Index ⇒ Games Support ⇒ SVGA / VESA 2.0 Driver for XP !

[hurenBock]

hi there,

i downloaded shadow warrior ww2gi and nam but there`s one thing
thats confusing me

i can run all of these games but just in "normal mode"
with a 320x200 resulotiun

when i try to play these games in SVGA / VESA 2.0 mode
they dont run! the games are just crashin back to desktop

i already downloaded a XP dos emulator but the programm is sh*t
fuc*in! slow! and it dont works right too

i really like these old dos games like duke or hexen
anyways can someone tell me if theres a vesa 2.0 driver for
my geforce fx5200 ?

(i know Sh*tty card)

bye

[loki1985]

this is no failure of 3dsl, so should belong somewhere else...

[InsaneFury]

Check out http://advsys.net/ken/build.htm and look for "NOLFB".

[loki1985]

*** MOVED ***...


you could use VDMSound....

remember: in NT-windows (2K/XP) there is no direct hardware access. higher resolutions in DOS where achieved using VESA, which cannot be used directly anymore in modern windows'....

[hurenBock]

i already tried this NOLFB

but it still dont works i really want to play shadow warrior again !

sometimes i hate it that i swichted from windows 98se to windows XP
with windows 98 it woulb be no problem

[loki1985]

again: VDMSound has some addon which enables games to use vesa....

[InsaneFury]

Getting BUILD-engine games to run on Windows XP can be extremely difficult. Blood and Shadow Warrior are the worst games of the lot to get running properly in Windows XP.

Check out http://www.deathmask.net/buildxp/ for more info.

[hurenBock]

i visited this website now it works thanks !!!

[Hellsgate]

Another Way around old dos games not loading/working in 2k/xp is making your system Duel boot - have 98se and xp on your system - so if it don't run in 2k/xp just boot up 98se and play - or do as I did and revamped a P1 233 machine that just loads dos 7 with all the good old hardware inside and play play play

[hurenBock]

yeah but i dont have windows 98 anymore and i think its
to much trouble runnin 2 OS

i just have one HD but i dont mind now i know how to run
dos games under XP

i have another problem now i want to play NAM in SVGA
but i need a description like that one on that site
shit it just dont want run when i right click and press run with VDMS

i love these DOS Games so much !!!
i think the most games nowaday arent that good like the old DOS ones...