About this product | |
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Product | Need for Speed 4: High Stakes Demo |
Vendor | Electronic Arts |
Tested operating systems | Windows 2000 Windows NT 4.0 |
Average rating | |
CompatDB XML | need-for-speed-4-high-stakes-demo.xml |
Compatibility Reports for Need for Speed 4: High Stakes Demo
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1. Extract
nfshighstakes.exe using Winzip to a temporary directory (Known
from now on as "nfshsdir" directory).
2. Run Setup.exe
3. When you get the error message "This game only runs on
Windows 95 or 98" copy the files in the directory
"_ISTMP1.DIR" which is located in x:Documents and
SettingsUser NameLocal SettingsTemp (where "x" is
your Win2000 boot drive/partition and User Name is your user
name) to the nfshsdir directory. Also copy the files in the
directory "_ISTMP0.DIR" which is located in the
"_ISTMP1.DIR" directory to the nfshsdir directory.
4. Click OK to quit the error message.
5. In the nfshsdir directory rename _INS5576._MP to _INS5576.EXE
6. Copy ImageCFG.exe and SetWin95.cmd from the NT
4.0/NT5b2/Win2000b3RC1 CD to the nfshsdir directory.
7. Go to a command prompt, CD to the temporary directory. Type
SetWin95 _INS5576.EXE <ENTER>.
8. Run _INS5576.EXE from the nfshsdir directory.
9. Ignore the error message "Can not run Unicode version of
ATL.DLL on Windows 95. Please install the correct version.
10. Congratulations, you have just installed the Need for Speed
4 Demo in Windows 2000.
To play the game in Direct3D do
the follow:
1. You'll need to have Need for Speed III installed on your
computer (ie.Win98 partition) or your Need for Speed III CD
handy for this to work.
2. Make a backup of the 3DData.dat file in the x:Program
FilesElectronic ArtsNeed For Speed High Stakes Demo3dsetup
directory.
3. Replace the files in the x:Program FilesElectronic
ArtsNeed For Speed High Stakes Demo3dsetup directory with the
ones in your NFS3 Installation or your NFS3 CD.
4. Replace the 3DData.dat file with the backup you made in step
2.
5. Run 3D Device Setup, and choose "Direct3D Device
1". You'll get some error message about this being
untested, ignore it.
6. Run the demo.