Tyrian on Vista?

[boomproof]

Hi ppl... I've got now a neb Laptop, witch fuckin' annoys me for having Vista on it... I know, i could install XP, but downloading it here in Germany? no way... i dont wanna pay a 3000€ fine for illegal downloads... Anyway, I manage to play tyrian with DosBox... But i HATE the mounting process everyime i wanna shoot ships down! Is there any way to use openTyrian on Vista? I've tried compat mode, but it doesnt seem to work... an SDL.dll is missing... could someone post it for me? thanks! (ps: would that do the job??)

Boomproof Salutes!

[Mindless]

www.libsdl.org/release/SDL-1.2.12-win32.zip

[zellsf]

You don't have to mount folders each time to run a game, just provide the main executable path as an argument to DOSbox, and if you know how to edit shortcuts, you could also add -exit to make it automatically close itself once Tyrian closes.

As for the SDL problem, Google is your friend. MindlessXD isn't your friend. He's just way too nice to random people

[yuriks]

Or you can do it like me, and have dosbox mount your "oldgames" folder automatically. Then just cd tyrian.

[Tempest]

I use DosBox, and it works perfectly for me on Vista.

[boomproof]

OH! Thanks ppl! I' very thankful Mindles :DWorks just fine! I've already beaten the game twice today xDD I had to... so many memories... hours of multiplayer games with my lil bro... i'm GLAD that there are still people who really know how good Tyrian was in it's time and how good it still is!! The only thing I'd also would like to know about OpenTyrian... You can only play it windowed, right? Cause Ive tried out every keyb combo but don't seem to work! And again, thanks to all for your help!

Boomproof Salutes!

[Mindless]

in the OpenTyrian menu, there's a full-screen option (which requires a game restart)