Mouse Look in Dark Forces?

Here it is, months later, but I finally got around to actually d/ling what I was told to...unfortunately, that only works on Win XP and NT I think. :/

I have Win98...so, what do I do?

 

Well, I finally got a chance to really play the game, for the first time in about 4 years. That is a darned good little game, I must say. And I was playing without sound!

The reason why I write this however, is I find there are more problems than just the sound. I am not sure, I may actually need a new disk, I think I might have a faulty one. See, not only is there no sound, but it doesn't save my player name. Every time I start it up (and I don't know if I'm even starting it up the way I sposed to- I go to my computer, and go in the folder, and click on "Dark", which is a dos thingy), it shows there are no players, and I hafta make a new one.

Is there any way I can fix this, or do I hafta hope I can find Dark Forces at a store somewhere?

 

It sounds like you are launching the game straight from the CD rom (or the shortcut points to the cd-rom). If you install the files on your hard drive, then the player should save.

 

From lucasarts.com's support page;

http://support.lucasarts.com/YHDscripts/cpd.exe?COMMAND=iGetDetails&ACTION=24&iSourceName=dforces.cbs&SERVER=1.1&iSessionId=11495&iSequenceNo=4&iFormat=lucasarts&iCurrentDescription=save%20game&iIncludeInfo=1

Start the game from the DARK.EXE file installed on the hard drive


If the game is started from the DARK.EXE file located on the CD rather than the DARK.EXE located on the hard drive, the autosave and sound features will not be available.

 

It's official- JP is a god

Seriously, thanks! If you knew how many *years* I've been working on this! I never even thought that I might be launching it from the wrong location. I'll hafta pass this onto my friends, who have had the exact same problem with the game for almost as long.

Thanks again

Oh, and one more thing- I'm wondering, is it worth it to make the boot disk? I mean, what does it do?

 

>> If you knew how many *years* I've been working on this! I never even thought that I might be launching it from the wrong location. Thanks again <<

You're welcome. Though the answer has been in the lucasarts.com support pages for years.

>> Oh, and one more thing- I'm wondering, is it worth it to make the boot disk? I mean, what does it do? <<

You only need that if the game doesn't launch (normally due to himem issues). It'll start the PC in DOS mode and launch the game from there.

 

While we're on about sound, has anyone found a soundblaster emulator for Win 98? VDM sound only works on 2000+ versions.

I've only got an onboard soundcard, and I can get some digital sound, but it's stuttery and sounds garbled.

Any ideas folks?

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What sound are you getting? FX, voice, music?

 

Also try this thread for various hints and tips.

 

Once again JP, you are the man!
For the record, and any future readers with the same problem, to get my cacky old onboard soundcard working, I selected SoundblasterPro from the list, then all the default settings (port, irq, dma) and it's cool.

I'm not sure about music mind, that's just FX. That being said, I'm gonna be whacking on a bit of the old Cannibal Corpse when I'm playing anyhow

As usual though, I've got one more question... I've been through this thread and the one you referenced JP, looking up the Mouselook. In my setup screen, I can't see a bind for Mouselook up & down, just the look up and look down keys, which are two separates.

In Keyboard Configuration, I've got:
Turn Left
Turn Right
Forward
Backward
Fire Primary
Fire Secondary
Crouch
Nudge
Jump
Strafe Left
Strafe Right
Strafe Mode
Speed Mode
Slow Mode
View Up
View Down

In Mouse Configuration I've got:
Mouse
Turn left / right
Forward / Backward
Forward
Backward
Fire
Crouch
Nudge
Jump
Strafe Mode
Speed Mode
Slow Mode

There is a Look Up / Down option in Joystick Configuration but that's only assignable to a joystick button.

I know I'm being a whinger for wanting full mouselook, is mine a different version without mouselook?

Alternatively, is there a config file I can access through notepad that'll change it?

Cheers again,
Yen

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...anyone?


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