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Re: Dead at the start of battle... Wed, 19 June 2013 10:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
XAPBob is currently offline XAPBob

 
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Yep, wait...

For info I was on DOSbox on Win7. I'm sure it will still be as is after the game (It's not my primary playing space)

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Re: Dead at the start of battle... Wed, 19 June 2013 15:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
gjarvie is currently offline gjarvie

 
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I'm running it using Wine on Ubuntu via VMWare on Windows 8. Has anyone tried playing it on something that runs Stars natively without any extras? My weird setup could certainly cause display bugs, I can't imagine Virtual PC or DOSbox on Windows 7 is much of a problem but you never know.

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Re: Dead at the start of battle... Wed, 19 June 2013 15:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
skoormit is currently offline skoormit

 
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 gjarvie wrote on Wed, 19 June 2013 14:08
Has anyone tried playing it on something that runs Stars natively without any extras?


I suppose I could boot up my 386SX33 running Windows 3.1 and see if it catches on fire. But then what would I use to prop the basement door open for the dogs?

Of course, I'll need to find a floppy disk to get the files over to it. Rolling Eyes

What we need's a few good taters.

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Re: Dead at the start of battle... Wed, 19 June 2013 17:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
gjarvie is currently offline gjarvie

 
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That sounds like quite a good idea, I'm sure I've got a 486 in my pile of parts. I might be the first person this century to submit a turn using the original operating system for Stars.

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Re: Dead at the start of battle... Wed, 19 June 2013 19:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
magic9mushroom is currently offline magic9mushroom

 
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You can run Stars natively in XP...

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Re: Dead at the start of battle... Wed, 19 June 2013 21:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
LittleEddie is currently offline LittleEddie

 
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 I run Stars! in Windows 8 32-bit version with no add-on, works fine.

I also keep a laptop with Windows-XP for some testbeds.

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Re: Dead at the start of battle... Thu, 20 June 2013 08:23 Go to previous message
Eagle of Fire

 
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You can run Stars natively in XP...

You can't run STARS! natively in XP as its native environment is Windows 3.11 which required DOS to run. So in a sense, STARS! native environment is DOS.

I do play in Windows XP though and I never had it crash a single time on me. If I try to start several 16 bits programs at the same time (read: more than one) then one of them fail to start but I'm pretty sure it has to do with wowexec.exe which in turn is only a subprogram of ntvdm.exe.

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