i've tried it all, it doesn't work.

[myers]

i could REALLY use some help getting "Fallout 1" to work correctly. i have the original cd which comes with both dos and windows versions .the first thing i do is i install the windows version and the game runs and has perfect sound but while i'm playing , the screen will go all black and i have to "paint'"the screen with the cursor to make everything show up again.Yes, i have read in this forum that i can use the pipboy or hit the F1 key to clear things up faster, but i have to continuously refresh it every second or two (literally) and it's VERY ANNOYING to say the least.i have tried running the game in both win 95 and win98 compatibility mode,and i have also tried everything mentioned in the sticky (disabling video card, closing background programs,etc.) but nothing is working

after giving up on that, i decide to try to install the DOS version(by running install.exe from the cd instead of setup.exe/autorun) .the first thing i noticed when the install screen appears is that the max i can choose to do is a "large installation" instead of "humongous "because it thinks that i only have 479 mb available hard disk space (when i have over 7 gigs free).. anyways, i let it install what it can then i manually install the rest from the cd to the default directory on my hard drive(C:/INTRPLAY/FALLOUT).
the game runs without any blackouts but NOW the sound is all screwed up (popping sounds, voices skipping, etc.) . i tried using vdmsound but when i right click on FALLOUT.EXE and choose "Run with VDMS" ,the loading screen will appear but then the game just suddenly freezes before it even gets to the intro movie or main menu.

ok,so i'll try running it using dosbox then. i double click on dosbox.exe then type :
mount c: c:\intrplay\fallout
c:\
dir
fallout

what happens ? dosbox gives me an error telling me that it can't find the damn master datafile !


FALLOUT.CFG currently looks like this :
[sound]
device=57344
port=544
irq=5
dma=1
music_path2=C:\INTRPLAY\FALLOUT\data\sound\music


[system]
critter_dat=C:\INTRPLAY\FALLOUT\critter.dat
critter_patches=C:\INTRPLAY\FALLOUT\data
master_dat=C:\INTRPLAY\FALLOUT\master.dat
master_patches=C:\INTRPLAY\FALLOUT\data
art_cache_size=5
----------------------------------------------------------

my system:
windows xp w/ service pack 2
2.6 Ghz intel celeron
512 RAM
radeon 9200 (256 mb)
direct x 9c
drivers are up to date

i will also add that Fallout 2 runs fine on my system (no blackouts, perfect sound) and i don't even have to use compatibility mode - its just FO1 that i'm having problems with...i've pretty much given up on the windows version because of the constant blackouts (and i do mean CONSTANT) .it would be bearable if it only happened every minute or so (or even less) but it blacks out again almost immediately after i "refresh" the screen by continuously having to hit the f1 key to clear it up.. i would really appreciate it if someone could help me with this because i'd like to be able to play this game again with everything working the way it should (if possible)

windows version = screen goes completely black every few seconds ,but the sound is perfect.

DOS version = no blackouts , but sound is fucked up (REAL bad) . if i could just get the .EXE to start with vdmsound or dosbox, then i'm hoping that might fix it.

btw the version of Fallout i have is v1.1 (it's from the 2-in-1 combo pack that they're selling over @ gogamer.com)

 

[Roshambo]

"i've tried it all, it doesn't work."

Liar.

Thank you for trying Fallout, but on that note, you have a lot to learn before you can ever get it to work. Too bad you only half read the stickies, else you would know precisely what you should be doing. You didn't bother giving pertinenet information, so I will just have to assume that you're an idiot using WinXP.

Also, great way of using DOSBox. Amazing that you can mount the Fallout directory right to the drive, then forget that you're MOUNTING A DIRECTORY AS A DRIVE when looking into the config file. Then you expect DOSBox to find said directory when the game is looking for a file at c:\INTRPLAY\FALLOUT\INTRPLAY\FALLOUT\master.dat

Come back when you can figure out how to read, or for that matter, work a computer without having someone else to basically remote administrator it for you.

 

[myndreach]

Wow that was a harsh post roshambo lol...

What I did to fix this problem in WINxpSP2 was to turn down the video acceleration a bit.

Right click desktop->properties->Settings->advanced->troubleshooting

Then set the acceleration slider down some. I had to put mine on the fourth from the left. The 3rd it was giving me blue crap all over the screen, the 5th and up I was painging the screen in as you said. The fourth is working fine so far.