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Patches for older games: F/A 18, Super EF2000
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| Ralph Holz 2006-08-23, 5:42 am |
| Hi all,
I bought these two games a long while ago and wanted to see if I can get them
airborne again on my notebook computer: a Windows XP Pro, ATI Mobility Radeon 9000.
1) F/A-18 from Jane's: I used Google and found that there's supposed to be a
patch that allows the game to run on Windows XP. At the moment, I can start it
in compatibility mode, but there are a couple of snags like weird texture, not
being able to select some options etc. Would appreciate any input - if you know
where to get the patch, or what do to to further improve the gameplay, please
tell me.
2) Super EF2000 - probably not worth asking, but were there any patches for the
game that made it use D3D or improved it on Windows XP? I can run it but there's
no support for 3D hardware.
Thanks,
Ralph
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For contact details, please see www.ralphholz.de
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| Ian Riches 2006-08-23, 7:43 pm |
| In article <ech76j$4jc$1@news.BelWue.DE>, ralph@null.invalid says...
quote:
> Hi all,
>
> I bought these two games a long while ago and wanted to see if I can get them
> airborne again on my notebook computer: a Windows XP Pro, ATI Mobility Radeon 9000.
>
> 1) F/A-18 from Jane's: I used Google and found that there's supposed to be a
> patch that allows the game to run on Windows XP. At the moment, I can start it
> in compatibility mode, but there are a couple of snags like weird texture, not
> being able to select some options etc. Would appreciate any input - if you know
> where to get the patch, or what do to to further improve the gameplay, please
> tell me.
Try the SIM HQ message board here:
<http://www.simhq.com/simhq3/sims/bo...hp?ubb=forum;f=
32>
The weird textures could be addressed in the "FAQ for graphics issues":
<http://www.simhq.com/simhq3/sims/bo...ultimatebb.php?
ubb=get_topic;f=32;t=006913>
quote:
> 2) Super EF2000 - probably not worth asking, but were there any patches for the
> game that made it use D3D or improved it on Windows XP? I can run it but there's
> no support for 3D hardware.
Correct. Super EF2000 will not support 3D hardware. The DOS-based
EF2000 v2.0 did have a patch to enable support for either 3dfx or
Rendition-based graphics cards, IIRC, but the Windows version was never
patched for d3d or opengl.
Ian
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Ian Riches
Bedford, UK
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| Rockstar 2006-08-23, 7:43 pm |
| Ian Riches wrote:
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> The weird textures could be addressed in the "FAQ for graphics issues":
Better yet, by turning off 1)sparkling water and 2)low level noise
mapping, but I'm not a fanbois who believes that simhq owns and
therefore can only disseminate that information.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp...e30619800b5f46b
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| Mark Gonzales 2006-08-24, 2:39 am |
| "Ralph Holz" <ralph@null.invalid> wrote in message
news:ech76j$4jc$1@news.BelWue.DE...
quote:
> 2) Super EF2000 - probably not worth asking, but were there any patches
for the
quote:
> game that made it use D3D or improved it on Windows XP? I can run it but
there's
quote:
> no support for 3D hardware.
It still doesn't look too shabby, IMO. Here's a recent thread I started with
plenty of pics...
http://www.simhq.com/simhq3/sims/bo...c;f=64;t=001247
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Mark
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> Thanks,
> Ralph
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> For contact details, please see www.ralphholz.de
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| HockeyTownUSA 2006-08-25, 7:40 pm |
| You can find the official Janes patches at EA's ftp site:
ftp://ftp.ea.com/pub/janes/patches
"Ralph Holz" <ralph@null.invalid> wrote in message
news:ech76j$4jc$1@news.BelWue.DE...
quote:
> Hi all,
>
> I bought these two games a long while ago and wanted to see if I can get
> them
> airborne again on my notebook computer: a Windows XP Pro, ATI Mobility
> Radeon 9000.
>
> 1) F/A-18 from Jane's: I used Google and found that there's supposed to be
> a
> patch that allows the game to run on Windows XP. At the moment, I can
> start it
> in compatibility mode, but there are a couple of snags like weird texture,
> not
> being able to select some options etc. Would appreciate any input - if you
> know
> where to get the patch, or what do to to further improve the gameplay,
> please
> tell me.
>
> 2) Super EF2000 - probably not worth asking, but were there any patches
> for the
> game that made it use D3D or improved it on Windows XP? I can run it but
> there's
> no support for 3D hardware.
>
> Thanks,
> Ralph
>
> --
> For contact details, please see www.ralphholz.de
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