JayDee on 24/10/2007 at 01:26
Quote Posted by Putter
Egads, 40 hours. That will likely last me the rest of semmester :|. I better get the hang of this control scheme or it will be a long month.
I don't know about 40 hours. One of the difficulty options is to finish the game in 7 hours, iirc. While you can take plenty longer, you can't just skip four fifths of the game to make it in that time.
uk_john on 24/10/2007 at 07:25
Quote Posted by JayDee
I don't know about 40 hours. One of the difficulty options is to finish the game in 7 hours, iirc. While you can take plenty longer, you can't just skip four fifths of the game to make it in that time.
It purely depend if you
play games or not! I always want to visit all the areas, try and solve all the puzzles, get into the character and involve myself in the story. This goes even more if I have paid $40-50 for the game!
You can finish the game in 7-10 hours, but you will miss so much in my opinion, I don't know why you would bother to go to the trouble to get it running! :)
JayDee on 25/10/2007 at 22:42
Quote Posted by uk_john
It purely depend if you
play games or not! I always want to visit all the areas, try and solve all the puzzles, get into the character and involve myself in the story. This goes even more if I have paid $40-50 for the game!
You can finish the game in 7-10 hours, but you will miss so much in my opinion, I don't know why you would bother to go to the trouble to get it running! :)
Depends how many times you've played before. I'm not still on my original copy of the CD, for instance. I generally try to get all the logs, and I can't think of all that much you can skip in SS1. Especially if you haven't played it before, but even knowing where everything is the design is such that you have to cover most of the station. Pesky cameras and the like.
Maybe I just don't want to face the fact that I've spent so many hours on a game so many times :p .
grodrianst on 13/1/2008 at 22:29
Hi guys,
First post, although I've been trolling for a bit. I played SS2 when it was relatively new and to be honest it scared the Hell out of me but I loved it. I recently dug it out in hopes of playing it again. That is when I found this wonderful site. While playing SS2 it made me wonder if I could find and play SS1 since I had never had that experience. So I read this thread, found a SS1 download for $5.00 and the rest of the programs and after a bit of research on this thread, work, and "tweaking" I am now able to say that I think I have it working. I just wanted to say, "Thank you" to everyone that has contributed to this thread and to keeping this great game alive.
Grod
uk_john on 13/1/2008 at 23:56
grodrianst, welcome to the thread and glad we were able to help! This is such a great game, it's a pleasure getting someone else onboard to promote it to the masses! :)
KillerBunny on 7/2/2008 at 22:32
I know this is a little dead but I is it possible to play the game on Vista with DosBox?I just can't install it,someone help me please:grr:
uk_john on 7/2/2008 at 23:19
Sorry, I am sticking with XP (and a Win98 PC as well, for my older games! :)) to avoid these problems, so cannot help. Have you tried a front end for DOSBox like D.O.G.? I don't even know if it, or any other front end, works in Vista, but you could check them on the DOSBox web page. Also, try the DOSBox forums for a better chance of Vista help.
Sorry I couldn't do better for you!
Zaphod B on 17/2/2008 at 12:47
All you need to run System Shock 1 on Windows XP is the DOSBox Emulator.
1. Install and configure DOSBox (i used DOSBox Version 0.70)
I changed these DOSBox Variables:
memsize=64
keyboardlayout=XX (see the DOSBox ReadmeFile)
CD-ROM and Harddisk configuration :
[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
mount d y:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -ioctl
mount e z:\ -t cdrom -usecd 1 -ioctl
mount C c:\Dos ("c:\Dos" is a directory to function as a DOS-Formatted harddisk)
c:
2. Insert System Shock 1 CD, start DOSBox and type at the promt:
cd inst
initial.exe (installation program)
3. after installation type:
cdshock
This works fine on Windows XP SP2.
I tried the crap from the main post serveral times and it did not work. :mad:
uk_john on 17/2/2008 at 14:41
Zaphod - I think you are being a little harsh with your comments about earlier instructions. Just like your help, everybody who posts instrcutions here are trying to help! For example, because of info a few pages back, I was able to get my System Shock running in XP SP2 outside of DOSBox and running at 1024x768! So do not diss all help, as some has been and will be very useful - if you are willing to look at a few more pages, rather than just page one! :)
Zaphod B on 24/3/2008 at 13:27
Why do you post complicated instructions in this forum which do not work?
Using a modified System Shock installation, downloaded from some place on the internet does not help much to run the original game, which i and perhaps many others who visit the forum own. :p
@KillerBunny
The instructions i posted above do work for Windows XP Professional SP2 and Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit.
