#4171328 - 09/21/15 01:11 AM
;Anybody remember the old 'Vietcong Fist Alpha'?
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Hi; I seem to recall that the original Vietcong by Pterodon and the 'fist alpha' addon doesn't work on Win 7; does anybody know if that issue has been resolved yet? More importantly, does anybody know how to get the game running on Win7?
Thanks ahead of time.
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#4173048 - 09/24/15 10:25 PM
Re: ;Anybody remember the old 'Vietcong Fist Alpha'?
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Great post. Thanks for info. I recently pulled out Vietcong and Fist Alpha to see if I could play them again. Let me know how it goes for you; if it works, I will try to copy you. Vietcong is one of my favorite FPS games-except for all that 'tunnel crawling' that is.
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#4328653 - 01/15/17 11:14 AM
Re: ;Anybody remember the old 'Vietcong Fist Alpha'?
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#4344527 - 03/15/17 01:21 PM
Re: ;Anybody remember the old 'Vietcong Fist Alpha'?
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I'm playing Black Mesa right now, Half Life 1 updated to look like Half Life 2. This is an old shooter!
Oldest I've played recently was Thief: The Dark Project from 1998 I believe? No updates, just vanilla off Steam. Graphics were primitive as can be but the gameplay still held up.
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The anteater is wearing the bagel because he's a reindeer princess. -- my 4 yr old daughter
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#4344644 - 03/15/17 08:44 PM
Re: ;Anybody remember the old 'Vietcong Fist Alpha'?
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I concur, but you won't be waiting alone. The Jedi Master
The anteater is wearing the bagel because he's a reindeer princess. -- my 4 yr old daughter
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#4360806 - 05/31/17 04:20 PM
Re: ;Anybody remember the old 'Vietcong Fist Alpha'?
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Dangit I just checked my PMs and I think I deleted it to make room. I recall typing quite a bit of info in it too with links but I don't remember now what all that was. I believe I used patch v1.01 which I have if you need. I'm not sure where I got it but it should be somewhere.(Maybe ModDB) I'm pretty sure I used this tool though that someone created called "Vietcong Starter". Hopefully it will help you to launch it in Windows 10 and it lets you configure certain things even support for widescreen I believe. http://www.moddb.com/games/vietcong/downloads/vietcong-starter-1651I'm not sure if it can also be used for Fist Alpha but its probably worth a shot. I still haven't installed it yet myself.
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#4361720 - 06/03/17 04:59 AM
Re: ;Anybody remember the old 'Vietcong Fist Alpha'?
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Dangit I just checked my PMs and I think I deleted it to make room. I recall typing quite a bit of info in it too with links but I don't remember now what all that was. I believe I used patch v1.01 which I have if you need. I'm not sure where I got it but it should be somewhere.(Maybe ModDB) I'm pretty sure I used this tool though that someone created called "Vietcong Starter". Hopefully it will help you to launch it in Windows 10 and it lets you configure certain things even support for widescreen I believe. http://www.moddb.com/games/vietcong/downloads/vietcong-starter-1651I'm not sure if it can also be used for Fist Alpha but its probably worth a shot. I still haven't installed it yet myself. I got the 1.65.1 starter (and I am waiting for it to get updated to 1.70) and FINALLY it works! BUT...it is kind of laggy/stuttery; So....what to do next to smooth things out? NM
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#4365164 - 06/21/17 03:10 AM
Re: ;Anybody remember the old 'Vietcong Fist Alpha'?
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my specs? I wish I knew; About all I know is I have Win10 Pro, 32 bit OS, and the game says my graphics card is an D38D: ATI Radeon HD 2400XT. What else do you need to know?
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#4366661 - 06/29/17 12:39 AM
Re: ;Anybody remember the old 'Vietcong Fist Alpha'?
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Now then...where do I find my graphics card & it's setting GUI so I can make all those changes?
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#4366997 - 06/30/17 08:26 PM
Re: ;Anybody remember the old 'Vietcong Fist Alpha'?
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Nick If you right click on your desktop a box opens in it is listed Catalylist Control Center that's the settings for your AMD card open that and it should tell you what card you have,,,I'm willing to bet you have an on board video chip.If it's Win 10 unless you specifically looked for it most computers have on board chips .. I had an AMD 4200HD on board chip before and games ran crappy...A friend gave me a Nvidia 5600 TI video card I installed that and my gaming took off,,But you really need to find out what hardware you're packing before anyone can give you informed help...In win 7 I go to control panel--->System and then there is a system panel that lists ram processor etc,,One other question is this a laptop or desktop?????
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#4367064 - 07/01/17 04:22 PM
Re: ;Anybody remember the old 'Vietcong Fist Alpha'?
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I don't seem to have that in my start menu but I sussed out the following info from my control panel:
Intel (R) Core (TM)2 Duo CPU E6750 @2.66 GHz 2.66GHz 4.00 GB of RAM 32-bit Operating System, x64-based processor Win10 Pro, 32 bit OS
In the graphics adapter portion I found this:
The Graphics card has the following info: Driver version 8.970.100.9001
I don't know if any of that helps
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#4367112 - 07/02/17 01:39 AM
Re: ;Anybody remember the old 'Vietcong Fist Alpha'?
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Good show Nick Looked it up in Google it's not an on board chip but a pci-e card which is a lot better...I had an on board hd 4200 chip and gaming sucked added an NVIDIA card and the frame rates went way up Here's a review of your card https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ i went to the ATI site http://support.amd.com/en-us/download and on the right entered in your card but no win 10 showed up,,,On the left there's an auto detect feature to find the right drivers for your card You are using an 8.970.100.9001,,, That is a real old drivers ,,Ati drivers are now up around the 13.xxxxxx Series ,,,You need a driver up date,,,,Learn how to use google or what ever search engine your browser has and type in simple questions and read a bit,,,You need to get the drivers right for the card and then start tweaking the game..Your system exceeds the required specs,,, Two things do you have compatibility mode set to Win XP????? Right click on VC Starter __>properties__> compatibility tab set to XP service pack 2,,,Then see what version you have mine is 1.60 Patches are here http://www.vietcong.info/portal/downloads.php?cat_id=7.. Seems like a lot of work but take your time ...Took me awhile to get it running in Win 7 older games are tough to set up in Win 10 I had a bunch that wouldn't run in W 10 so went back to W 7
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#4370821 - 07/25/17 12:27 AM
Re: ;Anybody remember the old 'Vietcong Fist Alpha'?
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No joy when it comes to VC...so, that's OK for now. I'm sure it will show up on GOG one of these days.
Now...do you know anything about how to install the 1.70 Beta? bump
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