Getting Fallout 2 to work in XP
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Barracudau
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YEah only large install works
I was having the Fonts error message as well, but uninstalling then just doing a Large install made it work for me. My cd is pretty much perfect and scratch free.
It would seem that it is a problem with Service Pack 2. I installed it on my desktop without the service pack and the huge install works fine but on my Laptop with SP2 it gave me the error.
Anyway at least its working now, even if i have to put up with waiting for my cd drive to spin up every now and then.
what a strange bug.
I was having the Fonts error message as well, but uninstalling then just doing a Large install made it work for me. My cd is pretty much perfect and scratch free.
It would seem that it is a problem with Service Pack 2. I installed it on my desktop without the service pack and the huge install works fine but on my Laptop with SP2 it gave me the error.
Anyway at least its working now, even if i have to put up with waiting for my cd drive to spin up every now and then.
what a strange bug.
fallout 2 fullscreen error
I just purchased both Fallout 1 and 2 on Ebay and the game loads just fine... The problem is, is that when it goes in to full screen mode, the game is shifted to the left and upper part of the screen... it's very off centered. How do I fix this? I've toggled with the display properties from true color to high color and various screen resolutions... My computer is new and everything is perfect, it's just when Fallout 2 comes on, the full screen mode is all messed up. I can't even play the game b/c the start game button is off the screen.
Thanks!
~K (Kyberkind@hotmail.com)
I just purchased both Fallout 1 and 2 on Ebay and the game loads just fine... The problem is, is that when it goes in to full screen mode, the game is shifted to the left and upper part of the screen... it's very off centered. How do I fix this? I've toggled with the display properties from true color to high color and various screen resolutions... My computer is new and everything is perfect, it's just when Fallout 2 comes on, the full screen mode is all messed up. I can't even play the game b/c the start game button is off the screen.
Thanks!
~K (Kyberkind@hotmail.com)
[QUOTE=Kyberkind]
I just purchased both Fallout 1 and 2 on Ebay and the game loads just fine... The problem is, is that when it goes in to full screen mode, the game is shifted to the left and upper part of the screen... it's very off centered. How do I fix this? I've toggled with the display properties from true color to high color and various screen resolutions... My computer is new and everything is perfect, it's just when Fallout 2 comes on, the full screen mode is all messed up. I can't even play the game b/c the start game button is off the screen.
Thanks!
~K (Kyberkind@hotmail.com)[/QUOTE]
few thing you could try:
1) You could try to chance your screen height- and vertical postions and size from monitor. The bad thing is that if it does work, when you quit the game you have to change those settings back
2)What video- or 3d-card are you using? And what directX? Have you updated your video card's drivers?
3)Hve you tried to reinstal the game, with different install type?
My guess is that your problem is with video card.
I just purchased both Fallout 1 and 2 on Ebay and the game loads just fine... The problem is, is that when it goes in to full screen mode, the game is shifted to the left and upper part of the screen... it's very off centered. How do I fix this? I've toggled with the display properties from true color to high color and various screen resolutions... My computer is new and everything is perfect, it's just when Fallout 2 comes on, the full screen mode is all messed up. I can't even play the game b/c the start game button is off the screen.
Thanks!
~K (Kyberkind@hotmail.com)[/QUOTE]
few thing you could try:
1) You could try to chance your screen height- and vertical postions and size from monitor. The bad thing is that if it does work, when you quit the game you have to change those settings back
2)What video- or 3d-card are you using? And what directX? Have you updated your video card's drivers?
3)Hve you tried to reinstal the game, with different install type?
My guess is that your problem is with video card.
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lol
Yes I tried to install it a different way, and yes I also adjusted the screen ALOT, and yet this still didn't work. and my computer is brand spanking new so I shouldn't have a problem with the video card... But my video card is Graphics media accelerator 900 (82915G/GV/910GL Express chipset family). I am surprised this isnt' working because I am able to play alot more complicated games like Final Fantasy 11, and that works just fine. Is there a windower program I can download so Fallout can play inside a window? so it doesn't take up the whole screen? Everything else works but this...
How do I update the drivers?
Yes I tried to install it a different way, and yes I also adjusted the screen ALOT, and yet this still didn't work. and my computer is brand spanking new so I shouldn't have a problem with the video card... But my video card is Graphics media accelerator 900 (82915G/GV/910GL Express chipset family). I am surprised this isnt' working because I am able to play alot more complicated games like Final Fantasy 11, and that works just fine.
Is there a windower program I can download so Fallout can play inside a window? so it doesn't take up the whole screen? Everything else works but this...How do I update the drivers?
[QUOTE=Kyberkind]I tried installing this same Fallout2 disc on the SAME exact computer at work and it worked perfectly!!!! Now I am totally confused as I have only had my computer less than a month. My computer is the EMA T5026. All the drivers are updated as well. Any suggestions?[/QUOTE]
If you installed it later to same computer, then you experienced one of those temporal problems, that occurs at times to everyone. In this case, you shouldn't worry, cause now you know that the game work on your comp. Maybe the installation weren't successful when you installed game first time. I have had such problems numerous times, so that's why when I have problem, with game I try to reinstall it few times
If you installed it later to same computer, then you experienced one of those temporal problems, that occurs at times to everyone. In this case, you shouldn't worry, cause now you know that the game work on your comp. Maybe the installation weren't successful when you installed game first time. I have had such problems numerous times, so that's why when I have problem, with game I try to reinstall it few times
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[QUOTE=Da_venom]it doesn't always work that way though
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Yeah, you could have been lucky when installed it second time
Most of the times reinstalling does help. For example, my Diablo 2 LoD one day began crashing every time I tried to play it. I reinstalled it, no help, reinstalled again, worked fine. And the problem never occured again, and it has been several years now.
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Yeah, you could have been lucky when installed it second time
Most of the times reinstalling does help. For example, my Diablo 2 LoD one day began crashing every time I tried to play it. I reinstalled it, no help, reinstalled again, worked fine. And the problem never occured again, and it has been several years now.
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CarolusRex
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It doesn't work!
I have tried everything I have read on this forum and in other forums, I have reinstalled Fallout 2 with every type and size of installation, I have disabled my graphics driver, I have even formatted my computer and reinstalled XP... But I cant get Fallout 2 to work. Still "Couldn't find/load text fonts". Is there anyway to fix the problem?!
I have tried everything I have read on this forum and in other forums, I have reinstalled Fallout 2 with every type and size of installation, I have disabled my graphics driver, I have even formatted my computer and reinstalled XP... But I cant get Fallout 2 to work. Still "Couldn't find/load text fonts". Is there anyway to fix the problem?!
Another problem
I've got a problem too, but this one differ from the ones you mentioned so far. I've installed Fallout 2 (Humungous installation) andt started to play with it. No problems for approx. half hour, and then suddenly white colors of the picture mixed up with small coloured pixels, which made the whole game ugly, and made the numbers unreadable.
I've applied the 1.02 patch but that doesn't fix the problem either. I've tried all compatibility modes but none of them was useful.
I've got a WinXP Professional with SP2, DirectX 9c, GeForce FX 5900 with the latest driver.
What can I do? PLease help!!
I've got a problem too, but this one differ from the ones you mentioned so far. I've installed Fallout 2 (Humungous installation) andt started to play with it. No problems for approx. half hour, and then suddenly white colors of the picture mixed up with small coloured pixels, which made the whole game ugly, and made the numbers unreadable.
I've applied the 1.02 patch but that doesn't fix the problem either. I've tried all compatibility modes but none of them was useful.
I've got a WinXP Professional with SP2, DirectX 9c, GeForce FX 5900 with the latest driver.
What can I do? PLease help!!
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JimiHendrix
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[QUOTE=Badseed]My path is the default:
C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2
Ok, let me try and be clearer.
When I run Install, the Progess Bar (showing the 'amount' of installation complete) gets to about 2/3 done, then stops. By this I mean the CD-ROM slows to almost nothing and information stops transferring to the HD (no red HD light on my computer).
I wait 5-10 minutes then a message box comes up saying that the installation is complete and that the BG2 movie is going to run. This message doesn't look right. By this I mean it pops up but the whole message 'description' isn't there. The end is cut off. It is hard to explain, but the colors look off I think. Anyways, I get the meaning of this message and just click OK.
The BG2 movie runs, and I wait for it to finish.
Now I am back to my desktop. I go to my Start Menu and run the game. This is where I get the 'text font' error I explained earlier. The only option it gives me is to hit OK, so I do. At this point, I am still at my desktop as I can't run the game because I get the 'text font' error.
From here I can run AutoRun from the CD and I see that the 'Install' option is still available, and the 'Play' option is not.
I say the Installation did not complete because that is what I THINK happened since the progress bar stopped during the installation process AND the AutoRun still thinks the game needs to be installed. I believe that not all the game information got transferred correctly.[/QUOTE]
I'm all with you, badseed and da_venom... I've been struggling with the same problem, and guess what? I'm playing
You described it perfectly, badseed, and your idea on incorrectly transferred information brought me on an idea. So I tried putting this game on my drive manually. When I tried to move the master.dat file, an error appeared about 2/3 of the way (called something like CRC or RCR, I forgot). Taking note of this, I then reinstalled the game with the Autoplay menu (humongous install). Once again, the red progress bar didn't finish, I watched the bg2 movie and the "couldn't find/load text fonts" error appeared. Next, I hit "C:/Program Files/BlackIsle/Fallout2" and looked at the master.dat file, which in comparison to the master.dat on the CD, was too small. I thought, that maybe my CD was scratched and that was the reason why the master.dat couldn't transfer. I decided to take the CD out of the DVD drive, and put it in my DVD-RW drive. From there, I managed to move the master.dat to my computer without any problems, played around with the fallout.cfg file so that all the connections were correct, and voilà! This must be like the 7th time I play this game.
C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2
Ok, let me try and be clearer.
When I run Install, the Progess Bar (showing the 'amount' of installation complete) gets to about 2/3 done, then stops. By this I mean the CD-ROM slows to almost nothing and information stops transferring to the HD (no red HD light on my computer).
I wait 5-10 minutes then a message box comes up saying that the installation is complete and that the BG2 movie is going to run. This message doesn't look right. By this I mean it pops up but the whole message 'description' isn't there. The end is cut off. It is hard to explain, but the colors look off I think. Anyways, I get the meaning of this message and just click OK.
The BG2 movie runs, and I wait for it to finish.
Now I am back to my desktop. I go to my Start Menu and run the game. This is where I get the 'text font' error I explained earlier. The only option it gives me is to hit OK, so I do. At this point, I am still at my desktop as I can't run the game because I get the 'text font' error.
From here I can run AutoRun from the CD and I see that the 'Install' option is still available, and the 'Play' option is not.
I say the Installation did not complete because that is what I THINK happened since the progress bar stopped during the installation process AND the AutoRun still thinks the game needs to be installed. I believe that not all the game information got transferred correctly.[/QUOTE]
I'm all with you, badseed and da_venom... I've been struggling with the same problem, and guess what? I'm playing
You described it perfectly, badseed, and your idea on incorrectly transferred information brought me on an idea. So I tried putting this game on my drive manually. When I tried to move the master.dat file, an error appeared about 2/3 of the way (called something like CRC or RCR, I forgot). Taking note of this, I then reinstalled the game with the Autoplay menu (humongous install). Once again, the red progress bar didn't finish, I watched the bg2 movie and the "couldn't find/load text fonts" error appeared. Next, I hit "C:/Program Files/BlackIsle/Fallout2" and looked at the master.dat file, which in comparison to the master.dat on the CD, was too small. I thought, that maybe my CD was scratched and that was the reason why the master.dat couldn't transfer. I decided to take the CD out of the DVD drive, and put it in my DVD-RW drive. From there, I managed to move the master.dat to my computer without any problems, played around with the fallout.cfg file so that all the connections were correct, and voilà! This must be like the 7th time I play this game.
First of all,
Complete installation steps via this site...(No Mutants Allowed - Your Post Nuclear News Center!) I installed the humongous install.
Now the particular problem with "couldn't find/load text fonts" is due to a mal .cfg setup. The game needs a reference point for its fonts and audio whether it be from the cd or from your harddrive.
I created a folder on my desktop to keep ALL my fallout 2 stuff organized. Therefore I now have a folder located at c:\documents and settings\"user"\desktop\fallout 2
*note: "user" = whatever your computer recognizes you as... i.e. your name, default user, etc. If you don't know, go to your start menu, click on search, type "desktop" in your text box and click search. You can find your address there.*
When you get your fallout 2 folder filled with the necessities, you are going to have to open up notepad and highlite, copy and paste this next part...
[sound]
music_path1=c:\games\fallout2\data\sound\music\
music_path2=(CDROM):\data\sound\music\
[system]
critter_dat=c:\games\fallout2\critter.dat
critter_patches=c:\games\fallout2\data
master_dat=c:\games\fallout2\master.dat
master_patches=c:\games\fallout2\data
Now... I had to change some text in here.
After each "c:\" I had to change "games" to documents and setings\myname\desktop
Careful... when I installed my game, it created another Fallout 2 folder within my already created fallout 2 folder. So in this case, I had to have two "fallout 2" in my line... thus... i.e. c:\documents and settings\myname\desktop\fallout 2\fallout 2\data\sound\music\
Be sure to type your folder names exactly as spelled... i.e. Fallout 2 not fallout2 or vice versa. Once you are finished, go to file and click on saveas.
save it as fallout2.cfg and save it in your fallout 2 folder
This error should be fixed. Good luck.
Oh yeah, don't forget to read all of the steps on that site I promoted at the top. Get the patch too and save it in your fallout 2 folder.
Complete installation steps via this site...(No Mutants Allowed - Your Post Nuclear News Center!) I installed the humongous install.
Now the particular problem with "couldn't find/load text fonts" is due to a mal .cfg setup. The game needs a reference point for its fonts and audio whether it be from the cd or from your harddrive.
I created a folder on my desktop to keep ALL my fallout 2 stuff organized. Therefore I now have a folder located at c:\documents and settings\"user"\desktop\fallout 2
*note: "user" = whatever your computer recognizes you as... i.e. your name, default user, etc. If you don't know, go to your start menu, click on search, type "desktop" in your text box and click search. You can find your address there.*
When you get your fallout 2 folder filled with the necessities, you are going to have to open up notepad and highlite, copy and paste this next part...
[sound]
music_path1=c:\games\fallout2\data\sound\music\
music_path2=(CDROM):\data\sound\music\
[system]
critter_dat=c:\games\fallout2\critter.dat
critter_patches=c:\games\fallout2\data
master_dat=c:\games\fallout2\master.dat
master_patches=c:\games\fallout2\data
Now... I had to change some text in here.
After each "c:\" I had to change "games" to documents and setings\myname\desktop
Careful... when I installed my game, it created another Fallout 2 folder within my already created fallout 2 folder. So in this case, I had to have two "fallout 2" in my line... thus... i.e. c:\documents and settings\myname\desktop\fallout 2\fallout 2\data\sound\music\
Be sure to type your folder names exactly as spelled... i.e. Fallout 2 not fallout2 or vice versa. Once you are finished, go to file and click on saveas.
save it as fallout2.cfg and save it in your fallout 2 folder
This error should be fixed. Good luck.
Oh yeah, don't forget to read all of the steps on that site I promoted at the top. Get the patch too and save it in your fallout 2 folder.
xanthre, quoted your solving method to the [url="http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/fallout-2-57/technical-problems-with-fallout-2-check-here-67053.html"]Technical Problems with Fallout 2? Click here![/url] -thread, as it offers another way to fix the problem.
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Like mr. Holopainen over there!"
- Marco Hietala, the bass player of Nightwish
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Also have "couldn't load" problem-Help!
I purchased the Fallout Collection DVD version which includes F1, F2, and Tactics. Only 1 came patched (God forbid they patch a game ten years after it comes out) and I have not been successful patching 2. I can load the game just fine. It's simply that when I click on the patch it says "couldn't find/load font/text."
I changed my cfg. file to below. I also have installed every size installation. I used to have an original fallout 2 copy and it worked fine. I do have SP2 installed but I have only heard infrequent information as to that being the cause.
Any suggestions? Thanks.
[debug]
mode=environment
output_map_data_info=0
show_load_info=0
show_script_messages=0
show_tile_num=0
[preferences]
brightness=1.000000
combat_difficulty=1
combat_looks=0
combat_messages=1
combat_speed=0
combat_taunts=1
game_difficulty=1
item_highlight=1
language_filter=0
mouse_sensitivity=1.000000
player_speedup=0
running=0
subtitles=0
target_highlight=2
text_base_delay=3.500000
text_line_delay=1.399994
violence_level=3
[sound]
cache_size=448
device=-1
dma=-1
initialize=1
irq=-1
master_volume=22281
music=1
music_path1=C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2\sound\music
music_path2=C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2\sound\music
music_volume=22281
port=-1
sndfx_volume=22281
sounds=1
speech=1
speech_volume=22281
[system]
art_cache_size=8
color_cycling=1
critter_dat=C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2\critter.dat
critter_patches=C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2\data
cycle_speed_factor=1
executable=game
free_space=20480
hashing=1
interrupt_walk=1
language=english
master_dat=C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2\master.dat
master_patches=C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2\data
scroll_lock=0
splash=4
times_run=4
I purchased the Fallout Collection DVD version which includes F1, F2, and Tactics. Only 1 came patched (God forbid they patch a game ten years after it comes out) and I have not been successful patching 2. I can load the game just fine. It's simply that when I click on the patch it says "couldn't find/load font/text."
I changed my cfg. file to below. I also have installed every size installation. I used to have an original fallout 2 copy and it worked fine. I do have SP2 installed but I have only heard infrequent information as to that being the cause.
Any suggestions? Thanks.
[debug]
mode=environment
output_map_data_info=0
show_load_info=0
show_script_messages=0
show_tile_num=0
[preferences]
brightness=1.000000
combat_difficulty=1
combat_looks=0
combat_messages=1
combat_speed=0
combat_taunts=1
game_difficulty=1
item_highlight=1
language_filter=0
mouse_sensitivity=1.000000
player_speedup=0
running=0
subtitles=0
target_highlight=2
text_base_delay=3.500000
text_line_delay=1.399994
violence_level=3
[sound]
cache_size=448
device=-1
dma=-1
initialize=1
irq=-1
master_volume=22281
music=1
music_path1=C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2\sound\music
music_path2=C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2\sound\music
music_volume=22281
port=-1
sndfx_volume=22281
sounds=1
speech=1
speech_volume=22281
[system]
art_cache_size=8
color_cycling=1
critter_dat=C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2\critter.dat
critter_patches=C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2\data
cycle_speed_factor=1
executable=game
free_space=20480
hashing=1
interrupt_walk=1
language=english
master_dat=C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2\master.dat
master_patches=C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2\data
scroll_lock=0
splash=4
times_run=4