DK1 Vista Help

[ryanxsh]

Hi, I've recently found DK gold after a massive man hunt of searching today, i have tried compatabilty and dosbox. if any1 can help me get one of my favourite games ever working please help me...


is it true that it is impossible to get working on vista?>

[Duke Ragereaver]

Not impossible but you need to set some things manually, what is the exact problem here?

[ryanxsh]

okay, when i run normally it loads the screen with "horny" on it then it turns black and closes itself, and when i get it into dosbox it says dosbox cant run it..

[ryanxsh]

im not sure an option comes up when i install which says update to a previous edition, will that help? [does your dk1 run on vista?]

[nebster]

try keeperfx. I think it may work :P
You may need to also alter the keeperfx.cfg and change all the resolutions to one resolution.
If it doesn't work, you need to be a competent developer.
You need to open up the source and disable some resolution changing code.

[dotted]

try keeperfx. I think it may work :P
You may need to also alter the keeperfx.cfg and change all the resolutions to one resolution.
If it doesn't work, you need to be a competent developer.
You need to open up the source and disable some resolution changing code.

Fixed the disappearing cursor yet ?

[Krizzie]

What version of xdirect play you got? Nowadays Vista doesn't support xdirect play anymore.

Vista Supports DirectX perfectly.

The best way to play DK/DD directly under Vista is with DosBox but for easier play I suggest you download VirtualPC and install Windows 98 on it.

It's not very hard and all you need is a Windows 98 CD and knowing how to install it. VirtualPC guides itself.

[dotted]

It doesn't for me, I needed to download it before it could run decently.

Well DirectX is continuously updated, every edition of windows since Win95 SR2 has shipped with DirectX.

[elamre]

no it isnt dotted,try to run command and conquer for example, it says: missing dll directx9_dll or something similar

[Kromeh]

no it isnt dotted,try to run command and conquer for example, it says: missing dll directx9_dll or something similar

C&C uses DX9? Lies I say.