Playing an old 3D game

[aimeeandbeatles]

Okay, so I have SimCopter, which crashes repetedly on XP. It never lasts more than 20 minutes.

I did some research, and found out Streets of SimCity, which is similar, uses a graphic engine called Glide which is no longer used. I don't know about SimCopter. I tried a Glide wrapper, but it didn't work. I also tried compatibility mode, which didn't work, and also downloaded a demo, and that didn't work.

Has anybody else tried anything that worked?

I'm also considering making an open source clone of SimCopter, but I'm not really good at coding. If I do, will anyone help?

Thanks.

 

[GoodGame]

It's a Windows 95/98 type of program isn't it? Did you try running it in compatibility mode? http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/appcompat.mspx

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I also tried compatibility mode, which didn't work

Did you read the message?

 

[Speedo]

If the game doesn't support any other renderers (one that old should have a software mode, surely) and you can't get the wrapper to work you're basically SOL.

Of course, you could always pick up a Voodoo3 on eBay, drop it in an old Win95 computer and go to town.

 

[taper]

Looks like it'll run in Wine. Funny how Linux has better backwards compatibility with Windows than Windows does. Believe it or not, there is a version of Wine for Windows, if you don't feel like trying out Linux. I suppose you could also try Wine under Cygwin under Windows.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I'll give it a try. Thanks.

I once tried Linux, but it was slightly confusing. However it was several years ago, so I might try it again.

 

[GoodGame]

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=7047874#post7047874

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Thank you!