Hi, I am trying ro run populous 2 on a windows 7 computer and It is simply not working.
I run it as administrator, the dos box opens and the screen loads a bullfrog symbol and some music starts up. Thats it, nothing. If I press space the screen turns blank, stopping the music, at that point my only option is to press escape to end the programm.
any suggestions?

thanks
Dom

1) Make sure you have sufficient rights to the game folder. You say you are running it as an administrator, which should take care of that, but even administrator can have limited rights. Check it, really. And I would suggest you install the game outside of c:\program files to avoid possible issues with UAC.

2) Which version of DosBox are you using? For some reason I couldn't get the game run in version 0.74, but it runs fine in 0.72.

I do not have dosbox seperate, its de GOG version that comes with the game.

I have installed to a different folder and result is the same...

Really doesnt seem to work but thanks for the help!
Dom

Try changing the output with the "Graphics Mode Setup" program (run it from the start menu not the game folder and run it as admin.)

Thanks Alfie, that did it!

Dom

what is graphics mode setud? The game automaticly closes when i press any buttom

edit: i checked another thread and got it running, except that my mouse does not respond when the game is open