That's the funny thing... The game was running fine, but the OpenGL installer wasn't finding it. So, whatever was missing from the game installation wasn't critical enough to stop the game working.
You've got some skills there. Awesome stuff you keep coming up with. :)
BTW, in case it's...
Following on from my post above, my problem is now fixed. I tried re-installing the game using compatibility mode in Windows 7, and the installation proceeded in a much more healthy fashion (although it still moaned about drive A: initially, despite being installed from CD-ROM).
Anyway...
I'm having trouble running the OpenGL patch. After I click install, I get a dialog saying "Wing Commander Prophecy or Secret Ops must be installed for OpenGL-WCP to be installed. Please install Prophecy or Secret Ops and try again".
I do have the game installed and it does run. I'm guessing...
Hi guys
I too was having trouble running the HCI high res fix for WCP in Vista. It was crashing after entering the resolution and then running the conversion. I worked around the problem by booting into XP and running it from there, which worked fine.
But I just stumbled across this...
Hi all. This is my first post here, and I wanted to start by commending you all on this awesome forum! It's so endearing to know that this game still has so much support after all these years. It might be old, but IMHO, it's still one of the greatest (collection of) games ever made.
I've...