rackham

Hi, I'm trying to run Tie Fighter Collector's CD-ROM in win2k pro Install goes just fine (apart from having no compatible soundcard) then trying to start the game tie.exe gives this error:" VESA BIOS not detected Hires mode may not be available" Then it asks about runnig UNIBVE to simulate VESA bu that doesn't work and then it just quits to windows desktop. Any ideas? Computer specs: AMD XP 2400+ 512MB PNY Verto geforce4 ti4200 (TIE fighter max install) - rackham

Yehaaaa! It works! Joystick also! Now to get sound activated... Hehe. The people at the Vogons-board had already tackled this. Simply had to install it on c-drive. Incredibly stubborn game I seem to remember doing this once before. Just couldn't remember anymore... New question: What settings should be used on the imuse sound settings program that TF uses? VDMSound's online documentation didn't seem to address this. (or I'm just very bad at reading) - Rackham

So far no progress. What are the layers? Did'nt see any of those in the Comp. admin program. I DID magane run run tie.exe with a fix that i believe used w95 settings bar the joystick emulation as you have suggested. Anyway the game still crashes immediately after aswering the question about UNIVBE simulation. BTW, how does qfixapp relate to ACT? -rackham

OK, I got service pack 3 installed now. Also d/l:ed and installed Application Compatibility Toolkit 2.6 from msdn.microsoft.com. This is what you all mean by ACT? I don't really understand what to do with it... Also found NTVMD.EXE on my system, but the program does nothing (visible that is). I think i need somekind of manual or at least basic instructions to use these programs. I should state that at this point I just want to run the games, anything more sophisticated will have to wait 'til I find the time to concentrate. Any suggestions? - rackham

My CD-case says "Collectors CD-ROM". No sing of the word "edition" anywhere. I think this is the complete original TIE series with all the extra missions and expansion packs. Talking about ACT, is it the same program for W2k AND XP? Microsofts web-page only has one for XP(and W server 2003), or at least I haven't managed to find one specifically for W2k. Bit confusing actually... So do you think the older TIE will work with this? That VESA error still has me puzzled... ;( - rackham

OK, VDMsound is what program? Is it third party or microsoft? And is it part of win2000? 8) (Somebody on the net mentioned MS ACT or somesuch, is this similar?) This same error happened with my old P200 with hercules stingray 128 so i don't think gf4 is to blame for this one... -rackham