Posted December 16, 2012
Dimadyn: Hello there, I recently bought Nox from gog.com and it's not working on Windows 7 64-bit as described. I already have the original game and it's quite difficult to get it to run properly so I thought "finally, a way to play this again". The game wasn't expensive and download/installation went quite well but it's not working as intended.
I installed and started the game from the shortcut and the intro video is just black, then a flickering/black version of the Nox logo/splashscreen comes up and then it hangs. Gog advertised this as being combatible to Windows 7 (32 & 64 bit), so far it seems that this is not true.
It is possible to run the game with "-window" at the shortcut and 16bit colour depth, BUT that means NO VIDEOS AT ALL as they will not play in windowed mode and you get horrible tearing, there is no way to have vsync when playing in a window or windowed. Furthermore, as soon as you open a menu ingame the framerate seems to go up/interface animations are too slow.
Guys, I really like your gog project, being a fan of CD Project for quite some time and all but if you do not have any idea on how to get the old games running on newer systems or how to build a proper wrapper then don't try to sell them. People will see this as nothing else than a rip-off. It means that portals such as gog.com are not to be trusted and this only harms retro gaming.
Anyway, if anyone has an idea on how to fix this please post. Thank you very much in advance.
I am also having identical problems with Nox. I also expected a working version, issue free with purchase. That is why I like gog.com. I am not super computer savy so I need someone to fix it so i don't have to tinker. I may have to ask for money back :(I installed and started the game from the shortcut and the intro video is just black, then a flickering/black version of the Nox logo/splashscreen comes up and then it hangs. Gog advertised this as being combatible to Windows 7 (32 & 64 bit), so far it seems that this is not true.
It is possible to run the game with "-window" at the shortcut and 16bit colour depth, BUT that means NO VIDEOS AT ALL as they will not play in windowed mode and you get horrible tearing, there is no way to have vsync when playing in a window or windowed. Furthermore, as soon as you open a menu ingame the framerate seems to go up/interface animations are too slow.
Guys, I really like your gog project, being a fan of CD Project for quite some time and all but if you do not have any idea on how to get the old games running on newer systems or how to build a proper wrapper then don't try to sell them. People will see this as nothing else than a rip-off. It means that portals such as gog.com are not to be trusted and this only harms retro gaming.
Anyway, if anyone has an idea on how to fix this please post. Thank you very much in advance.
Post edited December 16, 2012 by revnan27