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Youcha posted 03-10-99 07:23 AM ET
Is it possible to install the game under NT 4.0 with SP3 ???? Which procedure to follow ???
mic posted 03-10-99 10:34 AM ET
Maybe. I got it running on this machine:
P166
80 MB RAM
Matrox Millennium, 4 MB VRAM
no sound
DirectX 4 (!)
But I used SP 4. Probably also runs on SP 3.
Just install. The opening movie will blackout the screen: click and the game starts.
All movies after that played just fine.
1024x768, True Color.
But I've got the feeling that this differs from machine to machine and heavily depends on drivers.
Good luck
mic posted 03-11-99 04:18 AM ET
So I did some more testing.
I 'upgraded' from the UK version (which you also have, living in Belgium?) to the US version (since I paid for my license this shouldn't be a legal problem, right?)
Runs even better. Then applied the US patch: it runs even without CD. It also solved the intro movie problem.
Tupsi posted 03-13-99 01:20 PM ET
works fine here, but the sound is making odd stops and goes. But this is mentioned in the readme.txt. It seems this is a problem with the old DirectX driver Version 3. Someone mentioned in another post that it works smooth with a beta of Windows 2000.
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Author	Topic: NT Installation ????
Youcha	posted 03-10-99 07:23 AM ET Is it possible to install the game under NT 4.0 with SP3 ???? Which procedure to follow ???
mic	posted 03-10-99 10:34 AM ET Maybe. I got it running on this machine: P166 80 MB RAM Matrox Millennium, 4 MB VRAM no sound DirectX 4 (!) But I used SP 4. Probably also runs on SP 3. Just install. The opening movie will blackout the screen: click and the game starts. All movies after that played just fine. 1024x768, True Color. But I've got the feeling that this differs from machine to machine and heavily depends on drivers. Good luck
mic	posted 03-11-99 04:18 AM ET So I did some more testing. I 'upgraded' from the UK version (which you also have, living in Belgium?) to the US version (since I paid for my license this shouldn't be a legal problem, right?) Runs even better. Then applied the US patch: it runs even without CD. It also solved the intro movie problem.
Tupsi	posted 03-13-99 01:20 PM ET works fine here, but the sound is making odd stops and goes. But this is mentioned in the readme.txt. It seems this is a problem with the old DirectX driver Version 3. Someone mentioned in another post that it works smooth with a beta of Windows 2000.