Well, I think I stumbled onto a solution. I found it odd that the keyboard works, and then a few minutes later, doesn't. I discovered that as long as I don't let my machine use 100% of the CPU, I'm OK. With my 1.8GHz P4, that means 10500 cycles with a frameskip of 6. I have no idea why this would be …

Silly me, I forgot to post my problem. The game starts out fine, but soon the keyboard just stops working. The control keys still work so I can release the mouse, for example, but nothing in the game actually works. Makes it quite difficult to save the game as the only way I know how to is the …

Not that this matters now, but I remember playing Privateer on a 386DX-33 with the *same* problem you have. However, upon installing it on a brand-spankin' new 486-66, it ran beautifully. I guess I'm just reiterating what Silencer131 is saying: Need more framerate.

I've gotten it to work with sound. In fact, I'm playing it right now with only a minor problem, which is why I'm here... But first, it sounds like people get hung up on the install. So did I. So I just copied the entire CD to my \imperium directory. Then I fired up DOSBox, ran the IG1 install.exe to …