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help with getting old games to run on winxp

hey all,

I have a couple of games that won't run on winxp, silent hunter and the original fallout to be exact. So, how do i get them to run? What exactly do i need to do to get the games to run properly in compatibility mode?

When the OS first came out there were complaints of older games not working on XP. I have had this problem too, but havn't spent time looking for a solution. I will be interested in what this thread returns.

Fallout On XP/2k:
http://www.nma-fallout.com/article.php?id=1593

Quote:

NT users can get around the installer by manually installing the game themselves. Note however that you must have at least NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3 in order to play the game. Also, Fallout should work fine but was not tested very much under NT.

NOTE: Installing under WinXP, right click the setup.exe and set the Compatibility mode to Win95/Win98 and it should install fine.

First, create a folder for your game called fallout (ie c:\games\fallout).

Copy (CDROM):\program\win\falloutw.___ to the folder you created and rename it to falloutw.exe.

Now you have four choices, depending on the installation size you want:
Small Installation: Do not copy anything else.

Medium Installation: Copy (CDROM):\master.dat (318MB) to your fallout folder (ie c:\games\fallout)

Big Installation: Copy Copy (CDROM):\master.dat (318MB) and (CDROM):\critter.dat (150MB) to your fallout folder (ie c:\games\fallout)

Humongous Installation: Copy Copy (CDROM):\master.dat (318MB), (CDROM):\critter.dat (150MB) and Copy the entire (CDROM):\data folder to your fallout folder (ie c:\games\fallout\data)
Create a text file in c:\games\fallout called fallout.cfg and add the following line to it, depending on your installation:
Small Installation:
[system]
master_dat=(CDROM):\master.dat
critter_dat=(CDROM):\critter.dat
[sound]
music_path2=(CDROM):\data\sound\music
free_space=0

Medium Installation:
[system]
master_dat=c:\games\fallout\master.dat
critter_dat=(CDROM):\critter.dat
[sound]
music_path2=(CDROM):\data\sound\music
free_space=0

Big Installation:
[system]
master_dat=c:\games\fallout\master.dat
critter_dat=c:\games\fallout\critter.dat
[sound]
music_path2=(CDROM):\data\sound\music
free_space=0

Humongous Installation:
[system]
master_dat=c:\games\fallout\master.dat
critter_dat=c:\games\fallout\critter.dat
[sound]
music_path2=c:\games\fallout\data\sound\music
free_space=0
To run Fallout 1 under XP, make a shortcut to the falloutw.exe file and right click the shortcut, and select "Properties->Compatibility" and select either Win95,98 and it should work fine..

thanks Destrox for the fallout solution, now can anyone help with other old games, or is that solution fit for the rest as well?

Check out http://www.ntcompatible.com/ . They offer a database of compatability of older apps and games along with solutions of running them on NT/XP.

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Originally posted by Jesus Pimp
Check out http://www.ntcompatible.com/ . They offer a database of compatability of older apps and games along with solutions of running them on NT/XP.

Now that site is kick ass, thanks! :)

thank you for that site, although it seems that silent hunter can't work on xp :(

some proggies that run MOST oldies
dosbox(at sourcefourge)
VDMsound(freeware)

I've had some success with dosbox:

http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1

You might also want to check out some old games sites:

http://www.freeoldies.com/

http://www.the-underdogs.org/

Compatability mode is your friend

if you are running doom, heretic, and other games FPS's by ID, you can use legacy at legacy.newdoom.com