howdy there u sad prick smoking cocksuckers. ehe.
im just kiddin there u guys.
yelp fellors. im having troubles trying to run a old game called Darkstone for pc on win7.
Has anyone tried it? I remember back in the olden days on my old winxp machine it ran fine.
super smoothly.
But i dont have that old xp pc no more just this piece of crap win7 garbage horse shit.
i thought i'd pop that sad fucker in today for some diablo type action going.
Also, i had a hard time trin to get age of empires 2 running but finally got it going. Still cant get this fucking darkstone bullshit going tho. I have it installed but when i try to start it, theres sound but a black screen. I let it sit like that for awhile but its still black. I even went thro the hassles of installing windows xp mode and virtual pc and on there it says something about 3d-video card not detected. Even downloaded a torrent that claims it can run on win7/64bit machines. but that just does the same thing as my retail disc install.
How do you guys play your old pc games on win7? i think i may just buy another cheap old xp machine just to play these old games since they always seem to be hassles just trying to get them to run. Also i noticed on games like fallout2 and age of empires 2 that the color was all fucked. but it you put on the screen resolution screen an leave that on in the background an run the game it fixes the color problems in both those games.
.exe rightclick properties>compatibility: check "run this program in compatibility for:" select windows ex? mess with some settings and there ya go.
good day sir
yep, i tried all the different compatibility modes there but none of them worked.
Do you use dual-boot there runner55? and how is it? i was looking at that guide there but i think i gave away my old xp disc. i knew i should of just kept my old xp machine. Theres probably a way to d/l xp anyways but i dont feel like going thro all that hassles to use dual-booting.
i did test that game out on an xp laptop but it just isnt the same as playing on a desktop.
Found a local boy in an ad whos selling a xp p4 2.5g 1g ram but no video card pc for only 50 bux. i think i;ll give that lil bastard a call soon an talk about it. i have an old i think its radeon 9700pro video card someplace here already. guys think thats a good deal for 50 bux?
also, i'd have to pay for gas money to go out there an pick it up also since its about almost an hours drive away.
well thanks again for the help there fellors.
g'day.
I even went thro the hassles of installing windows xp mode and virtual pc and on there it says something about 3d-video card not detected.
This is the path I would recommend, the video card error is likely something you can fix if you dig around the internet a bit.
Most of my old games still work on my win7 machine, but in those rare cases where it doesn't (Dungeon Keeper is a great example) I use a virtual machine. Once a game reaches a certain age there's really nothing else you can do. Not sure if that's the case with Darkstone.
PlugY for Diablo II allows you to reset skills and stats, transfer items between characters in singleplayer, obtain all ladder runewords and do all Uberquests while offline. It is the only way to do all of the above. Please use it.
Supporting big shoulderpads and flashy armor since 2004.
Aldo try things like forcing windows mode or setting your native resolution to 800x600 or lower; and switching native colours into the primitive version - all of this stuff usually helps.
hey man, i tried that adding -window command that didnt help but then i found another command were you can skip the intro movie -nointro and it works.
but too bad the colors are all fucked up still. and the movies dont play there blacked out.
but the main part of the screen were your doing all the battling is fine. its just at the bottom of the screen colors are off and someplaces blacked out. i think this game just doesnt like the video card im using. but i'll buy that cheap ass old pc for sure.
Have you guys ran into any other old games that just dont run or look like crap in windows 7?
i have lots of old pc stuff that i dont feel like spending hours just trying to get it to run.
thx again fellors.
*edit. Hey, i just took off the windowed mode an the dirty cocksucker is working fine now!
no more fucked up colors. i think it just wont play the movies. they are just black screen with sound. but theres only maybe 2 boring cutscenes in this game.
thx again kindly gennelmen.
welp, anyways i dont think it was worth the hassles of getting it to run since i'll probably get bored of it in an hour or so.
well, it atleast saves me more hard booze money for the weekend. but i still might get that cheap ass pc incase other old games dont work.
Have you guys ran into any other old games that just dont run or look like crap in windows 7?
i have lots of old pc stuff that i dont feel like spending hours just trying to get it to run.
Like you said, Age of Empires is problematic. Gives me weird color problems and doesn't play sound properly.
Diablo gets screwed up colors everywhere randomly, AoE 1 refuses to start, some settlers game was 640x480 up in the left corner of the screen. But Pharaoh, Freelancer, Baldur's Gate and D2 still work thankfully
PlugY for Diablo II allows you to reset skills and stats, transfer items between characters in singleplayer, obtain all ladder runewords and do all Uberquests while offline. It is the only way to do all of the above. Please use it.
Supporting big shoulderpads and flashy armor since 2004.
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im just kiddin there u guys.
yelp fellors. im having troubles trying to run a old game called Darkstone for pc on win7.
Has anyone tried it? I remember back in the olden days on my old winxp machine it ran fine.
super smoothly.
But i dont have that old xp pc no more just this piece of crap win7 garbage horse shit.
i thought i'd pop that sad fucker in today for some diablo type action going.
Also, i had a hard time trin to get age of empires 2 running but finally got it going. Still cant get this fucking darkstone bullshit going tho. I have it installed but when i try to start it, theres sound but a black screen. I let it sit like that for awhile but its still black. I even went thro the hassles of installing windows xp mode and virtual pc and on there it says something about 3d-video card not detected. Even downloaded a torrent that claims it can run on win7/64bit machines. but that just does the same thing as my retail disc install.
How do you guys play your old pc games on win7? i think i may just buy another cheap old xp machine just to play these old games since they always seem to be hassles just trying to get them to run. Also i noticed on games like fallout2 and age of empires 2 that the color was all fucked. but it you put on the screen resolution screen an leave that on in the background an run the game it fixes the color problems in both those games.
good day sir
Do you use dual-boot there runner55? and how is it? i was looking at that guide there but i think i gave away my old xp disc. i knew i should of just kept my old xp machine. Theres probably a way to d/l xp anyways but i dont feel like going thro all that hassles to use dual-booting.
i did test that game out on an xp laptop but it just isnt the same as playing on a desktop.
Found a local boy in an ad whos selling a xp p4 2.5g 1g ram but no video card pc for only 50 bux. i think i;ll give that lil bastard a call soon an talk about it. i have an old i think its radeon 9700pro video card someplace here already. guys think thats a good deal for 50 bux?
also, i'd have to pay for gas money to go out there an pick it up also since its about almost an hours drive away.
well thanks again for the help there fellors.
g'day.
Most of my old games still work on my win7 machine, but in those rare cases where it doesn't (Dungeon Keeper is a great example) I use a virtual machine. Once a game reaches a certain age there's really nothing else you can do. Not sure if that's the case with Darkstone.
hey man, i tried that adding -window command that didnt help but then i found another command were you can skip the intro movie -nointro and it works.
but too bad the colors are all fucked up still. and the movies dont play there blacked out.
but the main part of the screen were your doing all the battling is fine. its just at the bottom of the screen colors are off and someplaces blacked out. i think this game just doesnt like the video card im using. but i'll buy that cheap ass old pc for sure.
Have you guys ran into any other old games that just dont run or look like crap in windows 7?
i have lots of old pc stuff that i dont feel like spending hours just trying to get it to run.
thx again fellors.
*edit. Hey, i just took off the windowed mode an the dirty cocksucker is working fine now!
no more fucked up colors. i think it just wont play the movies. they are just black screen with sound. but theres only maybe 2 boring cutscenes in this game.
thx again kindly gennelmen.
welp, anyways i dont think it was worth the hassles of getting it to run since i'll probably get bored of it in an hour or so.
well, it atleast saves me more hard booze money for the weekend. but i still might get that cheap ass pc incase other old games dont work.
Diablo gets screwed up colors everywhere randomly, AoE 1 refuses to start, some settlers game was 640x480 up in the left corner of the screen. But Pharaoh, Freelancer, Baldur's Gate and D2 still work thankfully