Dungeon Keeper 2 - Help Please
Has ANYONE gotten this damned game to work? EA Support is bunch of fkn idiots. . oh, it's not designed for windows 2000 , so it's unsupported, fuk you very much. Loads, chokes a little on the copy protection, goes to a black screen (1.
Has ANYONE gotten this damned game to work? EA Support is bunch of fkn idiots.. "oh, it's not designed for windows 2000 , so it's unsupported, fuk you very much."
Loads, chokes a little on the copy protection, goes to a black screen (1.30) and drops to the desktop. Or (1.61), loads, and freezes on teh black screen. lame.
Loads, chokes a little on the copy protection, goes to a black screen (1.30) and drops to the desktop. Or (1.61), loads, and freezes on teh black screen. lame.
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Yet another case of EA and W2K.
Dungeon Keeper 2 WILL not run on W2K.
I once thought it may be the SAFE DISC copy routines.
But a no CD patch for Version 1.61 just resulted in the game giving me a black screen and going back to the desktop.
This happens with most EA/Bullfrog Games I've tried so far.
Not even the make compatible util on the CD helped with this one.
Sorry..!!!
Dungeon Keeper 2 WILL not run on W2K.
I once thought it may be the SAFE DISC copy routines.
But a no CD patch for Version 1.61 just resulted in the game giving me a black screen and going back to the desktop.
This happens with most EA/Bullfrog Games I've tried so far.
Not even the make compatible util on the CD helped with this one.
Sorry..!!!
Originally posted by MitchellD:
Quote:Loads, chokes a little on the copy protection, goes to a black screen (1.30) and drops to the desktop. Or (1.61), loads, and freezes on teh black screen. lame.
EXACT same thing happening to me here. i installed the game ok, played it last night. when i try to play t this morning, it just keeps going backto desktop. grrrr.
Quote:Loads, chokes a little on the copy protection, goes to a black screen (1.30) and drops to the desktop. Or (1.61), loads, and freezes on teh black screen. lame.
EXACT same thing happening to me here. i installed the game ok, played it last night. when i try to play t this morning, it just keeps going backto desktop. grrrr.
This is how you install Dungeon Keeper 2 under Windows XP SP2:
1. Full install Dungeon Keeper 2.
2. Apply patch 1.7.
(if you during installation get an error message saying "Can't run 16-bit Windows Program. Cannot find file..."
then go to Start - Run... and type regedit. Make sure the following key is disabled (set to 0):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem\NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation=0)
3. Install Windows Application Compatibility Toolkit 3.0 (use Google to find it - it's free from Microsoft).
4. Run the program and create a new database.
5. Click Fix.
6. Name of the program to be fixed: Dungeon Keeper 2 - Name of the vendor for this program: Bullfrog Productions.
7. Program file location: Browse for the location of Dkii.exe in gamedir.
8. Operating System Modes: None - Click Next.
9. Compatibility Fixes: select EmulateSlowCPU - Click Next.
10. Click Finish.
11. Choose File and Install and then exit the program.
12. Create a shortcut for Dkii.exe, choose properties and add -32biteverything in the Target commandline
(it should look something like this: "C:\Games\Dungeon Keeper 2\Dkii.exe" -32biteverything).
13. Run the shortcut to start the game.
