emily Jun 21, 2024
Lynnesbian 

playing PC games from the 2000s is like

This game, like most Scringle Engine 3 games, does not support widescreen, and instead crops the 4:3 image to a 16:9 ratio. This can be fixed with Jambo's Game Tool, although this will disable the "Advanced Features" video option, which will remove reflections from puddles and mirrors.

To fix the immediate crash when starting the cutscene on level 3, download GregFix.dll from the GregUtils website (no link provided - Greg will send DMCA takedowns to any websites besides Google that provide his website's URL) and drop it in your system32 folder. Run the game with administrator privileges twice, letting it crash both times, then start it normally. This is confirmed to work on December 2022 through April 2023 builds of Windows 10.

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Show threadPetraJun 19, 2024
@lynnesbian and this is why the amount of work I'm prepared to go to to apply a widescreen patch is one (1) hex edit
Show threaddatenwolfJun 19, 2024
@PetraOleum @lynnesbian DeusEx does support arbitrary resolutions and aspect ratios out of the box. I was pleasantly surprised about that.
Show threadZILtoid1991Jun 21, 2024
@datenwolf @PetraOleum @lynnesbian Deus Ex had a pretty good engine, which is almost usable without patching, but it's recommended due to other issues.
Show threadChelJun 19, 2024
@lynnesbian god it's fucking true 
Show threadapproxamatrix (but lethallavaland)Jun 19, 2024
@lynnesbian getting the Splinter Cell :Pandora Tomorrow PC port to work properly feels like this โ€‹โ€‹
Show threadBenjaminJun 19, 2024
@lynnesbian It's not funny, because it's true ๐Ÿ˜ข
Show threadJonlyJun 19, 2024
@lynnesbian buying prostreet and finding out i should have pirated it in the first place because the fix that fixes the continue bug gets blocked by the drm
Show threadDirkJun 19, 2024
@lynnesbian can confirm this still works as of June '24
Show threadProfessor_StevensJun 19, 2024

@lynnesbian

If this began with, "Here's the first thing I got when I Googled 'dynaratio scringlegreg linguini':'" and ended with, "I don't even know why a person would ask this," it could be a StackOverflow answer.

Show threadWeedkillerJun 19, 2024
@lynnesbian I wish this was limited to old games. A similar thing happened to me when I tried to play Forza Horizon 4 (legit copy). Got a crash on launch that required a .dll to be replaced. Then it got fixed, but the MS login screen displayed cropped no matter what res/aspect ratio, so I had to find instructions to blind-type my username and pw counting tabs on the keyboard to switch focus and then press enter. Took 2h to start the bloody thing.
Show threadEliot LashJun 19, 2024
@lynnesbian I feel this. I swear that Proton runs old windows games better than actual windows in some cases. I've had good luck getting a lot of old games running on my steam deck.
Show threadJes Moved to @[email protected]Jun 19, 2024
@Eliot_L @lynnesbian couldn't run COD MW2 or 3 but works first try under linux, even with shitty gpu drivers
Show threadRichard BarrellJun 19, 2024
@Eliot_L @lynnesbian yeah this matches my experience with games from around the late win9x era, built for early DirectX versions. They tend to be marginal on both modern Windows and WINE but slightly more often working on the latter.
Show threadpoisonwombJun 19, 2024
@lynnesbian I wouldnโ€™t have it any other way โค๏ธ
Show threadyelling jackalJun 19, 2024
@lynnesbian I have a whole thing worked out to let old games from late 90s early 2000s go fullscreen on our 4k tv.

Main motivating factor was playing Nancy Drew games. Which is also why there's no info on how to do that that I could find, most people who play Nancy Drew games have laptops or old potatoes and definitely don't play them on 4k tvs.
Show threadEvvy Jun 19, 2024
@lynnesbian yet somehow it works perfectly under wine
Show threadalfredohnoJun 19, 2024
@lynnesbian https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Game_engine_recreations_and_source_ports
Game engine recreations and source ports - Emulation General Wiki

Show threadtekheddJun 19, 2024
@lynnesbian "Cropping to 16:9" caused permanent damage to gaming culture that may never be fully healed, and is blamed by some for the death of first person games because "you can't see where you're walking unless you aim at the ground all the time what the hell did they even test this?"
Show threadmirabilosJun 19, 2024
@tekhedd @lynnesbian so get a 4:3 monitor
Show threadOmnyxJun 19, 2024
@lynnesbian inb4 someone chimes in with "...and Proton runs it perfectly right out of the box :)"
Show threadWiredBunJun 19, 2024
@lynnesbian and the game will still be more fun than anything AAA
Show threadmirabilosJun 19, 2024

@lynnesbian wtaf

download GregFix.dll from the GregUtils website (no link provided - Greg will send DMCA takedowns to any websites besides Google that provide his website's URL)

Thatโ€™s so utterly hostile it deserves to be burnt in obsolescence and obliviousness, not promoted on Fedi.

Show thread@[email protected]Jun 19, 2024
@lynnesbian pcgw my beloved
Show threadalmibeJun 19, 2024
@lynnesbian Now you're gonna get a BUNCH of warnings about 32-bit systems not being supported, just ignore those until the end of time, but if you don't see the warning for some reason contact poison control and leave your house.
Show threadWyatt (๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธโ™€?)Jun 19, 2024
@lynnesbian or just use a windows xp desktop with a 4:3 or 5:4 monitor like the gods intended
Show threaddaedalouserosJun 19, 2024
@lynnesbian but gaming on Linux is "too hard." :')

I was actually just thinking about this the other day, about how there are some Windows games that take just as much effort to get running on Windows, but everyone's already used to that version of the Hokey Pokey, so it barely registers in their mind.
Show thread๐ŸŒˆ Anna (Spots) cutelyJun 19, 2024
@lynnesbian distressingly similar to actual SimCity 4 instructionsโ€ฆ
Show threadJohn - ๐ŸŽž๏ธ Film Nerd ๐ŸŽž๏ธJun 19, 2024

@lynnesbian I can't remember the name of the game, but it stopped working due to the copy protection. ..hang on...

Yeah, Ubisoft issue a patch to fix a DRM issue in Rainbow Six Vegas 2. All they did was go to a crack site and downloaded RELOADED's no CD crack for the game!!

https://youtu.be/VLmZOFCgMEc?si=odUizffUCjuXnN3h&t=454

โ˜ ๏ธ Piracy HELPS The Game Industry | Fact Hunt | Larry Bundy Jr

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Show threadnigeJun 19, 2024
makes using Proton on Linux a walk in the park.
Show threadRenewable Guydraulic MenergyJun 19, 2024

@lynnesbian

i was in an IRC channel with Greg for a while. apparently he got really into making custom levels for games on the Scringle engine but to this day has never played any of them. he's actually a nice guy, in a manifestly unpleasant and not actually nice way.

Show thread๐Ÿป JohnJun 19, 2024
@lynnesbian Yeah this is why I gave up and just re-bought Sims 3 when it was on sale on Steam. Felt bad but I couldn't deal with ^^^that any more.
Show threadฯ†Jun 19, 2024
@lynnesbian greg is a dick
Show threadsqrt(-1)Jun 20, 2024
@lynnesbian this exactly how people play Skyrim
Show threadLiquidParasyteJun 20, 2024
@lynnesbian TFW running all games through Proton Linux is easier and better than running through either Windows or Linux 
Show threadBastet ้ญ”็Ž‹ๆง˜ ๐Ÿ˜ˆJun 20, 2024
@lynnesbian reasons why I keep an old PC running 98 around. Even has a Voodoo 3 AGP โค๏ธ
Show threaddogzillaJun 20, 2024
@lynnesbian @eilonwy What would life be like if gaming companies made cars or refrigerators?
Show threadseriJun 20, 2024
@lynnesbian getting the games to run is half the fun
Show threadKluthulhu' XOR 1=1--Jun 21, 2024
@lynnesbian GOG are lowkey heroes for selling old games prepatched and confirmed to work
Show threadZILtoid1991Jun 21, 2024
@lynnesbian I have wrestled enough with the Windows (and Linux) API to know why these are true. A lot of things in the API are poorly documented, because
1. You were supposed to just copy the code, and not adjust it to get OpenGL working.
2. You were supposed to use "Johnny's janky and overbloated middleware" instead, which also includes some standard library functionality, because Johnny's favorite obscure system's devkit doesn't by default.
Show threadfishbreakfastJun 21, 2024
@lynnesbian Dammit, Greg.
Show threadDavid LJun 21, 2024
@lynnesbian I can't tell if these are actual instructions for an actual game or not ๐Ÿค”
Show threadRonnie HounskulJun 21, 2024
@lynnesbian literally Deus Ex
Show threadStoneGreninjaJun 21, 2024
๐Ÿคจ
Show threadCircuitousJun 23, 2024
Nah this is 100% accurate.
Show threadwikiyuJun 22, 2024
@lynnesbian oh right and thanks for remembering my whi i have a 4:3 screen on my wish list
Show threadKJun 22, 2024
@lynnesbian Still better than when you only find one person asking how to run the game on current hardware on a message board five years ago, and the only answer is them themselves going "never mind, fixed it" without elaborating how.
Show threadkwantumkrautJun 22, 2024
@lynnesbian @chaotin Throwback to even a decade before that when you made boot floppies so you had only the bare minimum DOS booting in order for the game to run.
Good times, learnt a lot.
Show threadOlivier MenguรฉJun 23, 2024
@kwantumkraut @lynnesbian @chaotin Same here. I built a boot floppy with a menu for 80+ games. The good old time of CD of demos bundled with magazines.
Show threaddasparadoxonJun 24, 2024
@lynnesbian lol !
Show threadJessie Nabein Jun 27, 2024
@lynnesbian GregUtils was caught adding malware to GregFix.dll, so someone hacked his server for the source code and released OpenGregFix2.dll
Show threadIvanDSMJul 10, 2024
@lynnesbian This makes me nostalgic ๐Ÿ˜ข
Show threadjordanJul 12, 2024
@lynnesbian This was exactly my experience trying to run Splinter Cell: Blacklist (2013).
Show threadLisPiJul 14, 2024

@lynnesbian Kinda stoked that soldat was released as Free Software for that reason.

Fix the problems at the root. It just works.

GitHub - soldat/soldat: Soldat: Remastered is a fork of the classic 2d shooter

Soldat: Remastered is a fork of the classic 2d shooter - soldat/soldat

GitHub
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@lynnesbian Oh and good luck setting up 256 color mode on wine!
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@lynnesbian โœจReactOS Virtual Machineโœจ
Show threadmjdxpJul 25, 2024
@lynnesbian "also the only color in this game is brown lol"
Show thread๐ŸŒ˜Cereza Nights๐ŸŒ’Jul 25, 2024
@lynnesbian renaming the excecutable to quake3.exe will fix the issue where trees dissapear