El Dorado said:
Hello everyone,

I scoured the thread in hopes for a solution.
I use GOG, installed the game, the game works fine, mouse works, sounds/midi, graphics and inverted spaceship flight mouse control but effectively the de-interlacing is really hard on my eyes.

So I looked in GOG support for the game and I found the unofficial patch "p2_patch_test1_ogl_sidebyside.zip".

Darkfix.exe fixed the de-interlacing. It is great to look at those animations and actors. unfortunately, I am no computer wizard, my mouse does get stuck right away, down at the bottom and somewhere to the right. I found a post mentioning Norton, I turned off all norton functions for 30 minutes, re-launched darkfix.exe but the mouse issue persists, the mouse get stuck way at the bottom and somewhere to the right, so that solution was not for me

Is there a way to apply darkfix.exe from or to GOG launcher and using DOS emulator that comes with the game on GOG?

Incredible to find such oldies still with great appeal, thanks in advance.
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I'm sorry to reference a 4 year old problem, but I ran into the same problem and couldn't find any discussion, that has mentioned or fixed this exact mouse problem yet.

Game starts up fine, videos are de-interlaced, but as soon as I see the Sinner's Inn Bar, the mouse cursor ist locked in the lower right corner. By right clicking, I can cycle the interaction options and I can see the cursor jumping to and hovering over the different options, but left clicking does only sometimes work and is really finicky. While trying different click sequences, I sometimes manage to select an option and can even travel to the customs, but as soon as I'm in the booth, I am stuck because I can't cycle through interaction options by right clicking. In the dialogue selection at the bar, I can only select the lower option. After releasing the right mouse button, the cursor immediately jumps from an interaction option straight back to the lower right corner again. Pressing alt+p to open the PDA the exit button is immediately selected and I can only click left or right to exit, but nothing else.

When I try to run the game via the GOG Galaxy launcher or another DOSBox app the game runs just fine, but only in the 17.0e version without the enhanced patch. So this tells me there also should be a way to make it work with the darkfix.exe, with the problem being just a minor setting I'm missing.

I would really like to play through the game with the de-interlaced videos and use the features in the enhanced patch. Or is there a way to apply the patch in a DOSBox environment?

By now I tried the following:
- used patch p2_patch_test1_ogl_sidebyside.zip
- used p2_patch_test3.zip
- set compatibility to Win 95 and 98/SE
- ran darkfix.exe as admin
- changed the drive letter in dark.fix and dark.cfg to the correct install path
- tried the gog troubleshooting steps for keyboard/mouse not working at https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/212454049?product=gog
- tried praying to the omnissiah

Any help is appreciated!
 
I tried this patch on Windows 11 and it crashes. I can't get it working at all.

Soo, someone needs to look into that since we are all moving to Win11 at some point.
 
AH. I did not try to change the drive letter. That may be the issue. The patch files could be pointing to the wrong spot.
 
Hello everyone!

I signed up specifically to revive this thread!

First of all, thanks to those who created the patch: seeing the videos without that awful interlacing for the first time is pure joy—a childhood dream come true!

Unfortunately, my excitement was short-lived due to the mouse issue, which is identical to the one described here by other members three years ago.

Is there anyone with the right technical know-how who could take a look at the problem? Please—you’d make so many people happy!
 
AD said:
You should probably check out Mash's p2 patch. I believe it addresses a lot of the controls issues you're probably having https://www.wcnews.com/chatzone/thr...r-wing-commander-iii-iv-and-privateer2.31926/
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Thanks!

I probably did something wrong, but unfortunately, it didn't work.

The issue with the stuck mouse cursor is still there.

I did unzip the new patch into the game directory and replace the problematic files.
I have the French GOG version.

If I launch the game's executable, it starts the GOG version without the patch. If I launch the game using the "darfix" executable, it starts the patched version, but the mouse is stuck...

What should I do?
 
Do you happen to have more than one usb contoller, joystick, gamepad etc hooked up at the same time? Does unplugging the unused devices help? Have you tried using Mash's new controller setup page in-game to adjust things?

Also darkfix is for HCl's older p2 patch. Mash's patch should be just using the GOG version IIRC and run with the original EXE, so don't run darkfix if you're trying to us Mash's patch. Ideally, I would delete everything and start over so you don't have remnants of both patches at the same time applying Mash's patch to a fresh install.
 
If I remember correctly, DARKFIX had the mouse issue for me at first as well. To fix it, I think you have to go into Display Settings. Under Scale and Layout, make sure Size of Text is 100%. (It often defaults to 125% or 150% I think.) Doing this should fix it.

You can have DARKFIX and Mash's patch running side-by-side in the same folder. I have the DOS version as DARK.EXE, I installed the DOS to Windows 95 patch but renamed the exe to DARKWIN.EXE and installed Mash's patch on top of that. However, if you want to use the DARKFIX version, you have to use the original WAIL32.DLL, not the one provided with Mash's patch. Apart from that, you can run all versions from the same folder to save space.
 
AD said:
Do you happen to have more than one usb contoller, joystick, gamepad etc hooked up at the same time? Does unplugging the unused devices help? Have you tried using Mash's new controller setup page in-game to adjust things?

Also darkfix is for HCl's older p2 patch. Mash's patch should be just using the GOG version IIRC and run with the original EXE, so don't run darkfix if you're trying to us Mash's patch. Ideally, I would delete everything and start over so you don't have remnants of both patches at the same time applying Mash's patch to a fresh install.
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I just have a wireless mouse. i unplugged the usb port, nothing changed.

I gonna try your solution bc there is also a speed problem for all the animations.

avengah said:
If I remember correctly, DARKFIX had the mouse issue for me at first as well. To fix it, I think you have to go into Display Settings. Under Scale and Layout, make sure Size of Text is 100%. (It often defaults to 125% or 150% I think.) Doing this should fix it.

You can have DARKFIX and Mash's patch running side-by-side in the same folder. I have the DOS version as DARK.EXE, I installed the DOS to Windows 95 patch but renamed the exe to DARKWIN.EXE and installed Mash's patch on top of that. However, if you want to use the DARKFIX version, you have to use the original WAIL32.DLL, not the one provided with Mash's patch. Apart from that, you can run all versions from the same folder to save space.
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Thanks. Do you mean the settings for the game? Because there also is a glitch with the pad, and i cannot touch the computer item for the settings.
 
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