OT: MOO3

[gregebowman]

Well, the reason behind this thread is moot at this time. Went back to the GameStop (which replaced teh EB in teh local mall), and it was gone. I'll keep an eye out for it. BTW, does anyone know how to get MOO2 to work. I tried to play it, but it was so dark on my screen I couldn't see the menu to start the game. I don't know if it's an incompatibilty issue (the back says it's for W95 or W98), or what. I find a patch for the game, but I haven't tried installing it yet.

[Fyron]

Try adjusting your gamma settings before running it?

[gregebowman]

Imperator Fyron said:
Try adjusting your gamma settings before running it?

My what!!

[Raapys]

I don't know, it runs fine here using WinXp. Try the patch, or try running it using win95 compatibility if the patch doesn't do the trick.

[Fyron]

In your video card's display properties.

[capnq]

If your video card supports gamma correction (I've had cards that didn't), it might be in Properties.

The last two monitors I've owned had gamma correction in their onscreen controls.

If your monitor is quite old, replacing it could help, as I described in this thread. ("I see...C O L O R S !" in the Bar & Grill, if the link doesn't work.)

[Fyron]

You've got to have a really old card for it to not have the capability to adjust gamma settings. Its been a basic feature from both nVidia and ATI for many years.

[Yimboli]

strange that you're having moo2 problems... I was able to run both the dos and win95 versions on winxp.

[gregebowman]

Well, my monitor is almost 10 years old. I have a Savage Pro card, and I did find a gamma tag in my video settings, but it was disabled due to not having the right kind of card. I'm thinking of getting another one, like nVidia, but I'll have to save quite a few pennies at this time to get it.

[Fyron]

You can get a decent nVidia AGP card for $30-40. It won't be running modern high-end games, but it should cover older games and less-demanding games like SE5 well enough.