Unforgiven
Spaceman
I have posted here before saying it works, and it does. But not all of it... Just now I posted the following message on the Windows XP beta newsgroup, entitled Wing Commander Kilrathi Saga - Secret Missions 1 which should say it all:
I'll keep you informed on anything I learn.
Originally posted on microsoft.beta.whistler.application-compatibility
In Windows 2000, Wing Commander Kilrathi Saga did not work at all. Microsoft
took some steps and it does work now in Windows XP. However, the Wing
Commander 1 addon Secret Missions 1, downloadable via the EA ftp site, does
not work, showing the same symptoms as WC1 originally did, ie. immediately
exiting the application at the campaigns menu. And WC1 itself doesn't work
anymore as well. The SM1 installer does the following:
1. Renames the original wc1.exe to wing1.exe.
2. Replaces wc1.exe with a menu app to select wc1 or sm1
3. Adds sm1 game files, like sm1.exe
Because WC1 itself didn't work anymore either, I decided to try renaming wing1.exe back to wc1.exe and it worked again. And indeed, if I rename sm1.exe to wc1.exe, SM1 works perfectly. I expect the same to work for the character transfer program, although I haven't tested that yet. Running SM1 with the original filename in Win95 or Win98/Me compatibility mode works, but my joystick doesn't work anymore then (Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback II USB). The cursor just moves to the bottom of the screen and stays there. When I unplug the stick it works again.
Now while the renaming workaround works, it's far from elegant. It seems WinXP stores information on how to treat WC1.exe, and I was wondering, can I tell WinXP to treat sm1.exe the same way, or am I stuck with renaming files?
Thanks in advance,
Sven Groot
Beta ID: 388390
I'll keep you informed on anything I learn.