System Shock 2

[Andy]

Old game, but I'm still playing

Anyone had much luck getting LGVID.AX (which is the codec that plays the
System Shock 2 Movies) to correctly install in Vista? I tried the XP fix
which is basically to call, "regsrv32 c:\sshock2\lgvid.ax", but in Vista it
gives me an error when I attempt to do this (I can figure out the exact
error if anyone needs it).

I also tried dropping the file into System32, or just adding sshock2 to the
Windows Path.

The game runs just fine, only the videos don't play (Intro, transitions
between bases at the start of the game, etc.).

I recall the videos use a version of the Indeo codec, but it uses an old
version such that if I install the current version of Indeo (supported by
Lingos) that it doesn't work.

Thanks in advance guys, I'll check back tomorrow and see if anyone has any
ideas. Maybe a registry entry that calls the codec correctly (LGVID.AX)

Thanks much,
Andy

 

[Dale White]

When you try to register that AX file, are you running it from an Elevated
Command Prompt ? Which means opening the command prompt with Run As
Administrator ? Or Do you have the UAC turned off, while trying to register
that file ?

 

[Andy]

Good question, what's an Elevated Command Prompt and how do you start one?

I think UAC is off, but hey pretend I'm an idiot, give me a step by step for
that followed by a suggestion if that doesn't work.

Ever played System Shock 2 Dale, or just telling me about possible
registration problems?

Great game though... Highly recommend it.

-A

 

[Andy]

Oops, Fixed the System Shock 2 Video problem!

Thanks Dale, should of tried your suggestion, or at least attempted. My bad.

WinKey + R
CMD
CD \sshock2
regsvr32 lgvid.ax
shock2

*Look at you Hacker... a pathetic pile of meat and bones....*

/swoon.

Shodan turns me on.

 

[Dale White]

Glad you got a fix. No I missed System Shock on it's first released. I tried
to play it after I read it made 10 scariest games of all time, but the game
is just too old looking and I couldn't get in to it. That's the problem with
playing all the coolest games, when I try to go back, I can't stop focusing
on how ugly the game is.

I might give it 1 more try, if I can remember where I put the disks

 

[Andy]

Well if you can't get past the low poly models (I have trouble myself), you
could try the "Rebirth" mod, it's a fan mod that updates the models with a
slightly higher polycount, and SHTUP is a texture update making everything
much cleaner.

Kind of tricky to get working, basically you extract some zip files to the
sshock2 folder and that's it. The files you'll want are below including the
official patch, unofficial WinXP patch, the stuff I mentioned above and a
sound update that makes the guns sound a bit more realistic.

Turn the lights down when you play and try to forget the opening video is
320x200, and use an EAX soundcard and headphones. This goes for everyone
here, if you've never played this game, shame on you. ;-)

http://www.strangebedfellows.de/index.php/topic,12.0.html - Official SS2
patch
http://files.moddb.com/1639/download-system-shock-2-winxp2000-fix/ - WinXP
fix
http://www.strangebedfellows.de/index.php?topic=8.0 - Rebirth "Complimented"
mod
http://shtup.home.att.net/ - SHTUP (Shock Texture Upgrade Project) mod
http://www.strangebedfellows.de/index.php/topic,25.0.html - SS2 Straylight
ADaoB v0.2.5 (The unofficial second patch) mod
http://www.strangebedfellows.de/index.php/topic,168.0.html - Drivers for
x-fi or just about any card that EAX hardware acceleration won't work with.

Those sites you can find all sorts of info about the game. I wouldn't say
i'm a fanatic, it's just one of my favorite games. Can't wait for Bioshock!

-Andy

 

[Andy]

Joy, because i'm on a dual core, System Shock 2 freaks out after a few
minutes of play.

FYI, if anyone is having this problem I think there's a fix, which I can't
locate, and I guess you can set a program to use a single core somehow?
Anyone know how? Heard it had something to do with task manager?

 

[Dale White]

Launch the game, and then under Task Manger, click Processes, Look for the
Systemshock.exe, right click on it and choose Set Infinity and set it to CPU
0 (uncheck CPU 1)

 

[MGBassace]

try here may work for vista as well

http://www.moddb.com/mods/system-shock-2-winxp2000-fix

 

[Andy [YaYa]]

Hi I am having problems with this game. When ever it tries to play a
video file cutscene or credits then ss2 crashes. when i try to
register Lgvid.ax then I get the error message
LoadLibrary(lgvid.ax)failed - The specified module could not be found.
Does anyone know what this means or how to fix?

I can run this game, no problem, but I forget how to get the videos
working correctly. The problem is the videos are encoded using this
codec (indeo5) and the newest version of this codec can't play the
videos, so you have to use an older codec to get them to playback
correctly.

Vista just has issues with this one. That fix you did usually does not
work.

You could try moving the lgvid.ax file to somewhere like
c:\windows\system32 and registering the file there. Make sure when you
try to register the file that you put the full path to the lg file.

I had it working on a previous Vista installation, but on my new setup I
can't get it to work, but my game doesn't crash at cutscenes it just
skips them. Almost just as bad.

Check the patches people recommend for WinXP, see if that helps. There
are a ton of Mods online. I think someone re-encoded the videos to DivX
format. Someone was talking about making new videos as well.

http://www.ttlg.com/

good site for everything SS2 and Thief stuff.

 

[Andy [YaYa]]

I had it working on a previous Vista installation, but on my new setup
I can't get it to work, but my game doesn't crash at cutscenes it just
skips them. Almost just as bad.

Check the patches people recommend for WinXP, see if that helps. There
are a ton of Mods online. I think someone re-encoded the videos to
DivX format. Someone was talking about making new videos as well.

http://www.ttlg.com/

good site for everything SS2 and Thief stuff.

There's a file called SS2 Tool that you can find at the ttlg.com site
forums, you should check it out apparently it patches the SS2 files
automatically and makes sure your system is setup for video playback. I
was going to test it over the weekend, but...

I CAN'T FIND MY SS2 CD! *curls into a ball on the floor sucking thumb*

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