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Article #160739Re: Privateer 2 and WC4 under XP
From: TC
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 01:55
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 01:55
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On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 18:17:04 +0000 (UTC), in alt.games.wing-commander Neil <nei...@yahoo.com> wrote: >Hi, > >I have tried to install Privateer 2 on my PC and it went ok. > >However when I try to play the game I have two problems, > >1/ Using the bulletin board is difficult, the graphics are very slow and >the mouse doesn't select properly. > >2/ In combat the game is so fast that it is unplayable, assume it is a >cpu issue. Yeah, the speed limiter's sort of flaky. Assuming you have P2: Deluxe (the W9x version), try using the patch at the very bottom of this page: http://wcrevival.de/hcl/exe_dll/ >With WC4, I have managed to install ok, but again the combat is >unplayable due to speed Where, exactly do you have speed problems? Are you running the Windows 9x version, or the DOS version?
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