[headdie]

Thinking of wikiing this but not sure where to put it, there's not enough to give it it's own page, but cant see where it would fit and be found

[Black-Devil]

Perhaps you can put it to the Information to FS1 retail as a topic called
Installation Tips

[headdie]

added under the system requirements in http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/FreeSpace_1_game_information

[Black-Devil]

Thx.

If more help is needed let me know

[Glovedog]

I got FS1 retail now working on my PC with Win7 64 bit System. These were my steps what i did

1. Installing the Game
2. Got the Patch for FS1 retail 1.06 and runed it
3. Put the patch for FS1 reatail 1.06 EAX althoug installed.
4. Went into the Folder and looked for the Freespace.exe and the FS.exe
5. opened both  with "properties" and  went to the "Compatibility" Tab
6. Run the Programm under Win 95, in Resolution 640x480 and as Administartor
7. Started FS1 retail and it worked.

If you do not get the patches it won`t work
You can install the Addon Silent Threat too.

I'm getting ready to do this tonight and I have everything set up except for the patch. What does it do and where can I find it? All the links that come from google searches are broken. But most importantly, I'm curious as to what the patch does.

[Macfie]

The patches fix problems in the original game.  The EAX patch adds EAX function to the sound
FS 106 patch
http://www.freespacemods.net/download.php?view.350
FS 106 EAX patch
http://www.freespacemods.net/download.php?view.351

[Glovedog]

So I ran it in compatibility mode as windows XP (service pack 3) and it works great....for the intro cutscene at least. Once I get to the main menu the colors get all funky. Literally, purple, green and pink are the dominant colors and there is almost nothing of the original light blue-grey color scheme (excpet for the tech room, which looks fine).

Is this what I need the patch for? Should I also change the color settings on my computer? I'm stumped.....

[jr2]

Iirc there's a tool to enable direct draw that fixes this. Hang on let me check...

[jr2]

http://www.sevenforums.com/gaming/213099-windows-7-fix-running-old-games-use-directdraw-graphics.html

[Black-Devil]

Perhaps i forgot to write it down too.
When you are installing the ST Addon you need to run the patches again.

I you  want i can run a test under WIN XP SP3 too.

[Macfie]

If I remember correctly the FS1 release was at version 104.  Silent threat patched FS1 to 105.  So you should install FS1 then Silent threat and then the patches.

[Black-Devil]

If I remember correctly the FS1 release was at version 104.  Silent threat patched FS1 to 105.  So you should install FS1 then Silent threat and then the patches.

Correct
But I first patched my FS1 and then put the addon and needed to patch the game again. Perhaps it is possible to do it the way u say.

[jr2]

The ST add on will take the game to 1.0.4 no matter what it is at (over or under), so you need to patch it after.

[Glovedog]

http://www.sevenforums.com/gaming/213099-windows-7-fix-running-old-games-use-directdraw-graphics.html

Is this the only way to fix the problem? I couldn't get the download to work.

[jr2]

Virus scan this before using of course.

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