Posted April 14, 2012
I'm getting a black screen for videos but I can hear audio. Does anyone else get this?
Gameplay works fine though.
Gameplay works fine though.
This question / problem has been solved by tnoyce
BluesyMoo
New User
Registered: Sep 2009
From United States
tnoyce
New User
Registered: Sep 2008
From United States
Posted April 14, 2012
Yeah -- I have the same issue. Sound, but only a black screen. Odd, since most of the older games running DOS Box work perfectly for me.
tnoyce
New User
Registered: Sep 2008
From United States
Posted April 14, 2012
I think I've figured out the problem.
Under the ShatteredSteel folder, you'll find a dosbox.conf file.
make a backup of it (in case this causes other issues)
Open it, and change the line:
output opengl
to
output direct3d.
Save the change, and try re-launching the game.
This worked wonders for me. I can now watch the intro movie, as well as hear it
Game appears to work fine with the change, though I'm hearing a few skips in the in-game audio track. Don't know if this is related to the change in the dosbox.conf file as of yet.
The little bit I've played, controls and graphics seem to work correctly in game.
Under the ShatteredSteel folder, you'll find a dosbox.conf file.
make a backup of it (in case this causes other issues)
Open it, and change the line:
output opengl
to
output direct3d.
Save the change, and try re-launching the game.
This worked wonders for me. I can now watch the intro movie, as well as hear it
Game appears to work fine with the change, though I'm hearing a few skips in the in-game audio track. Don't know if this is related to the change in the dosbox.conf file as of yet.
The little bit I've played, controls and graphics seem to work correctly in game.
Crowned
Tai-Pan
Registered: Jan 2012
From Finland
Posted April 15, 2012
Now I've got visuals, but the colors are scrambled.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
Randall415
New User
Registered: Dec 2011
From United States
Posted April 22, 2012
Download newest version of DOSBox (0.74). Version supplied with the game is outdated and they do not give an option to install without their version (0.72). Go into Shattered Steel folder, delete everything in the Dosbox folder, go to where you installed dosbox 0.74, copy all, go back to Shattered Steel folder, dosbox, then paste. Open dosbox.conf with something like notepad, delete everything from serial4=disabled to the top of the page. Go to start menu, all programs, DOSBox-0.74, options, DOSBox 0.74 options, copy page from the top to serial=disabled, go back to Shattered Steel folder, dosbox.conf,paste above [dos]. save and exit. Launch game with supplied shortcut.