running Gotre on virtual XP

[pawzisme 2]

hello folks, hope this title counts as 'city-building' so you won't throw me out on me ear. I am having a very frustrating time just now! My games drive suddenly failed  couple of days back, so I had to reformat, put all my Steam games back on ( which took ages), and then tried to put all my CityXL upgrades on, and they wouldn't behave - and Focus sent me tp Metaboli - and Metaboli don't seem in much of a hurry to help, etc etc, so, to cheer meself up, I decided to go back to Glory of the Roman Empire, which is  years old, but which I used to quite enjoy. Predictably it wouldn't work on W7 64 bit - took an hour to install, which was a clue. Same result with the older 32 bit machine, so I thought I would try it in Windows Xp mode on the 32 bit, which is a feature on W7. The game installed normally on there, and the patch went on, but then, when I ask it to play, I am asked for the original CD, which it already is. This has to be a Tage thing, so I  obtain a certain fix for that, but that brings up a runtime error ( though I am going to try again). Then I go to gog.com to see if they might be offering that title - which would be without DRM of course - for a reasonable sum, but no, not on their list. So I thought I would ask advice on here, hoping there would be a dedicated forum for that title, but seems there is not... and I feel all alone (sob), standing here, wondering......

 

Umm, been looking up  the topic of running games  in virtual XP, and it doesn't look good, since VXP was conceived to help business users, not gamers. I thought it might be useful for older games that do not require good graphics, but it seems  probably not... sigh. I shall have to wait for gog.com to bring a version of Gotre out I s'pose.

[RnRollie 4]

as you might have found by now.. VPC (VXP) emulates an S3 Trio VGA/VESA card

Which limits gaming to old games which are happy with an S3 VESA , but most of those games are actually firmly rooted in DOS ; so DOSBOX might be a better choice.

 

For windows games whihc require more as an S3 ... you are  in VMware territory... their latest "free" version can do OPENGL.. which still limits the choice of course.