Xylo

grrrrr....two steps forward, three steps back... Ok that latest: First, I successfully got the game running by using the win version that was zipped up that I didn't notice (missed it first time I read CC's post). And got sound working using VDMSound. BUT, most of the graphics were all messed up. Not displaying correctly at all. I know the game is running fine, and some screens are occasionally ok, if I can navigate to them by just using keyboard input...just the graphics are messed on most of it. I searched and downloaded a patch to fix the graphics (bc3k209free_animfix.exe), but it didn't work either...hmm. So, I decided to uninstall, and do a fresh install. This time, didn't apply the patch, but now I get something different completely! Now: a) in full mode, I get messed up graphics, but I know what they say, because I can only hit escape, and: in window mode, I can read the text, and it gives me a message like "Please insert the BattleCruiser CD in Drive D".. Sigh...wtf?

CC -- Thanks for the reply! Ok, well, I did the sound settings. Without the /v1: it starts, I see some intial text spew, that fades to black, then it hangs on a black screen With the /v1, executing the batch from windows: Almost the same as above. It starts, I see some text initialization spew, fades to black, then crashes (returns to desktop). With the /v1, executing the batch from a DOS command prompt (Windows still running, of course): same as without the /v1

Ok, I have it installed now, but still can't get it to run. 1) If I try to run the sound setup and do an auto-detect, it crashes. 2) If I try to run the Glide version, it crashes. 3) If I try to run in software mode, it gives me a black screen and hangs. I expected 1 and 2, but 3 is what I was hoping would give me real results. Any ideas? Also, out of curiousity, does anyone know if this would be easier on a Win 2000 machine?

Cartmanbeeps -- Your solution doesn't make any sense. 1) There is no dosstart.bat on my version of XP. 2) There is no properties option like you describe. Not "ignore windows" option. Anywhere. What version of XP are you running?? What service pack?