Brian Futrell wrote: >On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:38:32 +1100 > Darren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Diablo is not a 3D game, and can use a standard video card >without difficulty. I'm playing it on an Aptiva K6-233 >machine now with built-in ATI video, and getting creamed on >level 10. :> Quake 2 will play without 3D acceleration. > It looks crappy, but it works. >
Yeah I know, both will play on the puny macintosh onboard vram god bless them. Blizzard and ID. >Some Diablo CDs have both versions on it (I had one that >didn't, and have one now that does). I was doing it to >test the card. > How far do you get? Are you trying to click through the title short movie which is historically resource hungry. I'm not sure the question goes for quake, kinda surprised you don't get further with quake, can you access the option screen or is it gone before before you get that far? Have you tried : RUN"path to diablo\diablo.exe" "-w" or any of the other command line options both games have available? Windowed mode may not be the best choice or there again? >I have 95 also, OSR2 and 2.5. I'll give those a try. > Maybe they will take care of the network problem. :> > I've had Aoe, Nox and Settlers 2 running under VPC, I remember diablo working but barely. All under Win95osr2 after throwing 98se, the joy of hardfiles. If you can find the floppy set :) its quite amazing how bare the system can be, no networking, no IE ect. adding networking isn't very hard and is a easy download. Is that Gregg I can hear saying no no no? ;) >I'll also try installing DirectX 8 to see if that takes >care of it. > Dont know what directX 7.0 is really like, 8 goes on to everything - bar the floppy installed win95. What did you finally get going, YDL or MDK, out of interest? -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac-N-DOS list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-n-dos.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-n-dos%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
