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Gabriel Knight 1 XP Black Screen
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:34 pm
by LucasJSR
Hi, I've downloaded the GK1 WinXP setup in order to play GK 1 in my Windows 7 32-bit. The game ran perfectly fine for weeks. But now, all of sudden, when I run GK 1, there's no video, only audio! I can hear the Sierra logo sound and the main menu theme song, but the screen is completely black!! I haven't changed anything, except for a Nvidia graphic card update, but I reinstalled the old version and the game stays the same...
I couldn't find a solution for my problem anywhere, please help!!!
Re: Gabriel Knight 1 XP Black Screen
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:51 pm
by Collector
Did you use the DOSBox setup from here or the Endroz Windows setup?
Re: Gabriel Knight 1 XP Black Screen
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:25 pm
by LucasJSR
I used the Windows setup, as I'm using the windows version. I forgot to mention, but in rare ocasions the games runs normally, but most of the times that I ran the game it's just a black screen with audio... that's weird...
Re: Gabriel Knight 1 XP Black Screen
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 6:50 pm
by Collector
That is not my setup and I don't support it. The Windows version has too many issues on modern Windows. Use the the DOSBox setup from this site.
Re: Gabriel Knight 1 XP Black Screen
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 6:59 pm
by Tawmis
Yes, like Collector said, I'd recommend the DOS(BOX) version of GK1. (I can't think of any benefits, in terms of GK1 that Windows has over DOS? I know for example, in KQ6 there's a difference in quality?).
Re: Gabriel Knight 1 XP Black Screen
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:49 pm
by LucasJSR
Thanks for all the help! I've installed the DOSBox version and it runs fine. My only complain are the movies (like Gabriel's nightmare), which are displayed in a very tiny screen. But, like I read in other posts, I don't think there's a fix for it. But it's not a big deal, the game is working now!
Thank you all!
Re: Gabriel Knight 1 XP Black Screen
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:36 am
by Rudy
While running the game in DOSBox, press CTRL-ENTER (or is it ALT-ENTER, slips my mind at the moment) to display full screen. Press it again to return to window mode.
Re: Gabriel Knight 1 XP Black Screen
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:06 am
by Collector
He is not talking about the size of the Window, but the size of the movie within the Window. Full screen does not solve this.
Re: Gabriel Knight 1 XP Black Screen
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 11:01 pm
by Shakar
Sadly that's all we can get due to the resolution. I remember back in the Windows 98 days, 640 x 480 was perfect.
Re: Gabriel Knight 1 XP Black Screen
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:47 pm
by LucasJSR
Well, I found a way to make the screen larger during movies, but I'm not sure if it's worth it, since it decreases the game's graphics quality. Just open the RESOURCE.CFG file on the game's folder, and change "videoDrv = VESA.DRV" to "videoDrv = VGA.DRV". The movies don't play in fullscreen, but the screen is significantly larger. But as I said, the graphics get a bit worse...