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get hexen 2 to run on windows 98

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First post, by ante1234and

Posted on 2022-02-05, 14:33

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hi!
i have trouble getting hexen 2 to work om my win98 machine, i have the cd but i can't run install or setup to install the game, i also tried to install patch that makes it possible to run i without a cd, that doesn't work.
i tried running it with the cd in the cd-rom drive but when i exit the game, the computer restarts.

is there any other way to get this game working? i know there's a source port called hammer of thyrion.
does that port work on windows 98?

btw, here' my pc specs:
pentium 3 500 mhz
nvidia fx 5200 graphics card
384 mb ram
soundblaster 16 sound card

Reply 1 of 6, by leileilol

Posted on 2022-02-05, 22:34

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Geforces are allergic to palette changes and SciTech MGL libraries. run with -dibonly

Hexen 2 never required the CD to play (apart from having explicitly installed a minimum installation), so whatever patch you're finding is questionable.

long live PCem

Reply 2 of 6, by fuchal

Posted on 2022-02-07, 00:58

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I use Hammer of Thyrion 1.5.9. Both GL and Software work great on Win 98.

Reply 3 of 6, by ante1234and

Posted on 2022-02-12, 08:44

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fuchal wrote on 2022-02-07, 00:58:

I use Hammer of Thyrion 1.5.9. Both GL and Software work great on Win 98.

ok, i give it a try, thanks! 🙂

Reply 4 of 6, by ante1234and

Posted on 2022-02-12, 15:24

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fuchal wrote on 2022-02-07, 00:58:

I use Hammer of Thyrion 1.5.9. Both GL and Software work great on Win 98.

how do i install hammer of Thyrion on win98?

Reply 5 of 6, by fuchal

Posted on 2022-02-14, 01:36

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ante1234and wrote on 2022-02-12, 15:24:

fuchal wrote on 2022-02-07, 00:58:

I use Hammer of Thyrion 1.5.9. Both GL and Software work great on Win 98.

how do i install hammer of Thyrion on win98?

Just extract zip into them hexen 2 folder. Then you can use either exe (gl or software)!

Reply 6 of 6, by fuchal

Posted on 2022-02-16, 15:53

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ante1234and wrote on 2022-02-12, 15:24:

fuchal wrote on 2022-02-07, 00:58:

I use Hammer of Thyrion 1.5.9. Both GL and Software work great on Win 98.

how do i install hammer of Thyrion on win98?

One thing I remembered, is you do have to update Hexen 2 to 1.11 first. So you'll need the official patch file as well. 1. Install Hexen II. 2. Install update. 3. Extract HoT archive into Hexen 2 folder.

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