Tex Murphy - Overseer

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Anyone know how to make Tex Murphy Overseer work in Windows XP Professional?

[Lori]

From what I'VE heard.....a LOT of games don't work in XP! Good luck.

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[Joody]

doug...@hotmail.com> wrote in message

> Anyone know how to make Tex Murphy Overseer work in Windows XP
Professional?>

Lori wrote in message

> From what I'VE heard.....a LOT of games don't work in XP! Good luck.

Well if that didn't cheer you up...

[Lori]

Sorry! I didn't mean to sound so tragically pessimistic! With all the
problems I've had with a couple of games lately....I know how terrible it
feels to not be able to play when you are REALLY wanting to....sorry! :-)

On the brighter side of things.....I'll buy Overseer from you if you decide
you don't want it! :-) Or perhaps we could work out a lovely trade for
something else you might want?

Regardless of my desire to have Overseer.....good luck in making it work for
you. I wish I knew how to help you with that.

Lori

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[supernews.cablespeed.com]

Well -- I tried http://www.accesssoftware.com but I only get a 404 error.
Are they out of business or something?

I have a patch for Overseer that I got a while back. It upgrades the
program to version 1.04, but the original program has to be installed before
you can install the update.

Does anyone know if there is a version that is later than 1.04? ...or how to
get tech support?

Thanks for your kind encouragement, Lori.

Doug

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[Jenny100]

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> Well -- I tried http://www.accesssoftware.com but I only get a 404 error.
> Are they out of business or something?

Microsoft ate them.
You can find some information here
http://www.microsoft.com/games/texmurphy/overseer/downloads.htm
and here
http://www.microsoft.com/Games/texmurphy/overseer/tipsandhints.htm
but I didn't see anything about XP.

[Robert Norton]

"Jenny100" <Jenn...@nospam.com> wrote in
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>Microsoft ate them.

They ate my browser too! (or blocked it, anyway)
I'm mad enough to spit, and I just might.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7655334.html?tag=dd.ne.dht.nl-sty.0

[Doug McDonald]

Well I haven't even got to the "playing part". Maybe I should
rephrase my original question: "Does anyone know how to get Overseer
to INSTALL under Windows XP?"

Any help appreciated.

My e-mail is Doug...@hotmail.com

Thanks!!

On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 22:51:56 -0400, P12 <nom...@all.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 04:13:46 -0400, "supernews.cablespeed.com"
><doug...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Anyone know how to make Tex Murphy Overseer work in Windows XP Professional?
>

>Overseer is a buggy game. I had lots of problems when I played it in
>windows 95b which was a solid os. I would suspect XP would be very
>even more difficult to play.

[Doug McDonald]

OK - If anyone is interested, I figured it out. I am now playing
Overseer in XP (sorry, Lori - can't mail you the CD now, it works).

Here is what you do:

1. Put in the DVD (or CD1) and quit out of any error messages or auto
play that appears.

2. Open the DVD (or CD) in My Computer or Explorer.

3. There will be a file called "autorun.exe" - right click on that.

4. Choose "Properties".

5. Click on the "Compatibility" tab.

6. Put a check mark in the box for "Run this program in compatibility
mode for: Windows 95".

7. Click "Ok".

8. Double click the "autorun.exe" file.

9. Overseer will install just fine and (so far) play just fine.

I have a Pioneer DVD drive and I got an error at the beginning that
said the program could not find the MPEG2 device. I ignored it. I
got the dialog choices during the initial conversation with Chelsey
(sp?), but no sound or video. After I got to Tex's office, the game
ran fine. (We'll see what happens when I get to the next FMV sequence
-- I've only been running it for 10 minutes, but I was so excited to
get it installed that I had to send this message.)

Anyway -- it's a start. Better off than I was (at least it's
installed).

Thanks for all of your help and suggestions,

Doug

On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 22:51:56 -0400, P12 <nom...@all.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 04:13:46 -0400, "supernews.cablespeed.com"
><doug...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>

>>Anyone know how to make Tex Murphy Overseer work in Windows XP Professional?
>

[Andrew Ingle]

"P12" <nom...@all.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 04:13:46 -0400, "supernews.cablespeed.com"
> <doug...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>

> Overseer is a buggy game. I had lots of problems when I played it in
> windows 95b which was a solid os. I would suspect XP would be very
> even more difficult to play.

Lots of people reported problems with the DVD version of the game. The
trouble with that version was that the program tried to switch the computer
into a DVD player mode to play the cut-scenes. The CD-only version didn't
attempt anything so fancy, it just displayed the movies the same way as UAKM
and PD did. If you have both, try the CD version.

I only had the CD version (I'm in the UK) but I remember it did crash a
number on times when I played it under Win 98. However, I could reload the
last save and continue.

--
Andrew Ingle

[Doug McDonald]

UPDATE: I kept choosing different MPEG II devices and the Xing one
worked for me. Now everything plays.

It figures the Xing one was third from the last choice.....but at
least it all works now -- credits, cut scenes, EVERYTHING.

WAHOOOOOO!

Doug