actually i was up till 6am yesterday, and finally got it working (on VMware of-course)! i had to move the game folder to be in the first root level of my local disk not in "c:/program files/....." had to be in "c:/" and then patch the game :) works fine now with compatibility on 256 colors and win98 :D save game works too, and no random crashes or whatsoever :P
@hussam: glad to hear u figured it out too :D enjoy! On Jul 14, 4:22 am, Espionage724 <[email protected]> wrote: > Perhaps XP Mode for Windows 7 would help? > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 4:13 PM, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > That does sound like a messed up directx install, but those games are > > very dangerous in a way that they overwrite any existing directx > > install with legacy file versions that totally mess up the system. The > > best way is to install the latest directx version to make sure it's up > > to date, and better yet to have security software that blocks the > > directx 2/3/5 from automatically installing without user confirmation. > > > On Jul 13, 6:12 pm, DanielPK <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey guys, just recently i found a game that i played like 10-12 years > >> ago on windows 98 (Dark Earth)...LMAO! ...i know its older than my > >> grandma, but i just can't help to try running it ;) > > >> after some patches and tweaks the game works under VMware XP...no luck > >> on 7 tho, i get this error msg when i try to run the game: LS_ERROR: 8 > >> Bmap Error: Bitmove256 (DDERR_INVALIDPARAMS) compatibality mode with > >> every god knows turned ON options...non worked :(...i searched for a > >> solution but got only "2" search results -____- site was in french so > >> i had to translate it! ...the solution they provided was running the > >> game on directx 2...2 for god sake!!! hahahahaha...and some answers > >> even suggested that directx needs to be disabled...rofl :P now if > >> anyone knows wht the error msg is related to it'd be much > >> appreciated :) > > >> specs: > >> Core Duo 1.6GHz > >> 3GB RAM > >> GMA950 (Alpha) > >> Windows 7 32bit = crash + error msg > >> Windows XP 32bit VMware = playable game + random crashes > > >> :) > > >> website:http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2... > > >> @Hussam: did u manage to get "grim fandango" working? :D > > > -- > > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > -- > Acer TravelMate 2480 > GFX: GMA950 CPU: Intel Celeron M 420 @ 1.6Ghz RAM: 2GB DDR2 333Mhz > HDD: Samsung 120GB 5400RPM SATA -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
