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Help with Windows 7

[mpp7]

Hello all,
Was excited to find this fan site for a game I used to play way back on both PS1 and PC. Was hoping for a little help with getting DO running on a Windows 7 laptop (Alienware M15x, fresh install with all drivers up to date). I have followed the YouTube video instructions to the letter and run several of the fixes too, but unfortunately I still cannot get DO running in a playable state. I have uninstalled several times and removed registry entries etc, but the issue I am still getting is as follows:

Following a complete fresh install the game boots to a screen about a quarter of the size of my desktop resolution (1920x1080). But on this first boot, the videos and in-game menu actually display correctly - content is displayed in the centre of this small screen, the colours are exactly as they should be, and I can enable 3D and change the mouse pointer settings no problem. Alt-tabbing to try and make the game full screen however results in a black screen with the dgvoodoo splash icon displayed correctly in the bottom right. I can also hear all sound effects fine and when moving the mouse icon, hear it passing over the in-game options.

On a second boot and all subsequent boots thereafter, the game goes to the same small screen in the top left of the screen, but this time the videos are not centralised (you see a fraction of them being played in the bottom right-hand corner). Furthermore, the in-game menu is not aligned properly and its colours are all off. I have run the suggested registry fixes to try remedy this as recommended and I installed dg voodoo 2.6.3 (link from this site) and copied the exact settings used in the help page and YouTube video. This happens repeatedly, until I do a complete reinstall as advised, which takes me back to square one again.

I am now at a loss and seeking any input. Thanks in advance!

[olly]

Win7 is no longer supported, as unfortunately all the fixes have to evolve with the changes in the latest versions of Windows.

Join our discord chat and I can remote in via Teamviewer, to try a few combinations, as been awhile.

[mpp7]

Hello! Thanks for the clarification - I was starting to suspect it was a Windows 7 issue. My main rig is Windows 10 so I'll just install DO on that at some point. Here's the conundrum however, that system does not have a DVD drive. Would it work if I copied the contents of my disc to a USB flash drive and installed the game that way? I'd need a no-CD crack however...
Failing that option, an investment in an external DVD drive would do the trick.

[olly]

Yes that would work copying your original cd to usb and running its setup.exe to install on win10 and following our guide. Our mod pack fixes and EngRel.exe will then work fine.

[mpp7]

Excellent! I shall give that a try then. Cheers for the input.