You're right about that Phil. Chris H. has it and he emailed
me to let me know that his original Myst for Windows 3.1
worked for him (the last time he tried it) using compatibility
mode at 640x480 resolution. I hope Conan's reading these.
--
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Jimmy S.
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| My brother had the game so I don't have it now, but I've heard sometime ago
| on this NG that someone had the original Myst running just fine on XP, but I
| can't remember if he used compatibility mode or not.
|
| "Jimmy S." <Private> wrote in message
| | > Hi Phil,
| >
| > If it had .dll's and used Quick Time then it's not the same
| > game that Conan described. If you still have yours though
| > can you give it a spin and see if it works in Windows XP?
| >
| > --
| > Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
| > Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >
| > Game FAQs:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
| > Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call /
| Contact
| > MS Support at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
| > My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any
| rights.
| > _________________________________________________________
| >
| | > | The original Myst used Quick Time for Windows for the small animations
| in
| > | the game, thus requiring Windows. It was not a DOS game. There were no
| doubt
| > | more technical reasons for Myst requiring Windows and I believe it had
| some
| > | DLL files in it, etc.
| > |
| > | "Jimmy S." <Private> wrote in message
| > | | > | > Hi Conan,
| > | >
| > | > You mentioned that the game was originally Win 3.1 compatible
| > | > and since at that point Windows was still a DOS application and
| > | > not a stand alone operating system, the game was a DOS game...
| > | >
| > | > When a game is a DOS game, it could work using compatibility mode:
| > | >
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292533 or by using the Multiboot
| > | > bootdisk from:
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~lpcd/downloads.html
| > | > and always check at fileplanet.com to see if there's a patch
| available.
| > | >
| > | > With DOSBOX you can emulate a DOS computer on your XP desktop:
| > | >
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/information.php Or try MS Virtual PC:
| > | >
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/virtualpc/downloads/trial.asp
| > | > which allows you to install DOS or to run any operating system inside
| XP.
| > | >
| > | > If you prefer to explore other advanced methods, here are two
| excellent
| > | > tutorials I've found on the subject:
|
http://www.dosgames.com/xphints.php
| > | > and
http://home.earthlink.net/~angeldancer27/XpGameList.htm For sound
| > | > issues use:
http://www.ece.mcgill.ca/~vromas/vdmsound Good Luck!
|
| > | >
| > | > --
| > | > Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
| > | > Jimmy S.
|
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| > | >
| > | > Game FAQs:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
| > | > Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call /
| > | Contact
| > | > MS Support at:
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
| > | > My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any
| > | rights.
| > | > _________________________________________________________
| > | >
| > | > | > | > | Does any one no alot about setting up compatibilities for
| > | > | previous versions of Windows.
| > | > |
| > | > | A several years ago I bought the original Myst (Win 95 &
| > | > | 3.x) and I am finaly getting around to playing it.
| > | > | Having never played it before, I was playing it and
| > | > | thought it was working okay. Then I found some Myst
| > | > | journals online and came to realize that some of the
| > | > | animations (and their sounds) were not working. I tried
| > | > | installing it on my Win 98 se (upgraded) box (originally
| > | > | Win 95). The animations worked but it runs slow. In Win
| > | > | XP, I set up the compatibility setting the way I am
| > | > | assuming they should be set, but still no animations nor
| > | > | their sounds. I went through the compatibility wizard
| > | > | and still nothing.
| > | > |
| > | > | Does anybody have any info that might help?
| > | > |
| > | > | Thank you,
| > | > |
| > | > | Conan Kelly
| > | >
| > | >
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
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