Alright, I think I found the problem. I must have installed some patch and forgotten about it, because the file cdshock.exe in the install dir did not match what was on the disc. I just copied over the old cdshock.exe overwriting the new one, and now it seems to start reliably. One behavior I've …

I'm trying to play System Shock 1 through DOSBox. It installs fine and everything. But when I run cdshock.exe, one of the following happens: A: It starts up fine, and when I start a new game or continue, it loads just fine. B: It promptly crashes to this: http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/7655/ …

Thanks. It's the "Install" option that does what I want to do. Now I can just double-click the exe and it works.

I know you can create game-specific fixes using the ACT. That's what I just did. I want to know if there's a way to apply said fix without needing to go through the ACT every single time I want to play it.

I have a game, Prince of Persia 3D, which worked on previous computers, but not my current one (equipped with a C2D). It crashes immediately when I double-click the exe. Enabling Windows 98 compatibility mode fixes the crashing, but causes audio problems. By getting the Microsoft Application …

I'm actually not using Vista yet, so that link wound up being very useful. I made a mixed-mode CD image using music from the mp3 pack, and dropped in the custom TOMB.EXE, and the results seems to work just fine in dgVoodoo, with the Audio Pack (just not in mp3 form). Although a future-proof solution …

mp3 audio pack? Stripped from the pc version? Are you talking about the original version? I'm talking about this: http://www.glidos.net/audio.html Unless I misunderstand something, the Playstation version originally had a whole bunch of music tracks, the PC port lost most of them, and this pack …

I'd pay for Glidos, but it says that the registration code is only good for one computer, and I don't consider that to be acceptable terms. Anyway, is it at all possible to make the mp3 audio pack work in Tomb Raider using dgVoodoo (or just not using Glidos)? I could care less about the texture …

I've tried a bunch of official versions of Quicktime. Version 4 and 5 give me the same problem as version 3. Version 6 gives me the same problem as qtalternative. Version 7 won't even install (and I'd really rather not have it installed if I don't have to). This pops up towards the end of the …

I've tried it tons of times already, including every combination and permutation of qta and ffdshow (the other codec pack that's installed on my laptop) I could think of.

Do other, completely-different MOV files play correctly on your desktop? I just tried downloading a .mov file from Gametrailers. When I open it with mediaplayerclassic, it crashes immediately. Sounds like you installed Quicktime Alternative. So I said in my second paragraph. And Quicktime …

The only codec pack I had installed on my desktop beforehand was ffdshow. I did try removing it, but the results were the same. On the other hand, ffdshow is on my laptop.

I last played this game in about 2004, and the game worked perfectly then. I'm still using the same PC that I was using back then, and I'm still using WinXP. Right after a fresh install, running the executable causes the screen to turn black for a fraction of a second, then it dumps me back to the …

Nearly a year later, I have found the solution. I run a program called FRAPS. Through trial-and-error, I've isolated the problem to FRAPS. If I close FRAPS, the crashing stops.

You could try creating a BIN/CUE image That's exactly what I did. Like I said, the DOS CD player wouldn't even work until I tried that (mounting the CD drive itself didn't work). War1 felt sooooo slow. The speed's adjustable, and the fastest setting is fast enough for me when exploring and building …

I have the CD version of Warcraft I, and I can't get redbook audio to work in the game. Using this player , I've managed to get the audio to play back within DOSBox. It wouldn't work when I mounted the actual CD as a drive, but when I extracted it as a bin/cue and imgmounted it, this worked. But if …

There doesn't seem to be any specific trigger, but I can not finish the first level. Some time during the first mission, usually before I can finish building my first refinery, the game will freeze up and the last half-second of audio will loop a couple of times. Then I get dumped back to my desktop …

I'm running WinXP SP2. When I try to run setup.exe from the CD directory, Installshield starts up, loads for a couple of seconds, and then I get a warning dialog that says "This product will not run on your operating system. Please contact Activision for information on versions of this product …