Fallout 1 and 2 on Windows 7

[Kairouseki]

So, I recently bout the Fallout pack from Steam only to find it doesn’t run without rainbowfied pixels. I tried all the compatibility modes and none of it worked and I’d really like to play them. Anyone know how to fix the color issues?

[Maxey]

Should’ve gotten them from https://www.gog.com

Cheaper and made compatible to run on Windows 7.

[Samapico]

I did this for Fallout 2 and it worked:

You have to make a simple .bat file to CLOSE WINDOWS EXPLORER because the task bar in will try to push through the video codecs and such in a lot of older games, and 90% of the time, the game doesn’t like this!

This is the one I used for Starcraft: Brood Wars 1.16.1 -

taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
C:“Program Files (x86)\StarCraft”“StarCraft.exe”
start explorer.exe

So for my Fallout 2 install, it looks like -

taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
C:“Program Files (x86)\BlackIsle”"Fallout2"“FALLOUT2.exe”
start explorer.exe

(Mind you I’m using Windows 7 x64 Home Premium, 2.2Ghz Dual Core, 4GB RAM, and an NVIDIA GeForce G210M video card)

To make a Batch File (.bat), simply open Notepad and paste EXACTLY what I’ve given you into it, then go to “Save As”. Change the “Save As Type” from “Text Document (*.txt)” to “All Files”, name the file something like “Fallout 2 Explorer Kill”, then save the file to your desktop. Double click it, play your game, and ENJOY!

[Kairouseki]

And I can do this without running it through Steam? Cool, I’ll give it a try.