Leisure Suit Larry 6 in full screen?

[NeoVenom]

Is there any way to make this game run in full screen and not "windowed"? For example, if I hit alt-enter on something like DosBox, it'll take up the whole screen. Yet...when I do that with Leisure Suit Larry 6, absolutely nothing happens. I tried maximizing it but it just looks terrible. The screen stays the same size and shifts all the way to the upper-left corner and then everything around the characters is black. I know there's a way to make it completely full screen cuz I remember playing it like that years ago. Is it because of XP? I can't run the game in DosBox cuz LSL 6 is a Windows game. Thanks for reading! :D

[Celestial Avenger]

I think you an go into dosbox's config file and change a "0" to a "1" somewhere and it will force full-screen automatically.

[Jorpho]

Is this an old Windows version of Larry 6 or something, or are you in fact running it under DOSBox?

[NeoVenom]

Well the collection I got the game in was from 1997 and the game itself was released in 1993. My copy of the game is a Windows version so I can't use DOSBox to run it. If it was a DOS version, I'll have no problem playing it. LOL

[Jorpho]

It might be possible that there's still a DOS executable somewhere on the CD.

Otherwise, have you tried compatibility mode? Maybe running it in 640x480x256 color mode will make it work better.

[NeoVenom]

Well, the good news is that there is a DOS installation of the game on the CD so I installed the DOS version of LSL6. I tried running the Windows version with Compatibility but I still get the same problem as before, minus the characters being surrounded by black. Hopefully, I can fullsize LSL7 when I play it, since it's more of a recent game than LSL6. Anyways, I guess I'll play the DOS version of LSL6. However, if anyone has any info on how to fullsize the Windows version (as if you were to press alt-enter), let me know. Much appreciated. Thanks for the help by the way. :D

EDIT: I just noticed the sound isn't that great in the DOS version compared to the Windows version.

[NeoVenom]

Crap! I can't fullscreen LSL7 either... :|

[jajaja]

Just wanted to point out that LSL6 is a DOS game, but i see you already figured it out :) Even LSL7 was DOS compatible. The music in the Windows version is in midi, it sounds horrible :( The good old original Sound Blaster/Adlib is SO much better :) Great game btw.

[NeoVenom]

I was testin out the sound in both Windows and DOS and for some reason Windows sounds better. LOL Maybe cuz I set the wrong sound card in config? I selected soundblaster for the sound (I believe) and something else for the music.

Wasn't LSL 7 made around the same time as Monkey Island: Curse of Monkey Island? The weird thing is when I play Monkey Island: Curse of Monkey Island, it runs perfectly fine and I can play it in full-screen mode. I guess it's because the default config is set to full-screen, never actually looked into it. There has to be a file containing the default settings, but I can't find it. If I do find, maybe I can manually set the game to run in full-screen mode rather than windowed mode. :|

EDIT: I think I found a solution. After googling for a while I found this on mobygames.com...

"After installing the game you may restore your favorite Appearance settings. Also, if you want to run the game in full screen you must change the screen resolution to 640x480. If there is no such option under "Display Properties", enter the folder where Larry 7 is installed (probably C:\Sierra\LSL7) and select "Properties" by right-clicking on SIERW5.EXE. Then go to "Compatibility" options and select "Run in 640x480 screen resolution". Now run SIERW5.EXE. Everything should be fine now. Have fun !!!"

I know Jorpho suggested that I do the Compatibility but I didn't do the other part. Anyways, I'll test it out later and let you all know if it works.

EDIT: NVM....it is what Jorpho suggested. LOL

[Jorpho]

There are some versions of DOSBox out there compiled with support for Roland MT32 emulation, which can definitely make the MIDI sound "different". (I wouldn't necessarily say "better"; I think some musicians recognized the limitations of the popular MIDI devices at the time and purposefully wrote music that made full use of their specific capabilities, such that playing it on a more sophisticated device robs the music of some of its quality. Or maybe not.)

Anyway, the MT32 emulation is of questionable legitimacy; it is my understanding that Roland went after the people who first came up with it, but had to back down when they couldn't fully substantiate their claims. You'll have to do a bit of hunting for it (along with the necessary MT32 ROMs), but it shouldn't be too difficult.

[jajaja]

Ah yes, that might be it. At my PC, running LSL6 for Windows it plays horrible midi. Im not saying midi in general is horrible, theres alot of good music in midi, but the LSL6 midi was horrible compared to the original stuff hehe.

About the 640x480 mode, i tried that earlier before i posted my first with LSL6 and it didnt change anything. It was still only running in window mode.

[NeoVenom]

Yeah, I tried it aswell, still windowed. It's bizarre to me that with these 2 particular games alt-enter is like disabled. I was trying to run a LSL pinball game and like the game disabled the down arrow key. Basically, I couldn't launch the ball at all. The pinball game is also windowed.

EDIT: Well the compalibility DOES work for LSL 7, it displays in full-screen but it doesn't work with LSL 6.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Yeah, I tried it aswell, still windowed. It's bizarre to me that with these 2 particular games alt-enter is like disabled. I was trying to run a LSL pinball game and like the game disabled the down arrow key. Basically, I couldn't launch the ball at all. The pinball game is also windowed.

EDIT: Well the compalibility DOES work for LSL 7, it displays in full-screen but it doesn't work with LSL 6.

http://www.tawmis.com/collector/Games/LeisureSuitLarry/LSL6Help.html

That site has tons of information on getting the older Leisure Suit Larry games to work. It also has info on King's Quest. ;)

[Jorpho]

Yeah, I tried it aswell, still windowed. It's bizarre to me that with these 2 particular games alt-enter is like disabled.

Why should that be so surprising? It's a Windows program, and a fairly old one at that. Most Windows programs don't do anything when you press Alt-Enter.

Kitsune's link indicates that it is in fact a Windows 3.1 program, so if you really want to you can run Windows 3.1 in DOSBox (yes, it does that now) and then run the Windows version in DOSBox (odd as that sounds).


I was trying to run a LSL pinball game and like the game disabled the down arrow key. Basically, I couldn't launch the ball at all. The pinball game is also windowed.

Take-a-Break Pinball, no? Could very well just be a num-lock thing.

[NeoVenom]

Oh, so Alt-Enter didn't work back then. I did not know that. I thought it did. But wait...how the heck did I put it in full-screen then? LOL On the pinball game, I think I did hit num-lock and it still didn't work. I'll try again and let you know.

EDIT: Yeah, I hit num-lock and I can't still launch the ball. I can't even launch it by holding the left mouse button and releasing it. :|

[Kitsune Sniper]

Oh, so Alt-Enter didn't work back then. I did not know that. I thought it did. But wait...how the heck did I put it in full-screen then? LOL On the pinball game, I think I did hit num-lock and it still didn't work. I'll try again and let you know.

EDIT: Yeah, I hit num-lock and I can't still launch the ball. I can't even launch it by holding the left mouse button and releasing it. :|

According to SpaceQuest.net, the program doesn't work properly under Windows 2000 (and XP).

I downloaded it from somewhere, and yes, it won't work. Sorry.

[NeoVenom]

Good news, I got the music to sound exactly like the Windows version with the DOS version. I just set the music to MIDI and it sounds exactly the same.

EDIT: Well I can't hear some sound effects now with soundblaster. I'm going to keep on messing around with it and see if it works.

Also, I noticed something while look at this page, http://www.ibiblio.org/GameBytes/issue19/greviews/lsl6.html ,what version is the pic all the way to the right at the top? Talkie?

[Jorpho]

what version is the pic all the way to the right at the top? Talkie?

Probably. Mobygames also says it was on the Mac. (I guess Sierra had given up on Amiga ports by then.)

http://www.mobygames.com/game/leisure-suit-larry-6-shape-up-or-slip-out/screenshots

[jajaja]

What is Talkie?

[NeoVenom]

"Talkie" version of LSL 6 means the voice version. All the characters talk with actual voices. I just installed it cuz I noticed my LSL Collection Series has it. Graphics are really nice and the interface is nice (look at the right pic on the website I linked above) and the guy who does Larry's voice is the same guy who does his voice in LSL 7. Also, the narrator from LSL 7 is in the talkie version of LSL 6 as the narrator as well. Alas, it is windowed and I can't adjust the size of it either. Also, for some bizarre reason, Larry walks extremely fast. LOL

[jajaja]

Ah ok, sweet :) What LSL collection do you have? The one with 1-6 or the one with 1-7? I dont think the 1-6 (which i have) got the talk version. I dont remember if i've even tried LSL6 with voices :(

[NeoVenom]

I got this version, http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/leisure-suit-larry-collection-series .

[jajaja]

Ah ok, i've seen that before i think :) The collection i got got released 3 years before the one you have. This is the one i got:

http://www.mobygames.com/game/leisure-suit-larrys-greatest-hits-and-misses/cover-art/gameCoverId,6310/

http://www.mobygames.com/game/leisure-suit-larrys-greatest-hits-and-misses/cover-art/gameCoverId,6311/

I bought it 3rd February 1996 (still got the reciept inside the box hehe).



The second disc contains a Windows-based version of Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out featuring a revised interface and speech.

Is this the version that got better music than the DOS version? Maybe they remade the music in this version?

[NeoVenom]

Yeah, that's the one I mentioned b4 with the music.

About the walking in the talkie version, I wonder if Larry was meant to walk that fast or maybe it's just my comp.

Also, I noticed in this pic, http://www.ibiblio.org/GameBytes/issue19/greviews/lsl63.gif , that my talkie version doesn't have that top and buttom bar. It definately looks like the Macintosh version. Also Larry is to the left in my version like in this pic, http://www.mobygames.com/game/win3x/leisure-suit-larry-6-shape-up-or-slip-out/screenshots/gameShotId,90545/.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Yeah, that's the one I mentioned b4 with the music.

About the walking in the talkie version, I wonder if Larry was meant to walk that fast or maybe it's just my comp.

Also, I noticed in this pic, http://www.ibiblio.org/GameBytes/issue19/greviews/lsl63.gif , that my talkie version doesn't have that top and buttom bar. It definately looks like the Macintosh version. Also Larry is to the left in my version like in this pic, http://www.mobygames.com/game/win3x/leisure-suit-larry-6-shape-up-or-slip-out/screenshots/gameShotId,90545/.

Larry walking so fast is caused by your CPU's speed. I remember the Gabriel Knight Mysteries set saying that you needed to use a program to take up cycles off your computer so you could bypass a few sections, most notably the Mostly/Bread scene in the police department.

As for that screenshot over at ibiblio... Isn't that a Windows 3.1 menu on top of the game?

[NeoVenom]

Is it? I've never actually seen Windows 3.1, so you're probably right.

As for my cpu speed, idk if it's that because everything else runs at normal speed. Like at the lobby, the woman is moving at normal speed and when Al passes by on that little Kart thing, he's moving at normal speed.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Is it? I've never actually seen Windows 3.1, so you're probably right.

As for my cpu speed, idk if it's that because everything else runs at normal speed. Like at the lobby, the woman is moving at normal speed and when Al passes by on that little Kart thing, he's moving at normal speed.

Well, back in those days some things were programmed to use the CPU speed as a speed limit. They didn't think computers would be so damn fast a few years later!

Again, I bring up Gabriel Knight. Everything in the game ran normally on my old Pentium III 450Mhz computer, except for the videos and the Mostly police department scene. It was then that things went crazy. ;)

[NeoVenom]

LOL The funny thing with this fast walking is I don't need to use Al's (I think his name was Alfred...idk) Tram to go from one side of the hotel to the other. I walk faster than his tram and leave him in the dust.

Anyways, I guess since I can't full screen this game, I'll just do the compalibility and set my Display Properties screen resolution to 800 x 600 pixels, this way the screen of the game will be bigger than how it looked in 1024 x 768 pixels. The only thing that bugs me now is Larry's walk. LOL I wish I could change the title of this thread to "Leisure Suit Larry 6 problems..." :D

[NeoVenom]

So can anyone (who has LSL 6 talkie version) tell me if Larry is suppose to walk really fast in the talkie version? If its my CPU, then I don't know why everything else runs at normal speed except Larry, such as background movement and cutscenes. Wouldn't everything run really fast if that was the case? On a side note, I only have the Windows version of the talkie version, not really sure a DOS version ever came out.

[astro2]

people who don't know what they are talking about shouldn't give advice

no.1 larry 7 works on xp perfectly and also in FULL screen. It even says it on the official AL LOWE website and you can't be a proper larry fan if you haven't at least been to the creators website and said thankyou for the memories and sign his guest book

in his website he has a troubleshooting section and also talks about a file that you can download and install and it allows the game to run perfectly on xp and vista on fullscreen and the rez is great not the best but still good

no.2 I have no idea about larry 6 full talkie, i am currently trying to get it to run in full 256 colours, colours are screwed up on my screen most likely since the game keeps trying to open it in command prompt. I do remember a non cd version I used in dosbox and it was fine. Fulltalkie doesn't work in dosbox it keeps asking for the cd. As for your speed issue, can't you choose the speed larry walks? you can in part 7:popcorn:



UPDATE: ok i got the game working with hi-rez and with audio, I made a folder larry6 copied all the files from the hi-rez folder from the cd, go into dos box, install, then copied the main audio file called RESOURCE.AUD to the game directory and run. It's perfect

to make it even better you must turn down the music volume since you don't have a speech volume. Also game speed can be slowed down with speed knob but who the hell likes a slow moving character?

[Kitsune Sniper]

people who don't know what they are talking about shouldn't give advice

You bumped a four year old thread with a post bitching at people. Nyah. :P