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- From: mlevis@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (Mike Levis)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: Re: Ultima Underworld!!
- Keywords: Underworld, runs fine
- Message-ID: <1992Aug29.061834.23311@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
- Date: 29 Aug 92 06:18:34 GMT
- References: <hess.714902795@swt1>
- Distribution: comp
- Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio
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- In article <hess.714902795@swt1> hess@swt1.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Hauke Hess) writes:
- >Hi,
- >
- >as far as I remember, Ultima Underworld was told us not to run in a DOS Session
- >because of a special 32Bit memory manager that was written for UW only.
- >
- >This is not true. UW takes just EMS and runs fine, fast and reliable. You may
- >not be able to switch between UW fullscreen and OS/2 WPS without loosing UW
- >(crashes if you move the next time because of vga problems I guess), and my
- >modem hangs up randomly while I play uw (while I tried to reach my favorite
- >BBS), but if you play uw, you don't have to boot DOS.
-
- Umm... no flames intended (I haven't seen anyone use "flames"
- in a while #8^O ) but it is Ultima 7 that cannot run under OS/2.
-
- The following is an excerpt from Stephen Smith's summary
- of DOS games under OS/2. The full summary can be found
- at ftp-os2.nmsu.edu in the directory /pub/os2/2.0/info;
- I think the filename is called games10a.txt . There
- may also be more info in the FAQL of one of the *.games
- groups (comp.sys.ibm.pc.games ?).
-
- :
- :From: smsmith@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M Smith)
- :Subject: OS/2 and DOS GAMES SUMMARY (1.0a)
- :Date: 24 Jul 92 02:54:25 GMT
- :
- :
- :------------------------------------------------------------
- :OS2.GAMES VERSION 1.0a
- :------------------------------------------------------------
-
- [...]
-
- :ULTIMA 7:
- :
- :--this game will NOT run under OS/2 since it uses its own memory manager.
- : No amount of tweaking will make it run, so don't waste your time.
- : Instead, spend the time to write Origin and tell them to patch it!
- :
- :
- :ULTIMA UNDERWORLD:
- :
- :--there is a patch that fixes many inventory bugs in this game. Check
- : comp.sys.ibm.pc.games for more details.
- :--this game will not run in a window since it will be distorted.
- :--the digitized intro speeches for this game will not work reliably
- : under OS/2 with a Soundblaster; this is the only time in the
- : game where there is digitized speech though. To READ the
- : intro speeches, configure the game for no sound (or PC speaker)
- : and then run the intro.
- :--some people report no problems with this game, other people can't get
- : it to run under OS/2 at all. Most people are able to run the game
- : if they start the game in one of the following two ways:
- :
- : 1) Set the game to start minimized with background execution OFF.
- : Start the game and WAIT until all disk activity stops (about 10-15
- : seconds on my 386/33). Then switch to the game. This works best
- : for me, and allows me to switch back and forth from the game safely.
- : I've never had the game crash on me doing it this way, and I've
- : switched back and forth from my word processor hundreds and
- : hundreds of times.
- : 2) Set the game to start in a windowed DOS session. The game will look
- : garbled, but wait until you see the blue title screen come up. Then
- : switch the game to full screen mode with ALT-HOME. If the keyboard
- : doesn't respond after doing this, tap the ALT key to unstick it.
-
- [...]
-
-
- >Try this with windows NT!
- >
- >Hauke
-
-
- --
-