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If this is the freeze which happens randomly at the start of videos, I never found a better solution that frequent saves and to turn off the video transitions.

The Kilrathi Saga is the windows rerelease of the first three wing commanders and will not function in DOSbox. As with many windows remakes, they do not work well on modern systems and DOSbox can run the original DOS versions better than windows can run the windows ones. Your WC2 problem...

Start DOS by typing cmd into the run prompt. Google will bring up a tutorial on basic DOS commands if you need it. To run the program, you need to type mattobmp, followed by the name of the mat file you want to read, optionally followed by the bmp file you want to write to.

EDIT] Disregard this unless you have the DOS version of the game. Theres no way to make the windows version run in DOSbox. Sorry, I dont use front ends. Best I can do is tell you how to modify dosbox.conf to make this as painless as possible. Load up Dosbox.conf. In the CPU section, set core...

Play in DOSbox, stay in windows mode, and up the cycles. Privateer is going to look terrible on any LCD - it uses a 320*200 resolution, some LCDs will actually refuse to display it. As is common with games of this era, theres no way to alter the resolution its used, and it would be difficult...

Invert mouse isnt a common option outside of FPS games, and it was less common still back in the 90s. DOSbox.conf doesnt seem to have an option, VOGONS is silent on the subject. I think you're out of luck unless you are willing to add such an option to DOSbox yourself. Or simply learn to fly...

It might be something to do with the movie player - turn off video transitions, at least that way, you will get to the planet before it tries to play any movies.

The save files are in the main folder, named game0<x>.iff.

For some reason, installers were often written in 16 bit even when used to install 32bit programs on 32bit platforms. There are some fixes here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324767

Why is the X45 software running in compatibility mode? If you only have an older version, then you can get a newer one from the saitek site, and its always better to run a compatible version rather than hope compatibility mode works well enough.

That ones more complicated than that - the game looks at how often you side with Hunter or Panther, the superbase is just one of the decisions. Cant remember if it has a higher weighting than the others, but its not enough to get you the evil ending if you side with Panter otherwise.

Check the relevant tech support article here: https://www.wcnews.com/techsupport.shtml#arm

Fat32 wont store a 5 or 10Gb image. I seriously doubt that anything backed up that long ago will have files anywhere near that large, but since we don't know the format of the tapes, we should be prepared to rip the raw data off the tape and interpret it later. There is freeware which claims to...

https://www.wcnews.com/techsupport.shtml#p1 If you need more help, please provide more information, including details of what you have tried before.

A bridge rectifier is what you want here.

Yeah, thats what I thought you were on about. Trust me, it wont work. Second Law of Thermodynamics.

Heres the problem - every energy conversion is less than 100% efficient. Turn electricity into kinetic with the motor, and you get less energy out than you put in. Turn kinetic into electric with the alternator, and again, you get less out than in. Just run your tools off the battery or...

Anything faster than a 486 will be too fast for WC1 and 2 - at least some versions of those lack a frame rate limiter. However, DOSbox can run both games well enough that it doesnt matter, check the tech support pages from the CIC main page for help in setting it up.

Its unusual for a system to be sold with no recovery/reinstallation options at all - check the manual, it might be possible to restore from a hidden partition on the HDD or something along those lines. Failing that, its usually possible to boot over a network and install XP that way, though Ive...

In which game? Is the game being run natively or through DOSbox? Does the joystick work correctly in other games? Have you calibrated the stick in the windows control panel? For the older games, have you calibrated it in game?