Curse of Monkey Island
This is a discussion about Curse of Monkey Island in the Windows Games category; I've read the compatibility list and it says that Monkey Island 3: Curse of Monkey Island is compatible with Windows 2000. But when I try to run it, it automatically pops up the Install DirectX 5. 0 screen.
I've read the compatibility list and it says that Monkey Island 3: Curse of Monkey Island is compatible with Windows 2000. But when I try to run it, it automatically pops up the Install DirectX 5.0 screen. When I say Install Now it shows everything installed except for Direct3D which says "Not Installed". If I say "ReInstall DirectX" it says setup completed successfully. But of course, nothing has changed and if I try to run the game I get the same thing again. Anyone know what's going on?
Thanks,
- Matt
Thanks,
- Matt
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OP
I checked the compatibility list again and it says "DX5 patch". Can anyone tell me what that means? I don't see any patches for DX5 listed in the Patches page.
Thanks,
- Matt
Thanks,
- Matt
Yea WTF I tried it to and Grim Fandango and same stuff any ideas? ANYONE?????
Ahhhhhh
Local
Ahhhhhh
Local
Oh and that patch stuff is for NT4 Sp6 I believe its so DX5 will work on NT...
Local
Local
You need to create a dummy "dsound.vxd" file in the \WINNT\SYSTEM32 directory.
Philipp
Philipp
that didnt work bud or maybe I did something wrong????
How do I create that dummy file? HEY dont roll your eyes at me son
Local
[This message has been edited by LocalHero (edited 18 November 1999).]
How do I create that dummy file? HEY dont roll your eyes at me son
Local
[This message has been edited by LocalHero (edited 18 November 1999).]
hey phil I have a real one? ummmm wtf do I do bro???
Its not very important but I really like those games
Local
Its not very important but I really like those games
Local
OP
Well guess what I got Curse of Monkey Island to start up, I did this by copying an old version of DDHELP.EXE into my system32 directory. I don't know why I tried this or why it worked but it did, now the launcher lets me get past the annoying "You must install DirectX" screen and lets me play the game. But, now I'm having real problems with sound, after a few minutes of gameplay the sound sticks and starts looping/chopping, sounds like a skipping record. Can anyone help me out???
Thanks
Matt
Thanks
Matt
pherhaps that's what the dummy file "dsound.vxd" is supposed to fix?
OP
No, it didn't do the trick for me. <sigh>.
