HOW-TO: Dungeon Keeper 2 in Vista

govpod wrote in
mx.forums.net:

> http://www.dk2.webplatez.com

Wow, great little site. I may have to try this game again. I seem to recall
getting this game running was a bit harder than disabling visual themes and
desktop composition, but I may be wrong.

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-A.
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Thanks to your lovely advise, I finally managed to get DK2 to PLAY on my
Vista laptop...now I am having other problems that I have not had
before.

DK2 worked fine on Vista before i installed the update. I LIKE my
Maidens and Elite Creatures. After I installed the update, nothing.

After following your instructions, it at least boots up, gets me INTO
the game, acts like it is working properly...there is simply one
problem:

No picture where you look at your dungeon heart or click areas to be
dug out. Nothing. Just the Hand of Evil waving over blackness no
matter where you put it.

Everything ELSE shows. All the control panels and everything. Just
nothing in the center.

Am I doomed to play DK2 without the updates, without the neat stuff,
forever?

Peace,
Caliann

P.S. I ran the Update v5.0 package.


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CaliannG
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I applied the patch and worked just fine for me

CaliannG wrote:
> Thanks to your lovely advise, I finally managed to get DK2 to PLAY on my
> Vista laptop...now I am having other problems that I have not had
> before.
>
> DK2 worked fine on Vista before i installed the update. I LIKE my
> Maidens and Elite Creatures. After I installed the update, nothing.
>
> After following your instructions, it at least boots up, gets me INTO
> the game, acts like it is working properly...there is simply one
> problem:
>
> No picture where you look at your dungeon heart or click areas to be
> dug out. Nothing. Just the Hand of Evil waving over blackness no
> matter where you put it.
>
> Everything ELSE shows. All the control panels and everything. Just
> nothing in the center.
>
> Am I doomed to play DK2 without the updates, without the neat stuff,
> forever?
>
> Peace,
> Caliann
>
> P.S. I ran the Update v5.0 package.
>
>
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Wizard of OCD;754130 Wrote:
> I applied the patch and worked just fine for me

That is very wonderful for you. I wish it had worked so well for me.

I would still like to know if there is something I can do to get the
picture back on DK2....I would very much like to play it WITH the
updates.

Peace,
Caliann


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CaliannG
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CaliannG wrote in


>
> Wizard of OCD;754130 Wrote:
>> I applied the patch and worked just fine for me
>
> That is very wonderful for you. I wish it had worked so well for me.
>
> I would still like to know if there is something I can do to get the
> picture back on DK2....I would very much like to play it WITH the
> updates.
>
> Peace,
> Caliann
>
>

Update your drivers on your system, post your system specs here.

SP1 or 0?

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-A.
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Anyone have a more recent link to the patch, or willing to host it?


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n00bie
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I am having the same problem with the picture, my tools and edges show
up but the dungeon heart or areas dug out show nothing. i have tried
playing with the display settings to no avail, and ran the same update
package. does anyone know of a fix for this? CaliannG;753524 Wrote:
> Thanks to your lovely advise, I finally managed to get DK2 to PLAY on my
> Vista laptop...now I am having other problems that I have not had
> before.
>
> DK2 worked fine on Vista before i installed the update. I LIKE my
> Maidens and Elite Creatures. After I installed the update, nothing.
>
> After following your instructions, it at least boots up, gets me INTO
> the game, acts like it is working properly...there is simply one
> problem:
>
> No picture where you look at your dungeon heart or click areas to be
> dug out. Nothing. Just the Hand of Evil waving over blackness no
> matter where you put it.
>
> Everything ELSE shows. All the control panels and everything. Just
> nothing in the center.
>
> Am I doomed to play DK2 without the updates, without the neat stuff,
> forever?
>
> Peace,
> Caliann
>
> P.S. I ran the Update v5.0 package.


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tnuts
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hey, i don't know if you've figured it out or not, but i'd been having
the same problem, and turning off "hardware acceleration" in the game
options worked for me. hopefully it helps!CaliannG;753524 Wrote:
> Thanks to your lovely advise, I finally managed to get DK2 to PLAY on my
> Vista laptop...now I am having other problems that I have not had
> before.
>
> DK2 worked fine on Vista before i installed the update. I LIKE my
> Maidens and Elite Creatures. After I installed the update, nothing.
>
> After following your instructions, it at least boots up, gets me INTO
> the game, acts like it is working properly...there is simply one
> problem:
>
> No picture where you look at your dungeon heart or click areas to be
> dug out. Nothing. Just the Hand of Evil waving over blackness no
> matter where you put it.
>
> Everything ELSE shows. All the control panels and everything. Just
> nothing in the center.
>
> Am I doomed to play DK2 without the updates, without the neat stuff,
> forever?
>
> Peace,
> Caliann
>
> P.S. I ran the Update v5.0 package.


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tnuts
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tnuts;763697 Wrote:
> hey, i don't know if you've figured it out or not, but i'd been having
> the same problem, and turning off "hardware acceleration" in the game
> options worked for me. hopefully it helps!

You are a knight and a gentleman, and I am indebted to you! Thank you!
That did the trick and now it works! I get to play with maidens and
everything!

Whooo-hooo! Time to spend 2 weeks not speaking to my family!

Peace,
Caliann


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CaliannG
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CaliannG;782084 Wrote:
> > tnuts;763697 Wrote:
> > hey, i don't know if you've figured it out or not, but i'd been having
> > the same problem, and turning off "hardware acceleration" in the game
> > options worked for me. hopefully it helps!> >
>
> You are a knight and a gentleman, and I am indebted to you! Thank
> you! That did the trick and now it works! I get to play with maidens
> and everything!
>
> Whooo-hooo! Time to spend 2 weeks not speaking to my family!
>
> Peace,
> Caliann

I have followed all instructions on this fourm and they have helped me
play the game with the latest patch, however I am experincing a lot of
crahses in game, the crashses only occur when I have clicked on a random
item on the tool bar, or I have used a hotkey to open them, anyone have
any ideas how I can fix this?
I know this is an old thread however the infomation contained within
should be helpful to others who can help me fix my problem. I love DK2!


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Bpotter
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Hey guys,

This game has been such a classic for me and this forum helped me run
it on my Vista machines. I never could get it to work properly, it
always seemed to crash by clicking the Objectives menu or when the game
got too big.

Anyways, I'm now running Windows 7 (64 bit), and the game works
PERFECTLY for me.
-Run it in Windows 2000 compatibility mode
-Disable Visual Themes
-Disable Desktop composition
-I have everything turned off in game: water translucency, environment
mapping, and hardware acceleration.
--Please note, I had hardware acceleration ON and it seemed to function
just fine. Also you can play with the QSound option if the audio is
funny.

Windows 7 has a downloadable Virtual Machine which can run XP, I tried
this first to run DKII but it didn't run at all for me... so thank
goodness windows 7 runs it fine anyhow.

Good luck everybody! Here's hoping for DKIII.
(Mods please leave this post to help all DKII fans out there)

-Hawkknight88


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Hawkknight88
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Hawkknight88;1600719 Wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> This game has been such a classic for me and this forum helped me run
> it on my Vista machines. I never could get it to work properly, it
> always seemed to crash by clicking the Objectives menu or when the
> game
> got too big.
>
> Anyways, I'm now running Windows 7 (64 bit), and the game works
> PERFECTLY for me.
> -Run it in Windows 2000 compatibility mode
> -Disable Visual Themes
> -Disable Desktop composition
> -I have everything turned off in game: water translucency, environment
> mapping, and hardware acceleration.
> --Please note, I had hardware acceleration ON and it seemed to
> function
> just fine. Also you can play with the QSound option if the audio is
> funny.
>
> Windows 7 has a downloadable Virtual Machine which can run XP, I tried
> this first to run DKII but it didn't run at all for me... so thank
> goodness windows 7 runs it fine anyhow.
>
> Good luck everybody! Here's hoping for DKIII.
> (Mods please leave this post to help all DKII fans out there)
>
> -Hawkknight88
>
>
> --
> Hawkknight88

hey i have done all of that and still have a black screen i dont kno
wht to do and i really want to play this game i would try anything for
the windows 7


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Hey all. my first post so i don't really know how this all work, i just
was looking for help and this thread is perfect. i used to have a copy
of the game, but haven't played it for years and seemed to have
misplaced it. so looking for it to download on the internet i came
across this website:

'Dungeon Keeper 2 [Full Version 1.7] - Digiex'
(http://tinyurl.com/ybkbsfk)

i downloaded the torret and unzipped it using WinRAR. it installs okay
and i get the small screen open asking if i want to play, play from
disk, etc. but when i press play the screen goes black for a second as
if its loading, then my screen returns to the empty desktop. so i cant
get onto the game to change any settings to see if that changes
anything. im running windows 7 ultimate. please could someone help.
would definitely make my xmas.
x


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EFFUN
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