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geofflambert -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/10/2016 6:49:46 PM)

Silent Hunter. If I can't get Fighting Steel to work but I can get Silent Hunter, kiss a couple of hours a day bye-bye.

That gives me an idea for a game. Call it Silent Steel. In it you try to sink ships by dropping iron balls on them from zeppelins.



Lokasenna -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/10/2016 6:53:46 PM)

d3drm.dll almost certainly refers to "Digital Rights Management"...



geofflambert -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/10/2016 7:08:22 PM)

Here's my logo


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Zorch -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/10/2016 8:51:52 PM)


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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Here's my logo


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No, this is your logo.

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Rising-Sun -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/10/2016 8:57:46 PM)

You might want to be careful downloading from that site and some games may or may not work. It seem they have special program as d3drm.dll is one of them. So there no telling what going on in that library.

I haven't download anything and did some research how others react to it...
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130525212055AADy3X4

There are some mention that need to activate something in order to play later on, so dunno how long it will last. So I don't believe in this craps, that is free, something is fishy here. Imagine if they want to scan your hardrives once they get your location where your pc is. Yes some may work, and something may sneak in your pc too.

Have any of you have a strong anti-virus tools or to detect them? Might want to check your pc after downloading it, even nothing, it may do the tricks once you activate that game or specific games. Who knows.

Saw one review that you have pay something for it and they got screwed or it is a scam. So it is free, then what? After reading about four random pages that people been downloading and playing from that site, it goes up and down and there no telling if they have any skills on detecting any threats from those programs.

So be careful out there guys. Hard to believe something like this can be free, probably blackmails.




geofflambert -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/10/2016 9:13:13 PM)

It's not free, you have to make a donation to download something at a reasonable speed. Similar to some porn sites. I never go to any of those of course. Just gorn sites.



scout1 -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/11/2016 2:28:59 AM)


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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Here's my logo


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No, this is your logo.

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No, the Airlander 10 is Gorn's logo


And the story behind it .... http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article94621452.html



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Barny23 -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/11/2016 7:29:37 AM)

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-gaming/d3drmdll-is-missing-while-playing-old-games/d7c1eff9-daea-48cd-bf3c-60995f963ab4
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Hi Hana,




D3DRM.DLL is Direct3D Retained Mode, an older graphics display technology from 1997 that was removed from Windows 7 and Vista. However you can download the file here. When you download the File, try putting it in the game directories for both games eg. " C:\Program Files\*Game1* ( its hard to be specific about this because you have not mentioned the games you are tying to play). Give that a go and get back to me on how you went.
Barny



Rising-Sun -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/11/2016 10:56:22 AM)

Figured it has something to do with DirectX, but still some may or may not work on your pc.



geofflambert -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/11/2016 12:27:54 PM)


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ORIGINAL: scout1


quote:

ORIGINAL: Zorch


quote:

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Here's my logo


[image]local://upfiles/37002/03D5A6A8570F40BFB94C82E6C0A2E51F.jpg[/image]

No, this is your logo.

[image]local://upfiles/34241/5255B0F83AE048808752F957AAEC2BA4.jpg[/image]


No, the Airlander 10 is Gorn's logo


And the story behind it .... http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article94621452.html



[image]local://upfiles/13786/DEAD03281F3D4BDE835BF39D0B021D67.jpg[/image]


OMG. That is way too sexual for this forum. But as long as we're on that subject, I do like most what I call "puffies". That thing kicks ass.



geofflambert -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/11/2016 12:51:53 PM)

I want to be clear. Transparent as it were. I went to that site that scout1 referenced and when I look at that thing I'm not thinking about "bums". That is definitely not what I'm referring to when I apply the term "puffy". Some of you are aware of my adoration for a person named Halle. You could say, I suppose, that I'm cuckoo for cocoa puffies.



littleike -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/11/2016 6:56:24 PM)

If you all like turn games ( ...... you like turn games?? WoW ) try Flight commander II.






scout1 -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/11/2016 10:38:22 PM)


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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I want to be clear. Transparent as it were. I went to that site that scout1 referenced and when I look at that thing I'm not thinking about "bums". That is definitely not what I'm referring to when I apply the term "puffy". Some of you are aware of my adoration for a person named Halle. You could say, I suppose, that I'm cuckoo for cocoa puffies.


One end or the other ....... To what end does ye seek ?



JDL -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/11/2016 10:43:56 PM)

Google archive dot org games. And play old classics with no download necessary.



geofflambert -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/12/2016 12:28:20 AM)


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ORIGINAL: scout1


quote:

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I want to be clear. Transparent as it were. I went to that site that scout1 referenced and when I look at that thing I'm not thinking about "bums". That is definitely not what I'm referring to when I apply the term "puffy". Some of you are aware of my adoration for a person named Halle. You could say, I suppose, that I'm cuckoo for cocoa puffies.


One end or the other ....... To what end does ye seek ?


In one end and out the other.



Footslogger -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/12/2016 3:03:00 AM)

Senior Gorn.

GOG has been around for a long time. They have a forum you can ask questions. If a game doesn't work, I think there is a money back guarantee.

When I was in college a few years back, a friend on mine would play games on his laptop at school between classes from GOG.com.

BTW, you have good taste in women.[;)] Halle Berry[sm=happy0065.gif]



Rising-Sun -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/12/2016 9:30:10 AM)


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ORIGINAL: Footslogger

Senior Gorn.

GOG has been around for a long time. They have a forum you can ask questions. If a game doesn't work, I think there is a money back guarantee.

When I was in college a few years back, a friend on mine would play games on his laptop at school between classes from GOG.com.

BTW, you have good taste in women.[;)] Halle Berry[sm=happy0065.gif]


Better off with GoG, they will help you and they have a community as well. If you don't like it, they will give you credits, but no refund. Beside they are cheap, I mean dirt cheap games and safe.



LargeSlowTarget -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/12/2016 1:26:56 PM)

You can play hundreds of old DOS games for free and without installation - right in your browser (emulator embedded) - here. I'm currently playing the old SSI classic "Clash of Steel" during lunch break at work. [;)]

Edit: Burning Steel - Great Naval Battles II is available there, as well as Pacific Strike, WWII - Battles of the South Pacific, Carriers at War, Western Front, Destroyer, Decision in the Desert...




geofflambert -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/13/2016 2:27:20 AM)


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ORIGINAL: Footslogger

Senior Gorn.

GOG has been around for a long time. They have a forum you can ask questions. If a game doesn't work, I think there is a money back guarantee.

When I was in college a few years back, a friend on mine would play games on his laptop at school between classes from GOG.com.

BTW, you have good taste in women.[;)] Halle Berry[sm=happy0065.gif]


I must have around a hundred backgrounds that cycle about every ten seconds, there are many of her but many of others and of different ages, just women I've always liked.
If anyone would like copies let me know. A few, three or four, have see-through characteristics you might want to censor. Some, you just won't get. Unlike Halle, most of the women are older than me. Why would that surprise anyone?



geofflambert -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/13/2016 2:47:40 AM)

Here's an example. I had to crop and resize it to get it to post to the forum. Know who it is? Don't peek at the file name.

[image]local://upfiles/37002/89C4D9ED40AC4280A4FEC883C62FB89B.jpg[/image]



geofflambert -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/13/2016 2:55:13 AM)

How about this? My favorite, easily, is at eight o'clock.

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BBfanboy -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/13/2016 7:05:44 AM)

Completely agree with Kate as the best looking of the trio. Also the best actress.
No idea on the beauty in the previous post - the forum changes the file name to gibberish.



dr.hal -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/13/2016 4:31:32 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Barny

D3DRM.DLL is Direct3D Retained Mode, an older graphics display technology from 1997 that was removed from Windows 7 and Vista. However you can download the file here. When you download the File, try putting it in the game directories for both games eg. " C:\Program Files\*Game1* ( its hard to be specific about this because you have not mentioned the games you are tying to play). Give that a go and get back to me on how you went.
Barny



Barny, I did what you suggested and then tried to launch Silent Hunter 3, no joy. It's sad, as the Silent Hunter series was really good... I simply can't get any of them to play on Windows 7 Pro...



Gandalf -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/13/2016 6:01:45 PM)


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ORIGINAL: dr.hal


quote:

ORIGINAL: Barny

D3DRM.DLL is Direct3D Retained Mode, an older graphics display technology from 1997 that was removed from Windows 7 and Vista. However you can download the file here. When you download the File, try putting it in the game directories for both games eg. " C:\Program Files\*Game1* ( its hard to be specific about this because you have not mentioned the games you are tying to play). Give that a go and get back to me on how you went.
Barny



Barny, I did what you suggested and then tried to launch Silent Hunter 3, no joy. It's sad, as the Silent Hunter series was really good... I simply can't get any of them to play on Windows 7 Pro...



I've been playing Silent Hunter 4 and occasionally SH3 for almost 6 months now (using Windows 7 Pro). Haven't tried SH5 yet though it came in the same combo download from STEAM for $40.



dr.hal -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/13/2016 6:50:31 PM)

REALLY???? I've tried everything and seem to get no where with either 3 or 4 or 2 for that matter...



Bullwinkle58 -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/13/2016 6:52:12 PM)


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ORIGINAL: dr.hal


quote:

ORIGINAL: Barny

D3DRM.DLL is Direct3D Retained Mode, an older graphics display technology from 1997 that was removed from Windows 7 and Vista. However you can download the file here. When you download the File, try putting it in the game directories for both games eg. " C:\Program Files\*Game1* ( its hard to be specific about this because you have not mentioned the games you are tying to play). Give that a go and get back to me on how you went.
Barny



Barny, I did what you suggested and then tried to launch Silent Hunter 3, no joy. It's sad, as the Silent Hunter series was really good... I simply can't get any of them to play on Windows 7 Pro...



I have played SH3 on home Win 7 many times, but not recently.

As I recall, you first have to get the patch that disables the StarForce DRM horror-show. And then you have to hand-set the screen rez before you launch the EXE. I think it's the second-lowest. 1080 one.

I play the Grey Wolves mod, perhaps the biggest fan mod in the history of gaming. I think the manual alone is over 200 pages.

But bottom-line, Win 7 ought to play it if you do some work.



Gandalf -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/13/2016 7:27:37 PM)

I waited specifically for STEAM to release the Silent Hunter series because of the Starforce DRM. Better a small hassle with STEAM then letting Starforce mess with my Op system. Even after it came out on STEAM, I waited a bit until I could confirm that no remnants of the Starforce DRM was left in the STEAM release. To this day, I would not buy any CD/DVD version of Ubisoft products because of their overuse of Starforce DRM.

edit> with the STEAM version you can play in any resolution you're capable of including wide screen (1920 x 1080).



dr.hal -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/13/2016 7:38:49 PM)

Bullwinkle,

I know this will sound pathetic, but I have no idea what a SarForce DRM is... You say the bottom line is "if you do some work", well trust me when I've spent HOURS with the original game (Ubisoft) and their techs and still nothing. I don't have the "Steam" version, as I didn't know there would be any difference. So what I'm hearing is if I want to run this game, I would need to download the Steam version??? It seems strange to talk of another game on this game's forum, but such is life!



Bullwinkle58 -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/13/2016 8:18:25 PM)

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ORIGINAL: dr.hal

Bullwinkle,

I know this will sound pathetic, but I have no idea what a SarForce DRM is... You say the bottom line is "if you do some work", well trust me when I've spent HOURS with the original game (Ubisoft) and their techs and still nothing. I don't have the "Steam" version, as I didn't know there would be any difference. So what I'm hearing is if I want to run this game, I would need to download the Steam version??? It seems strange to talk of another game on this game's forum, but such is life!


StarForce was as I recall a Russian DRM company that had a short life, but did a lot of industry damage. It had a REALLY obnoxious CEO who loved the PR.

It installed some sort of interim layer of DRM code that got into CD-ROM player hardware in a very intrusive way. It could burn out some CD players of the era, which accelerated its demise. This was in a time when the Net was just becoming a huge vehicle for piracy--just after Napster for music--and game company CEOs were terrified. StarForce sold itself as incredibly strong DRM, and some really big pc game companies, like Ubisoft, bit big for a time. When the reports of hardware destruction started coming in StarForce imploded and disappeared.

You can play SH3 without the CD if you have the patch that removes StarForce. Go here: http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/442645-How-to-play-Silent-Hunter-III-without-the-DVD-in-the-DVD-Drive-Forums

Note that IF you have a StarForce version (in later versions Ubisoft pulled StarForce off) you also MUST run a StarForce removal tool. The link is in the above URL. StarForce was a crafty little f***er.

You can also install the Grey Wolves mod and play off your HD. Grey Wolves expands the game in a really massive way, graphically as well as in gameplay. Go here http://www.thegreywolves.com/

You don't need a Steam version to play in Win 7. If you want to pay for the game again I guess you can go that way, but you don't have to.

SH3 Commander is also a very good utility for managing mods as well as campaign launch options on the front end.



Bullwinkle58 -> RE: OT - Good old games site (8/13/2016 8:19:27 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Gandalf

I waited specifically for STEAM to release the Silent Hunter series because of the Starforce DRM. Better a small hassle with STEAM then letting Starforce mess with my Op system. Even after it came out on STEAM, I waited a bit until I could confirm that no remnants of the Starforce DRM was left in the STEAM release. To this day, I would not buy any CD/DVD version of Ubisoft products because of their overuse of Starforce DRM.

edit> with the STEAM version you can play in any resolution you're capable of including wide screen (1920 x 1080).


I have dozens of Steam games, and if the convenience is worth it to you then it's a way to go. But you don't need Steam to get rid of StarForce.



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