For those having trouble with Dungeon Keeper 2.

Install DK2
Download patch from ftp://ftp.ea.com/pub/archive/bullfrog/patches/dk2/
(v1.70)
Right click Desktop Icon, Choose Properties.
Compatibility, set to Windows XP SP2 mode
Check Disable visual themes and desktop composition
Click OK
Run Game.

Worked for me, hope it works for you,
A.

govpod <govpod.3840w7@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in news:govpod.3840w7@no-
mx.forums.net:

> http://www.dk2.webplatez.com

Wow, great little site. I may have to try this game again. I seem to recall
getting this game running was a bit harder than disabling visual themes and
desktop composition, but I may be wrong.

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-A.

I applied the patch and worked just fine for me

CaliannG wrote:
> Thanks to your lovely advise, I finally managed to get DK2 to PLAY on my
> Vista laptop...now I am having other problems that I have not had
> before.
>
> DK2 worked fine on Vista before i installed the update. I LIKE my
> Maidens and Elite Creatures. After I installed the update, nothing.
>
> After following your instructions, it at least boots up, gets me INTO
> the game, acts like it is working properly...there is simply one
> problem:
>
> No picture where you look at your dungeon heart or click areas to be
> dug out. Nothing. Just the Hand of Evil waving over blackness no
> matter where you put it.
>
> Everything ELSE shows. All the control panels and everything. Just
> nothing in the center.
>
> Am I doomed to play DK2 without the updates, without the neat stuff,
> forever?
>
> Peace,
> Caliann
>
> P.S. I ran the Update v5.0 package.
>
>

CaliannG <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in
news:59d690d0309d479a9e1c698aebab2946@nntp-gateway.com:

>
> Wizard of OCD;754130 Wrote:
>> I applied the patch and worked just fine for me
>
> That is very wonderful for you. I wish it had worked so well for me.
>
> I would still like to know if there is something I can do to get the
> picture back on DK2....I would very much like to play it WITH the
> updates.
>
> Peace,
> Caliann
>
>

Update your drivers on your system, post your system specs here.

SP1 or 0?

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-A.

Hawkknight88;1600719 Wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> This game has been such a classic for me and this forum helped me run
> it on my Vista machines. I never could get it to work properly, it
> always seemed to crash by clicking the Objectives menu or when the
> game
> got too big.
>
> Anyways, I'm now running Windows 7 (64 bit), and the game works
> PERFECTLY for me.
> -Run it in Windows 2000 compatibility mode
> -Disable Visual Themes
> -Disable Desktop composition
> -I have everything turned off in game: water translucency, environment
> mapping, and hardware acceleration.
> --Please note, I had hardware acceleration ON and it seemed to
> function
> just fine. Also you can play with the QSound option if the audio is
> funny.
>
> Windows 7 has a downloadable Virtual Machine which can run XP, I tried
> this first to run DKII but it didn't run at all for me... so thank
> goodness windows 7 runs it fine anyhow.
>
> Good luck everybody! Here's hoping for DKIII.
> (Mods please leave this post to help all DKII fans out there)
>
> -Hawkknight88
>
>
> --
> Hawkknight88

hey i have done all of that and still have a black screen i dont kno
wht to do and i really want to play this game i would try anything for
the windows 7


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