Despite using git (lightly) at work, I don't know how to save out a build with that merge committed into it. I only just managed to follow the download guide on https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/modern … it/ba-p/1671418 😁

Get a build here https://ci.appveyor.com/project/otya128/winev … gyh0t/artifacts

crazyc wrote on 2024-02-01, 03:32:

Get a build here https://ci.appveyor.com/project/otya128/winev … gyh0t/artifacts

Thanks! However now Tomcat Alley installer is failing, saying it's got an error or corrupt, even with build I used before. Maybe installing it once breaks it?

Worst case (as it's ye-olde game) I'll install on virtual machine and copy the install folder across!

I didn't even try to install it, I just ran it directly from the cd.

Sussed it, just needed to set the "Start in:" destination to the DVD drive.

I wonder if it's possible to somehow combine Dxwnd with OTVDM, as Tomcat Alley only runs in a window, but not the main window OTVDM spawns, so couldn't use Dxwnd against OTVDM or it'd pick up the pop up console window instead, I suspect.

Fixed Evel Knieval too, just needed dgVoodoo2. Latest version seems to work, can even push it to HD and above!

VirtuaIceMan wrote on 2024-02-01, 18:46:

I wonder if it's possible to somehow combine Dxwnd with OTVDM, as Tomcat Alley only runs in a window, but not the main window OTVDM spawns, so couldn't use Dxwnd against OTVDM or it'd pick up the pop up console window instead, I suspect.

If you run otvdmw the console window is suppressed.

Thanks, every day is a school day! I tried the "w" version with Dxwnd directing to it, but the game still launches in a window.

VirtuaIceMan wrote on 2024-02-01, 21:47:

Thanks, every day is a school day! I tried the "w" version with Dxwnd directing to it, but the game still launches in a window.

Probably a better thing would be to ask this in DxWnd forums. There are mulltiple configurations to launch an app in a window.

VirtuaIceMan wrote on 2024-01-29, 20:54:

p.s. the sound in S40 Racing I'd really like solved; tried using Creative ALchemy even (as I've got a compatible sound card) but then there's no sound at all! In VMWare Player the sound plays but stutters and the frame rate is pretty awful.

I have the same issue on Win7. The result is the same with either versions 1.0, 1.1 or 1.3.

Ferrari Virtual Academy 2K10 is now playable again, thanks to a crack to get around the sign in (to a now non-existant server). This was a game made in a pre-Assetto Corsa engine by Kunos Simulazioni and was used for Ferrari promotional competitions. Happy I can play it again, as I paid for it, back in the day, even if it is just a limited hotlap experience! It's on archive.org now.

And the free RaceRoom The Game titles can be played again too! See my post on https://www.racedepartment.com/threads/how-to … ne-mode.268808/

Theme Park the original is a hard game to get working, should be ok on something like a 386 Roller Coaster Tycoon is a good alternative on more modern machines Pentium PRO and even on Pentium 4 under WIN95/98/2000

I would really like to play Wing Commander tho that is one I've not managed to get working right.

Starsky and Hutch is yet another problematic Windows game. On Windows 10, there is a bug that makes the game unplayable. Whenever you get to the construction zone in Season 1 Episode 3 "Bay City Heatwave", the game will crash and will throw up a Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Error with the code R6025 and the name "pure virtual function call". Not only is this error incredibly vague and unhelpful due to the lack of information in the dialogue box and the incredibly vague terminology for it, but I have also found no working solutions for this. People said that the game crashes at this part because of the framerate being over 60 FPS and that you would have to cap the maximum frame rate to 60 FPS. And guess what? I have tried that, it hasn't worked. I have even used many tools to cap the game's frame rate to at LEAST 60, and every single time I have gotten the exact same error message whenever I got to the construction zone. I have followed all of the 'advice' that was given, and it either did nothing to stop the runtime error, or made some parts of the game run poorly. I literally have exhausted all of my efforts trying to get this dang game to work. I have wasted all day trying to get this working, and nothing I have done has fixed the issue. I even ran the game in compatability mode for Windows XP, and the issue persisted. I literally don't even wanna try to get this working anymore, I officially give up.

This issue, even with the patch installed, makes the entire rest of the game unplayable, and it has been literally impossible for me to get the game working past the problem area.

FB3Network wrote on 2024-03-22, 02:35:

Starsky and Hutch is yet another problematic Windows game. On Windows 10, there is a bug that makes the game unplayable. Whenever you get to the construction zone in Season 1 Episode 3 "Bay City Heatwave", the game will crash and will throw up a Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Error with the code R6025 and the name "pure virtual function call". Not only is this error incredibly vague and unhelpful due to the lack of information in the dialogue box and the incredibly vague terminology for it, but I have also found no working solutions for this. People said that the game crashes at this part because of the framerate being over 60 FPS and that you would have to cap the maximum frame rate to 60 FPS. And guess what? I have tried that, it hasn't worked. I have even used many tools to cap the game's frame rate to at LEAST 60, and every single time I have gotten the exact same error message whenever I got to the construction zone. I have followed all of the 'advice' that was given, and it either did nothing to stop the runtime error, or made some parts of the game run poorly. I literally have exhausted all of my efforts trying to get this dang game to work. I have wasted all day trying to get this working, and nothing I have done has fixed the issue. I even ran the game in compatability mode for Windows XP, and the issue persisted. I literally don't even wanna try to get this working anymore, I officially give up.

This issue, even with the patch installed, makes the entire rest of the game unplayable, and it has been literally impossible for me to get the game working past the problem area.

Oh yeah! The infamous R6025 runtime error thingy....
IIRC (as confirmed by good old Microsoft and every independent source available), that one is caused when certain softwares crash rather unexpectedly to a wrongfully cast pointer into an abstract "base" class. It could also mean that there's a problem with either missing or corrupted files pertaining to said software(s), including some games.

I can still remember trying ro run *NASCAR Racing 2003 Season* (Papyrus/Sierra, 2003) in its vanilla (original/unpatched) form on my potato PC. What a major headache it was!

In your case, it appears to be an unfortunate compatibility error pertaining to the game's graphics engine where it crashes over to the desktop if your monitor's framerate is faster than the originally intended one. -It apparently runs on the the same engine used in *Grand Theft Auto: Vice City* right there.-

(I've read somewhere that said game's CDs could be obtained for free inside the boxes of certain cereal brands a long time ago. #PleaseConfirm)

According to the PCGW's entry for S&H, your best bet is to set either your OS or monitor's refresh rate down to 60 Hz and implement a DX9 converter plugin such as D3D8to9, which can also help sort any vsync issues if ran on newer versions of Windows.

I'll keep you posted on them results on this subject. #StayTuned

Speedwarrior956 wrote on 2024-03-31, 01:26:

(I've read somewhere that said game's CDs could be obtained for free inside the boxes of certain cereal brands a long time ago. #PleaseConfirm)

Yes, Starsky and Hutch came bundled with some boxes of Nestlé cereal.
https://www.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/comments/f … europe_back_in/

Wargamer: Napoleon 1813 getting this to work on anything but Windows 95/98 is a nightmare, and even with those it can be finnicky.. fantastic game though very underrated...

apricot wrote on 2024-02-22, 21:47:

Theme Park the original is a hard game to get working, should be ok on something like a 386 Roller Coaster Tycoon is a good alternative on more modern machines Pentium PRO and even on Pentium 4 under WIN95/98/2000

I would really like to play Wing Commander tho that is one I've not managed to get working right.

Wing Commander, there is no Mystery at all because
1: The Windows release of WC1 is a Free game under PCGamer and EA, though EA for some reason doesn't even bother to ask WCNews for the wcdx patches, which not only works great but also is better than the DOS release, still it is a free game unlike the original DOS release.
2: WC2 issues are mostly related to Cutscene FPS issues related to refresh rate and CPU, all it needs is a slowdown on which wcnews is working on slowly.
3: WC3 works flawlessly on PC thanks to the Wcnews patch and dgvoodoo2, Though older 2.4xx releases of dgvoodoo2 offered dark skies for SVGA mode as the console releases and WC4
4: WC4 DOS to Windows patch works, the DVD special release version has some scaling issues under dgvoodoo and even some stupid flickering due to the external video stuff, Remake is on its way because EA gave the community the greenlight to do so(since Disney prohibited EA of touching the IP to not conflict with SW per contract, which led to Star Wars Squadrons) just as Wing Commander Saga, another greenlighted project by EA.
5: Wc5/WCP works out of the box and there are patches for it to make it full HD with newest models and effects.

The first three games of the Uncle Albert saga (original french title: Oncle Ernest) are well known PITAs in their restrict circle of aficionados. No way to use them on anything newer than XP, excluding VMs.

There's a slight hope to see them supported on ScummVM soon or later (later, probably).