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Outpost Series Games => Outpost 2 Divided Destiny => Topic started by: Zhall on October 17, 2011, 01:48:45 PM

Title: Video Decompressor Missing?
Post by: Zhall on October 17, 2011, 01:48:45 PM

Im thinking of beating the campaign for the first time ever, but i have found that my video decompressor isnt working for outpost 2?

This seems like a windows 7 problem more than anything else.

Title: Video Decompressor Missing?
Post by: TH300 on October 17, 2011, 03:49:07 PM

If you are talking about the original videos, you need the Indeo codec. Download it here: http://outpost2.net/dlmisc.php (http://outpost2.net/dlmisc.php)

If you have that, I can't help you.

Title: Video Decompressor Missing?
Post by: Flashy on October 18, 2011, 07:40:46 AM

Does Outpost 2 play the videos? If not, did you try compatibility to old windows versions? Works for me.

Title: Video Decompressor Missing?
Post by: Zhall on October 18, 2011, 10:28:06 PM

Quote

Does Outpost 2 play the videos? If not, did you try compatibility to old windows versions? Works for me.

Ah, thx that worked.

Now i can once again have nostalgia overload hour.

Title: Video Decompressor Missing?
Post by: Savant_Ace on October 19, 2011, 08:04:16 AM

Interesting. I'll have to remember that if I ever decide to go Win7. With Windows 8 on the way its going to be a whole new slew of compatibility issues with their 'Metro' platform.

Title: Video Decompressor Missing?
Post by: Zhall on October 19, 2011, 06:19:31 PM

Metro sexual? Lol, i hope windows 7 is the last OS i have to buy, i felt that way with XP, but we'll see :D

Title: Video Decompressor Missing?
Post by: Savant_Ace on October 21, 2011, 12:39:16 AM

As much as I would have liked that to be a joke, the programming platform is actually called the 'Metro' platform. I tolerate the headache known as windoze 7 only because I have to use it at work, else I stick to XP, and I probably always will.

Windoze 7:

Me: -Clicks my computer-

Computer: -Screen goes totally black for 18 seconds, then a dialouge box opens up- "You are about to open the my computer window. Are you sure you want to open the icon you just clicked?"

Me: -Clicks 'Yes'-

Computer: -Screen returns to normal for a half second, then blacks out for another 18 seconds, returning with another box- "Opening this icon requires administrative privelages, would you like to open this icon as an administrator?"

Me: -Clicks 'Confirm'

Computer: -Flickers again and goes for another 18 seconds of black then comes back with a third dialouge box-

Me: -Can't read the box anymore because I'm busy kicking the computer repeatedly-


Ugh.... Yeah I don't have rage issues with Microsoft's latest or anything...

Title: Video Decompressor Missing?
Post by: Zhall on October 21, 2011, 11:45:11 AM

Windows 8 will be far worse.

Title: Video Decompressor Missing?
Post by: CK9 on October 21, 2011, 12:10:21 PM

control panel -> User Accounts -> turn UAC on or off -> unclick box -> okay -> restart

then

control panel -> security settings -> change how windows notifies me -> don't alert me

Title: Video Decompressor Missing?
Post by: Savant_Ace on October 24, 2011, 10:18:52 AM

That setting only removes /some/ of the 'Helpful' notifications. Sadly there is no way to kill them all.

Title: Video Decompressor Missing?
Post by: CK9 on October 24, 2011, 11:00:42 AM

it's killed 90% of them for me, which really helps me out, lol