Duke Nukem 3d Atomic Edition
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: Schumacher_Skaife
HI
I d/l DN3D from kazza, i then istalled it and tried to play it, no luck. I then d/l a XP patch off the net, it will launch the game but immeditaley the screen will freeze, sounds can be heard, but no movement past the first screenshot, can some body please point me in the right direction!
TY
Dave
Posted by: DWk
does your monitor turn off like if u shut down ur computer? cuz if it does.... i think what you need is to install ur monitor drivers...
Posted by: MadDog-2000
Old games usually don't work very well on XP, if you get them to work at all! I always keep another installed copy of Windows 98 around to play some older games. As far as I know Duke 3D is an old DOS game and your chances of getting it running well under XP are slim to impossible. :(
Posted by: i_have_a.d.d.
Originally posted by MadDog-2000@4 December 2003 - 20:57
Old games usually don't work very well on XP, if you get them to work at all! I always keep another installed copy of Windows 98 around to play some older games. As far as I know Duke 3D is an old DOS game and your chances of getting it running well under XP are slim to impossible. :(
yea the sound was a bitch 2 congure man ...........
try running it in win98 cmpatability mode
Posted by: cwctv
Have you been into the folder where it is and set the thing up with Setup.exe this sets your sound and video plus you can test it from there,if the test doesn't work your cooked.
I thought you needed Duke3d run this too !!!
http://www.3drealms.com/downloads.html
http://www.3drealms.com/duke3d/index.html
Posted by: bob_the_alien
COME GET SOME!!
sorry just had to say it.
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/download.php?main=1
Try installing Dosbox, and use it to play the game, I've been able to get a bunch of my old dos game to work with it, that I couldn't get to work in XP before hand.
Posted by: hackattack142
I can play and build with DN3D on my xp machine. You just need a ported version. As long as you have the main game files, you just need a new build, a new game executable, a new setup executable, and a build.cfg file and you should be set. It runs just about as well as if you were using the regular version. You can find the one i use at the address below.
You should only need to download the binaries on the page below.
http://jonof.edgenetwork.org/buildport/duke3d/
You can also go here to get right to the download mirrors.
http://www.edgefiles.com/file.x?id=/edgene...of_20031123.zip (http://www.edgefiles.com/file.x?id=/edgenetwork.org/jonof/buildport/duke3d_jonof_20031123.zip)
Posted by: Schumacher_Skaife
thanks allot guys ill give em a go when i get the chance and post back
thanks again
dave
Posted by: Arcamean
Ive got a similar problem with an "older" game. Ever heard of "Axis & Allies"? it loads good, but once you get past the first screen, every click takes 5-10 seconds.
Ive heard bout tweaking the bios clock, but not being very "techie" I can't risk fu#$in up my machine, lol.
Any sugestions?
Posted by: MadDog-2000
Originally posted by hackattack142@5 December 2003 - 09:45
I can play and build with DN3D on my xp machine. You just need a ported version.
That is really neat, I didn't know anybody bothered to recompile all that old code and make it XP compatible. Might have to try that and if it works, I will use my other hard drive to play with the new Longhorn Build 4051.
Posted by: Schumacher_Skaife
Ok i tried that, but the ported thing lost me sorry, i tried THIS (http://www.deathmask.net/buildxp/) but still no luck, the screen will freeze, any further suggestions?
Dave
Posted by: Schumacher_Skaife
bumpety bump
Posted by: hackattack142
for the ported version i posted, to do this, first make a folder and copy the ported files that you downloaded from the site into it(can be downloaded again from here (http://www.edgefiles.com/file.x?id=/edgenetwork.org/jonof/buildport/duke3d_jonof_20031123.zip)). Next, you need to copy the "duke3d.grp" file into the folder. Next, you run the setup.exe and set everything to your liking. Now, when you first run the game, it will ask you if you want to extract the .CON files from the .GRP file and select yes. This should be it you should be set to play now.
The only downside to this ported version is that there is no working network playing yet and alot of the TCs are incompatible.
Posted by: Schumacher_Skaife
Whenever i try to dl that file, it doesent work, as a zip file it will not open, does it need to be re-named?
Dave
Posted by: hackattack142
No you shouldnt need to. Also make sure you are not using a download manager becuase that link is not a direct download link and some managers will pick up and try to download the web page instead being that it ends in .zip. I will email you the file. Hopefully it works.
Posted by: Schumacher_Skaife
thanks allot that worked great, now playin all day!
cheers
Dave