Is it possible to play McGee's Alice in Windows XP?

Cardia on 30/9/2010 at 13:24

I would like to buy the game Alice by Mcgee, but i need to know if it works in windows Xp and in a ati video card of 1Gb memory?

Do i need any patch?

Xenith on 30/9/2010 at 13:38

Google says it will play on XP without any hitch, no special patches required. Personally I don't know, I don't have the game.

Thirith on 30/9/2010 at 13:41

To the best of my knowledge, I never played it on any other OS than Windows XP.

van HellSing on 30/9/2010 at 13:48

Yup, it works just fine. Also: (http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3408) how to get it running widescreen

Cardia on 30/9/2010 at 13:58

Thanks alot for your help, then i´m on my way to buy Alice, can´t wait to play this game:D

lost_soul on 30/9/2010 at 15:08

id engines tend to age very well. Only very recently, a bug has surfaced pertaining to the OpenGL functions. Apparently they've added so many OGL extensions over the years to video cards, some of the older games (like Quake 2) freak out at the sight of them. There is a trivial workaround for this. In linux, we just launch the game with a command in front of it. Alice also works great in WINE too (at least the demo does).

Harvester on 30/9/2010 at 15:19

I recently played and finished it on XP and it ran without a hitch, didn't crash even once the whole time IIRC.

Bjossi on 30/9/2010 at 15:35

Quote Posted by lost_soul

Only very recently, a bug has surfaced pertaining to the OpenGL functions. Apparently they've added so many OGL extensions over the years to video cards, some of the older games (like Quake 2) freak out at the sight of them.

I read that it is a driver bug that surfaced in version 10.5 of the Catalysts and has yet to be fixed as of 10.9. I'm using a HD 5770 with 10.9 Catalysts and I can't get Quake 2's OGL rendering to work at all, not even with source ports like Kmquake2. I can play with software rendering but it looks really ugly, and it crashes if I dare go underwater.

Sucks because I love that game, was the first one I ever bought in my life.

Cardia on 1/10/2010 at 12:38

The games works perfectly with my Ati latest video card and alo in windows Xp:D

There´s no doubt that ID engines are the most acessible and compatible :cool: