DOS Games Discussion

Matt · Guest

Hi,

Im trying to get SWIV 3D to work on windows XP. I have so far tried a few things but with no luck.

After intsalation i tried to open swiv from the start menu and it came up with "The procedure entry point Think Connect32 could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll"

After a google i found this forum and noticed the recomendation of DOSbox so i tried that using dosbox.com/wiki/Basic_Setup_and_Installation_of_DosBoxurl as a guide but again it didnt work. When typing in C:\SWIV>swiv_win.exe and hitting enter it comes up with "this is a windows NT windowed executable".

Does anyone have any ideas on what else i can try?

I got this game as a demo with my first PC so am really looking forward to getting it going.

Cheers!!!

dosraider · Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:35 am Post subject:

SWIV is a windows game, I thought, so dosbox can't help you.
Originally a W95 or W98 (????) game, so try to set the compability to Windows 98 or so .....

BTW you can get the full game from HotUs, maybe better try that than an incomplete demo. Demos are usually pre-releases.
http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?id=3122

Should you need help to get that running, HotU has a tech help forum.

Guest · Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:25 pm Post subject: Matt

Thanks for the help dosraider. It is a windows 95 game and i have tried setting the compatibility to 95, 98 etc using the guide on Hotu.

A google lead me to other forums where people suggested using dosbox.

My copy is the full version brought off ebay however the one on Hotu is a later one, im downloading it now so fingers crossed.

dosraider · Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:29 pm Post subject:

Now I've got some more info about this one, seems that there are TWO versions on the full CD, a Dos one and a Windows one.

To use the dosversion you will definitively need dosbox, and run install from the CD.
Soundsetup: SB16, A220, IRQ7, DMA1, HDMA5.
To run it in dosbox you must input SWIV_DOS from the games folder in dosbox.
(This is secondhand info, I don't have the game ......)

The HotU version is Win only apparently -(and not the full game as I thought, but a rip)-, hopefully it will work in XP.... .
Good luck anyway.