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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 11 2015, 10:06 AM (3,665 Views) | |
| Vod | Apr 7 2015, 05:30 AM Post #61 |
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A couple more things to try: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555 |
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| Gimmpy666 | Apr 7 2015, 12:01 PM Post #62 |
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I have both installed, but no luck ![]() Thanks for trying Vod |
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| Gimmpy666 | Apr 19 2015, 02:42 AM Post #63 |
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Anyone got any more recommendations?? |
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| Vod | Apr 19 2015, 03:24 AM Post #64 |
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Try opening launcher.ini with a word processor and add the following: Adapter = 1 CreateLog = 1 And then run the game with launcher.exe as admin |
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| Gimmpy666 | Apr 19 2015, 07:50 AM Post #65 |
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Hey Vod, When I added those to the launcher.in file, it says "3D acceleration could not be initialized properly" Which is kinda of strange. However, I did get it to work on my Virtual Machine! I've transferred from VirtualBox to VMWare Workstation 11 and it's working... All the character models are there, the arena, the sound, everything! The only issue is, it's all in slow-motion. Like its not playing at the right frame rate or something. If anyone's got any idea how to fix that, that'd be awesome. I am unbelievably stoked though!! Just got my xbox controller to work as well. Also, to Vod and the other modders in the community; Is there any way to bring this gens NHL controls to NHL 2004? I've never used classic controls before and I got really good with the skill stick. Thanks |
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| Vod | Apr 19 2015, 08:48 AM Post #66 |
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Full skill stick would require major changes to the game engine. 04's stick handling and deking are very basic compared to the console games, so it wouldn't be possible even after adding xinput support. |
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| Gimmpy666 | Apr 19 2015, 08:51 AM Post #67 |
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No worries, I'll just have to practice hahah Well I've got it running in VMWare, but any ideas on how to get it running at full speed? When I start a game in play now mode, it runs at like half speed. I should be able to just treat it as running in Windows XP. VMWare is way more powerful than Virtual Box. In VMWare I have 4 GB Ram and 1gb GPU enabled so there shouldn't be any issues there. |
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| Vod | Apr 19 2015, 09:13 AM Post #68 |
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I don't think you're going to get good results in a virtual machine no matter what you do. I find it very strange that you got that error message about d3d8.dll being missing. Getting to the bottom of that would be a good starting point. |
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| Gimmpy666 | Apr 19 2015, 09:16 AM Post #69 |
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Just google it? I'm very new at all this |
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| Pedrosjan | May 21 2015, 09:29 PM Post #70 |
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Please if I want to click in the game menu, I can not be a mouse click away! You should advice please? Thank you
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| Sence | May 21 2015, 09:33 PM Post #71 |
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Did you install the game to root. C:/NHL 2004? 9) Problem: The main menu buttons are unresponsive. Possible Solution: Try reinstalling the game to a folder other than 'Program Files'. |
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