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| 2 NOV 2002 at 11:46pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | It could be hardware conflict or it could be software conflict. You could try newer version of DOS4GW - you should run at least 1.97 or possibly 2.01 (you can easily "steal" DOS4GW.EXE from another game). Also make sure you don't have an old version of DOS4GW on the PATH.
My advice would be, if the game runs fine in DOS, run it in DOS - it was designed for DOS and if it doesn't work under Windows, that's a problem of Windows. I'm sure you didn't want to hear that
I forgot my sig.
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| 3 NOV 2002 at 5:56am |
scoutPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Hi MichalN
If the game runs fine in DOS, run it in DOS - it was designed for DOS and if it doesn't work under Windows, that's a problem of Windows.
That's sort of the conclusion I came to but I was just wondering why Windows was suddenly balking at launching these games. My philosophy is NEVER turn your back on Windows. The first little thing you dismiss as unimportent is exactly what is gonna get you in the end.
Thanks,
Mike
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| 3 NOV 2002 at 11:11pm |
| Deleted User | Currently I am playing Rose Tattoo on my WIN98. When I try to start the game I am not able to do it by clicking through my D drive. However, it starts and runs perfectly from My Computer, Program Files, Sherlock2.
I put an icon shortcut on my desktop. I can't start the game from there either.
I have not a clue why it will begin with one approach and not the others.
Harriet@JA
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| 3 NOV 2002 at 11:55pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Maybe the game needs to be run from a specific directory or perhaps it needs some special settings. Whatever it is, the conditions are probably satisfied when you run it through Program Files but not otherwise. I've never seen this game so I'm just guessing.
I forgot my sig.
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| 4 NOV 2002 at 12:01am |
Agustín CordesGuild Master
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Joined: 23 OCT 2002
Location: AR, Buenos Aires
Status : Offline | Harriet, check out the shorcut in the folder Sherlock2. Theres probably some parameters passed in the command line; that could be the reason that it doesn't work if you create the shortcut.
I played the game but I don't remember exactly how I ran it.
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| 4 NOV 2002 at 12:30am |
scoutPrivate Detective
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Joined: 2 NOV 2002
Status : Online | Harriet,
I've run into the same thing. Some games I can launch just by clicking on the exe file via Windows Explorer. I'm playing Discworld this way now. I can't get it to run any other way than by clicking on the file directly on the hard drive. Flight of the Amazon Queen is the same way. At least there always seems to be a work around to get the games going.
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