Quake 2 on Windows XP ?

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5 total messages Started by terry bryant Sat, 10 Dec 2005 22:30

#286116

Author: terry bryant
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 22:30

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can anyone tell me how to run Q2 on XP?

it would not run properly when i tried it - i presume i require some kind of patch

thanks....TERRY

Re: Quake 2 on Windows XP ?

#286117

Author: Jim
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 23:59

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It ran fine for me last time i tried it,i think if i remember correctly the screen is garbled on load up due to the low default res it uses,you need to change it to higher either in the cfg or blindly through the menu's if you know how to navigate them from memory.
  "terry bryant" <terrybryant5@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:BGImf.2442$XZ6.1076@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net...
  can anyone tell me how to run Q2 on XP?

  it would not run properly when i tried it - i presume i require some kind of patch

  thanks....TERRY

Re: Quake 2 on Windows XP ?

#286118

Author: sittingduck
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 01:54

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terry bryant wrote:

> can anyone tell me how to run Q2 on XP?

I can tell you how to turn off html in OE for newsgroups.

click tools, then options, then click the send tab.

Where it says news sending format, tell it to use plain text.

Re: Quake 2 on Windows XP ?

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Author: Mad.Mutt
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 12:57

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terry bryant wrote:

> can anyone tell me how to run Q2 on XP?
>  
> it would not run properly when i tried it - i presume i require some 
> kind of patch
>  
> thanks....TERRY


Hell - that'll be my current problem. Let me know how you go getting 
around this issue please.

Re: Quake 2 on Windows XP ?

#286120

Author: Mad.Mutt
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 02:53

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Mad.Mutt wrote:
> terry bryant wrote:
> 
>> can anyone tell me how to run Q2 on XP?
>>  
>> it would not run properly when i tried it - i presume i require some 
>> kind of patch
>>  
>> thanks....TERRY
> 
> 
> 
> Hell - that'll be my current problem. Let me know how you go getting 
> around this issue please.

Well, fixed my problem. It was odd. Even attempting to adjust resolution 
and color depth in Windows was giving me a blank screen.

Did a number of things... and finally it's all good again.

Did a System Restore
Turned off all the desktop/multi-screen nView display options
Turned off doublescan
Changed refresh rate.

Don't know what had caused the problem, but it was very screwed up for a 
while.

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