Zeebok on 21/7/2004 at 05:29
i'm finding anyone with XP and installs th EA Classics version don't get a problem except the safe_texture_manger problem occasionally. Me and my brother both have ea classics and xp and we dont have problems, or my firends, who will install it when i go there. its not necesarilly true, but its an observation that is consistent.
Martin Karne on 22/7/2004 at 17:02
Last time, and now i am going to try with shocked, i will report later.
:tsktsk:
Raven767 on 24/7/2004 at 01:34
Thanks you guys so much for helping me get ss2 to run again. ss2 has been working fine so far. also back on my older computer one of the reasons it wouldn't run correctly was because i had a crappy sound card, so check your sound cards and maybe replace them with a soundblaster card if ss2 isn't running (sb 5.1 is like 40 $). by the way if you have a riptide card ( or at least the one i had) burn that fucker! I dont know much, but i hope that will help.
noah on 24/7/2004 at 22:40
I would just like to report that I was successful in getting System Shock 2 to run in XP Pro. I used the following steps/utilities:
First off, I made a virtual copy of my Shock2 CD (I'm using an original copy, not a Classic re-release) using DAEMON Tools 3.46 - (
http://www.daemon-tools.cc) and CloneCD - (
http://www.slysoft.com/en/)
This probably won't make that much difference, but it could circumvent copy protection<->media drive incompatibilities. I did it this way because I'm setting up a classic gaming directory on my machine to play old games without disks.
I installed the game with a minimal installation from the virtual disk image. Make sure you install to a different directory from where the disc images reside, otherwise the Shock installation will try to clear out the files first. (!)
I installed the official patch (shkpatch.exe) from Irrational's website - (
http://www.irrational-games.com/shock2/)
Then I installed these two fixes linked elsewhere in this thread:
XP/2000 fix (be sure shock2.exe is *not* using any compatibility mode after copying the file over) - (
http://www.brave.net.nz/shock2_xp_2000_fix.zip)
HyperThreading fix - (
http://www.lanime.com/ntx/ss2fix/SS2MTFIX.EXE) I also did not need to crack the game, as directed elsewhere in this thread. The HT fix applied fine over the XP/2000 shock2.exe fix.
After these steps, the game ran beautifully for me - the key points being the XP/2000 and the HT fixes with shock2.exe set to not run in compatibility mode. I Hope this helps out.
System specs:
Dell Inspiron XPS (Notebook)
Intel P4 3.4 HT EE
1GB DDR 400MHz RAM
128 ATi 9700 Radeon Mobility
Win XP Pro Ver. 2002 w/ SP1 and all current updates as of posted reply date.
DirectX 9.0b
Hoopla on 27/7/2004 at 20:03
It would be nice if someone wrote a patch to fix the patch :rolleyes:
Martin Karne on 28/7/2004 at 17:59
No dice even with the editor.
Dusting off my old rig...
Hoopla on 28/7/2004 at 19:49
Quote Posted by Martin Karne
No dice even with the editor.
Dusting off my old rig...
Same here... good old Windows 98 (never thought I'd hear myself say that) :rolleyes:
Martin Karne on 30/7/2004 at 02:17
Mine used WinXP but worked because it's was a GF1 DDR and detonators 30.82.
:erg:
icemann on 30/7/2004 at 10:20
Hmm. As had been said MANY times throughout this faq System Shock 2 wont work for me :(. I`ve tried the various fixes posted throughout this thread and installing windows service pack 1 and trying the various compatibility modes and none of them work for me.
Everytime I try to run shock2.exe I get the error: System Shock 2 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. All I can do from that point is read the information produced in the error report or to close the error message box.
I have absolutely no idea of what else to try to get the game to work so any help would be most appreciated.
icemann on 4/8/2004 at 10:35
So even getting to the main menu is impossible without the correct codecs?
