Aralez Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 I have a small problem: I can play my DOS version of EU and TFTD in Dosbox, ok. But i have the CE versions (for Windows) too. And i can't play them because of my Nvidia graphic card. Are there any fixes for that problem ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Well, this isn't a very good fix, but I use this approach to play the CE version: I disable my graphics card completely. This forces the game to run under the "legacy" windows graphics drivers. Seems to work fine, but you have to remember to enable the card if you want to play videos, DVD's or current games which are graphics-intensive. - Zombie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Eh? What's all this about? I have a Nvidia card to, but have never needed to disable my acceleration... If you're referring to the garbled graphics in the game, f0dder's loader fixes those. Furthermore, Mok's UFO EXE fixes graphics too, but that also makes a couple of other changes to the game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aralez Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 Thanks for the answers and links. BB, the loaders fix seem to be what i need. And Zombie is right, loader too stated that disabling the card works, but is an not so elegant method. Edit: The game still doesn't work, the monitor goes black and "mode not supported" appears. I can hear the game running correctly , though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Hrm... Is it a Windows error message, or is it your monitor that complains? Can you run any other low res Dos games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aralez Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 My monitor complains, so it has to be a graphic card problem (and i read that this happens with Nvidia cards). And yes i can run other dos games. It's a Xcom/TFTD only problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 If the monitor complains, then I'd say it's a monitor issue. Do you have another one you could try plugging in to confirm that? Mok's EXE that I linked above uses a different resolution to the normal game, or so I believe. Have you tried that too? I'd also try disabling the hardware acceleration, via the Nvidia control panel (which lets you specifically disable it just for this game). Also use the Windows compatibility modes to force 256 colors, and disable visual themes. What sort of video card are you using, by the way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aralez Posted October 25, 2006 Author Share Posted October 25, 2006 A Geforce 6600 GT. I tried with an old tube-monitor and have the same problem, it seems the game uses a resolution/refreshrate ratio the card does not support. I haven't tested Mok's exe yet, gonna test it asap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 If that doesn't work, try lowering your refresh rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aralez Posted October 25, 2006 Author Share Posted October 25, 2006 As i was a bit unsure about the splitted exe i tried the UFO EU: ET (ufeuet_2005_03_28.zip) download from the filesection and it worked! Thanks for all the answers! Especially you, BB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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