Ultimate Soccer Manager 98

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Ultimate Soccer Manager 98

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Hey Guys,

I just recently installed and played the game for several seasons but now it will always split the screen akwardly and unplayable.
I have played around with the compatibility modes and that had worked before but not anymore, I dond't know what caused this.
I'm running Win7 64bit and it had worked before under Win98 compability mode.

Does anyone have a fix for this on an advice?

Would be great if Sierra could patch the game to be playable under modern OS's.
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Re: Ultimate Soccer Manager 98

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Not really familiar with this one. It is not that common here. There is a pathc for the game on the main site. Did you try that one? http://sierrahelp.com/Patches-Updates/P ... dates.html
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Yes I've tried that one as well. This splitscreen bug is actually quite common, I just hope someone here might has a trick.
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I am afraid that I don't have the game to try to find what the problem is. Perhaps someone that is familiar with the game will answer.
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Don't have the game either, but I did some digging:
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/post-88400.html

Reveals: On some forums (Vogons....) it's stated it will only work in XPsp1, not in XPsp2. And no patches.

https://www.digitalworldz.co.uk/pc-prob ... creen.html
Reveals: it works ok in safe mode

Also had an additional fix: https://www.digitalworldz.co.uk/pc-prob ... ost1364655
But the original poster says it worked for a limited time; but works fine in safe mode still.

So... I guess, going into safe mode to play the game is at least an option...
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Thanks for the research you've done.

I tried to play it in safe mode but there it's asking for the CD and I couldn't find a way to use the CD Image in Safe Mode.

I have also already tried the application compatibility method but with no success =(
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What about trying an emulator?
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