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Can I run Quake 4 on Win 98 / ME
Written by: Fredrik Olsson
Published: 05-10-21 08:10 |
We have not tested this, please tell us in our forums if you have had any luck with this method.
This method worked for Doom 3, just replace Quake4.exe with Doom3.exe in all the instructions:
The following text was originally posted over at PlanetDoom
http://www.forumplanet.com/planetdoom/topic.asp?fid=5733&tid=1447895
Smooth 10777301
Fiend
Posts: 21 #1 Aug 09, 04 - 8:55 AM
This
method easily works for installing Doom III. I have it running on my
wife's Win98SE box (Athlon XP 2000+, 256MB RAM, Geforce FX 5700 256MB,
and SoundBlaster Audigy LS)
DO NOT USE SETUP TO INSTALL THE GAME!!!!!
1. Manually create a folder where you would like Doom III to go. I.E.
C:\idsoft\doomIII\data\base (You absolutely need to name a folder data
and inside that folder another folder called base.)
2. Copy all pk4 files from each CD to the data\base folder. (base should be a subfolder\directory of data)
3. Copy the Doom III executable to the folder named data.
4. Make a backup of the Doom III executable and store it in another
location on your harddrive. (We are about to edit the Doom III
executable doom3.exe)
5. Download this simple easy to use hex editor named very simply,... Hex Editor
http://www.expertcomsoft.com/
6. Install Hex Editor and open the DoomIII exe (doom3.exe) within Hex Editor
7. Click edit on the toolbar to open the edit menu options. Within the menu that appears click Find.
8. In the find box type "GlobalMemoryStatusEx" (without the quotation marks)
Now press ENTER.
9. You will now see highlighted GlobalMemoryStatusEx. The last 2
numbers of the GlobalMemoryStatusEx section are 45 and 78. Change both
numbers to 00. In other words change 45 to 00 AND 78 to 00. You may
possibly need to make doom3.exe a writeable file before you do the
above. When you copied doom3.exe from the CD it was read only. To make
the file writeable right click on the file then go to properties and
click the checkbox for read only to remove the check mark.
10. save the new Doom3.exe and play to your hearts content.
I hope this works for you. With my wife's Win98 system she is getting
14.25fps @ 1024x768 using medium graphic settings. This is NOT using
the latest Nvidia drivers and not turning off antivirus. I hope to
increase the framerate by tweaking and upgrading the drivers. At the
14.25fps it is strangely playable. It pauses only VERY briefly when
entering some rooms.
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