How to run D2 on 2000/XP

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4 total messages Started by Bernd Holzbaur Fri, 16 Apr 2004 08:00

#89035

Author: Bernd Holzbaur
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 08:00

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Hi,

I tried to install D2 on a Win2000 system, but i wasn't able to run it.
There're Service Pack 4 and all newer updates (i heard, that SP2 should 
fix the problem), but nothing works. Can anybody tell me why??

Bernd

Re: How to run D2 on 2000/XP

#89036

Author: Florian 'The Outrider' Piesche
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 08:41

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Bernd Holzbaur schrieb:
> I tried to install D2 on a Win2000 system, but i wasn't able to run it.
> There're Service Pack 4 and all newer updates (i heard, that SP2 should 
> fix the problem), but nothing works. Can anybody tell me why??
Descent 2 is a DOS game; Windows 2000 as well as Windows XP are based on 
NT, which doesn't have a DOS system underneath (Und Das Ist Auch Gut 
So(tm)). Try D2x (available at http://icculus.org/d2x/), it should work 
just fine with it. Does for me, at leastt.
D2X has a few other nice enhancements, like support for 3D acceleration, 
framerate limiting (so you don't get the "ship bobs like crazy" 
problem), etc etc etc.


Hope this helps!

Florian

-- 
Florian "The Outrider" Piesche
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jedenfalls dagegen stimmen!" (nach Guido Westerwelle - Fraktionszwang fŘr Anfńnger)

Re: How to run D2 on 2000/XP

#89037

Author: David L. Willson
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 17:31

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If you make a shortcut to the setup program, and set it to compatibility 
mode, with the emulation being Win9X, it'll go.

Florian 'The Outrider' Piesche wrote:
> Bernd Holzbaur schrieb:
> 
>> I tried to install D2 on a Win2000 system, but i wasn't able to run it.
>> There're Service Pack 4 and all newer updates (i heard, that SP2 
>> should fix the problem), but nothing works. Can anybody tell me why??
> 
> Descent 2 is a DOS game; Windows 2000 as well as Windows XP are based on 
> NT, which doesn't have a DOS system underneath (Und Das Ist Auch Gut 
> So(tm)). Try D2x (available at http://icculus.org/d2x/), it should work 
> just fine with it. Does for me, at leastt.
> D2X has a few other nice enhancements, like support for 3D acceleration, 
> framerate limiting (so you don't get the "ship bobs like crazy" 
> problem), etc etc etc.
> 
> 
> Hope this helps!
> 
> Florian
>

Re: How to run D2 on 2000/XP

#89038

Author: Raymond Martineau
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 02:35

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On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 10:41:53 +0200, Florian 'The Outrider' Piesche
<outrider@mag-murphy.net> wrote:

>Descent 2 is a DOS game; 

Descent 2 has an official Windows port.  Technically, you can just launch
Descent 2 without any significant problem, although setting Win95
compatability mode does fix some quirks that appear with resolution
selection.

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