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[another_guest]

Originally Posted by Panthro

What sort of issue?

By this I mean, have you got black borders on each side, or some sort of graphical corruption or stretched image? ...

"Right 2/3rd of screen on left, left 1/3rd of screen on right."

From the original post, I gather that the left 1/3 of the screen is displayed on the right. Pretty weird, never seen that...

[Panthro]

Sounds like the image has been partially shifted off the left hand side of the screen, and around to the right..?

Not really sure how to sort that.

I wonder if it's possibly to play it in a window?

Originally Posted by Panthro

Sounds like the image has been partially shifted off the left hand side of the screen, and around to the right..?

Not really sure how to sort that.

I wonder if it's possibly to play it in a window?

Yes, that is the problem I am having too. I tried it on two PC's and the same result. This started happening back when XP first came out and I upgraded my Win98 and it appears every PC with XP is doing this. I tried running in compatibility modes with Win 95/98/ME/2000 with no success. Tried reducing graphics quality (in properties) to 640 by 480 and every other option available there with the same result of 2/3 RHS on left and 1/3 LHS on right screen split.
I am not sure how to make it run in a window instead of full screen, so that's one thing i did not try.

Any suggestions, anyone? I haven't played this game in years and would really like to know how to run it on XP properly.

Thanks.

[MrFlibble]

Take a look at the Dune 2000 Tech Support Forum at FED2k, I think there are several topics that mention this very issue you have.

Originally Posted by MrFlibble

Take a look at the Dune 2000 Tech Support Forum at FED2k, I think there are several topics that mention this very issue you have.

Thanks for the link. Unfortunately, as of now the best "fix" they got is the same 1 I found yesterday, which is changing graphics to 8bit mode from game's main menu. Then the missions are fine as long as you don't minimize the game (it gets all screwy again and you gotta save/load the game again to fix it). But there doesn't seem to be a real fix because all other menus and map selection screens are unchanged 2/3 1/3.

Someone spoke of a different solution but no one else confirmed this:
"i swapped from an old tft monitor(only had 3 resolution settings), to a newer model(has 10 res' settings).

After some messing around. i found by changing to 60Hertz and game compatibility mode to 'windows 2000'. it was perfect. no more split screens or unplayable resolutions."

[eXtinct]

Dune 2 really is such an awesome game. I remember spending so much time on it after I finished all my exams back when I was like 14

[KrazeeXXL]

Originally Posted by Panthro

My main problem with going back to Dune2 is only being able to select one unit.

Also, I do love the original C&C, so it was a perfect mashup from my point of view.

seconded

I also encountered some graphical problems (XP, ATI). I had to turn off VSYNC completely and set it up to 98 compatibility mode + switching desktop to 16 bit. It's definitely desktop related imo. Also had to switch the desktop resolution to 640x480 sometimes.

hunvagy's solution might come into handy with this game.

[Nick101st]

i don't know if somebody else already said this thing, but i've just tried this game under win7 64 bit and it works like a charm !
just extract the game, double-click on the dune2000.exe, enjoy!

I had 2 problems with Dune2:
1. The complete empowerment of the AI to compensate for its stupidity.
e.g. I destroyed a rocket turret and all concrete slabs in a 5 square radius using the rckt launcher attack and withdraw technique, waited for all of my launchers to repair and regroup and lo and behold there's a new turret waiting for me, at the same spot, with full health and not a single concrete slab around it.
2. The constant degredation of all buildings even when placed on slabs while the AI's are always at full health.

This is a dune 2000 clan, they are very friendly and nice people and they provide support for Dune 2000 Online, if you want to play it online go ahead and sign up on the forum!

http://akaclan.freeinvision.net/

Trust me it's worth it.