getting graphics to work right in dos

guest · Post by **guest** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 3:15 pm

i just downloaded and ran keen 4, but while playing, whenever the background scrolls (i.e. i move keen far enough that the background has to move) the graphics in the bottom 3rd of the screen look all shifty and screwy. can anyone help? much appreciated if someone could.

guest · Post by **guest** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 3:39 pm

same person who posted the question, just wanted to add my computers specs: win 98, rage IIC AGP video card, p2 400 mhz, 128 mb ram

Post by **Wally** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 5:33 pm

it could be your video card..

Try running keen in dos by going to start and then shutdown
select run in MS-DOS mode

guest · Post by **guest** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 6:56 pm

my computer won't restart in ms-dos mode. when i tried, it wouldn't respond but stayed on... the monitor shut off as if it were shutting down. it was all very strange. i tried the way it told me in windows help, by selecting 'restart' and holding ctrl while it does, but that just plain didn't work. neither did holding f8. any more suggestions?

Post by **Wally** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 7:03 pm

hmmm...
you need to press the f8 button just before the wintrash logo.

you could however go to c:\windows in windows and then look for run ms-dos game with ems or XMS support..

Or get a bootdisk

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 8:31 am

What is a Vesa compatible graphic card

Post by **Wally** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 10:22 pm

That i dont really know myself.......

486 player · Post by **486 player** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 3:39 am

Super VGA card.