i’m trying to install a dirt old game, but it wont install. windows’ website doesnt have ANY info on the game!!! can any1 help? the game is Descent: Freespace-- The Great War :’(
Which Os are you using? Already tried the admin mode on the installer?
Yeah… we need more details… define “won’t install”, do you get any error?
Google led to this, but I can’t know if it’s related to your problem: https://www.ntcompatible.com/Freespace_The_Great_War_instaallation_problems-HELP_ME_PLEASE_t31879.html
try virtualbox you can install XP on it or even Win98
If it’s not just an installation CD, try extracting the files from their directories on the CD yourself with WinRar/7zip etc, I’ve had to do this with a couple of really old games.
its win 7, and the setup wont load
EDIT: it just keeps asking for permission
Win7 XP Mode won’t help here either, as it only emulates a standard vga graphics card. Maybe try some of the compatibility settings in the proprties tab of the installer. Are you using the x64 version by chance?
Sometimes there are problems with the safe/copylocks of the games, as there is no driver update for win7. But I don’t recon that’s the case for Freespace.
wait, what are you saying? i dont understand what you mean by “emulates a standard vga graphics card”
EDIT: nevar mind! the setup finally loaded! yay!
EDIT EDIT: crap, now it locked up
EDIT EDIT EDIT: yay! its loading again!
XP Mode is a virtual PC machine you can install on Windows 7. It works kind of like Remote Desktop Connection, if you ever used that… And the display you get when you connect to that virtual machine is not like if your video card was processing it, it’s emulated and (I think) software-rendered… So playing full screen games on that isn’t really an option.
(I could be wrong)
NOOOOO! now i have to press this button! it locked up again!
EDIT: great, ive had to press the button 7 times!
EDIT EDIT: lol, i pressed it 5 times at once
EDIT EDIT EDIT: STOP LOCKING UP U STUPID MACHINE!!!
well, it wont install, thanks for the help guys, i guess it isn’t compatible with win 7
Freespace 2 should work, though… check out the Freespace SCP (Source Code Project)
Basically a community-improved version of the game. A whole lot of improvements…
is it a game?
No, it’s a spreadsheet.
It’s a game with spaceshipz and laserz and explosiunz and other awsumz
Freespace 2: SCP is just the open-sourced official Freespace 2, modded by the community. And Freespace 2 is the sequel of Freespace: The Great War