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Yes, another Privateer Thread. I'm sorry that I have to do this but I've searched the rest of the forum and I can find no solution. When I try to run P1 I just get this error message: 'Insufficent Dos memory to run Privateer' I've tried installing without sound but this makes no difference...

Is Darkmage referring to a windows emulator working in Linux? I've heard pretty good things about the performance of Linux in those kind of circumstances. You wouldn't need to have a port for Linux in the same way as you can run privateer in Virtual PC.

Thanks WildWeasel, I now have afterburners and my killscore has picked up a lot. It puzzles me why WC3 is the exception, while all the other WC games seem to allow the mouse & normal keyboard functions in combination. I didn't realise I was in so much of a minority for using a mouse. it always...

I would disagree. I've been playing WCP and WCSO for around 4 years, using the mouse and keyboard controls. I've completed them both on Nightmare mode. When I've used joysticks my accuracy has been a shadow of what I can achieve with a decent mouse. I've also had a lot of success with the...

Actually, what I meant is where are the afterburners when running in mouse mode? I know where they are on keyboard mode but I'm hardly slick with a keyboard (or even a joystick). Thanks

I've recently bought a second-hand copy of WC3 for the PC without manuals. Is there anywhere I can find a rundown of the controls and possibly info on which ships, guns etc. I'll be using during the game. On the web would be the most convenient, especially as I'm in the UK where WC artifacts...

Never could get on with joysticks. The plastic game controller things BTW, before anyone gets any funny ideas after Wulf's little comment. Bless 'im. Also, I prefer the Vision engine to those of the Starlancer and Freespace 2. It just seems slicker and more fun. In the Vision engine they just...

Mantas can usually take two hits on Nightmare mode. It does strip off a lot of shields and armour so a second hit will nail them for sure. Diverting power from the engines to the guns should mean you can make the second shot in time. Usually. I know it sounds picky but Mantas are really the only...

What would really appeal to me is a new set of missions, new storyline etc. with all of the old ships but put into the WCP/SO engine. It could be placed in another corner of the WC universe so it wouldn't conflict with existing storylines. That's why I'm so looking forward to the completion of...

Thanks a lot for your help. I'll bear your comments in mind. Cheers

I have the original versions of WC1&2 installed on my PC. Although they run reasonably well they do have speed and sound problems. I can get hold of some old PCs from my school for a few pounds each so I though it might be worthwhile to buy a PC made around the time of the early WC games. What...

I've checked the EXE and the game is the Win95 version. Changing to VGA video for the in-flight comms does not help. Playing around with the PCI, OpenGL or soundcard acceleration does not help either. If the problem is directly related to the graphics card would it be worth swapping my...

So how cute is my Avatar? I am sorely disappointed

If you mean the NVIDIA Detonator drivers I've given them a go. The video seems slightly better and the game seems to last for about a 10th of a second longer. Apart from that there's no improvement. I'm running Win98 Second Edition if that makes any difference. What is it about the 14.10...

It's the Win95 version but i have tried running it from a DOS box in windows

I'm trying to Run WC4 (not the DVD edition) on a PC running Win98 with a PII 233, 128Mb RAM and a 32Mb Geforce MX graphics card. The board is also dual processor (although only one CPU is in at the moment). The game itself seems to run but the video plays badly with incorrect colours...

Does SO support glide or D3D, patched or otherwise? I have just started playing SO with a new graphics card and it does not seem to have any accelerated features (such as coloured lights etc.). Will installing a glide wrapper on my card improve the situation? Thanks

Thanks for your help.

I have a question for everyone with 'vintage' systems. I am considering putting together a very cheap and basic system using old parts to allow me to play my old DOS games that I have been unable to play since upgrading to Win2K. I've considered XP but it is a little too procy for me at the...

I've already tried that. DirectX 8.0a is the only one currently available and that will not install over 8.1. The installer just runs and nothing is changed. And besides, as I mentioned earlier, the problem was present before I upgraded. The reason for the upgrade was to get WCP working properly.