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Intel 915G HOWTO: Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
18 years ago
Intel 915G HOWTO: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Running it normally has a horrid crash right away, but you can get it to work as follows ...
(excuse the long directions, it was longer figuring out what to do by trial and error.):
1. Install it with the cds in the box;
2. IMPORTANT!!*
Go to www.gamecopyworld.com (or the equivalent) and get a properly patched version (I used the GiMPsRUS one--GCW seems to be down at the moment but it will probably be back soon hopefully). Unzip this to the install directory, replacing PoP.exe. Alternatively, use your favorite SafeDisc 3 decryptor and leave disc 2 in the drive so the game can read it when needed, or call UbiSoft and donate your untold riches to them so they release an official proper version (like they did for XIII (which is also totally awesome, imho)).
Leave the folder open for now.
3. Get 3D-Analyze (v2.36b, current version at time of writing worked for me) from
http://www.3dfxzone.it/dir/tools/3d.....lyze/download/ (or the equivalent**).
Install it, then open the program up and SELECT the (proper, decrypted) PoP.exe which you installed in step 2 using the button next to "1."
Check the box in the lower right under ANTI-DETECT MODE next to 'textures'
IMPORTANT: Don't press RUN yet!
4. Go back over to the Sands of Time directory which you visited in step 2 (hopefully it's still open).
Double click PrinceOfPersia.EXE but DO NOT PRESS ANYTHING AFTERWARDS!
A warning screen should come up "Your videocard is not supported..." with some buttons.
Do not click them!
Leave this open and go back to 3D-Analyze.
5. Click the button next to "2.": Run!
6. POP:SOT runs properly, and the Ubisoft logo appears!
Play and Enjoy the game on your Intel 915G chipset!
POSTSCRIPTIAN NOTE: (I have the latest 915G Developer drivers from Intel's homepage installed on my Dell Inspiron B130, so if it doesn't work you might try upgrading. If you have a Dell laptop and want to do this, be sure to use the zip installer and manually replace their super old drivers; they've blocked the easier to use .exe installer for some
reason.. ;p )
*Note that skipping this step makes 3D-Analyze try to hook the safedisc code during 5 and it won't work! :o
You were warned!
**Official webpage: http://www.tommti-systems.com/main-.....n/support.html
Donate them some money while you're there, since their hook/emu code is awesome :o
(Many kudos go to the people who got Fable to work on other chipsets using 3D-Analyze, and made posts about it so I learned about the most awesome of programs and spent an entire weekend trying unsuccessfully to get my copy of the game to run -_-`` but grew familiar with 3DA at the same time ^_^``)
(crossposted from a comment on someone's journal post about intel 915G compatible games)
(Most cheaper laptops have intel integrated graphics, this method should probably work to get the game running...)
Running it normally has a horrid crash right away, but you can get it to work as follows ...
(excuse the long directions, it was longer figuring out what to do by trial and error.):
1. Install it with the cds in the box;
2. IMPORTANT!!*
Go to www.gamecopyworld.com (or the equivalent) and get a properly patched version (I used the GiMPsRUS one--GCW seems to be down at the moment but it will probably be back soon hopefully). Unzip this to the install directory, replacing PoP.exe. Alternatively, use your favorite SafeDisc 3 decryptor and leave disc 2 in the drive so the game can read it when needed, or call UbiSoft and donate your untold riches to them so they release an official proper version (like they did for XIII (which is also totally awesome, imho)).
Leave the folder open for now.
3. Get 3D-Analyze (v2.36b, current version at time of writing worked for me) from
http://www.3dfxzone.it/dir/tools/3d.....lyze/download/ (or the equivalent**).
Install it, then open the program up and SELECT the (proper, decrypted) PoP.exe which you installed in step 2 using the button next to "1."
Check the box in the lower right under ANTI-DETECT MODE next to 'textures'
IMPORTANT: Don't press RUN yet!
4. Go back over to the Sands of Time directory which you visited in step 2 (hopefully it's still open).
Double click PrinceOfPersia.EXE but DO NOT PRESS ANYTHING AFTERWARDS!
A warning screen should come up "Your videocard is not supported..." with some buttons.
Do not click them!
Leave this open and go back to 3D-Analyze.
5. Click the button next to "2.": Run!
6. POP:SOT runs properly, and the Ubisoft logo appears!
Play and Enjoy the game on your Intel 915G chipset!
POSTSCRIPTIAN NOTE: (I have the latest 915G Developer drivers from Intel's homepage installed on my Dell Inspiron B130, so if it doesn't work you might try upgrading. If you have a Dell laptop and want to do this, be sure to use the zip installer and manually replace their super old drivers; they've blocked the easier to use .exe installer for some
reason.. ;p )
*Note that skipping this step makes 3D-Analyze try to hook the safedisc code during 5 and it won't work! :o
You were warned!
**Official webpage: http://www.tommti-systems.com/main-.....n/support.html
Donate them some money while you're there, since their hook/emu code is awesome :o
(Many kudos go to the people who got Fable to work on other chipsets using 3D-Analyze, and made posts about it so I learned about the most awesome of programs and spent an entire weekend trying unsuccessfully to get my copy of the game to run -_-`` but grew familiar with 3DA at the same time ^_^``)
(crossposted from a comment on someone's journal post about intel 915G compatible games)
(Most cheaper laptops have intel integrated graphics, this method should probably work to get the game running...)
Remember! Do not pirate games! It's bad!
(though copy protected games are bad too ... especially StarForce : p
The (2) here is used because the copy protection interfered with the solution to the software problem as well as the fact that it doesn't fit with my jetsetting laptop only lifestyle ; O)
Have 'emulate HW TnL caps' ticked under Hardware Limits (cap bits) too.