Hamsterman on 17/12/2003 at 11:18

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Its not a weenie little game

Its one of the first really good games I played

Goggleboy on 17/12/2003 at 20:32

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I was going to request that one of the mods sticky this topic, since it contains information and links that would undoubtedly be useful, but it seems it's turned into another one of those "lynch the SS hater!" threads.:sweat:

SweetVampire on 18/12/2003 at 10:32

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Hey, I didn't try to kill him :p

I thought almost the same when SS1 frustrated me for almost 2 weeks. *I needed those two weeks to get the game running!*

Only I used some baaaad F-Words :cheeky:

Kolya on 18/12/2003 at 21:51

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Uhu, I note: "F-Words helped get SS1 running..."
This should be added to the FAQ, don't you think? ;)

Kolya

Scythifuge on 1/1/2004 at 03:33

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Greetings...

First, here are my system specs: (the relevant to this situation specs)

Abit AT7-MAX2 Mobo
AthlonXP 2600+
512mb Kingston HyperX
ATI AIW Radeon 8500 128mb
Audigy 2 Platinum sound card
Windows XP Professional
latest updates/drivers for everything

I tried everything from the FAQ and various other forums, and this is what happened: Game starts with slow/stuttering sound and music, mouse cursor stayed around the lower left side of my screen-forcing me to use the keyboard to start a new game, then it crashed...after some tweaking, I could get into the game, but it ran like ass. So...

I decided against using any of the programs (VDMS, nolfb.com, mouse2kv), except I stuck with Dos/4GW 1.97_2. I right clicked on cdshock.exe, and selected properties then memory, selected protected mode and a value of 4096 for initial environment under Conventional memory. I then selected values of 16384 for both expanded and extended memory, and checked the HMA box. Under the Compatability tab, I chose Windows 95 (though at this time, I am unsure if this makes a difference or not). In the setup for the game, I chose General Midi for music, and the original Sound Blaster for sound, as apparently, these choices are compatable with my Audigy2 in Windows (I am also using the latest drivers for my Audigy2). I sent a shortcut to the desktop, and lo! The game runs with excellent sound, and I was able to start a new game with a perfectly working mouse, and with 640x480 resolution in-game (now, I just have to get used to the funky control scheme again, its been years since I have last played this wonderful game).

I have to use VDMS with many other games, and I have yet to run into an issue with any game that requires noflb.com (though I haven't tried Duke Nukem 3d yet). I have yet to require the use of the mouse2kv program. So far, the games that I can't get to work in XP (though I am working on them) are: Wing Commander Armada, Privateer 1 (privateer 2 works, but is buggy), Strike Commander (they use jemm, which is incompatable with anything other than pure DOS-thus far), and CyberJudas. But all I needed for SS1 was DOS/4GW. Cheers!

Scythifuge