NOLF will not start Windows 11

[dudalb]

I had been playing NOLF 1 the revival versions on my Windows 11 computer  a few months ago. I decided today to start plyaing again but it would not launch. I got the launch screen but when I pushed the launch button I got a small black screen I had to go into task master to close. I tried running it in XP 3 compatiblity mode as adminstrator, same thing happened. What drives me nuts is it played fine on this computer a couple of months ago. 

It did have one quirk; sometimes it would not start if you has launched the game previously and you had to restart thge computer to get it to run again. I posted a thread on it here. Now it will not start, period. 

I have seen a number of solutions, but some of them, turning off all my HID devices, seem pretty extreme. Can anybody help me here?

 

I wonder if one of the recent Windows updates killed the game.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

 

 

 

 

[FortranDragon]

If you haven't tried it, DGVoodoo2 (in the downloads section) might work for you. It creates a virtual display driver for NOLF 1 and lets it run under Windows 11.

The small black screen you're seeing is when the game launches and is trying to setup the game window on your monitor.

[dudalb]

I actually got it to  run again by an reinstall, but It;s unrelaible, sometimes it starts and most often it does not.

Could you please give me detailes instructions on how to Use DGvoodoo 2 with NOFL. I have used it with other games but it seemslike every game has a diffrent way to set up DGvoodoo 2.

I also found out I still have my CD for the GOTY edition. Maybe install that, install the modernization patches,  and it will work reliably. Problem could be specifically with the revival iedtiion.

[dudalb]

Now it will not start at all, and DG voodoo 2 does not seem to work.

And I cannot try a installation from my old GOTY cd because it reads a previously installed version of the game, and I cannot uninstall the Revival verion.

I am a bout ready to just give up.

[dudalb]

I  did still another installation of the downloaded Unity version, it ran fine first time I tried. But would not run again.

REstarted  my computer and will not run despite repeated tries.

So we have a pattern: it runs OK first time after installation, but then will not start.

And I have checked for lithtech still running after game closed but fournd nothing.

Does anybody know what the hell is causing this?

And I see I am not the only one with the runs after installation first time but then refuses to start.

Until this is solved, no more Cate Archer for me.

[dudalb]

I might give Voodoo 2 another try, maybe I did not install is conrrectly before.

Could somebody give me sinply clear insturctions on how to apply voodoo 2 to NOFL.

[FortranDragon]

If someone else doesn't help you in the interim, I'll list out what you need to do when I'm home from work this evening (my time).

[FortranDragon]

How I install dgVoodoo2. 

1) I unzip the contents of the zip file to my \Apps\dgVoodoo2 folder. (This can be any folder, but this is the one I happen to use.)

2) Copy the four files in the \Apps\dgVoodoo2\MS\x86 folder (DDraw.dll, D3DImm.dll, D3D9.dll, and D3D8.dll) to your Nolf folder. On my computer that folder is \Program Files\Fox\No One Lives Forever. (Again, adjust if you have installed Nolf to a different folder.) You'll want to make sure the four dll files are in the same folder as your NOLF.exe file.

3) Go back to your \Apps\dgVoodoo2 folder and run dgVoodooCpl. This will let you adjust the settings for games. In my case, on the DirectX tab I set VRAM to 4096 MB and make sure all the boxes in the Miscellaneous section at the bottom are unchecked. Click Apply or OK to save the changes and then close the control panel.

At this point try the game and see how it works.

[dudalb]

I tried vooodoo 2, but it still did not solve the relialbity problem; sometimes it starts, other times is does not.

Restart computer seems to help, but still I get about one sucessful game launch per restart.

Does anybody know what the hell is casuing this sometimes it starts, most of the time it does not problem?

 

[Eliteone]

Are you running it in compatibility mode? 

[dudalb]

Yes, I hsve tried several compatibity modes.That was the first thing I tried.

I am thinking about another installation, but there seem to be now way to uninstall the revival download version.  Can somebody help me with this?

The uninstall procedure in another thread in this forum does not work with the download versions.

[Eliteone]

I would assume you could uninstall their version using Windows Program and feature in control panel.

[dudalb]

Nope, not even listed in my installed apps list.

NOLF 2 is listed but the uninstall fearue in the installed apps program is grayed out.I

I am beginning to think that the revival versions need a overhaul for Windows 10 and above.

Frankly, I think the first thing is to figure out what is causing the program to crash. at startup.

Once in a great while, it will start,  but it is totally unreliable.

The DGVoodoo did not help, btw.

If it helps, when I try to start NOLF from the desktop Icon, I get a black box which I don;r get when I click the exe in the game folder, though it sitll refuses to start.

Edited Thursday at 07:28 PM by dudalb

[dudalb]

1 hour ago, dudalb said:

Nope, not even listed in my installed apps list.

NOLF 2 is listed but the uninstall fearue in the installed apps program is grayed out.I

I am beginning to think that the revival versions need a overhaul for Windows 10 and above.

Frankly, I think the first thing is to figure out what is causing the program to crash. at startup.

Once in a great while, it will start,  but it is totally unreliable.

The DGVoodoo did not help, btw.

If it helps, when I try to start NOLF from the desktop Icon, I get a black box which I don;r get when I click the exe in the game folder, though it sitll refuses to start.

I am really getting desperate. I have tried all the listed solutions and nothing seems t help. It keeps crashing after I hit the launch button. Mayve I shoyuld sre farewell to Cate Archer.

Frankly, I think the only hope is for somebody to try to help me figure out WHY it is crashing. That seems to me to be the rfirst step.

What is frustrating is that at one time it worked pretty well at this computer, then it just stopped. Once ina great while it will launch,but not enough to make i playable.

Edited Thursday at 08:32 PM by dudalb

[dudalb]

As a last restored I tried to install my GOTY disc edition, but setup said it detected an older version of the game and it must be uninstalled before installation can begin.\I think I ma just screwed as far as NOLF goes. The inability to unistall the revival version is killing me, I think.

I guess my only hope if for somebody to tell me how to go into registry and delete the NOLD files.