Unofficial Tex Murphy

Ok before I started yes I have read all the xp/vista guides (not sure why the vista procedure is not working on win 7 but anyway)

I am unable to install Oversser on Windows 7 x64 at all I have setup.exe set to win 95 compatability mode with administrator checked and I keep getting

"The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running. Check your computers system information to see whether you need a x86(32-bit) or x64(64-bit) version of the program, and contact the software publisher."

Has anyone got it running under Windows 7 (I have no problem with UAKM or Pandora on Dosbox)

Welcome to our community... Always nice to see another Tex fan...

Are you using the CDs, the DVD, or did you buy and download it from www.gog.com???

I think you would be battling installing a win95/98 program on a 64 bit machine.
the difference is pandora & UAKM works under dos box on top of windows,
I have got pandora working on a 64 notebook under vista but it's the gog version.

cd/dvd version of overseer on this board works win 32 win 7. Just remember overseer doesn't like dual core & dual video cards, you need to disable one.

Bafitis wrote:Welcome to our community... Always nice to see another Tex fan...

Are you using the CDs, the DVD, or did you buy and download it from http://www.gog.com???

I have the original set that has all the CD's and the DVD so I can use either

plumgas wrote:I think you would be battling installing a win95/98 program on a 64 bit machine.
the difference is pandora & UAKM works under dos box on top of windows,
I have got pandora working on a 64 notebook under vista but it's the gog version.

cd/dvd version of overseer on this board works win 32 win 7. Just remember overseer doesn't like dual core & dual video cards, you need to disable one.

yeah those I do in DOS box but I have been able to install old windows 95/98 programs on Windows 7 x64 before like MM6-9 Heroes of might and magic series Deus Ex to name a few.

have you tried this -

There is an easy way to circumvent the problems on installing Overseer in a x64 environment; just copy the Overseer folder to your hard drive and play from there.
This even allows playing the DVD version. Just copy the patch files over the originals; install DVDExpress (you know the usual).

But! there are two weird glitches, haven't found a way around this: the weirdest thing is the fact that the mouse cursor dissapears while trying to play the dvd version. In the CD version only the alcatraz cell-block a crash appears, had no other crashes. and I happen to be playing under Vista64.

plumgas wrote:have you tried this -

There is an easy way to circumvent the problems on installing Overseer in a x64 environment; just copy the Overseer folder to your hard drive and play from there.
This even allows playing the DVD version. Just copy the patch files over the originals; install DVDExpress (you know the usual).

But! there are two weird glitches, haven't found a way around this: the weirdest thing is the fact that the mouse cursor dissapears while trying to play the dvd version. In the CD version only the alcatraz cell-block a crash appears, had no other crashes. and I happen to be playing under Vista64.

did not know that all the guides I read said to install I will give that a try and see what happens thanks I had the craving to play the Tex Murphy games and I have them all so I will try that thanks.

rgdelta wrote:

plumgas wrote:have you tried this -

There is an easy way to circumvent the problems on installing Overseer in a x64 environment; just copy the Overseer folder to your hard drive and play from there.
This even allows playing the DVD version. Just copy the patch files over the originals; install DVDExpress (you know the usual).

But! there are two weird glitches, haven't found a way around this: the weirdest thing is the fact that the mouse cursor dissapears while trying to play the dvd version. In the CD version only the alcatraz cell-block a crash appears, had no other crashes. and I happen to be playing under Vista64.

did not know that all the guides I read said to install I will give that a try and see what happens thanks I had the craving to play the Tex Murphy games and I have them all so I will try that thanks.

Worked great I am using my DVD and with lockvideo = -1 the cursor is there (if I do 1 the cursor disappears) thanks again considering overseer is the only tex murphy game I have never finished

Hello everyone! I have been wanting to play all the Tex Games leading up to the release of Project Fedora. So far, I bought UAKM from GOG, and got Pandora to work with my old CD's. But Overseer DVD has baffled me. I am running Windows 7 64-bit. I don't have the CD version (did the ol' "split the cost with a buddy" thing back in the day; he got the CD's and I got the DVD).

I appreciate everyone's help so far, and I have followed the advice in this thread - copied files from the DVD, 1.04 patch, DVDExpress, and I still have the exact problem plumgas states: everything works except the mouse pointer disappears - when I am in interrogation mode. I click "Ask About" and pick a topic. After the video stops, the Notepad comes out, and the pointer is "hidden" where if I move it to the right place, I can still click on other topics, but obviously without being able to SEE the pointer, that is very hit or miss (mostly miss)!

LockVideo=-1 won't work at all. I never get a pointer at all when I start the game, not even the "hidden" pointer.
LockVideo=1 is better - I get a pointer when the game starts, but I get the symptoms described above.

1) Hoping anyone can help me solve the pointer problem?
2) If not, I'm ready to just pay the $9.99 at GOG to play it, BUT, can anyone tell me if I should expect it to work on Windows 7, 64-bit? GOG.com says it works on WinXP and Vista. Doesn't say anything about Windows 7 and definitely doesn't say anything about 64-bit. It's only $10 but I'd rather not spend $10 if there's no chance it will work...

Thank you for any help you can offer!

@ VTP:
yes the GOG versions work on Win7 !
have them installed and tested.

I did not try to install the DVD version of Overseer, as many folks told me that would be of no use.

falke, thank you - but I just want to confirm to be sure - are you running the GOG version on Windows 7 _64-bit_? I've been burned before with things that work on Win7 32-bit but don't work on Win7 64-bit. Thanks and sorry for being anal.

My system: Windows 7 64bit edition !
(Overseer GOG version: CD edition)
it works.

It works! It works it works it works! Thanks falke, plumgas, and others. I can finally play Overseer before Project Fedora comes out!

Experts, I downloaded the DVD version of Overseer from GOG and installed it but when I run it I see the first frame of the intro video, hear the whole intro audio, then nothing. If I hit the window key to return to the desktop and then click Overseer in the taskbar I see the menu at the top of the screen but can't move the mouse.

Anyone else ever seen this?

1. I gather this is the new version 2 download from gog .

2. did you allow the ffdshow to run with overseer -, if not download below

3. download this new ffdshow - sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow-tryout/