The first game won't launch but the second one will work fine and launch, anyone else having the same issue? I can get the setup menu buty once I click launch, the game won't launch and the setup menu closes. I tried compatability mode but no dice.

Yes me too, on windows XP the game (The suffering 1) kinda run but nothing happen, it never starts but i know it is running when i open the task manager [url=]http://s1.bild.me/bilder/110417/4096812suffering_running.PNG[/url]

on w7 the game (The suffering 1) works fine

The second game (The suffering Ties that bind) runs both windows XP & w7 like a charm

Try this:

Win7: Click the Start button, type "regedit" in the Search box and hit Enter.
WinXP: Click the Start button, then click on Run and enter "regedit" and hit Enter.

Navigate to HK_LOCAL_MACHINE->SOFTWARE->Surreal->Riot Engine. Delete SettingsDX105.
For 64bit users: Navigate to HK_LOCAL_MACHINE->SOFTWARE->WOW6432->Surreal->Riot Engine.

Next Run Suffering.exe and the config utility box will pop up. Under the Audio tab, uncheck the box next to Use 3D Sound Buffers.

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Got it working. I just set comptability mode for Windows 95/98 and it worked fine and yes with the widescreen patch too!

I can't make it to work, there is no surreal entry in the registry. Very strange and annoying situation.

For anyone else trying to get this working on Windows XP just remove IndirectSound from the install directory by deleting all the dsound files.

Thank you!

He's right, but you don't even need to delete the files. While within the game folder, create a new folder and name it Dsound and then add the sound files to it.

Also on a side note, for anyone with game crashes, after the game starts open up task manager and change the Cpu affinity, to 1 single core, this prevents the game from crashing, as the game engine was built to utilize a single core.

No need to change compatibility options either, but do make sure to change the DPI scaling option to Application.