Gerring started with Obsidian

claire · Post by **claire** » Thu Jun 10, 2010 2:35 am

Does anyone know where i can get a no cd patch?
Also, it said it installed an old version of quicktime, but the game itself is unaware.
I would like answers to these questions, and info on anyining else I might encounter.

Post by **SwedeBear** » Thu Jun 10, 2010 5:52 am

Only thing I can say is; good choice! Played the Mac version so I guess I´m not in your area though.

Post by **hfric** » Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:18 am

i am a proud owner of this game ... even played it in Vista
so why do you want a no-cd patch ?
http://home.earthlink.net/~infernofilec ... nsetup.htm

claire · Post by **claire** » Thu Jun 10, 2010 7:28 pm

Do you have any vista specific advice?

Post by **hfric** » Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:14 pm

ah a Vista specific question ... why didn't you say that your on Vista Os

1. install SP2 for vista it has new backwards compatibility tools
2. install it with picking the old QT thats on the disk
3. then run i win95 compatibility mode in 640x480 disabling all services

worked fine , the trouble in this game is the QT player that runs this game only runs this version of QT 2.1.2 thats on the disk ... the new versions of QT aren't backward compatible so uninstall them before installing the old 2.1.2

thats is

or you could do the lazy way and install VPC with win98 and run the game in that environment

claire · Post by **claire** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:32 am

More problems.
I can't install quicktime 2.1.2
It fails right in the middle every time.

otiscrusher · Post by **otiscrusher** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:55 am

More problems.
I can't install quicktime 2.1.2
It fails right in the middle every time.

Stop using Vista. This's the worst OS ever made. Why so many folks install this nonsense? Nothing works there properly and never will.

Post by **hfric** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 9:48 am

otis gtfo or stop trolling the whole forum then helping people
ok
now your on ignore

@claire
the get it from here
http://www.oldversion.com/download_QuickTime_2.1.2.html
install it and and skip the QT search engine
just press
Agree>install>skip>yes>install>*wait for 100%*>press play sample
if your on half-install then do
Agree>restart>install>skip>yes>install>*wait for 100%*>press play sample
or uninstall and reinstall it fresh

otiscrusher · Post by **otiscrusher** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:13 am

otis gtfo

gtfo yourself with your "advices". You can't even help yourself.

stop trolling the whole forum then helping people

I'm not gonna help a moron who installed Vista. It's his own fault.

now your on ignore

bla-bla-bla.

claire · Post by **claire** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 7:22 pm

hfric
I did that, but obsidian still won't play.

otiscrusher · Post by **otiscrusher** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 9:58 am

I did that, but obsidian still won't play.

Change the OS, I'm telling you. Otherwise the game won't run.

pAtRicK_beNetAR · Post by **pAtRicK_beNetAR** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:36 am

Although this post is old, this may help anyone who stumbles across it & wants to run obsidian a little easier, this is not a no cd patch like Claire was asking for, ( I am not sure that anyone has made it run without a cd yet) but it is a 1 cd patch, in that it compiles all of the 5 discs that obsidian uses into 1 single disc.

The disc must be specifically named 'OBSIDIAN' in order to work, & I am not sure if it works 100% or if it will work on vista/win7 64 or 32 etc as I have not tested it yet, it was created by Snover & full instructions should be contained within.

http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=22584

Post by **rastan saga** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:12 pm

Tested and working. Now game could be playing on a DVD without CD swap (under XP).
Thank you Patrick.

... meanwhile I am searching another DVD patch for another game, Ripper ( 6 CD). I know a link for this patch but the link is dead. Do you know something about this fix?