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Video help needed.
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 12:01 pm
by Be Small
Hi guys,
Anyone still playing this? Dusted-off my collection and wanted to give it a try. Unfortunately, the video seems off, I am not getting the proper graphic perfomance.
RE: Video help needed.
Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 5:28 pm
by zakblood
if i had the game, and your report, i would have been able to hopefully helped, but will try and see if anyone has a copy to lend me to try something for you
How to get a DirectX Diagnostic file:
1. click on "START"
2. click "run"
3. type in "dxdiag" and click "OK"
4. check through the tabs and perform all tests
5. click "Save all Information..." and save the text file to a location of your choice
We prefer that DxDiag files be posted as message attachments rather than pasted into the body of the post.
once the report has been made, just attach it to your post with first adding the file to a zip, which is then permitted to attach to the forum
as your a new user, just pm me the report thanks, and i'll see if anyone has a copy around to help you with any issues etc
RE: Video help needed.
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 8:55 am
by zakblood
just a few tips until i know what O/S your using and what's in your report, without it, i'm just guessing tbh
tm.asp?m=4454024
RE: Video help needed.
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 3:54 pm
by Be Small
Thanks, Zakblood. Will PM you the DxDiag.
RE: Video help needed.
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:01 pm
by zakblood
to make the video work better in windows 10, in many games i do this, most of the time it works and works for them all
add back in directplay which is taken out by default in windows 10 but still comes with it
RE: Video help needed.
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:04 pm
by zakblood
the next is most older games think you have media player and it's codec installed, so again, windows 10 doesn't have them installed or loaded by default, but does have them on the disk so install them, they don't even need to be the default, just installed

RE: Video help needed.
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:05 pm
by zakblood
you just need to install is first

RE: Video help needed.
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:06 pm
by zakblood
again windows 10 on laptops tend to put the whole thing into power saving mode, which not only slows down the pc to keep it running on less power but also doesn't give access to 100% speed, so a few tips are needed to make it work right again

RE: Video help needed.
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:07 pm
by zakblood
and some more,

RE: Video help needed.
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:08 pm
by zakblood
as long as the pre requisites for a given game is installed, with windows 10, 9 out of 10 time it works

RE: Video help needed.
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:09 pm
by zakblood
with the least amount of junk loaded each boot, the game has less means of falling over and CTD, so a clean boot is a better gaming system

RE: Video help needed.
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:10 pm
by zakblood
windows 10 does come with some junk, so imo best advice is to disable it, as hardly any game supports it, so most older game may conflict with it, so once disabled, you have less worries

RE: Video help needed.
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:11 pm
by zakblood
loading the nvidia sound drivers, doesn't do much good either to older games, as they prefer the correct ones and more up to date ones at that

RE: Video help needed.
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 5:03 pm
by Be Small
Tnx, Zakblood. Will give this a try.