Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh - Alternative Installer - Game mod - Download

The file Alternative Installer is a modification for Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh, a(n) adventure game. Download for free.

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Alternative Installer is a mod for Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh, created by SquirtTheCat.

Description:

This mod provides alternate installer for Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh, suited for modern PCs and OSes.

FEATURES:

Modified for Windows XP/Vista

XP/Vista installer.

XP/Vista windows executable.

Scales to use entire screen (Direct3D bilinear interpolation).

Eliminates black lines in cut-scenes.

Per-user save games (Vista friendly).

Fixes exceptions and script errors under XP/Vista.

Requirements

Windows XP or Vista.

DirectX 9c (Direct3D).

Phantasmagoria 2 CD set (not included):

English

French

German

Changes to the original game

XP/Vista Installer

New installer created to be XP/Vista friendly.

The installer will install the files normally included by a Sierra minimum install.

The Sierra P2FIX update files are included and installed (English version only).

XP/Vista Executable

Modified version of the original Sierra Windows 95 executable.

Fixes SP alignment bugs causing script errors under XP/Vista.

Eliminate black lines in cut-scenes.

Use hardware support for mouse cursor.

Upscale to full screen resolution while maintaining aspect ratio.

Dirext3D hardware accelerated bilinear interpolation.

On a widescreen monitor black bars are added left/right to maintain correct aspect ratio.

Store save games per user to work under Vista. Default APPDATA locations:

XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Sierra\Phantasmagoria 2

Vista: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Sierra\Phantasmagoria 2

Common problems

Error: "Could not find 999.pal resource": The game cannot find the CD - either the wrong CD has been inserted or the CDROM drive location in RESOURCE.WIN is incorrect. Edit RESOURCE.WIN or reinstall and select the correct CDROM drive location.

Mouse cursor is a large black box:

1) Download and install the latest Windows drivers for the video card.

2) Check that the color-depth is set to 32-bit in the Windows display settings.

Instructions:

Create new folder, copy the contents of game’s CD there and extract mod’s archive. Then run phantasmagoria_2_english_install_20080916.msi

Last update: Friday, August 28, 2020
Genre: Adventure
File size: 4.1 MB