LaserWars under Virtual PC

re: LaserWars under Virtual PC

DosFreak is still around?? — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:25:33 GMT

Wowsers, that is amazing!!!

re: LaserWars under Virtual PC

Brian — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:39:23 GMT

Thanks for the feedback Ben.

Brian

re: LaserWars under Virtual PC

DosFreak — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:03:47 GMT

http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/comp_list.php?showID=1381&letter=A&search=albion

I don't have the game but according to the list it works fine in DosBox.

re: LaserWars under Virtual PC

Donnie Russell — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:38:35 GMT

luke:

I'm guessing that Albion programs the VGA registers to set up a 360x240 resolution, and Virtual PC doesn't support that kind of thing, or that resolution isn't supported by the emulated video card.

re: LaserWars under Virtual PC

Benjamin Armstrong — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:15:47 GMT

Dan -

Actually, we have special code in VPC to detect and correct programs with the runtime 200 bug.

Brian -

No. There is no way to do this.

luke -

I do not have that gave myself. However, I have another game by blue byte software that exhibits the same problem, and I have not been able to figure out how to get it to work.

Cheers,

Ben

What about Albion?

luke — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 21:27:16 GMT

Albion, one of my favourite games, doesnt work in VPC 2007: http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/4875/albionro1.jpg It is probably some display resolution issue, do you know how to fix it?

OT: Linux in VPC2007 networking

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:36:41 GMT

Sorry about OT. How do I configure networking in VPC2007 under XP Pro when running Linux? I know it's not officially supported, but Mandriva 2007 works fine except for networking.

TIA!!!

re: LaserWars under Virtual PC

Donnie Russell — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 04:34:44 GMT

TIGERe:

I tried it with no problems on Windows 98 SE as guest with Virtual PC 2004 SP1. You must set the game to software rendering, and mouse pointer integration must be turned off. The game was pre-installed and patched to 1.11, then the installation folder was copied over to the guest OS.

For anyone else who wants to try, the game is currently freeware.

re: LaserWars under Virtual PC

TIGERe — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:31:16 GMT

Has anybody been able to play “Starsiege TRIBES” in virtual PC?

re: LaserWars under Virtual PC

Brian — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:35:46 GMT

Ben,

I've had a look around your blog but couldn't find an appropriate post to ask the following question, so I'm asking it here (sorry!):

Is there any way to add multiple sound cards to a Virtual Machine in Virtual PC? I'm testing an application that uses multiple sound cards - being able to use Virtual PC for testing would be a help.

Thanks in advance,

Brian