Myst III Exile

[MSNwar]

Old game but someone asked me to load it on their XP box after I was done repairing their PC. One of my friends told me he never could get it to work with XP. Matter of fact he sold his Myst III Exile package to the very person I am doing the repair work for, ha, imagine that. I learned that the developer, Ubi Soft, does not provide support for XP. So I felt a challenge to get it to work on XP and this is how I did it.

1. Install all four CDs. You may not have to install all four CDs but I did.

2. Download and install the latest patch from www.myst.com, m3patch122_us. The patch has nothing to do with XP, but it is needed for some Intel 810 chipsets, that this PC uses.

3. Open Windows Explorer (do not confuse with Internet Explorer) and navigate to Program Files, Myst III Exile, Bin. Open the folder "Bin".

4. Find a file named M3. Right-Click the file and select Properties from the drop down menu. The M3 Properties applet opens and you will see a tab "Compatibility". Left-Click the Compatibility tab.

5. You will see "Compatibility mode". Tick the small box "Run this program in compatibility mode for:"

6. Select Windows 98 / Windows ME in the drop down menu. Select apply. Select OK. Reboot the PC.

7. Here is the convention. I could play the game only if I insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive and select Play Game from the menu. The game will not play at all if I select it from the Windows Program Menu.

I noted that multiple instances of the m3.exe run and crash the game if I exit the game and restart it. So, anytime you need to exit and want to play the game in the same session it just will not work. All this means is you have to reboot the PC after exiting the game to resume game-play. Thats the easy way. The alternative is to open Windows Task Manager and close three files that do not unload properly, devldr32.exe, ~ef7194.tmp, and m3.exe. You have to select each file and click the End Process button until the game restarts. It is easier to simply restart the PC.

Hey it works

[zipp51]

I wonder how many other games will play with some modifications that will not ordinarily work with XP?I would like to play MDK-2 on my XP sytem.

[MSNwar]

zipp if I had it I would give it a go and let you know what happened. sorry buddy.