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Hello. Thanks for any help.
I had that game called "Fallout". An awesome game from 1997. It also had a patch 1.1 and a dos version.
I could play the game on my computer after working with the config and stuff. But I wanted to show how cool this game actually is to my "non geek" friends.
I thought about using iDos application (which uses DosBox) to run the dos version of the game. The problem I got was the game freezing a lot, the app crashing or... Game.. Not loading at all...
Anyway. I got the game to work after 2 days of research. It worked... But the graphics were really glitchy and the sound was gone. (And sound = atmosphere of the game, the experience)
I couldn't enjoy the game without sound. So i thought about installing windows through iDos. I googled and found out that i can install windows 3, windows 95, windows 98 or windows me. I don't know why, but i downloaded an .img file of windows 98. It took me a good 5 hours to get it to work. After doing that i tried to connect a "fake disk" to windows 98. But I failed. So i used an app called WinImage to open up the files in .img file. Then i added the fallout setup files.
After that I used iDos to boot windows. Installed fallout on the img using iDos. Then when i tried booting the game i got a message that the game can only run in windows 95...
OK! I downloaded windows 95 and deleted 98. I was faster this time, got it to work in under 10 minutes! Nice, isn't it? Anyway. I installed fallout again. It told me to download directx 3.0 or higher. so i downloaded directx 6.1 and installed. The install also asked me if i wanted to install a driver. I said "yes". But then the whole windows crashed... I reinstalled everything and said "no" this time.
Everything is going well. I tried to boot the game now. It came up with a warning : This app needs to be run with 256 color or higher. Or something like that. Anyway i then looked up at the control panel, to display. I only had 16 color or monochrome. And the display was only 640x480.
I googled a lot to find a working win95a graphic driver. I installed it.
It got installed well. Then i chose new graphics card adaptor... The new driver of course! (Still going well)
Checked the control panel, display. There it is! The 256 color, truecolor(32) and 16 bit color options were unlocked. I chose 256 of course. After chosing 256 color the display option popped. Now I could slide from 480 to 1024. Great, right? Though I kept it at 480 and just chose 256 color.
I clicked apply... But windows warned me that i need to restart in order to apply changes.
I did... Which closes the iDos application.
I reopened the iDos and booted windows 95 again. I didn't notice anything different. I checked display settings again... And it was still 16 color with 256 color and such unlucked. But whenever I choose them it tells me to restart and closes the app...
I googled more and found that dosbox doesn't support 256 color. But I also found that some people got it to work. Just the files were old and deleted. So I couldn't download.
But I am so close. I can't stop yet. If anyone can help me get past this problem, thanks.
Problem: Can't set 256 color without restarting. And when i restart it is back to 16 color. Is there a way to boot it always 256 color maybe?
I had that game called "Fallout". An awesome game from 1997. It also had a patch 1.1 and a dos version.
I could play the game on my computer after working with the config and stuff. But I wanted to show how cool this game actually is to my "non geek" friends.
I thought about using iDos application (which uses DosBox) to run the dos version of the game. The problem I got was the game freezing a lot, the app crashing or... Game.. Not loading at all...
Anyway. I got the game to work after 2 days of research. It worked... But the graphics were really glitchy and the sound was gone. (And sound = atmosphere of the game, the experience)
I couldn't enjoy the game without sound. So i thought about installing windows through iDos. I googled and found out that i can install windows 3, windows 95, windows 98 or windows me. I don't know why, but i downloaded an .img file of windows 98. It took me a good 5 hours to get it to work. After doing that i tried to connect a "fake disk" to windows 98. But I failed. So i used an app called WinImage to open up the files in .img file. Then i added the fallout setup files.
After that I used iDos to boot windows. Installed fallout on the img using iDos. Then when i tried booting the game i got a message that the game can only run in windows 95...
OK! I downloaded windows 95 and deleted 98. I was faster this time, got it to work in under 10 minutes! Nice, isn't it? Anyway. I installed fallout again. It told me to download directx 3.0 or higher. so i downloaded directx 6.1 and installed. The install also asked me if i wanted to install a driver. I said "yes". But then the whole windows crashed... I reinstalled everything and said "no" this time.
Everything is going well. I tried to boot the game now. It came up with a warning : This app needs to be run with 256 color or higher. Or something like that. Anyway i then looked up at the control panel, to display. I only had 16 color or monochrome. And the display was only 640x480.
I googled a lot to find a working win95a graphic driver. I installed it.
It got installed well. Then i chose new graphics card adaptor... The new driver of course! (Still going well)
Checked the control panel, display. There it is! The 256 color, truecolor(32) and 16 bit color options were unlocked. I chose 256 of course. After chosing 256 color the display option popped. Now I could slide from 480 to 1024. Great, right? Though I kept it at 480 and just chose 256 color.
I clicked apply... But windows warned me that i need to restart in order to apply changes.
I did... Which closes the iDos application.
I reopened the iDos and booted windows 95 again. I didn't notice anything different. I checked display settings again... And it was still 16 color with 256 color and such unlucked. But whenever I choose them it tells me to restart and closes the app...
I googled more and found that dosbox doesn't support 256 color. But I also found that some people got it to work. Just the files were old and deleted. So I couldn't download.
But I am so close. I can't stop yet. If anyone can help me get past this problem, thanks.
Problem: Can't set 256 color without restarting. And when i restart it is back to 16 color. Is there a way to boot it always 256 color maybe?
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