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"Karl Frank" <ka...@karl.frank.name> wrote in message
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> Software emulation mode? WC3? What are you talking about? WC3 is
> software, period.

Have a look at the installer for Kilrathi Saga.  There is a button which
allows you to choose the "Video Card".  One option it DirectX and the other
is Software.

> Re KS crashing: Do you use WinXP or Win2000?

Not to run this.  I have a PC which dual boots into Win98SE.  When not
playing incompatible games I use Win2K on a different partition.

The Kilrathi Saga WCIII is unplayable on this machine unless I can find ways
to get it to run smoothly and to calibrate the joystick.  The joystick is
calibrated in Windows but not in WCIII.  The calibration feature in the game
doesn't work.  I could play it with the mouse and or keyboard but I'd rather
use a joystick.  The movies skip and stutter and have crackling audio
regardless of the acceleration settings of the video card or audio card.
Setting them both to no hardware acceleration helps buts doesn't eliminate
the problem.

At least WCP does run - although I was bloody annoyed when it dropped out a
second before Blair's last tussle in the warp gate with an error that looks
like a CD prefetch failed.  Ah well.  Have to play that last battle again...

Rob

PS You're right, neither WCP nor WCIII allow the user to set buttons on the
joystick.  Maybe I was remembering doing it in another game like Starlancer
or Freespace 2.

PPS Has anyone tried Freelancer?