I've never gone on any of the 3 collector's edition games other than ufo defense cause i like to complete games in order, but 2day I felt like giving apoc a go, but it won't load. I installed the game ok, but whenever I click on the icon to play it get a black screen and nothing. I've tried the .exe files and the shortcuts, I've tried from dos but it says "mouse not present" but I've got a mouse which works fine.
I'm trying to run it on win98, I've got more than the min specs for it, plus ufo works fine, but I don't know about TFTD
I wanna play Apoc! Help me!
A tactical pick-me-up.
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X-com Apoc problem
Started By Solfius, Dec 07 2002 08:20 PM
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Posted 07 December 2002 - 10:59 PM
hhe, I could NOT help you and help you achieve your goal of playing in order... 
I run right from Win98SE, that's no problem for me. If you want to try running from DOS, you need to get DOS mouse drivers, I think. Mouse.com, or some crap.
If you're getting a black screen, THAT sucks... Anytihng else, or just black?
I run right from Win98SE, that's no problem for me. If you want to try running from DOS, you need to get DOS mouse drivers, I think. Mouse.com, or some crap.
If you're getting a black screen, THAT sucks... Anytihng else, or just black?
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Posted 08 December 2002 - 10:00 AM
the cd drive whirs for a bit like its reading from it, but then it stops and I get nothing but a black screen. I'll check out those mouse drivers
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Posted 08 December 2002 - 10:45 AM
I've looked all over the place, I can't find any dos mouse drivers at all, can someone give me a link to one?
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Posted 08 December 2002 - 11:13 AM
I sometimes get the black screen as well, but it usually clears up after a few tries... and sometimes a reboot.
Try skipping the intro movie with the -skip command.
Also consider disabling your soundcard.
While this may not solve your problem, it's worth a try.
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Try skipping the intro movie with the -skip command.
Also consider disabling your soundcard.
While this may not solve your problem, it's worth a try.
- NKF
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Posted 08 December 2002 - 01:08 PM
I've uploaded the drivers you need to get your mouse working properly here The read.me file makes it all very simple. Hope it works, just don't expect your scroll to work
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Posted 08 December 2002 - 05:54 PM
thnaks, but it works now I've put the skip command in, except for the sound. I'll have a look around to see if theres a soloution for it.
...just one thing after another :hmmm: ...
...just one thing after another :hmmm: ...
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Posted 08 December 2002 - 11:03 PM
What sound card do you have?
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Posted 09 December 2002 - 05:46 PM
its a soundblaster, i'll go check what kind........................ SB Live 5.1
I looked about the support section, but there are no posts i could find about solving the prob.
Someone must know
I looked about the support section, but there are no posts i could find about solving the prob.
Someone must know
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