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12-03-2014, 10:33 AM | #1 | ||
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Hyper 3D Pinball won't "install" or run
I recently downloaded Hyper 3D Pinball for D-Fend Reloaded. I got it here:
http://www.myabandonware.com/game/hyper-3-d-pinball-2tf When I run the program, the installation screen for the game pops up, telling me how much RAM and disk space I have and such. I get to a screen asking me if I want to install in-game animations to my hard disk. I give my answer, hit "Enter" to accept, and the screen goes black and the program closes. I have images inserted to show what I'm dealing with. I'm playing in full-screen mode. This is my first time trying out DOS emulation, so I don't know if I'm forgetting to do something. |
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13-03-2014, 06:50 AM | #2 | ||
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Did you tried DOSBox? (First, obvious, question
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13-03-2014, 02:59 PM | #3 | ||
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13-03-2014, 09:05 PM | #4 | ||
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You see, 80% of the time when a frontend user comes to us with a problem, the cause turns out to be the frontend. The other 20% its turns out to be an assumption that a frontend is magic pixie dust that will make every game run perfectly.
In this case, your frontend hides from you several important error messages. That copy of the game is borked beyond repair as far as I can tell.
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14-03-2014, 05:39 AM | #5 | ||
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But yes, game looks heavy broken for me, and I wasn't able even get your "no CD" message. This version works quite good for me. Try it? |
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14-03-2014, 12:30 PM | #6 | ||
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I downloaded the other version of Hyper 3D Pinball and extracted both of them into separate folders on my C drive. I then mounted the C drive and the directory where both folders are kept. I then did uvconfig.exe for the version of the game I downloaded today and it set DOSBox up. Then I input runcd.exe, and it prompts me to input 3DPINBALL. I do so, and it gives me an error message telling me that it could not install UNIVBE.exe. I get the same message with the version of the game I downloaded a few days ago. |
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28-04-2017, 07:00 AM | #7 | ||
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Running Hyper 3D Pinball
Sorry to resurrect this thread, but I have a questions of my own.
I've got to the point where Hyper 3D Pinball at least TRIES to run - that is, it actually seems like it starts, but then immediately exits with no error. I suspect it can't initialise the video mode and my modern Geforce 960 card does not support the mode the game is trying to use. I've tried a number of combinations in the uvconfig.exe file but haven't found anything that works. Are there any solutions for this, or do I just need to accept that this is a game that just won't run on my hardware? |
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28-04-2017, 12:29 PM | #8 | ||
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This game is DOS. So no use to try to start it under modern Windows. Use DOSBox, as described above, and everything will be fine. |
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05-05-2017, 06:27 AM | #9 | ||
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I've got to the point where if I execute the command, the game will try to start - that is, the screen res changes, but then it immediately exits. I'm suspecting it just can't recognise my modern GeForce card and can't set a video mode properly. |
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05-05-2017, 07:14 AM | #10 | ||
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It cannot be the reason. DOSBox is emulator - it doesn't use video (or anything) "as is", but emulate VGA or something.
So there could be 3 reasons. 1. Something wrong with the game itself. Did you try to re-download it? 2. Something wrong with the game settings. Try to change it, if you can. 3. Something wrong with the DOSBox settings. Check .conf file with text editor, and pay attention to "machine=" setting. It must be one of SVGA modes (svga_s3 is most compatible, and default, I believe). If nothing will work for you, I'll check the game myself. At home. |
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