30,000 Karma to the person who can help me figure out how to play old games on my computer

[nefertiti]

http://p083.ezboard.com/The-Pandora...murphy17995frm4.showMessage?topicID=325.topic


Here's a tutorial on how to get it to run on Win XP, which I am guesing you may be running - this would be WITHOUT emulation.


The Pandora Directive on Windows XP full tutorial
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Alright, after studying everything i now have everything and it works. This is a sheet that explains in one thread how to make tex work. evrything is summed up to make it easier.

This tutorial is made for running The Pandora Directive work under windows XP with VDMsound

STEP 1:
First of edit the sounds.ini to:

sound inf:

[DIGI_BOARDS]
1) Sound Blaster 1.0 = 0xe000,0,1,1
2) Sound Blaster Pro = 0xe001,3,2,1
3) Sound Blaster 16 = 0xe018,3,3,1
4) Sound Blaster AWE32 = 0xe018,3,5,1
5) Microsoft Sound System {Microsoft Sound Sys} = 0xe00e,3,6,1
6) Ensoniq Soundscape = 0xe020,3,7,1
7) Pro AudioSpectrum = 0xe005,1,8,1
Pro AudioSpectrum 16 {Pro AudioSpect 16} = 0xe006,3,9,1
9) Adlib Gold = 0xe008,3,11,1
10) ESS AudioDrive = 0xe01c,3,18,1
11) Gravis Ultrasound = 0xe025,2,19,1
12) Gravis Ultrasound Max = 0xe029,2,20,1
13) Roland RAP-10 = 0xe022,2,17,1
14) Sound Galaxy Nova16 = 0xe00e,3,21,1
15) SB 1.0 (No Verify) = 0xe000,0,1,1,1
16) SB Pro (No Verify) = 0xe001,1,2,1,1

STEP 2:
next edit config.ini to:

[DIGI_CONFIG]
BoardNum=2
IoAddr=0x220
DMA=1
Int=5
Volume=97
ReverseStereo=No

[MIDI_CONFIG]
BoardNum=12
IoAddr=0x330
DigiDrums=No
Volume=100

[SYSTEM]
LastPlayer=KENNETH
Pass=1
ChainInt8=Yes
ChainInt1C=Yes
WinMemReserve=0
Label=PANDORA

STEP 3:
now edit tex4.exe:

Get a editor for .exe files (HEX editor):

www.kibria.de/frhed.html

now modify offset 0x000BFB1C or 0x000BFAE4

and just change that from CLI (FA) to NOP (90)

STEP 4:
Download VMDsound (ntvdm.cjb.net/)

Get VDMlaunchpad and the latest version of VDMsound

to make a VDMshortcut, right-click for the drop menu and click on run with vdmsound

STEP 5:
on the VDMsound shortcut enable with MIDI emulation General MIDI (GM) or GS

on the VDMsound shortcut goto advanced and then:

goto compatibility:

turn on:

give it some XMS memory (16384kb)
enable DOSX
enable MSCDEX

keep ems, vesa, low level network support disabled

goto performance:

set on try to reduce CPU:

and set it to low usage

goto soundblaster:

enable soundblaster emulation
port: 220, IRQ: 5, 8-bit DMA: 1, 16-bit DMA: 5
dev: directsound

goto adlib:

enable adlib (FM) emulation
port: 388, 11025 hz
dev: directsound

goto MIDI:

enable MIDI (MPU-401) emulation
port: 330, IRQ: 2
sysex indic: scroll lock
dev: microsoft midi mapping

finally, goto Pandora.bat and enable compatiblity for windows 95 with no visual effects and 640x480

I hope this one helps some people better. Ive sent the last week searching trough threads i just hope this makes it faster.

I got this information from all this experts and if you still cant figure it out goto:

vogons.zetafleet.com/show...genumber=2

Good luck all, for every pc its different i just hope this helps!

These directions make me want to kill myself. Can I just pay someone to do it for me? lolololol

 

[jh1]

These directions make me want to kill myself. Can I just pay someone to do it for me? lolololol

LOL, I am guessing that getting 'The Pandora Directive' to run on XP is a pretty unique skill.... good luck finding that nerd in your area.

Fuck, it'd be cheaper to just buy a computer with Windows 95 on it and load Pandora Directive on that than it would be to pay someone to figure all the bullshit out to get it to work on your XP box.

 

[nefertiti]

LOL, I am guessing that getting 'The Pandora Directive' to run on XP is a pretty unique skill.... good luck finding that nerd in your area.

Fuck, it'd be cheaper to just buy a computer with Windows 95 on it and load Pandora Directive on that than it would be to pay someone to figure all the bullshit out to get it to work on your XP box.

LOL....well I'm gonna go to the pool (like the idiot I am)...I'll worry about this nonsense later, I guess.

 

[javaguru]

Re: 30,000 Karma to the person who can help me figure out how to play old games on my

LOL....well I'm gonna go to the pool (like the idiot I am)...I'll worry about this nonsense later, I guess.

Don't lose your hearing aids this time......

 

[bigmann245]

when you intall it you have to right click on the icon and select properties and click on "run as" and change the operating system it will run under. you can choose any of the previous versions. this is so you can play old games and programs on newer systems.

 

[Raptorex]

when you intall it you have to right click on the icon and select properties and click on "run as" and change the operating system it will run under. you can choose any of the previous versions. this is so you can play old games and programs on newer systems.

JH1 Pwned.

 

[jh1]

JH1 Pwned.

LOL... we'll see about that.


'Run As' is usually for permissions and special setting, I have never seen that overcome OS compatibility issues - ESPECIALLY as it comes to sound cards support for older games.

Chances are, Nefertitties won't even be able to install it on XP to begin with. So in that scenario, which Icon are you going to modify the properties of?

 

[all the whey]

 

[nefertiti]

I will play with this tonight and report back. Ugh. nptime, too much sun. It's safe to say nefertitties is no longer caspar, she's lenny the lobster

 

[all the whey]

I will play with this tonight and report back. Ugh. nptime, too much sun. It's safe to say nefertitties is no longer caspar, she's lenny the lobster

I was going to take a nap. But, now I am too excited to hear your report on the game!