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need 256 colors for old game

racketboy - Jan 21, 2004

		racketboy	Jan 21, 2004
		I'm trying to run an old music game for my wife's students. It's running 2K and the only availible display options is 32bit color. Is there a way I can spoof it or something?

		Gallstaff	Jan 21, 2004
		Hm on my 2k machine I'm using right now 256 colors is an option. Maybe the videocard doesnt support it (which I would find very odd)? I'm using a Radeon 9500pro. 256 colors is an option right above 16 bit.

		racketboy	Jan 21, 2004
		yeah it's this old cad card. it's some 3rd party drivers it only seems to support 32bit color. I'm just wondering if there is a software workaround

		gameboy900	Jan 22, 2004
		Well I know in XP if you right click on the exe file and pick properties you can go to the compatability tab and theres an option to run that exe in 256 colors. Dunno if 2k has that as well. Probably does buried somewhere. Google it and see.

		racketboy	Jan 22, 2004
		Originally posted by gameboy900@Jan 22, 2004 @ 05:07 PM Well I know in XP if you right click on the exe file and pick properties you can go to the compatability tab and theres an option to run that exe in 256 colors. Dunno if 2k has that as well. Probably does buried somewhere. Google it and see. Looks promising... I'll try it out tonight thanks! BTW, if anyone has any other ideas, lemme know -- just in case!

		racketboy	Jan 23, 2004
		nope didn't work. compatibility mode didn't help. I uninstalled the video card drivers and windows defaulted to 256 colors. The game worked, but everything else looked like crap. Any way to get both working at the same time?

		Pearl Jammzz	Jan 23, 2004
		find other drivers or get a new vid card.

		racketboy	Jan 23, 2004
		I'm gonna dump this PC in a few months so I don't want to put more money into it. They are the only drivers availible for 2000. It's a Intense3D card so support isn't very good.