Shivers Two: Harvest of Souls - Alternative Installer - Game mod - Download

The file Alternative Installer is a modification for Shivers Two: Harvest of Souls, a(n) adventure game. Download for free.

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Alternative Installer is a mod for gry Shivers II: Harvest of Souls, created by Squirtthecat.

Description:

Game’s Setup executable is 16 bits and won't work on 64 bits OS. This mod provides alternate installer.

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.

Fixes panning speed on modern CPUs.

Requirements

Windows XP or Vista.

DirectX 9c (Direct3D).

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 install.

XP/Vista Executable

Modified version of the original Sierra Windows 95 executable.

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

Fixes div-by-zero exception causing game to fail under XP/Vista.

Fixes panning speed on modern CPUs.

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\Shivers 2

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

To use:

Create new folder, copy the contents of game’s CD there and extract mod’s archive. Then run shivers_2_install_20080704.msi.