june gloom on 4/3/2007 at 00:28
somehow, i really doubt it was a trojan.
Vigil on 4/3/2007 at 01:03
I've just downloaded the torrent version myself and scanned it (using AVG antivirus) and it came up clean. It's very likely your virus scanner reported a false positive: especially if the file in question was one of the original System Shock game files, or was the file "SSP.exe" (which is a simple batchfile converted to an EXE, hence quite likely to fit a virus-like profile).
Kolya on 4/3/2007 at 12:17
Indeed I had AVAST report the launcher as a trojan only a few days ago. It is of course not. If you want to see what it does, there's a copy of the unconverted batch file in the RES folder.
Flexomatic, which virus scanner did you use? I'd like to make an according note on the SS-P page.
Flexomatic on 4/3/2007 at 15:27
Avast it was.
David on 4/3/2007 at 17:26
Vigil, if you feel we are lacking a sufficient FAQ for System Shock 1 feel free to write or start one and then we can sticky it.
Kolya on 4/3/2007 at 19:56
Flexomatic, you can try to replace the SSP.exe with SSP.bat from the RES folder. IIRC in this case I only converted it to beautify it a bit with an icon.
There are other converted batch files which cannot be replaced like that (mouse.exe, vesa.exe). They are very simple batch files but they
need to be executables so their memory settings are handed over to cdshock.exe.
For reference here's what these files do:
mouse.exe (mouse.bat)
Code:
@echo off
MOUSE2KV.exe 1280 1024 8 8 cdshock.exe
vesa.exe (vesa.bat)
Code:
@echo off
dgvesa.com
cdshock.exe
Flexomatic on 4/3/2007 at 20:06
By the way, I found out what the problem was and even fixed it.
Problem was: 640x480@60hz = Weird colors
Fixed it by using dgvesa.com, though now it runs slow as hell. Stuttering sound, constant slowdowns.. No fun playing at all.
So now I'm looking for a way to increase hz to at least 70, because that's the value I get when running it with dgvesa.com.
Tools that didn't work: Powerstrip, Multires, ATI Tray Tools.
So far these tools do what they are supposed to.. but not in a DOS environment.
Which kinda leaves me without a solution again.
Kolya on 4/3/2007 at 20:19
The stuttering sound and slowdowns could be caused by the specs of the system. Do you have an LCDisplay with a fixed refresh rate?
Nameless Voice on 4/3/2007 at 20:31
Quote Posted by Kolya
Do you have an LCDisplay with a fixed refresh rate?
I was going to suggest that.
I seem to recall that SS-P ran badly on my laptop, which has a fixed screen refresh rate of 50Hz, until I set DGVesa to run at 50Hz, too.
Cesar on 3/9/2007 at 14:46
I'm having the same problem on my laptop.
The game runs fine at 320x200 and 320x400, but at 640x400 and above (even the 1024x768 patch), the colors are messed up. I think the blame goes to the ATI Radeon X1400 for not supporting such modes properly under DOS (or maybe it's just the Mobility models on laptops?). I've tried with and without noflb.com.
I couldn't find any other programs to fix this other than DGVesa from the SS Portable (though I'm experiencing annoying mouse problem with it -- but I will discuss that on another thread).
It was laggy at default settings. I got it to run at full speed by using DDraw7 & D3D7 setting in dgVoodoo Setup:
Platform: DOS
Under Global tab, select "DirectDraw7 & Direct3D7" for Renderer API.
