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DF4GL4ever
Gamorrean
Joined: 15 Apr 2004
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 Posted: Apr 28, 2009 06:33 Post subject: Dark Forces 2 Config |
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Just a quick question... does anyone know if DF2 keeps a configuration file anywhere so I can tell it to use 16bit color before loading? VMWare doesn't play nicely with 8 bit color in Windows 98, which DF2 sets the color depth to when it loads.
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The MAZZTer
Death Star
Joined: 25 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Apr 28, 2009 16:20 Post subject: |
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You can't. DF2 requires hardware acceleration to use 16-bit. Hardware acceleration is not possible in a virtual machine. VirtualBox is looking to implement it though but for now it doesn't work with DirectX yet.
It is going to run very slow in a VM.
[Edit: Oh wait VMWare does have experimental DirectX acceleration, doesn't it. Make sure that's turned on. Then try the -windowgui option on jk.exe.]
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DF4GL4ever
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Joined: 15 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Apr 29, 2009 01:17 Post subject: |
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Forgot about that minor detail with hardware and 16-bit. VMWare only runs DirectX in Vista and XP so I'll stick to booting in Windows for now...at least until VMWare fixes their 8 bit color bug.
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The MAZZTer
Death Star
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| Posted: Apr 29, 2009 01:43 Post subject: |
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I can't believe VMWare can't do something as simple as an 8-bit color mode. It's probably something else.
It could be the guest video driver or OS. Try a Windows 2000 or XP guest OS instead of 98, they're more stable.
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DF4GL4ever
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| Posted: Apr 30, 2009 02:21 Post subject: |
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Yeah VMWare Fusion and evidently other non-Mac versions can't handle 8-bit color in Windows 95/98. Which is annoying because I wanted to use the old Windows for old stuff that likes Windows 95/98. To add to the aggravation I've been playing around with Sun's VirtualBox, and the CPU virtualization VT-x feature that lets the guest os run at full speed causes Windows 98 to freeze, so I'm stuck with a slow implementation of Windows 98 in that one. I've already tried using a different video driver in VMWare and it's clearly a VMWare issue and not the choice of driver within Win 98.
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