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Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive. #273722
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Hi all and I am trying to play this game on my 98se computer. It seems to have installed but the launcher will not launch the game. Sometimes when I do ctrl/alt/del I get: The Pandora Directive Launcher is not responding. Even when I don't get that message, it is not doing anything. Any Ideas? Thanks, Regi

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Have you tryed running the game from the games .exe file where you installed the game at to bypass the launcher?

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How did you set the game up? It won't play directly under Win 98. You will need VDMSound as I recall. You can find all the info at:

http://home.wideopenwest.com/~hbech/MAIN%20PAGE.swf


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Originally Posted By: Gobobby
How did you set the game up? It won't play directly under Win 98. You will need VDMSound as I recall. You can find all the info at:

http://home.wideopenwest.com/~hbech/MAIN%20PAGE.swf


This game was designed to run in Windows 95 and 98. It shouldn't need vdmsound or dosbox etc unless one runs it in Windows XP.

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This may be of use.

guide

Robert, im pretty sure the only official to work on windows version was overseer not pandora or UAKM.

--
Nvm wiki said dos/windows95 my mistake.

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Originally Posted By: SkeeterUK
This may be of use.

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Robert, im pretty sure the only official to work on windows version was overseer not pandora or UAKM.


http://www.microsoft.com/games/texmurphy/pandoradirective/

Quote:
System Requirements



486/66 MHz CPU (Pentium® recommended)
Windows 95 or DOS 6.0 or later
8 MB RAM installed (16 MB recommended)
Sound board (supports all major boards)
2X CD-ROM (4X recommended)
20 MB available hard disk space (30 MB recommended)
Keyboard/mouse/speakers

Re: Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive. [Re: Robert] #273785
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Here's the walkthrough and patch for
Pandora's Directive for XP -->

This one was written ny Basti007 from Vogons:
Pandora's Directive

Here are Steve's setups (metzomagic)

Overseer

and


UAKM in DOSBox







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Re: Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive. [Re: infernoj13usa] #273787
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Originally Posted By: infernoj13usa
Here's the walkthrough and patch for
Pandora's Directive for XP -->

Pandora's Directive

inferno


Does that setup still apply since RE is using Windows 98?

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She probably should try setting it up in DOS to start with.

let me check

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the two files:

tex3 and moon program properties need to be adjusted to not detect Windows.


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Found this from Mr. Bill --- it's for UAKM but I would try appying the same principles. for starters

Make sure the first CD is in your disc drive. Go to your CD/DVD drive. Right click and select 'open'.

Once in the CD files,
find and select install2.exe.
Double click.

After the game has installed,
right click on your desk top and select 'new' and then 'shortcut'.

In the Command line box,
type the complete path to the executable file of this game.
Or click on the Browse button,
and locate the folder on your C Drive where UAKM installed. It is usually called 'moon'.
Click the file, and then click Open.
Now click on the correct executable file, which in this case is Tex3.exe.

Your command line should now read: C:\Moon\Tex3.exe

Click Next.

In the 'select a name for the shortcut' box, type a name for the shortcut, and then click Next.

Click Finish.

On the desktop, right-click the new shortcut, and then click Properties.

Click the Program tab.

In the Working box, type the path to the executable file. BUT NOTE: Do not type the name of Tex3.exe again, just the C:\Moon portion of the path. You may not have to do this, as it may put these in automatically.

Click Advanced.

Click to select the 'prevent MS-DOS-based programs from detecting Windows' check box.

Click to clear or remove the 'suggest MS-DOS mode as necessary' check box, and then click OK.

Click Apply, and then click OK.

Double click the shortcut to start the program.

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you might also want to check through the forums here:
Tex Murphy Unoffical Forum


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Thank you all, and I will try things tomorrow. Inferno, when I open Pandora[D:] I do not find install2.exe just, _inst32i.ex_. I did not think I would have such problems under windows 98. By the way, my vesa drivers did pass when installing the game. Like I said, I'll try again tomorrow. Thanks again, Regi

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That's because those instructions from Mr Bill are for UKAM

--- try folowing the principles the setup suggests.
It may not work -- but it's always worth a shot

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Re: Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive. [Re: infernoj13usa] #273910
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Actually, I know someone who used VDMSound with Win 98, even though it was made for Win 2000/XP. Unless you have a sound card that's compatible with the old ISA type creative SB16, you'll need some form of emulation.

In case it's any use to anyone, here's a screenshot of the files on CD1



Yes the icons look a little funny because this is from a Linux computer, but the files all show up OK.

Pandora Directive is essentially a DOS game that worked in Win 95 without tweaking back around 1995 when computers had sound cards that worked in DOS and came with driver disks that set up sound in DOS automatically. The sound card has to either have DOS drivers or be able to emulate sound in DOS.

Re: Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive. [Re: Jenny100] #273942
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ooooooohhhh Linux! It looks so pretty, Jen.

Do you like it?

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Please read my previous post. You will have no trouble playing PD.


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Gobobby, thank you for a response, I'll see tomorrow. Regi

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Re, hi,

Sorry for the delay in responding. Was away on a few weeks holidays...

So, where are you on this? Did you ever get it running? You shouldn't have to do anything but follow the instructions in the manual because Pandora Directive was designed to run in DOS/Win 95, which means Win 98 is also a shoo-in!

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Hi all and thaks for the responses. I have installed and un- installed a few times with running CCleaner inbetween. This is what I get when I click to launch the game: .. The Pandora Directive terminated abnormally the last time it ran. It then sks me if I would I would like some suggestions to get it to run. Mostly I says that if I could, to boot to DOS and run the program from there.

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Isn't Pandora Directive the game where you needed to run the sound card setup in DOS mode before the game could be run in Windows 95/98? No matter what it said on the box about being for Windows 95, it was really a DOS game. I think people were able to run it in Windows 95/98 after right-clicking the game shortcut, choosing Properties and choosing to "Prevent MS-DOS-based programs from detecting Windows" -- but not until they'd set up their sound card in DOS. And this will not work in Windows XP, as it does not have real DOS.

I suggest using the latest DOSBox to run it. Or VDMSound. I doubt you'll get it working on XP without some sort of emulator. And it will not work on Win 98 unless your sound card will produce sound in DOS mode (or you can get VDMSound working in Win 98).

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Jenny, hi,

Quote:
I suggest using the latest DOSBox to run it. Or VDMSound. I doubt you'll get it working on XP without some sort of emulator. And it will not work on Win 98 unless your sound card will produce sound in DOS mode (or you can get VDMSound working in Win 98).


Good idea. Except that Re will need at least a 2GHZ processor to get a playable frame rate in DOSBox. Most people running Win 98 don't have 2GHZ processors :-\ But then... I have no idea what Re's system specs are.

VDMSound may be viable (though I'm not entirely sure VDMSound will work in Win 98!), but the setup for PD is very complex. However... I do have a detailed run-through here:

http://www.quandaryland.com/jsp/dispArticle.jsp?filename=/help/Pandora_Directive_and_XP_VDMSound.htm&articleType=Help!+Page&title=Pandora+Directive+and+XP

You could probably get away with not having to patch the TEX4.EXE file (step 6 in the instructions), as that is for XP. But everything else is relevant.

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I think Re has a newer computer than the one with Windows 98.
The newer computer would be the one to try DOSBox on.

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Actually, this game DO work in DosBox even without too much tweaking.
Just look at this page:
http://videogamesoapbox.blogspot.com/2007/07/classics-video-games-on-xp-pandora.html


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Why would one need to use a DOS emulator when Win 98 has the underlying DOS program natively?

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Because not all motherboards have ISA slots and ISA sound cards that can work in DOS mode. And the DOS emulation for Creative's SBLive does not work if the motherboard doesn't support NMI (non-maskable interrupts). All motherboards with ISA slots will support NMI, but not all motherboards without them will -- even if they're old motherboards.

The problem isn't DOS. It's the sound card drivers.
Some DOS games can be played without sound, but Pandora Directive is not one of them.

DOSBox can also adjust speed for DOS games so you don't get crashes due to divide by zero errors.

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I think that explains way i couldn't get any sound although i installed it on Win98 on my new PC... smile


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