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[edit] Windows XP
It just doesn't work under Windows XP. My solution was to run the game directly from the installed TIMEWIN.EXE (and not the malfunctioning CD-ROM menu), but not before changing its properties to:
- "Compatibility"=>"Windows 98".
- "Compatibility"=>"Disable visual themes".
Alas, you can't skip the cutscenes, as an attempt to do so halts the game.
See a whole discussion about it in this forum (watch the hint to use a program called "PE Explorer").
So did anyone manage to fix the ability to skip the cutscenes? -Lwc4life 01:10, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
- The recommanded way to run Time Commando on a recent computer is to use DosBOX to run the dos executable version version.
- Mike 17:04, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
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- Solved! Who would have guessed it's that easy? All you have to do is:
- Install the game.
- Copy TIMEWIN.EXE to your hard drive (it will work anyway, but you can then optionally fix it with PE Explorer).
- Create a shortcut for it, but in the "start in" write "d:\" (or wherever the CD is in).
- That's it! The shortcut will just launch the game in XP natively. No need to do any compatibility. You can even skip cutscenes. -Lwc4life (talk) 18:28, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
- Solved! Who would have guessed it's that easy? All you have to do is:
[edit] Trivia
If found out that the two entries I added in a Trivia section were removed. It seems that 'trivia' sections are not welcome anymore on wikipedia, but I really wish the information to be back in some way in the page:
+ *The name of the hero, Stanley Opar is a pun. When pronounced out loud, it sounds like Stan Leopard. + *Some of the programers in the team were also active demomakers, members of the groups Pulse and NeXT.
I have somewhere on some backup cd roms the complete background design of the game, including the individual stories of characters, some original concept art, etc... Mike 17:04, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
- The addition of that information could be great for the article --Lashiec 17:31, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
