fallout trilogy pack : Fallout Series Discussion

» Thu Jul 08, 2010 4:33 am

i bought the fallout trilogy pack to play on my laptop, but the colors on fallout 1 and 2 are messed up and it is very irritating. i dont know why it would do that. tactics works fine and im using an acer aspire 5570-2758 model laptop. does anyone know why this might happen? i thought it was the disc at first, so i returned it and got another disc from a different best buy from where i got my first copy of the game pack. the second disc has the same problems. could someone please help me?

» Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:08 am

any ideas at all? please...anyone?

» Wed Jul 07, 2010 4:57 pm

Try waiting longer next time to bump your thread. 21 minutes isn't long enough. Have you updated your drivers?

» Thu Jul 08, 2010 4:06 am

Try waiting longer next time to bump your thread. 21 minutes isn't long enough. Have you updated your drivers?

my drivers? im sorry if it seems like i dont know what im talking about when it comes to computers. i dont know much about computers.

» Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:37 am

What OS are you running on? Most probably Vista.

» Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:15 pm

What OS are you running on? Most probably Vista.

yeah. its vista on my acer.

» Wed Jul 07, 2010 11:03 pm

Go to Computer, right click and hit properties, go to device manager in the top right corner, and tell me what your video card is.

» Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:05 pm

Go to Computer, right click and hit properties, go to device manager in the top right corner, and tell me what your video card is.

would it be under system devices, or processors?

» Thu Jul 08, 2010 8:25 am

Try setting the compatibility at 256 color and disable themes, and set the OS emulation to win95.

Do all of this by right clicking the Fallout shortcut that you use to run the game, and select Properties, then Compatibility.

» Thu Jul 08, 2010 2:27 am

Try setting the compatability at 256 color and disable themes, and set the OS emulation to win95.

Do all of this by right clicking the Fallout shortcut that you use to run the game, and select Properties, then Compatability.

thank you.

» Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:13 pm

Try setting the compatibility at 256 color and disable themes, and set the OS emulation to win95.

Do all of this by right clicking the Fallout shortcut that you use to run the game, and select Properties, then Compatibility.

it wont run on windows 95. something about service packs,and it wont run in compatibility mode, and i cant change it back.

» Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:08 am

it wont run on windows 95. something about service packs.

Try Win 98 then (win 2000 is tricky).

~If you are running Vista, set it to XP.

There is a last resort that should work... but the catch is a doozy.

» Thu Jul 08, 2010 2:16 am

Try Win 98 then (win 2000 is tricky).

~If you are running Vista, set it to XP.

There is a last resort that should work... but the catch is a doozy.

whats the catch?

» Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:00 am

Try Win 98 then (win 2000 is tricky).

~If you are running Vista, set it to XP.

There is a last resort that should work... but the catch is a doozy.

the colors are worse now with xp.

» Wed Jul 07, 2010 7:06 pm

whats the catch?

You should be able to install the Killaps fallout 2 patch (in the FO2 directory), then copy the custom Ddraw.dll and it's INI file into the Fallout 1 directory... You can set the INI file to use Dx9 32 bit or 16 bit color... and Fallout should run but slightly slower (very slightly).

The catch is awful... No in game movies (they will all be corrupt.)

» Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:55 pm

You should be able to install the Killaps fallout 2 patch (in the FO2 directory), then copy the custom Ddraw.dll and ints INI file into the Fallout 1 directory... You can set the file to use Dx9 32 bit or 16 bit color... and Fallout should run but slightly slower (very slightly).

The catch is awful... No in game movies (they will all be corrupt.)

i dont know what to do now. the colors just dont get fixed. now fallout 2 wont run at all, fallouts colors have the same problem. heres what im doing now:

run this program in compatibility mode
windows xp(service pack 2)

run in 256 colors

disable visual themes

the problems are still there. ive tried windows 95, 98 and xp. none work right still and i can get fallout 2 to work at all.

» Thu Jul 08, 2010 1:51 am

i dont know what to do now. the colors just dont get fixed. now fallout 2 wont run at all, fallouts colors have the same problem. heres what im doing now:

run this program in compatibility mode
windows xp(service pack 2)

run in 256 colors

disable visual themes

the problems are still there. ive tried windows 95, 98 and xp. none work right still and i can get fallout 2 to work at all.

Well, if they don't help, uncheck them. What graphics card are you using?

*It may be that the Killaps method is the only alternative. Does FO2 work at all? (likely not... they are basically the same).

** I see your Laptop model, so I can check for the card.

» Thu Jul 08, 2010 4:59 am

Well, if they don't help, uncheck them. What graphics card are you using?

*It may be that the Killaps method is the only alternative. Does FO2 work at all? (likely not... they are basically the same).

i get it to work, but the colors are most of the time messed up. however, strangely, sometimes the colors are exactly right. i uncheck the boxes and can play fallout 2, it wont run in compatibility mode though. what is this?:intel graphics media accelerator 950?

» Thu Jul 08, 2010 1:42 am

i get it to work, but the colors are most of the time messed up. however, strangely, sometimes the colors are exactly right. i uncheck the boxes and can play fallout 2, it wont run in compatibility mode though. what is this?:intel graphics media accelerator 950?

That's the graphics card. (and very likely the problem too.)

http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/cs-010486.htm

» Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:45 pm

That's the graphics card. (and very likely the problem too.)

why?

» Thu Jul 08, 2010 7:10 am

heres my computer

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5969096

» Thu Jul 08, 2010 2:21 am

why?

I dunno really... but Fallout is a palletized game from 12 years ago and the graphics accelerator may just not play nice with it (Fallout does not use a 3d accelerator). I really do not know exactly.

Here is the Intel product page and information...
http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/gma950/index.htm

It is possible that you have the latest driver already.

I know you bought these for your Laptop... but do you perhaps have any older PC from the last 14 years? It will most likely work without hitch.

» Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:23 pm

I dunno really... but Fallout is a palletized game from 12 years ago and the graphics accelerator may just not play nice with it (Fallout does not use a 3d accelerator). I really do not know exactly.

Here is the Intel product page and information...
http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/gma950/index.htm

It is possible that you have the latest driver already.

so i cant play a game because my graphics card is too good? what a shame. i have an older laptop that im hoping might be able to play the game. the problem is, theres no place to put discs in. they replaced it with an extra lithium-ion battery. longer battery-life, but i cant play discs. it runs on windows xp, and was made back in 2003 i think. weird. i posted the older laptop thing before reading your edit asking me.

» Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:59 pm

Hold on... hold on...
Did you tried pressing Alt+Tab?

Pressing Alt+Tab while in the game will take you back to windows press it a second time (or as many times needed-depending on the programs you have open) to get back to the game - that fixes the problem for me (at least for some time - but if it happens again later do the Alt+Tab routine again, it only takes a second)

» Thu Jul 08, 2010 1:34 am

so i cant play a game because my graphics card is too good? what a shame. i have an older laptop that im hoping might be able to play the game. the problem is, theres no place to put discs in. they replaced it with an extra lithium-ion battery. longer battery-life, but i cant play discs. it runs on windows xp, and was made back in 2003 i think. weird. i posted the older laptop thing before reading your edit asking me.

Get a Flash drive ~any will do these days.

Copy the entire CD to the Flash Drive, and follow these instructions...
http://www.nma-fallout.com/article.php?id=1593