[domjam]

hay all i was wondering if anyone knows a fix for this game.i can get it to run but the paning of the cursor ingame is way to fast and its pritty much imposible to play.turning pan speed slider to nothing helps but hardly..can anyone point me in the right direction to fixing this problem..im runing it on vista using compatiablity mode windows NT runing in 640x480. thanks

[Bobske]

Unfortunately, no (third party) patches have been released up till now so my guess is that the panning speed problem will never be fixed.

However, there are several slowdown programs that might help. Just Google for Mo'Slo of Slowdown.

Good luck!

[domjam]

hay thanks for the reply can u please post me a link to a program that will do this..i tryd searchin in google but there is a ton of progs 2 do with slowdown but i dont no witch one is best and i dont no anything about this stuff. thanks again

[Bobske]

See the following link for the slowdown program:

http://www.hpaa.com/moslo/

The basic version is free and sufficient for Shivers 2 if I remember correctly and fortunately, the instructions are selfexplanatory.

Hope it works for you!

[Collector]

Slow down utilities are of limited usefulness on modern PCs. If you can find a copy of Windows 3x, you can install it in DOSBox and play the game in DOSBox. This would fix all speed/compatibility problems.

[Bobske]

Originally Posted by Collector

Slow down utilities are of limited usefulness on modern PCs. If you can find a copy of Windows 3x, you can install it in DOSBox and play the game in DOSBox. This would fix all speed/compatibility problems.

I've managed to get Windows 3.1 running in DOSBOX. Shivers 2 installs perfectly but when I try to start up the game, nothing happens...

Any idea what the problem may be?

PS: I used the following guide to install Windows 3.1 in DOSBOX:

http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=9405

[rtrooney]

If I remember correctly, Shivers2 was was designed to "barely" run on Windows 3.1. It never ran well on my 3.1 drive. Think you might need to up the ante to Win95. If you can run that in a separate partition you probably won't need DosBox to get the game to run.

Shivers1 was the only version that ran, as designed, on 3.1

[domjam]

hay I have an old copy of windows 95 and 98 but i here partisioning a dif os can cuz mager problems . I allso herd that u can use a vertuel pc?can someone post me a link to where i can get this and a bit more info on how it works?, or if u can expalin it to me yourself.thanks

[Bobske]

Personally, I'd rather use DOSBOX than any other Virtual Machine program.

See the following links for more info:

DOSBOX: http://www.dosbox.com/

WIKI Page for DOSBOX: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOSBox

[Collector]

Win 9x is not supported in DOSBox (yet). For 9x games, you'll need a virtualizer. VirtualPC is a free download from Microsoft. QEMU, Bochs and VMware Virtual Server are also free. VirtualPC is easy to use, but QEMU might be the best one for games.

[domjam]

i got mircrosoft vertual pc 2007 and still even with windows 98 installd the mouse problem still prosists.its a bit slower but still way to fast and sensativ..is there no way of fixing this?

[Bobske]

Originally Posted by domjam

i got mircrosoft vertual pc 2007 and still even with windows 98 installd the mouse problem still prosists.its a bit slower but still way to fast and sensativ..is there no way of fixing this?

Unfortunately not, if anybody had found a solution to the problem, he/she would have posted it on this website.

The game wasn't programmed with the computing speed of new hardware in mind.

So, guess we'll just have to do...

[Davies]

The trouble with Mo'Slo is that it only slows down DOS programs. CPU Grabber slows down the computer itself, so it works with any program. Definitely works with Windows 9x and XP -- I don't know if it works with Vista. Very easy to use (simple slider to adjust the amount of "grab") and it really makes a difference in speed.

Download from this list -- just scroll down a bit to "CPU Grabber".

[starla9]

Hi, I just installed Shivers 2 on XP. It seems to run fine in compatibility mode, and CPUgrabber really helps with the insane panning speed. However, when the game starts in the motel office, the video clips of the office manager guy speaking to me and moving around do not appear. I only see his still image the whole time. I can still interact with him, get motel key, etc. but I don't like missing out on this aspect of the game and wondered if others have this problem or know of a way to fix it.

It's ironic, because I remember having this problem when I first played the game ten years ago, and fixing it somehow, but that was in 1998.

[DaleBCooper]

Check the new installer by http://www.squirtthecat.com/
http://www.squirtthecat.com/games/shivers_2/index.html

It solved my problems and even made the movies look better.

[rob_addobati]

...using the squirtthecat exe seems to have solved the program crashing (or not even starting.) But the panning is still way too fast. I have tried using the cursor keys and that helps somewhat but they are a bother to use. Did you change any of the compatibility settings to help slow the pan? Thanks!

[Collector]

You may want to email jafa about it.

[rob_addobati]

...who is jafa?

[Collector]

Originally Posted by rob_addobati

...who is jafa?

The creator of the installer.

[rob_addobati]

...so how do I contact jafa (the creator of the installer.) Thanks!