Considering the increasing number of help requests in the community relating to technical problems running previously released Trek games under Windows XP, I think it would be an excellent idea for us to create a storehouse of common and uncommon XP-related issues WITH SOLUTIONS. Please don't use this thread to request help! Only post solutions to problems that are known to you so they can be shared with everyone else.

Also use this thread to clarify problems and solutions. ------ GENERAL TIPS FOR ALL PROBLEMS: It is recommended that you fully patch your game and attempt to use all settings before requesting help on this forum. An official game patch is a program or file(s) released by a game publisher that you download to fix problems and tweak gameplay. Usually they include instructions on how to apply them to your installed game. The official website for a game is the usual source for official patches, but other gaming sites have them as well. Is a good source for patches, while, the, and other Trek gaming fansites may/will eventually have them also. If all else fails, do a search on Google for your game's name and 'patch' for a list of sites.

--- I'll start with Dominion Wars. It would probably be best to sustain this format for easier searching: GAME: (2001, Simon & Schuster Interactive) PROBLEM: The in-game mouse cursor experiences stuttering or slowdowns/lagging although the rest of the game seems fine, making it impossible to play. SOLUTION: ( Patching the game to is highly recommended!) 1. Use with the game if you haven't already and set it to 'Windows 98 / Windows ME'. If problems continue.

Reduce your to at least 1024x786 (XGA), preferably 800x600 (SVGA), and then run the game. If problems continue. Download, extract, read about, and install the for Dominion Wars (RAR archive, requires v1.04 installation). This is untested. -DOSMAN P.S.-Would you please sticky this thread, daedalus5? Re: Windows XP Problems WITH Solutions I'm sure there are a dozen of you out there who've solved WinXP problems with your Trek games, so come on: Share the Knowledge! ------ GAME: (1999, Microprose) PROBLEM: Game will not start/crashes to desktop after splash screen SOLUTION: Three easy steps.

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Make a clean install of BotF (if not already the case) 2. Install the 3. In the directory the patch files were extracted to (usually botf temp) there is a file called USTREK. Bijoy Bayanno Keyboard Layout Pdf. EXE. Copy this file and paste it into the botf (main BotF install) directory. Rename the existing TREK.EXE file in the main directory to TREK.EXE.BAK (or whatever).

Finally, rename the USTREK.EXE file you just added here to TREK.EXE Thanks to Sloansect31 from the for this info! Re: Windows XP Problems WITH Solutions Does anyone have any solutions for XP and Klingon Academy? I've started playing it again.

My friend gave it back after borrowing it for almost 4 years. My problem is that the game will crash at random times during ship combat. It dumps this to the Event Viewer: --------------------------------------------------------- Faulting application ka.exe, version 0.0.0.0, faulting module ka.exe, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x0010a251. --------------------------------------------------------- Anyway I can find much information on the game. Interplay went belly-up. I found through a google search, one person having similar problems, and he/she was able to fix it by rolling back their Nvidia Detonator driver to an old version.

I tried that but no luck. PC Specs: 2.4GHz P4 512MB DDR RAM 64MB GForce 4 MX (Yes I know it sucks) Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Windows XP SP2 w/ all the trimmings, err. Oh and I have tried compatibility mode. Re: Windows XP Problems WITH Solutions Nightcr4wler, I don't know if you've tried this, but it worked for me to run it in win98 - I haven't tried it in XP yet as I haven't installed my new computer yet, but I don't see any reason this shouldn't work in XP - it's worth a try anyway.

Because A Final Unity (which is a fantastic, amazing game btw;-)) was never meant to run under any kind of windows, you have to fool the game into thinking you're not in windows, when actually you are. I couldn't find the orginal instructions I used to do this, but I think these ones are the same: 1. Put the Star Trek: The Next Generation 'A Final Unity' disc in the CD-ROM drive. Click on 'My Computer.' Double-click on the drive letter for your CD-ROM drive. Use your right mouse button to click on 'Install.'

Click on 'Properties.' Click on the Program tab. Click on 'Advanced.' Click on 'Prevent MS-DOS based programs from detecting Windows.' Double-click on the 'Install' icon.

If you receive a message that your CD-ROM drive is too slow, ignore it. The CD-ROM speed test is invalid in a multitasking environment. You may also receive a suggestion to set up an icon for MS-DOS mode as the installer tests your video card.

In most cases you can ignore this message. (If you're running a machine that meets the absolute minimum system requirements, you may want to set up that icon.) 12. The installer should be able to detect all of your hardware. Accept the defaults. To run the game, find the directory where you installed Star Trek: The Next Generation 'A Final Unity,' then look for the STTNG.EXE file and click on it with the right mouse button.

Click on 'Properties.' Click on the Program tab.

Click on 'Advanced.' Click on 'Prevent MS-DOS based programs from detecting Windows.'

Now double-click on the new STTNG icon. I know this worked for me under win98, and I'll definitely be trying it when I install my new XP computer. The only problem I found was, the game tended to cut back to desktop at random intervals, so just keep saving as you go along so you don't lose too much if stops for no reason. I hope this works for you.

Re: Windows XP Problems WITH Solutions Agreed. A Final Unity was a pain in the ass to get to work on my computer back in the day it came out! I had a pretty fast computer back then, with more than the minimum specs, and I remember having to bend over backwards just to get past the introduction movie! (Coincidentally, Deep Space Nine: Harbinger was far, far worse in compatiblity. Those damned VESA drivers ) I'll keep an eye out for you for any tips other people might have around the net. I still have my CD here and wouldn't mind playing it again. Re: Windows XP Problems WITH Solutions thx for your advise, Melis.

The only problem, is that win xp does't have the 'Prevent MS-DOS based programs from detecting Windows' option under the advanced in the program tab. There is only a chckbox writen 'hardware emulation. As i wrtote, i was able to bypass the files/buffers problem with dosbox, but still stuck with the cd-rom issue (can't ignore it.

It's marked as red). I've read tips for instaling the game booting from a win95 bootdisk, but my computer is ntfs, so the bootdisk don't recognize my drives. Anyway, i apreciate what you've done. If there's anyone who can help me please. I'm desperate. Re: Windows XP Problems WITH Solutions Ah, I'm sorry Nightcr4wler, I didn't realise that function wasn't available on XP.

That kinda sucks then.sorry about that. An extreme solution that I've been told about is to do with installing a 'virtual PC' on your computer - which is a way of running more than one operating system on your PC at a time. You install the software, create a virtual harddrive, and install MSDOS into this - so essentially, it's a separate DOS computer within your XP computer, which theoretically you can run any DOS game on. If you're thinking this sounds complicated, you're right;-) but according to my friend the computer expert, it's not that hard, as long as you have the disks to install MSDOS with - which I don't know if you do.

I don't know if I do either, for that matter, I'm still hoping DOSbox will work for me before I try and do this.but if you're good with computers (which I'm not) it's an option worth researching at least. Google 'virtual PC', and see what you come up with. Make sure that you are at drive C. If your DOS prompt does not look like 'C >,' then type 'C:' followed by 'CD' at the DOS prompt. Create a directory on your hard drive for the game by typing 'MD STTNG.' Change to your new Star Trek: The Next Generation 'A Final Unity' directory by typing 'CD STTNG' and your DOS prompt should now say, 'C: STTNG.' Create a directory for your saved games by typing 'MD SAVEGAME.'

Copy the *.LST files from the Star Trek: The Next Generation 'A Final Unity' CD-ROM to your hard drive by typing 'COPY D: *.LST' (assuming that your CD-ROM drive is D). To install the minimal version, type: D: UNZIP D: STTNGINS.ZIP 6b.

To install the standard version, type: D: UNZIP D: STTNGINS.ZI D: UNZIP D: STTNG.ZIP @STD1.LST D: UNZIP D: STTNG.ZIP @STD2.LST 6c. To install the optimal version, type: D: UNZIP D: STTNGINS.ZIP D: UNZIP D: STTNG.ZIP @STD1.LST D: UNZIP D: STTNG.ZIP @STD2.LST D: UNZIP D: STTNG.ZIP @OPTIMAL.LST D: UNZIP D: STTNG.ZIP *.IMG.

Re: Windows XP Problems WITH Solutions I have final unity running with (almost) no issues through DOSBox 0.63. My only hangup is that the mouse movement is frustrating. My hand has to cross the entire mousepad multiple times to get even halfway across the screen. But anyway, it's installed, running and the audio doesn't even skip, and there really wasn't that much modification that I had to do to the default dosbox.conf what I remember having to do was.

Mnt D: D: cdrom -t mnt c: c: changed the audio blocksize to 1536 to eliminate some initial skipping of the sound changed to fullscreen=TRUE I ran install.exe through dosbox, and though it seemed to take forever, it did actually install the game and it does run. I can take a quick look when I get home, and I'll mod this post with the dosbox.conf if you want it.

Gamers not familiar with the television show on which Star Trek: Deep Space Nine -- Dominion Wars is based, may be a bit puzzled since names of individual people, alien races, ships, political alliances, and other pertinent elements are used regularly without any real explanation. This gives some indication of the intended audience (fans of Star Trek and its many iterations in general) and, in turn, provides some idea of why it's not much fun. 'Trekkies' are a loyal bunch, guaranteeing that many will buy the computer game (or book or movie) simply for that reason, and with the dirge of unsatisfying games bearing the franchise label, Dominion Wars will quickly be just one more disappointment to pile on the ever-growing heap of space junk. The game enforces the question of why is it seemingly so hard to develop a solid Star Trek video game? Dominion Wars is hampered first and foremost by the very odd and unsatisfying method of controlling your ships. Although the universe is presented in three fabulous dimensions, you can only travel through two of them.

It's a situation comparable to being on a tiny day cruiser that pulls up next to a Carnival Cruise ocean behemoth -- the really fancy stuff is right there before your eyes, but you're not going to get any of it. Obviously, creating a RTS game in three dimensions would be unbelievably complicated to design, let alone play, so perhaps the creators can be excused.

But, teasing you by offering a look into three dimensions from a perspective behind your ship or fleet, and then permitting you to travel on only one plane, eliminates the potential excitement of real-time maneuvering. The 20 missions provided for the solo player are linear, yet suffer from a lack of continuity. People who are killed in one scenario show up in the next. Although you can play from the perspective of either the Federation or the Dominion side, all missions have a similar feel to previous space-borne games and offer no areas to go 'where no man has gone before.' The possibilities for excitement are fairly limited by the restrictions to basically direct flight and attack patterns of a few spaceships. Despite the large range of flight patterns and weapon configurations, combat can usually be won fairly easily by simply isolating ships and attacking them individually, assuming you can locate them all in time, especially without a clear view of the full space battlefield. Gamers looking for an absorbing and challenging space strategy-combat game won't find much satisfaction in the constraints imposed by the missions of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine -- Dominion Wars.

With no skirmish mode and limited strategic movement allowed the fleet of ships, there's simply not enough warp drive to please more than the most devoted Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fans. Graphics: The ships and planets are satisfyingly detailed, and the movie-like quality is good in the short term. Camera angles are usually effective. Sound: Sounds from the television show are decently reproduced, and the music is above average. Enjoyment: The non-intuitive controls stop the game in its tracks. Often, three-key combinations are required to perform simple tasks, and the sheer number of controls to commit to memory make any sort of real time action difficult with no pause mode during combat. Linearity of the missions is hurt by the discontinuity of individuals who come back to life.

It's like playing a bunch of disjointed scenarios. Replay Value: Missions are too similar to each other to warrant a replay of most, and the linearity leaves little new to achieve during a replay.

A bonus program, Star Trek: Starship Creator Warp II, allows you to design certain new ship types, but suffers from integration problems with Dominion Wars, and is useless in solo play. People who downloaded Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Dominion Wars have also downloaded:,,,,,,, ©2017 San Pedro Software Inc.

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