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IIRC DOS WC1 and WC2 don't really have an in-game calibration screen. All you could do is to leave the joystick centered when the game starts. Try setting to a different DOSBox CPU cycle before starting the game - you should notice different behaviour in the cursor drift.

The same economies of scale that allows big computer companies to be competitive naturally causes the products to be at the razor edge of reliability, because it becomes cheaper to process as-required replacements during the warranty period than to pay a premium for better quality and engineer...

Fix: Replace "fairytale" with "myth", and you get George Lucas' intent for Star Wars. http://www.amazon.com/Joseph-Campbell-Power-George-Lucas/dp/B00005MEVQ http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/07/ca.s02.george.lucas/index.html http://www.next-wave.org/may99/starwars.htm

Maybe a little sad, but certainly true! :D Grand Theft Auto anybody? If it's external appearences and behaviour that Ripperian is hung up on, perhaps we should introduce him to the shivans - strange, barely functional looks and incomprehensible at the same time... :p I disagree that Star Trek...

Aren't there already some forum based Wing Commander RPGs and associated rulebooks floating around (most of them looking derelict). I would suggest checking them out and learning what works and what doesn't, rather than reinventing the wheel again. On the other hand, while there might not be...

I presume you're having trouble understanding DOSBox itself rather than installing the game? Try these pages in conjunction to the Tech Support section of wcnews.com (https://www.wcnews.com/techsupport.shtml) http://www.classicgaming.com/ascii/featgame_files/dosbox101/dosbox101.html...

Does one consider Malcolm McDowell a B-grade actor? ;-)

I'm not a PSP owner, but I'll be watching the release of the "EA Replay" compilation closely. While PSP owning fans of the classic games would undoubtably queue in line to buy it, I'm somewhat deterred by the price tag (in New Zealand anyway), and my need to actually buy a piece of equipment...

You might possibly have a "half-baked" install of the graphics drivers. I guess try to reinstall the latest version again?

Due to the level of detail described here, I think you'll find that any help you get would be at the lowest-common-denominator level. Let it begin - After applying the Windows 95 upgrade, are you sure you're running the WC4W.EXE application (the one with the red icon), and not the DOS...

Try this thread for a set of WC4 savegames: http://www.crius.net/zone/showpost.php?p=311612&postcount=114

I don't know if it's just my particular setup, but the winning endgame movie (after the wormhole has been demolished) gets skipped and I go straight to the animated credits. Other movies seem to play just fine in-game. Edit: After installing the 27 Oct build, it seemed to work fine now. Or...

This is simply awesome - just like an early Christmas! Suggestion to HCl: Would it be possible to use a codec internal to the DLL for playback? That would potentially make it more controllable and avoid the "flicker" necessary to draw to another surface. If anybody has trouble playing back...

I would go through a process of elimination with the prophecy problem... Install the hi res and video skip fix from https://www.wcnews.com/files.shtml#wcp and try running it without any compatability modes. Then add Win95/98, etc. The MS Application Compatibility Toolkit is the program that...

I'm sure the European release of Freespace was named Conflict:Freespace instead of Descent:Freespace. Nevermind why... ;)

Maybe running the game's launcher, change a couple of settings and save, then running the game, might help? If I recall correctly the prophecy/secretops launcher has the option to choose the video mode?

On the "Error report contents" window, left-click on the bit where it says "Exception information". Then hold the mouse button and drag it down until it scrolls and goes to the end of the message. You'll see the entire message being highlighted. Press the Ctrl and C keys at the same time...

Try manually give your secretops.exe Windows 95/98 compatibility mode by right clicking on the .exe file itself, properties, compatibility tab. If that works, great. If different problems occur because of that mode, then the amount of compatibility fixes being applied to it are overkill...

Personally I prefer the long prongs since they make the join more sturdy. If the prongs feel oversized it would give a relativelhy more low-tech look to them, which should fit the FLR theme?

Well... the WC4 DVD program is a Windows application. Hence it "cannot be run in DOS mode".