome :)
<small>now me>sleeep</small>
TheNightTerror on 6/9/2004 at 00:06
I'll pick up where averroes left off. :) You'll need WinRar to extract the file for you, get it here:
(
http://www.rarlab.com/)
I ran into the exact same problem when I first tried to get SS1 working on my computer, so don't feel bad. :)
Bomb Bloke on 6/9/2004 at 02:41
'rarlab'?! :o
*runs a test*
Well whadaya know. They've got both 'rarlab' and 'rarlabs' registered under DNS.
i_are_monkey on 10/9/2004 at 00:08
Ta guys, much appreciated, that helped a bunch.
im a noob at computer what-not, so forgive my ignorance.
Regards,
Tim
scyto on 14/9/2004 at 22:16
I have done everything, it works but....
1)why does the speed vary (music speed up and slow down)
2)why does switching to 640x400 or 640x480 crash the games - it works and changes resolution but the ntvdm fails?
absinthetic on 28/9/2004 at 01:19
i have done everything that i am supposed to, but now when i run it i get THIS error:
>>DOS/4GW fatal error (1007): can't find file C:\SSHOCK\CDSHOCK.EXE
to load<<
but the file is right in the directory with the rest of the files!!! where i tell the program to be because here is my cdshock.bat
>>c:\sshock\mouse2kv.exe 640 480 8 8 c:\sshock\dos4gw.exe c:\sshock\cdshock.exe<<
i can NOT figure this one out!!
absinthetic
dearpac on 30/9/2004 at 13:27
After following the directions...I finally got SS2 to work, but now the mouse fails to drag items in inventory (bag of chips, bottle of juice) i tried adjusting the mouse settings in the control panel...tried switching to my old logitech mouse...updated the drivers...any ideas?
XP Pro
AMD XP3000
Asus A7N8X-D
ATI9800 Pro
logitech keyboard & mouse
Also...I tried updating using the shkpatch...but I got a error: Wrong version..."Cannot patch this version of the game. This patch expects version 1.15 to be the installed version. The version currently installed is 2.3" ???
Greydesk on 2/10/2004 at 01:08
Hi All,
I'm trying to get SS1 running in XP SP1. I have a GF2 MX400 and an SB Live! Value. The game seems to start as it should, but I am dumped to desktop. The VDMS MSDOS window is still running. If I click on it, I can sometimes see the intro screen before I am dumped back to the desktop. After several tries, it finally crashed out. No error. The VDMS.LOG is full of things like:
@W - 11:51:06.667 - SBController
HandleTransfer: DMA updates too infrequent (unable to keep up with
desired transfer rate), requesting boost
@I - 11:51:06.674 - SBController
HandleAfterTransfer: Interrupting (8-bit, x1) after 2368ms, 96 bytes
(terminal count)
which tells me it's a soundcard problem. Any ideas on fixes tho?
Edit: Found the problem
Of all the silliness on my part. *sigh* I had mIRC running as well, so if someone left a message, and the taskbar started to flash, I was booted out to the desktop. I also changed a few settings on the soundcard, and while the errors remain, the game is still playable. Working on eliminating the chattering by playing with the buffers.
Edit2: How does one change the resolution and the gamma in the game? I can find no setting for it, nor a menu for it in the manual.
