Fledgling Fyora Cruiser Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Hi all I am getting the following error when I try to install exile on windows 10: Tried running in compatibility mode windows xp and 95, running as admin, nada. Any help? Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 The Exile games are 16-bit applications. They won't run natively on a 64-bit OS. The only practical way to run them on a modern computer is to use a virtual machine such as VMware or VirtualBox with an older version of Windows installed inside it. This can be a somewhat complicated process, but short of actually buying an old computer just to run Exile it's your best option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast VCH Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Probably just buy an old computer)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slarti Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Setting up a virtual machine is perfectly doable. Also, you basically only have to do it once, and then you're set for any games of that era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 its possible to get dos 6.x to run on hyper-v (if has windows 10 which includes hyper-v) too (and maybe older dos too) otherwise vmware player is best option. buying old computer would mean that needs to get old keyboard and mouse too and monitor which has vga-port and old computers can cost alot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 (edited) it's presently 2017. both of my monitors still have a legacy vga input and my high-end mobo has a (single) ps/2 port. even besides that, iirc win98 had usb key/mouse support, barring that i'm sure a simple driver will fix that. even besides that, i guarantee a school or other local institution has a closet full of ancient xp boxes they'll give away, that'll probably run exile fine. not saying buying old hardware is a good idea but it's damn misleading to call it expensive. personally, i keep a win98 vitualbox instance set aside for older games. Edited April 3, 2017 by sylae seriously when i was in school i basically got to take whatever useless old computer stuff i wanted. when there's 100 old boxes in a closet, they dont mind. my first server had an 866 mhz processor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 price depends how old computer is in question, pure dos/windows 3.x comps can cost couple hundred bucks, if windows 9x/ME/XP is able to run old games like Exile then prices are low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slarti Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 You do realize Windows 95 and 98 were the dominant OSes at the times Exile was released on PC, right? Tyranicus and keira 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 yes I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd BlueBonsia Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 where does one learn to install a virtual machine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Exile and Windows 10 has a discussion with links to Virtual Machines. There are other topics with instructions in the Exile Forum if you look far enough back. Another topic that might help: Windows 10 and Exile 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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