melchior1
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Post by melchior1 on Oct 14, 2006 14:36:30 GMT -5
is there anyway to get red alert 1 to run on a >Win95 computer?
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Post by attrebus on Oct 15, 2006 22:38:42 GMT -5
If it's a Dos game (I don't recall if it is or not) you can always use try DosBox. Either that or try going to the properties of the Exe, selecting the Compatability tab and choosing Win 95.
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Post by thaddius on Oct 15, 2006 22:45:31 GMT -5
I think it is a win 95 game, I dont know what type of system it is, but if its old enough you could boot it into dos, ah the good ol days of 3.1. For some reason, it runs fine on xp.
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Post by melchior1 on Oct 16, 2006 10:34:35 GMT -5
thanks I'll try it
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Post by melchior1 on Dec 14, 2006 14:28:36 GMT -5
well I can get it to load itself by changing the compatibility but I can't get it to run once its loaded even when I change the compatibility
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Post by Ratwar on Dec 15, 2006 2:48:52 GMT -5
Probably your best bet would be to search google and see if you can find a guide to do it.
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Post by lulu on Dec 15, 2006 14:17:09 GMT -5
Wait, what are the specs of the PC you're trying to play it on? CPU and OS is all I need to know.
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Post by melchior1 on Dec 15, 2006 20:19:51 GMT -5
when I try to run it gives a missing file error for some bnk file and I searched for the file and it is there  the operating system is XP and its running on an AMD athelon 2.4 Ghz I think |
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Post by lulu on Dec 20, 2006 8:38:13 GMT -5
bnk file? You mean a bink file? Do you have rad gaming tools installed. If you do, try uninstalling it. RAD installs a global bink player codec. |
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Post by melchior1 on Jan 4, 2007 22:26:35 GMT -5
I have RAD installed that might be it
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Post by crippknottick on Mar 14, 2007 23:49:06 GMT -5
What graphics card do you have? If you have a new one (Geforce 6 and better) then you are going to experience problems with games that make use of 8-bit paletted textures. Hardware paletted textures in DirectDraw, Direct3D and OpenGL have been scrapped by GPU makers.
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Post by melchior1 on Mar 15, 2007 19:17:38 GMT -5
interesting
does anybody know if the games that come in the C&C bundle pack have this problem too?
cause I saw that at teh wal mart the other day and thought about grabbin it
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Post by crippknottick on May 26, 2007 7:16:07 GMT -5
All the 2d c&c games use 256 color 8 bit palleted textures. I have noticed black dash artifacts in red alert 2, but that could just be my card's (or my own for overclocking) fault for overheating to a damaging point.
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Post by starscream on May 28, 2007 14:46:20 GMT -5
interesting does anybody know if the games that come in the C&C bundle pack have this problem too? cause I saw that at teh wal mart the other day and thought about grabbin it Not that I've found. The first game works fine, although cutscenes are a little hard on the eyes. Besides that, no problems. |
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Post by crippknottick on May 29, 2007 23:10:39 GMT -5
Modern video cards *may* or may not possess a problem to the 2D C&C games. Especially with newer drivers. I think forceware 77.77 is the last driver to support some of the older things like 8bit textures and DirectX 6 thru 7.
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