ToxicFrog on 20/1/2005 at 16:53
@Ajare: no idea, but at a guess I'd say it might be scanning for serial mice. Can't think of any other reason SS1 would want the serial ports.
@Plague: Is the error from INITIAL.EXE, or from VDMS itself? I do know that there's nothing called 'INITIALD' on my copy, and it works fine...
@tempest2000: I had a similar problem, but it was fixed by using dos4gw-1.97.2; if you've already tried that, I don't know anything else to use.
@Drake5: I don't know how to make the memory setting stick. Fortunately, I do know how to solve the hard-lock problem.
For some reason (I don't know why, and AFAIK no-one else does either), running SS1 twice in a row will cause it to exit cleanly the second time.
So, if you're running it from the shell by hand, after exiting SS1 but before exiting the shell, you just run it again and quit from the main menu with alt+x.
If you're using CDSHOCK.BAT, just duplicate the last line so that it calls CDSHOCK.EXE twice, then quit from the main menu as before when it starts the second time.
Drake5 on 20/1/2005 at 18:28
Progress has been made! Setting the memory to 560 makes it stick AND run. Thanks Drat.
As for the freeze, editing the .BAT file works too! Thanks Toxic.
I get to play SS1! Iget to play SS1! :cheeky:
Tri-Focal on 11/3/2005 at 17:45
I'm setting up System Shock 1 now and everything is going well. But Nok's patch for XP is named cdshock_xp.rar. I guessed that I should just rename it cdshock.exe but it looks like I guessed wrong. Launchpad tells me it's not a valid executable. SO..... how do I put on this patch?
Trifocal
TheNightTerror on 11/3/2005 at 17:56
That's a common mistake to make, actually, I made it way back when, too. You need to download (
http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm) WinRar, and use it to extract the .exe file from the archive.
jbairdjr on 16/3/2005 at 01:25
I was told to put this here so here it goes:
It's almost (
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85834&highlight=DOS4gw.exe) a year since I tried to get System Shock 1 running and I'm still having the same problems
--Sound and video are very choppy.
--Game crashes as soon as I pick up stuff (not including the medkit).
I'd really appreciate some help here. Mucho thanks in advance! :)
ToxicFrog on 21/3/2005 at 14:54
First of all, just off the top of my head -
- no idea what the sound/video issue is, I've never had anything but smooth performance out of SS1 on any OS except when running in DOSBOX - assuming it works in the first place, of course
- the crash-on-pickup thing sounds like a dos4gw issue, but (at least in my experience) those aren't so consistent, they strike without warning and without pattern.
- However, I do know that SS1 can be made to run on win2k, because I'm doing so right now. Just lasered Earth, in fact.
Having looked through your original thread, it looks like all kinds of things went unamusingly wrong when you were setting it up. Have you tried doing a completely clean install - purging your system of all traces of VDMS and SS1, then installing the latest VDMS, then SS1, etc, in almost-accordance with the FAQ*?
* it's slightly outdated following changes to VDMS, but still works if you adjust for things like the fact that the Launchpad is no longer seperate
Publius on 27/3/2005 at 23:35
Can I just get this straight....How do I stop the window after closing SS1 from crashing the computer? What is the definitive answer? I am running it with the hacked version of CDSHOCK.
ToxicFrog on 28/3/2005 at 04:48
@Publius: answered (
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95251) here (and lots of other places, but that's most recent).
@Daxim: I could have sworn that the SS1 hang-on-exit workaround was in your FAQ, but it doesn't appear to be, and it really should be.
Kolya on 11/4/2005 at 19:03
Quote Posted by ToxicFrog
@Daxim: I could have sworn that the SS1 hang-on-exit workaround was in your FAQ, but it doesn't appear to be, and it really should be.
I don't know what this is about, I just read the post and thought I'd mention that Daxim has been banned a few months ago and probably won't read this.
Kolya
Kal Ebretto on 26/5/2005 at 19:38
So much work for an ancient game, but well worth it.
All the FAQ procedures just lead to a CTD when starting a new game. :tsktsk: I got SS1 to run decently with just the cdshock.exe and VDMSSound.
P4 3.2 GHz
1G RAM
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 (built-in, so shyaddup about it)
SoundBlaster (built-in)
WinXP SP2
Vid Modes 320x240 and 320x400 run the mouse just fine. 640x480 is the snail-mouse. 320x400 runs better graphics than the lower, but not quite as sharp as the higher. I can live with the mid-range resolution.
I still get the COM2 error, but that appears to be irrelevant. Just Ignore and go back into the VDMS/Dos/SS1 window.
Sounds and music run just fine as do cutscenes. All I have to do is see how well it does running long-term.
EDIT: And all is good :thumb:
