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Mug posted:That's DOSBox, but that's not the DOS version of Theme Hospital. The DOS version doesn't have SVGA as an option in the menu at the top.
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Mug posted:That's DOSBox, but that's not the DOS version of Theme Hospital. The DOS version doesn't have SVGA as an option in the menu at the top. drat lie. Even the DOS demo version was SVGA by default. e: beaten by miles
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Apr 16, 2012 11:22
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BoogerMan posted:On flow: Patients follow 3 steps: What about patients going to two separate rooms that are the same type during diagnosis? I.e. patient goes to general diagnosis room A, but completely ignores general diagnosis B? I mean, it does make sense...
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Apr 16, 2012 11:45
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Unlucky7 posted:What about patients going to two separate rooms that are the same type during diagnosis? I.e. patient goes to general diagnosis room A, but completely ignores general diagnosis B? I mean, it does make sense...
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Apr 16, 2012 11:51
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scamtank posted:drat lie. Even the DOS demo version was SVGA by default. I guess my VGA adapter didn't allow SVGA in DOS for some reason. Well there you go. I always played the Windows version under 98 because of that.
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Apr 16, 2012 12:28
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kissekatt posted:No, they will undergo each diagnosis type once. Furthermore, not all conditions can be examined in every type of diagnosis room - for example, you will never see an invisible person or someone with a broken leg running on the treadmill. Scanners and X-rays are the best and most versatile iirc, but they require research to build. A full skill consultant in a GP's Office will fully diagnose basically every ailment in the game. Not all that cost effective, since you miss out on billing for the extra diagnosis and your system will fall apart the second he needs a break, but you should always have your best doctors in the GP Office if possible. Most of the money is in healing the illnesses anyway.
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Apr 16, 2012 12:29
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shalcar posted:Most of the money is in healing the illnesses anyway. No joke. Tier 2 pharmaceuticals (transparency, invisibility) and psychiatric conditions bring in obscene amounts of money.
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Apr 16, 2012 12:31
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I also found a surprisingly effective way of saving money: turn the radiators down just before the heating bill goes off. I went from losing $5-6k per month to about $2-3k.
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Apr 16, 2012 16:51
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Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic players, have any of you tried the Version 1.5 MP Evolution fan-patches? It looks like they're designed primarily with multiplayer in mind, but some of the changes look rather appealing for singe-player as well. Moving a bunch of Cosmos spells to a "Common" sphere and filling out Cosmos with flavorful spells of its own is a neat idea, and the changes to spell access and research seem like they'd be a godsend.
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Apr 16, 2012 17:05
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Kestral posted:Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic players, have any of you tried the Version 1.5 MP Evolution fan-patches? It looks like they're designed primarily with multiplayer in mind, but some of the changes look rather appealing for singe-player as well. Moving a bunch of Cosmos spells to a "Common" sphere and filling out Cosmos with flavorful spells of its own is a neat idea, and the changes to spell access and research seem like they'd be a godsend. I've just been using uPatch 1.4, sorry. I mostly play singleplayer, and I've had bad experiences in other games with MP-focused patches or mods breaking SP, so generally I won't even look at a fanpatch starting with "MP".
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Apr 16, 2012 18:17
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The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut is on sale at the moment for $4.99.
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Apr 16, 2012 19:24
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Blodskur posted:The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut is on sale at the moment for $4.99. I guess this is due to the sequel getting a (free) massive update tomorrow then! I was thinking of picking it up today as it says existing owners will get the extra content free. Does anyone know if the price will go up from tomorrow or something?
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Zeether posted:I really wish Microsoft would open their back library to GOG, because stuff like Freelancer and Mechwarrior deserves to be on there. This one guy on the wishlist entries for both games keeps copying and pasting a statement that it'll never happen because MS doesn't care and will probably only release them on Games for Windows Live if they do. Same here, would love to play Fury3 or Hellbender again. 
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Apr 16, 2012 21:34
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Galaga Galaxian posted:GoG.com seems to favor the DOS version of games when available, probably because of how easy it is to get them running smoothly thanks to DOSBox.
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Apr 16, 2012 21:38
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Can someone help me figure out why my Planescape: Torment is crashing frequently? It happens somewhat commonly upon entering a door to a house, but is now crashing whenever I try to talk to Yvana, in the art gallery in the Clerk Ward. Sometimes it crashes when I look at the painting near her, but it always crashes after I finish conversing with her. If it's a mod thing, I'm pretty sure the only mod I have installed is the widescreen mod, but it's been a while since I started playing and I don't remember if I have installed anything since.
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Apr 16, 2012 23:09
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apophenium posted:Can someone help me figure out why my Planescape: Torment is crashing frequently? It happens somewhat commonly upon entering a door to a house, but is now crashing whenever I try to talk to Yvana, in the art gallery in the Clerk Ward. Sometimes it crashes when I look at the painting near her, but it always crashes after I finish conversing with her. Changing mods in mid-game is the most common cause of crashing. Installing the unofficial patch, or installing, uninstalling, or reconfiguring the widescreen mod, invalidates all of your save files - they will still load but you will get constant crashes. If you haven't done that, I have no idea.
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Apr 16, 2012 23:40
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apophenium posted:Can someone help me figure out why my Planescape: Torment is crashing frequently? It happens somewhat commonly upon entering a door to a house, but is now crashing whenever I try to talk to Yvana, in the art gallery in the Clerk Ward. Sometimes it crashes when I look at the painting near her, but it always crashes after I finish conversing with her. I eventually just figured out exactly where all the spawns occurred and where the crash would happen through trial and error. As soon as my party would zone in I would run my party members to specific places and block off their routes to the side of the screen that causes the crash. I was able to finish the quest that way. I know it isn't the beat thing but it was all I could do. Apparently there are values in the game file that are editable to fix the issue, but I didn't feel confident doing that.
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Apr 17, 2012 00:40
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I've found a guy on the GoG forums who can edit your .exe so that it doesn't crash. I've sent him my .exe and am awaiting a reply. If it ends up working I'll let you guys know.
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Apr 17, 2012 00:48
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On a general 'old games' note - and one that GOG will never stock because Disney are run by cocks - the modding community for Tron 2.0 (you know - the GOOD Tron game) are still quietly kicking. A while back, they released the Killer App mod, which is basically a huge fan-patch that fixes stuff, adds more multiplayer options and adds native widescreen support. Just a couple weeks back - and something I only found out the other day - they also updated User Error, a sizable fan-made expansion, to support Killer App and all the upgrades therein, as well as fixing up a few things. The only way to get the game legit is either second-hand via Ebay or Amazon, as Disney seemingly buried it shortly after launch, so good hunting if you don't give in to the temptation to just torrent it.. but it's worth it either way. Good FPS made better by the fans.
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Dominic White posted:On a general 'old games' note - and one that GOG will never stock because Disney are run by cocks - the modding community for Tron 2.0 (you know - the GOOD Tron game) are still quietly kicking. A while back, they released the Killer App mod, which is basically a huge fan-patch that fixes stuff, adds more multiplayer options and adds native widescreen support. Thanks for telling me this. I have a copy that I bought from Half-Price Books about two years ago that hasn't seen use in a long while that could use a install. Still need to try that mod for the Bethesda Pirates of the Carbiean game sometime (which I got with Tron 2.0).
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ToxicFrog posted:Changing mods in mid-game is the most common cause of crashing. Installing the unofficial patch, or installing, uninstalling, or reconfiguring the widescreen mod, invalidates all of your save files - they will still load but you will get constant crashes. I had problems even when installing the new mods AND starting over. It almost messed up my blog because it kept crashing EVERY time party banter started up after resting with the hobo under Curst. It's just a little unstable, but it seemed to do ok most of the time. Autosaves were a live saver, though.
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Apr 17, 2012 02:00
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Man I remember Tron 2.0. That game was loving awesome.
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apophenium posted:I've found a guy on the GoG forums who can edit your .exe so that it doesn't crash. I've sent him my .exe and am awaiting a reply. If it ends up working I'll let you guys know. Please double check this is legit and be safe!
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I bought Lionheart during the sale because despite all accounts of it being a complete car crash of a game, I am infinitely curious and want to see just how much of a disaster it really is. I'll probably regret it, but that's why I picked up Sacrifice as well. Any advice on character creation?
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Apr 17, 2012 02:21
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During the Interplay, MDK caught my eye. I remember hotseating with a friend once, back in 6th grade, and it was a blast. Am I just totally nostalgic for it, or should I give them 3 dollars to find out?
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Apr 17, 2012 04:18
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Momonari kun posted:I bought Lionheart during the sale because despite all accounts of it being a complete car crash of a game, I am infinitely curious and want to see just how much of a disaster it really is. I'll probably regret it, but that's why I picked up Sacrifice as well. Despite its initial impression, it's a pure combat game past the first act. So make something along those lines, i guess.
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AxeManiac posted:Please double check this is legit and be safe! I went ahead and did some research and the guy has apparently helped work on the widescreen patch for the game.
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Ravenfood posted:During the Interplay, MDK caught my eye. I remember hotseating with a friend once, back in 6th grade, and it was a blast. Am I just totally nostalgic for it, or should I give them 3 dollars to find out? Give'em. MDK 1 is a fun, creative, low-commitment, high-bullet count shooter.
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apophenium posted:I've found a guy on the GoG forums who can edit your .exe so that it doesn't crash. I've sent him my .exe and am awaiting a reply. If it ends up working I'll let you guys know. Classic scam. You're never gonna see that exe again, man. 
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Apr 17, 2012 07:07
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Doc Hawkins posted:Classic scam. You're never gonna see that exe again, man.  Do you think I should press charges?
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apophenium posted:
If you receive a little piece of code in the mail, it may be time to involve the FBI for missing .exes.
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I don't know, my .exes don't want me to contact them even when I miss them.
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Apr 17, 2012 11:43
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I'm against capital punishment, executables shouldn't exist.
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Apr 17, 2012 11:55
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kissekatt posted:I don't know, my .exes don't want me to contact them even when I miss them. Someday they hope you will reinstall them, but you just keep postponing it and run that CD around and around. And then when you finally decide to forgive her and install her again, she's so scratched it's like she's not even the same anymore. Or you realize you were looking back through rose-colored glasses on a relationship in a more favorable light compared to your latest .exes.
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Andrigaar posted:I'm against capital punishment, executables shouldn't exist. Is there a sad trumpet emoticon? I lauged.
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Andrigaar posted:I'm against capital punishment, executables shouldn't exist.
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What I don't get is how these nutjobs can be in favor of executables, but still pro-DLC!
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I'm considering finally buying the Witcher with the sale this week, but I downloaded the demo, and combat in this game seems really unintuitive and controls terribly. Does it get better as you play or is it just crappy throughout?
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Apr 17, 2012 19:03
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So no new release today because of Witcher 2EE? Lame.
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Zeeman posted:I'm considering finally buying the Witcher with the sale this week, but I downloaded the demo, and combat in this game seems really unintuitive and controls terribly. Does it get better as you play or is it just crappy throughout? You can add spells here and there, but the combat in Witcher 1 isn't so great. They really improve it in the second game.
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