#4242412 - 03/22/16 11:15 PM
Re: EAW on Legacy Machine - Problem
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Col. Gibbon
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Hi Iposter. Welcome to the forum. Silly Question: Why run EAW on a very old machine, when EAW happily runs on XP, 7,8, & 10? Limiting yourself to a Win 98 setup, will not allow you to run any of the current 24bit textures.
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#4242419 - 03/22/16 11:36 PM
Re: EAW on Legacy Machine - Problem
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I was, I think the last Win 98 user here, but I changed over to Win XP, in about 2006. I used to have a PII 400, and an Mx400 card. EAW used to run fine, but the trick was not to install the game, but to copy the CD to a folder, and run it from there, NEVER INSTALL! was the Golden rule. Before the days of OAW, most people would use a single default install and copy it, to make a new copy, which you could then patch with AITW, BOB, on any of the other custom games. I could always run in D3D at 1024x768. Glide was rubbish in those days. As long as you copy the CD, EAW 1.2 should run.
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#4242421 - 03/22/16 11:43 PM
Re: EAW on Legacy Machine - Problem
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Don't give up. We have invested a lot of blood, sweat, and tears, to update EAW, the latest fix has been updating the Glide2 to 3, which runs a dream on my XP machine [ yes, I hate updating! ], and runs on 10 very well too.
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#4242515 - 03/23/16 05:56 AM
Re: EAW on Legacy Machine - Problem
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Howdy well it looks like I am truly the Last of the WINDOWS 98SE Kings then Col. Gibbon hehe! Hmmmm I dont understand why you can not get EAW running in Windows 98SE, the game was made for that operating system. I have Windows98SE and Direct X 9.0C installed and my Tower plays EAW and Mig Alley perfectly. I have had this Windows98SE PC running 24 hours a Day for 10 years or more. I actually sell this Complete New Windows 98SE Tower Ready to Go on Ebay with EAW and Mig Alley already installed. I have tried many setups in the past but finally settled for a particular reliable Intel Model MotherBoard that can run a Pentium 3 1.4 Tualatin or just a standard P3 1.0 will do a Great Job too. Add a Geforce Series 4 TI or Series 5 FX Video Card and a Sound Blaster Live card and you are set. I do include a USB 2.0 PCI Card with universal drivers that comes in handy. I like to use Microsoft Sidewinder Precision Pro and that software is installed too. Since you are so determined to get Windows98SE running, I can give you my Master Recovery DVD Disk for Free, if you run this DVD then you should have a Perfect Install of Windows 98SE ready to play EAW and Mig Alley, there is a good chance it will load with whatever Motherboard you are using, you will just have to add the drivers for different Hardware that you are using. It should work with your current Motherboard but If you are want to yank out your Motherboard I will tell you what Intel Motherboard to purchase then your system will be for sure 100% compatible to mine and there will be no reason you will not have a Perfect Windows 98SE Computer to play EAW on, thats exactly why I keep mine running for my older games like EAW and Mig Alley and several other reasons too. Let me know if you want my Master Restore DVD and I will send it to you for Free. I have also recently discovered a awesome older Dell Laptop that will run Windows98SE Fast and Great and it will even play Mig Alley too surprisingly, but the ATI 9000 does not like EAW for some reason, there is a Bigger Brother Version of this Laptop that has the powerful ATI 9600 Pro and I will try that Laptop out and see if it plays EAW. Anyhow instead of trying to troubleshoot your problem or problems you might be much better off with my Master Recovery DVD Disk and then you too will have a Perfect Windows98SE install for EAW. Send me your address and I will send the DVD to you for FREE and tell you how to load it.
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#4242536 - 03/23/16 08:58 AM
Re: EAW on Legacy Machine - Problem
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Hi Lposter and welcome to the community My first thought would be that the game has always been sensitive to the video drivers in use. I found with nvidia cards on win98 that only certain driver sets worked with the game, so I would try a couple of versions of the drivers for your video card before you give up... cheers, Pobs
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#4242614 - 03/23/16 03:47 PM
Re: EAW on Legacy Machine - Problem
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I had EAW running perfectly on W98SE, it was my main EAW machine unil it packed up a few years back. Now still on XP. The odd thing I noticed from this thread is: Th eproblem is it runs fine in software mode but CTD's without an error message after the "fueling" indicator on D3D In my experience the fuelling guage loading thingy shouldn't come up with the graphics set to D3D, only when they are set to Voodoo/Glide.
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