You can look at this setup walkthrough and you might also try DOSBox.

Had the same problem Dehumanizer did. I took a look at the url Jiri but it's for getting the DOS version working not windows and that’s all ready easy to do.

It seems more to me like it ever can’t find a game rescores or just a plain old out right incompatibility error, maybe with XP?

I found the dos version easy to get working but does any one find the mouse lags when using the Phantasmagoria 2 DOS ?

Hope some one can track down why it get this odd error when try to start the windows version of Phantasmagoria 2.

The problem is that I only have the Windows version of Phantasmagoria 2. I can't find the necessary files for the dos install (following that walkthrough). Maybe somebody can help me out ? 😐

here is a direct link: http://www.sierraplanet.com/~ugarte/Resources/P2DOSPAT.EXE

btw does any one know if the movies look any better in the windows version over the dos?

It works great in pure Win98. It also will run in VMWare under 98. It may also work in Virtual PC for Windows XP. VPC is really very good, emulating a SB16 in DOS without any special drivers and a S3 Trio with VESA 2 support!

Yeah the movies do look better in windows if you set your screen resolution to 16 bit High colour. In dos you only get 8 bit 256 colours.

if your screen resolution is 32 bit you should still put it down to 16 bit because on 32 bit ok it looks better than 8 bit but actually not as good as 16 which the game was made for.

xandman wrote:

Yeah the movies do look better in windows if you set your screen resolution to 16 bit High colour. In dos you only get 8 bit 256 colours.

if your screen resolution is 32 bit you should still put it down to 16 bit because on 32 bit ok it looks better than 8 bit but actually not as good as 16 which the game was made for.

hmmm now I got to get the windows version working. thanks for that.

Swaaye, I also have installed VMWare and setup a Windows 98 OS but I can't get the sound working. Because of that, I wasn't able to play the game. Apparently only a small group of sound cards are compatible with VMWare.

Greetz

Finally got the sound working under VMWare Workstation 4.0. Let's install Phantasmagoria 2. Install complete ... Let's start the game, no fucking thing happens 😀

Greetz

Sigh, dear, you're using a lot to do very little. And the issue isn't with the host computer's sound card.

Finally someone figured out how to fix phantasmagoria II (win95 only version) under WinXP 😁 I have tried this myself and it works perfect with DOSBox 0.61

http://www.suprnovaforums.com/index.php?showt … ic=31798&st=680

jfakdfjife3339:
Ok, I got Phantasmagoria 2 to work under Windows XP, but it wasn't easy.

I downloaded the patch that Spaz gave a link to

( http://dlh.net/cgi-bin/patdl.cgi?lang=eng&sys … sptc.zip&ref=ps )

It lets you create a DOS version of the game from the Windows 95 version. The PATCH.BAT and PATCH2.BAT files included in the patch won't work properly under Windows XP, however, becuase some of the commands aren't compatible with XP. So I went through both of the files and figured out what to do manually. If you're really interested, here you go:

1) First create an installation directory on your hard drive "x:\install_dir\" where x is the letter of your hard drive and install_dir is just the path name of the directory you want to run the game from.

install_dir should contain only directory names that can be read from dos
(ie: "\games\phantas2\" )

2) Copy the following files from CD1 to install_dir:

ressci.lrg, ressci.med, cdcheck.bat, version, sierra.err, ressci.pat, resmdt.pat, resmap.pat, DUKDLL95.DLL, 997.v56, 998.v56, 999.v56, 999.CLU, 63007.csc, 64978.csc, 64990.csc, 63001.csc, 62999.csc, 4051.csc, 0.scs, and all files that end in .DRV

3) Copy the following files from the patch zip drive (from Spaz's post) to the install_dir:

patchit.exe, p2.rtp, and what.exe

4) create a file called patch.bat (you can use notepad) that has only the following line:

patchit p2.rtp

Save this .bat file to your install_dir and run it.

5)Edit the resource.cfg file (use notepad again) and add the following lines:

cdspeed=2
resAUD=CD:\
resSFX=CD:\
resMAP=CD:\;x:\install_dir\
rescdisc=CD:\
patchDIR=x:\install_dir\;CD:\patches;CD:\
movieDIR=CD:\duk
palette=CD:\duk
discID=RESSCI
CD:=z:

(where x and install_dir are the same as before and z is the letter of your cd drive);

6) Create a file called p2dos.bat (using notepad again), put in the following lines and save it to your install_dir

@echo off
call cdcheck z
x:\install_dir\sierra x:\install_dir\resource.cfg

(where x, install_dir, and z are the same as before)

7) Run install.bat to set up the options for your game

😎 Run p2dos.bat to play the game. You can make a shortcut to p2dos.bat also.

If you follow these directions exactly, you should have no problems getting the game to work in XP.

Glad someone found my instructions useful 😀

two questions:

1: If you use the patch (to turn the win95 version into the dos version)
do you have 16-bit movies like in win95 or are they ugly like in DOS?

2: I'm running the DOSversion of the game in winXP (with VDMsound)
but the cd just won't respond when I have to switch. This problem is
bugging me with Phantasmagoria1 (DOSbox) and 2. What should I do?

thanks

1 - They're ugly.

2 - Make sure that you have that "enable low-level cd-rom acess" thingy checked ON in the VDMSound properties.

1. ok

2. nah, still doesn't work

now I can switch cd's succesfully with phantasmagoria 2 using this code:

mount e "X:\" -t cdrom -ioctl

(X being my cddrive) but the movies run really slow, so i'm trying to get it right with the dosbox config file... anyone suggestions for getting the movies to run better?

does anybody know how to get the 16-bit movies of the windows version in DOSbox? The dos version has only 265 colors.

USE EDIT BUTTON.

edit button?