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Alectriciti
Dianoga
Joined: 28 Nov 2009
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 Posted: Nov 29, 2009 23:30 Post subject: Darkforces fails on my vista |
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I've recently tried upgrading darkforces onto a vista. The game is installed, but every time i try to run DARK.EXE, a message comes up and says:
"Error: This system does not support fullscreen mode."
I've tried resolution changes, changing properties on DARK.EXE (I assumed that wouldn't work).
And now I'm officially stuck as to what to do. If anyone has figured out how to fix this problem, please help. Thank you. 
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klasodeth
Trandoshan
Joined: 03 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Nov 30, 2009 03:24 Post subject: |
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Are you trying to do this without DOSBox?
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The MAZZTer
Death Star
Joined: 25 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Nov 30, 2009 03:54 Post subject: |
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Windows Vista and above no longer support full screen consoles or DOS applications (or, it may be a limitation of nVidia's video drivers. I'm not sure). You will need to use a different DOS emulation other than the built-in one, which has always been unsuitable for DOS gaming anyway.
DOSbox is the recommended method.
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sheepandshepherd
Trandoshan
Joined: 01 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Nov 30, 2009 22:52 Post subject: |
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Yeah, I use Dosbox on Vista and haven't had any problems with it so far. Though I'd definitely suggest you add this to the bottom of your dosbox.conf file so you don't have to redo it every time you play DF:
mount C C:\
C:
cd dark
Of course, just change the directory if you have DF installed anywhere other than C:\.
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12y1
Dianoga
Joined: 20 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Feb 22, 2010 22:52 Post subject: Dos box |
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You can just drag the Dark.exe to dosbox and there you go.
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Barry Brien
Dark Trooper Phase 1
Joined: 26 Sep 2003
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12y1
Dianoga
Joined: 20 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Feb 23, 2010 03:42 Post subject: |
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Yeah its a whole lot easier than typing the commands manually
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