Throwing down the gauntlet...

SFC Scout on 14/6/2001 at 00:16

Getting TN to run on:

Windows2000
PentiumIII 800
Geforce2 MX
SoundBlaster Live Player 5.1

Can it be done?

Shadowcat on 14/6/2001 at 14:06

Pick that gauntlet up, Soldier! This is a military base, not a laundry!

Uh, that is to say, you tell us :)

I don't recall offhand whether anyone is running TN on a Win2K system, so let us know how you get on and if you run into errors we might be able to help.

Use the forum search function to see if you can find any answers, and there's a recent thread which gives links to the threads that contain most information about running TN on modern systems.

(edit)

hmm... doesn't look too good :/ I'm sure that <a href="http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=8&t=000051">DeathStalker</a> would love to know if you have any success, though! (Not to mention the rest of us, who may well end up with an NT-based system at some point in the future...)

[ June 14, 2001: Message edited by: Shadowcat ]

SFC Scout on 20/6/2001 at 11:03

Almost immediately after I posted that message, my internet connection died (for a week.) An omen perchance?

Story so far:

Copied TN CD contents to hardrive. Right clicked on the install.exe and created a shortcut. Played around with the properties to get full screen. Clicked the shortcut.

Said no to VBE thing. (Seemed like a safe bet.)

Ok, the install starts: Mouse pointer doesn't work properly. (It likes the top-left corner of the screen, and won't come out.) Sound card refuses to work at all.

Ok, so I install with no sound/music, And it does actually install. :-)

Run the game. Get the Looking Glass logo movie, get the TN intro movie (sans sound). Then, nothing, black screen...

Presently debating the wisdom of reformating hard drive and installing a win95/win2000 dual boot. Ho ho ho.

SFC Scout.

[ June 20, 2001: Message edited by: SFC Scout ]

Shadowcat on 20/6/2001 at 11:56

Make sure you've checked out the info linked to in this thread before taking that kind of step!
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=8&t=000075) http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=8&t=000075

SFC Scout on 21/6/2001 at 23:41

Some progress: Downloaded VDM Sound. Available here: (http://www.ece.mcgill.ca/~vromas/vdmsound/) http://www.ece.mcgill.ca/~vromas/vdmsound/

And that gets the sound working. However after the intial intro movie has played, TN crashes out with this:

General protection fault
EAX: 00000000 EBX: 00000000 ECX: 00012c00 EDX: 0000ffff TXT: 00000307
ESI: 0004b000 EDI: f0000000 EBP: 000001e0 ESP: 0293f3cc DTA: 0000030f
EIP: 027a9e77 ERR: 00000000 EFL: 00013206 EXC: 0000000d EMN: 026f01b8
CS: 0307 DS: 030f ES: 030f FS: 0000 GS: 0000 SS: 030f

I can only imagine this is a Windows2000 or video card problem.

As a side note, I did manage to get Doom2 to run with sound using VDM Sound and the CLI2NOP patch (part of the SoundFX download, available here: (http://www.softsystem.co.uk).) www.softsystem.co.uk).

Going to see if installing the latest Windows Service Pack helps any, as soon as my boardband connection gets put in.

SFC Scout.