Plz help with DOS game issue!

[Fofo]

I have Out of this World on a CD, this is like TOP 5 games of all time! The problem is is that it is designed for DOS. I have WinXP pro, and it runs like garbage and there is no sound. I even tried compatabilty mode for Win95 and still the same. Is there any way I can get this legacy game to run OK under XP somehow?

Thanks all!

[originel]

there are two programs that i used to use to get doom and duke3d to work fully in windows xp.

vdmsound - basically a full sound emulator for the command prompt.

cli2nop is some sort of patching program that i assume converts win9x commands to winNT. what it really does or where it comes from? nobody knows. but it works

the combination of these two should get it to work correctly

[Fofo]

Ok, after downloading them, how do they work. Should I install them in the OOTW directory??

[originel]

it's been a long time since i've used them...but here's what i remember:

first you need to patch the executable:
1) make a backup of the executable
2) in a command prompt type "cli2nop <source filename> <new filename>" i would recommend calling it something like ootwnt.exe or something like that (so if there is a problem you have a backup of the original executable)

then you need to setup vmdsound. i don't really remember anything about this program to be honest cause it's been over a year since i've last used it. i want to say it's an actual program...and if i remember right when you install it it will add a new item to the right-click menu, something lik e"run with vdmsound" which you will select from the right-click of the patched game executable

[Fofo]

When I try to run cli2nop it says "missing find string" Am I supposed to install the Cli2nop program in the same directory as out of this world?

[ocean]

you could also try setting up a partition with only dos on it to run all of your old games on

[TOAD6147]

ocean,
Please eloborate.

[originel]

yeah...copy cli2nop to the same directory as the game executable (there's not actually any install for this program)

[ocean]

you could make a small partition on the hard drive and run straight dos... i have a friend that runs an 8GB partition on a 40GB hd with just dos, he's got win xp on the other partition and it works just great

[originel]

that would work really well...but there are some exceptions. if you use a usb mouse and/or keyboard and if you don't use an ISA sound card then it won't work with a lot of games (cause they require an irq between 1 and 9 i think, as well as dma settings within a certain range too).