sabun wrote:
I think the Directx problem is not related to OS or itself; it is
related to games. I've read and faced so many probles with first two
games of the series. The main problem is that: anyhow, playing speed of
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines directly related to CPU speed. Speed of
gameplay increases as per CPU power; if you have a dual-core 3.0 Ghz
processor, everthing is in the game moves at incredible speeds which
makes game unplayable.

[Glad you found the generic, usable driver]

You may be running across similar problems to issues in Wine, and some
other VM and/or emulators. Using DirectX and like, requires some tweaks
to make it work properly. One item found, is that the 8+ series
sub-versions of DirectX have been fully tested [for the most part] and
allowed for, whereas when running the 9X activities, the DirectX 9.0
versions and allowances are a bit flaky. Even some games balk when using
9.0,; designed for more for 6.0 or 7.0 and which 8.0 was still compatible.

Yes, I am familiar with the speed issues, and you are somewhat correct
regarding affecting the whole system, including graphics, since it is
part of the "speed" of the game. IIRC, these speed reducers generally
work on the code execution speed, adding pauses or similar... so
naturally these also affect graphics. But I seem to remember that the
early Commandos had a software video driver available{?}, which actually
worked well with faster processors as a work around [negating hardware
acceleration, thereby slowing the speed]. And wasn't there a setting
within the setup/options to slow game speed directly [maybe that was a
commandline option]? Sorry, I don't have those installed now, nor have I
installed them for some time [and no room to do so presently].

I think I used to run these on faster systems using Game Guru maybe,
which had a number of tweaks for various games and systems available...


There are various ways to slow your expensive CPU down; there are lots
of utilities for that. But the are not aiming one specific program; it
affects all system. I am aware of the golden rule: "do not touch a
running system". I will not install some 250 kb exes to slow down my CPU
speed; since I do not know the consquences.

I read that some guy made a special program to slow down the game;
another one says that program it ruined the graphics card someway, hence
skipping.

The games require only 200 hz processor power, just like Windows 9x. I
know there are drivers for XP for my graphics card. Bu as I said above I
do not know the consequences I have no idea what would be happen if I
try to use XP with a 200 hz CPU even in a virtual drive.

Maybe I should go to my summer house, find that old PC, bring it home
and play the game, it would be much more easy way to follow...



And that isn't a bad idea; a dedicated 9X games and applications
machine. Strip it of any Internet junk, don't connect to the Internet or
network and simply have fun. Remember, Microsoft touted the 9X platform
as *the* GAMING OS... hundreds of games designed for it - and even older
DOS games still usable...

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