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Posted June 27, 2011
I have a decent laptop that has more than enough power to run this game. i have gone through the forums and tried the stuff i understood. i used the graphics setup program that came with it, but no setting worked. i tried running it in compatibility mode and it still wont run right. i can't see any videos nor will the mouse pointer show up at all except for every 10 seconds or so. it just leaves a mark on the screen and then moves to another spot and marks it.
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Posted June 27, 2011
We still need details, like hardware specs and OS. Also, exactly how are you launching/running the game (star menu shortcut, desktop shortcut, etc.)?
Posted June 27, 2011
I am running vista. i am trying to start the game using the desktop icon. intel core2 2gig, 2038MB of memory, intel 945 256MB graphics card. my hardware is not the problem here.
Posted June 28, 2011
Whether or not your hardware is at fault is not the question. We need to understand the full environment where this problem is occurring in order to provide any meaningful answers and that means knowing what hardware and operating system you have (to start with, at the very least).

However, right off the bat there is a possibility that your processor could be the cause of this problem. DOSBox (the emulator that runs this game) has a history of performance issues with dual core processors, usually they can be solved by simply setting the processor affinity of the DOSBox executable to a single core. If you don't know how to do that already, here are instructions.
Posted June 28, 2011
Update graphics drivers. (Sadly the latest intel driver for the 945 is from 2009....)
Change output= in dosbox.conf (and verify that it's actually modified by running the command "output" in DOSBox)

Don't apply compatibility mode or change affinity settings for DOSBox.
Post edited June 28, 2011 by DosFreak
Posted June 28, 2011
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cogadh: Whether or not your hardware is at fault is not the question. We need to understand the full environment where this problem is occurring in order to provide any meaningful answers and that means knowing what hardware and operating system you have (to start with, at the very least).

However, right off the bat there is a possibility that your processor could be the cause of this problem. DOSBox (the emulator that runs this game) has a history of performance issues with dual core processors, usually they can be solved by simply setting the processor affinity of the DOSBox executable to a single core. If you don't know how to do that already, here are instructions.
? I don't know of problems with multicore systems. Perhaps you are confused with a different program

For the OP. Intel graphics.......
Posted June 28, 2011
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Qbix: ? I don't know of problems with multicore systems. Perhaps you are confused with a different program

For the OP. Intel graphics.......
Not confused at all, Google it, there are plenty of reports of DOSBox behaving exactly as the OP is describing due to running on a multi-core system. Most of them are about non-current versions of DOSBox, but Shattered Steel doesn't ship with the current version of DOSBox anyway.
Posted June 28, 2011
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Qbix: ? I don't know of problems with multicore systems. Perhaps you are confused with a different program

For the OP. Intel graphics.......
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cogadh: Not confused at all, Google it, there are plenty of reports of DOSBox behaving exactly as the OP is describing due to running on a multi-core system. Most of them are about non-current versions of DOSBox, but Shattered Steel doesn't ship with the current version of DOSBox anyway.
Google what? provide an example.
Posted June 28, 2011
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cogadh: Not confused at all, Google it, there are plenty of reports of DOSBox behaving exactly as the OP is describing due to running on a multi-core system. Most of them are about non-current versions of DOSBox, but Shattered Steel doesn't ship with the current version of DOSBox anyway.
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DosFreak: Google what? provide an example.
A couple results off of searching "dosbox dual core cpu":
http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=17919 - specifically mentions the DOSBox version that ships with Shattered Steel
http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=4911 - talks about how setting the DOSBox cycles too high on a multi-core system tanks the performance
http://realmsbeyond.net/forums/showthread.php?t=4717 - specifically mentions setting the processor affinity and is in relation to the DOSBox version after the one that ships with Shattered Steel

Should I keep going?
Post edited June 28, 2011 by cogadh
Posted June 28, 2011
I think you'll need to point out where in those threads they mention changing affinity.

As for setting too high cycles slowing performance happens on single core systems as well.
Posted June 28, 2011
I am sorry, but i dont know a thing about dosbox or how to mess with it. as for messing with the affinity, i dont know how that works either, nor do i want to mess with it and mess up my entire machine. thanks for trying to help, but i just wont play it i guess.
Posted June 28, 2011
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corvusmortis: I am sorry, but i dont know a thing about dosbox or how to mess with it. as for messing with the affinity, i dont know how that works either, nor do i want to mess with it and mess up my entire machine. thanks for trying to help, but i just wont play it i guess.
Messing with DOSBox simply involves editing a single text file that is pretty much written in plain English. Anything you don't understand can be easily explained by any number of people here on the forums. Setting the affinity does not affect anything on your machine except the application you are setting the affinity on and only for as long as that application is running. It won't break anything on your system. If you are unwilling to put in the effort to get the game running, that's your choice, but the community here is more than willing to help you if you want it.
Posted June 29, 2011
Ok, i tried changing the affinity, but that does not seem to help much at all. what do i need to edit on the dosbox config file?
Posted August 24, 2011
http://www.gog.com/en/forum/shattered_steel/i_must_be_doing_something_wrong_all_i_got_is_the_mouse

The last post about changing graphics did the trick somehow works good now
Posted March 06, 2012
I was able to get it to run on Windows 7 by right-clicking the Shattered Steel shortcut and running under Windows XP (Servoce Pack 3) and selecting Direct3D under the GOG.com start programs "Graphics Mode Setup".
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