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Any way to play dm2 for pc on win XP professional?
Posted: Sun May 19, 2002 3:34 am
by James Lloyd
Since my old laptop broke and was unable to fix it, i had to get a new laptop and its a win XP professional this time. i reinstalled dm2 for the PC and loaded it up however, once i get to the setup screen, it freezes. is there any other way to play dm2 without it freezing?
thanks in advance.
James Lloyd
Re: Any way to play dm2 for pc on win XP professional?
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2002 3:12 pm
by Mystic Unicorn
No way, :((( Sorry DM2 hates Windows :o)))
Re: Any way to play dm2 for pc on win XP professional?
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2002 4:12 am
by Joepie
Yes, there is a way, you can run it through vmware, simulating a dos box.
I know, it is a hassle, and it is expensive, but it can be done.
Re: Any way to play dm2 for pc on win XP professional?
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2002 4:02 am
by James Lloyd
i should guess. the newer type of computers are completely unreliable for old games, well nearly everything has a disadvantage, and this problem is certainly one of them. v.v
thanks for the help anyways.
Re: Any way to play dm2 for pc on win XP professional?
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2002 11:51 pm
by luna
the amiga version run without any problem with the great amiga emulator WINUAE
http://www.winuae.net/
the best and simple solution imo
Re: Any way to play dm2 for pc on win XP professional?
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2002 10:54 am
by Harkonnen
luna: Amiga version has at least poor graphics compared to the PC version.
But - it works :)
I'm just now ripping the tiles and icons to build DMJAVA map for DM II.
Re: Any way to play dm2 for pc on win XP professional?
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2002 10:03 pm
by Ken White
It's really easy for Windows ME, but I haven't tried XP. Just start your PC from the rescue disk and it gives you a DOS session which WILL run DM2. You just need to add a DOS mouse driver.
Re: Any way to play dm2 for pc on win XP professional?
Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2002 3:46 am
by doskiller
Hi,
err, just use the bootdisk provided on this site!! has sound drivers for sound blaster live card - i used a serial mouse instead of my ps/2 mouse. Also found that turning off midi stopped erratic mouse behaviour...
Good luck.
http://dmweb.free.fr/Downloads/BootDisk.rar
Re: Any way to play dm2 for pc on win XP professional?
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2002 12:57 pm
by Daniel (Sweden)
What is "Vmware" That Joepie talks about? Is it a program, or a machine or a service???
/Daniel (Sweden)
Re: Any way to play dm2 for pc on win XP professional?
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2002 4:36 pm
by Joepie
Check out
www.vmware.com for more information.
Basically it is software with which you can create a virtual computer within a window on your Windows (NT/2000/XP) installation.
The Virtual computer has its own hardware and software environment, so you can install DOS, or any version of Windows or even Linux on it. It is not just a simple simulation; you really have to install the OS within the VM. I haven't ran into any compatibility issues, so it should - I haven't gotten time to try it yet - run DMII like a dream.
If you have enough memory in your PC, you will hardly notice a performance drop between the two computers running simultaneously. Anyways if you run DMII in the VM box, you could still download stuff from the web on your WinXP side.