Blood problems.

[DefJam101]

I can't seem to run Blood. I removed it from abandonia's inventory and installed it fine. But I have a few problems.

1) I can't change the video mode or resolution, only the default seems to work (very low res). Otherwise it will not start.

2) The game stutters, chokes, whatever you want to call it. It will be running at 200 FPS, and then suddenly drop to <2, usually when looking in a certain direction.


Turning off one CPU core didn't help, DOSBox didn't help, and I can run Duke 3D perfectly.

Any idea what's up?

 

[GeneralSamov]

Compatibility mode, tried that one too?

 

[Monocause]

You could try running it with Virtual PC, you'd have to remove a copy of win 95 or 98 from the inventory though.

 

[DefJam101]

Compatibility mode, tried that one too?

Sec, will do.

edit: Didn't do anything. Win 95 or 98.

 

[MetalCraze]

Virtual PC or DOSBox - go go go (with the second one you won't have to wait for Windows to not be removed from a torrent tracker inventory)

 

[LCJr.]

Hey I like grasping at straws too.

Did you try Silvermans patch mentioned in the Abandonia game description?

Doesn't Blood support Glide? Scroll down this page and try the Glide emulators. dgVoodoo usually works better with Nvidia and OpenGlide with ATi.

 

[Lord Rocket]

I never had any problems running Blood via DOSBox. Did you try fucking with the settings? I generally just put CPU Cycles to 'max' in the .cfg, most stuff seems to run pretty happily that way.
Also, did you try it with the CLI2NOP patch (Google, should be on Vogons somewhere) and VDMSound yet? I'm pretty sure I got it running that way a few years ago too.

 

[non]

This is how you do it:
http://buildxp.deathmask.net/

Edit: There is also an excellent torrent of One unit whole Blood that comes already setup with everything you need, no installation or anything required. The folder contains .bat files for the expansions and the original.

 

[Balor]

Btw, last I heard, win 95/98 are free right now.

 

[denizsi]

Can not possibly be true. Last I heard, MS still charged for MS-Dos 6.22! I hope you're right, though.

 

[MisterStone]

I think that when you buy certain editions of windows you own a license to use 98/95... maybe that's what he was thinking of?

 

[DefJam101]

Got it to work by using different sound drivers, problem fixed.

 

[denizsi]

Gotta love the simplicity of the solution.