I know it's an old game............

Xploited Titan · Nov 4, 2002, 05:45 PM

I'm talking about Heavy Metal F.AK.K. 2............. I can't play it!!!!!!!! I've got it for one or two years and I've only played twice on it (with a marvellous PII300 & a nVidia Riva 128

)... on my parents computer

But now, we've got all Windows XP and even if I can install the game (which isn't easy to achieve

) .............. I can't run it.... Windows deactivates the game at the launch of it, because it is responsible for some "errors"......

Can anybody tell me, seriously, how to get this game up and running??

Zardon · Nov 4, 2002, 05:50 PM

well I think ive a copy of this laying in the attic, ill give it a shot in a day or two, my only recommendation to you at this early stage is to scout around forums and the companies website for any patches updates etc...... chances are though it might not work anymore.

you could also try running the game in compatibility mode (an often forgotten little trick -- although sometimes it doesnt work either!), worked for me a while ago with Swiv 3D.

Right click the exe, properties, compatibility, then pick another os (or even force 640x480).

Xploited Titan · Nov 4, 2002, 05:57 PM

I tried compatibility mode, patches won't install.....

The company doesn't seem to support it....

(their messageboard stops in 2000 or 2001 !!!!)

I've been tricked

digitalwanderer · Nov 4, 2002, 07:07 PM

I never DID finish that one, I'll install it this afternoon and see if'n I can help any too.

Xploited Titan · Nov 5, 2002, 06:14 PM

Well, thank you for any help you can give me.........

Xploited Titan · Nov 17, 2002, 11:36 AM

Do you have found an answer ro my problem?

reno · Nov 17, 2002, 05:17 PM

Can you play Quake 3 or Jedi Knight Outcast?

If not, don't even bother. It's the same engine, you are probably running out of ram or something. Your machine is at the REALLY low end...I doubt it even meets the min. requirements of the game itself. Sorry bud.

Xploited Titan · Nov 17, 2002, 07:18 PM

I have Jedi Outcast and played it till the end with NO problem (none....)!!!!

I also have Star Trek Elite Force, which also uses the Q3 engine.....

I've 512 Mo of RAM........

and an overclocked Athlon XP 1700+ ......

and a 64Mo GeForce 3 Ti 200 (overclocked)

So I'm far from the PII300, 64 Mo RAM and 8 Mo OpenGL compatible GPU from the minimum requirements......

And, reno, if you have to say something stupid, please not in my thread....

If you were smart you would have looked to some of my posts, were you could have seen what I use.....

Really, I find you pathetic, talking about something while knowing nothing..........

Zardon · Nov 17, 2002, 07:26 PM

well I couldnt find my copy, sorry for taking so long to reply, but from what ive heard the game wont work on the new OS, its nothing to do with your system.

so unless you want to reformat and set up a dual boot system.......

reno · Nov 18, 2002, 01:42 AM

Sorry, you ass. I thought you were talking about your POS 300mhz rig. Next time specify. You say "we all have XP," well...I thought you were playing on your crappy system, and really don't care to sift through the thousands of posts here to find out the capabilities of the rig you may elude to in your statement.

If you've got something to say, say it clearly, and cut down on the crappy grammar.

meuno · Nov 28, 2002, 01:59 PM

ummm, I thought this game is based on unreal engine..

Xploited Titan · Nov 28, 2002, 08:13 PM

To reno: if you can read english: I said it was my parents computer....

And the box says that it's based on the Quake III Arena Engine...........

But I think Zardon 's right, I only can play it on an older OS, damn u Windows XP!!!!

iCzMan · Nov 28, 2002, 11:44 PM

ahhh.... bring backs the old memory...

Rayder · Jan 4, 2003, 11:41 AM

I just dug up Heavy Metal FAKK 2 and installed it (just watched Heavy Metal 2000 and that inspired me, then I remembered reading this post a while ago). I'm using XP Home and it installed/patched/NoCD'd just fine. There was an update quite a while back at Windows Update that added compatibility for alot of games, do you have that installed? I don't remember exactly which games it was supposed to make work, but I know it fixed alot more games than it said it did.

It actually installed easier and runs better and smoother than it did when I was running Win98se (whaddya know about that). I have 2 CD drives in my system, a Plextor CDRW and a Toshiba DVD, I used the DVD drive to install it. I do remember the game being very flaky with some CD drives. I didn't have to use any compatibility modes or anything.

I couldn't say why you are having so much problems installing it, I'm somewhat new to XP, but I thought I'd post my results......

I have beaten this game while I was running 98se, it's a pretty FUN game, but the ending sucked eggs. It was left wide open for a sequel that we will likely never see.

My favorite line in HM 2000 "How do you lose a 6 foot bitch and a talking rock?"

Xploited Titan · Jan 4, 2003, 11:54 AM

Could you tell me more about the patch and noCD, cos everytime I tried to patch I got an error.......

It's maybe because of the fact I can't patch that I even can't play.

Rayder · Jan 4, 2003, 12:12 PM

It's the 1.02 patch, don't remember where I got it(I'll search for a link and post it here). The NoCD patch came from the old standby's: GameCopyWorld and/or possibly Megagames. (www,the site name.com)

Heavy Metal FAKK2-1.02 Patch

EDIT: the link won't take you directly to the patch, you'll have to select "windows" on the left sidebar and then the "H" directory to get to it. I verified that the patch IS there.

Yes, I believe the game absolutely REQUIRED the patch just to run.

Hope that helps ya!

digitalwanderer · Jan 4, 2003, 03:44 PM

...you have XP and your openGL doesn't work? What driver version is video card? The original drivers that came with XP didn't support openGL...

Xploited Titan · Jan 5, 2003, 03:45 PM

I use 40.41 drivers on my 3D Prophet 3 Ti 200...........

But Iheard some rumours about HM using Quake III engine with some special code not available under XP, this is why the game has so much problems and bugs..........

Nov 4, 2002, 05:45 PM	#1
Xploited Titan Driverheaven's evil Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Brussels, capital of Belgium Posts: 207 Rep Power: 0	I know it's an old game............ I'm talking about Heavy Metal F.AK.K. 2............. I can't play it!!!!!!!! I've got it for one or two years and I've only played twice on it (with a marvellous PII300 & a nVidia Riva 128 )... on my parents computer But now, we've got all Windows XP and even if I can install the game (which isn't easy to achieve ) .............. I can't run it.... Windows deactivates the game at the launch of it, because it is responsible for some "errors"...... Can anybody tell me, seriously, how to get this game up and running?? __________________ I see living people...

Nov 4, 2002, 05:57 PM	Thread Starter #3
Xploited Titan Driverheaven's evil Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Brussels, capital of Belgium Posts: 207 Rep Power: 0	I tried compatibility mode, patches won't install..... The company doesn't seem to support it.... (their messageboard stops in 2000 or 2001 !!!!) I've been tricked __________________ I see living people...

Nov 4, 2002, 07:07 PM	#4
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	Hmmmm. I never DID finish that one, I'll install it this afternoon and see if'n I can help any too. __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Nov 5, 2002, 06:14 PM	Thread Starter #5
Xploited Titan Driverheaven's evil Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Brussels, capital of Belgium Posts: 207 Rep Power: 0	Well, thank you for any help you can give me......... __________________ I see living people...

Nov 17, 2002, 05:17 PM	#7
reno Painlord of Ichor Join Date: May 2002 Location: bloinkin! Posts: 1,610 Rep Power: 0	fws Can you play Quake 3 or Jedi Knight Outcast? If not, don't even bother. It's the same engine, you are probably running out of ram or something. Your machine is at the REALLY low end...I doubt it even meets the min. requirements of the game itself. Sorry bud.

Nov 4, 2002, 05:50 PM	#2
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	well I think ive a copy of this laying in the attic, ill give it a shot in a day or two, my only recommendation to you at this early stage is to scout around forums and the companies website for any patches updates etc...... chances are though it might not work anymore. you could also try running the game in compatibility mode (an often forgotten little trick -- although sometimes it doesnt work either!), worked for me a while ago with Swiv 3D. Right click the exe, properties, compatibility, then pick another os (or even force 640x480).

Nov 17, 2002, 11:36 AM	Thread Starter #6
Xploited Titan Driverheaven's evil Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Brussels, capital of Belgium Posts: 207 Rep Power: 0	Do you have found an answer ro my problem?

Nov 17, 2002, 07:18 PM	Thread Starter #8
Xploited Titan Driverheaven's evil Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Brussels, capital of Belgium Posts: 207 Rep Power: 0	I have Jedi Outcast and played it till the end with NO problem (none....)!!!! I also have Star Trek Elite Force, which also uses the Q3 engine..... I've 512 Mo of RAM........ and an overclocked Athlon XP 1700+ ...... and a 64Mo GeForce 3 Ti 200 (overclocked) So I'm far from the PII300, 64 Mo RAM and 8 Mo OpenGL compatible GPU from the minimum requirements...... And, reno, if you have to say something stupid, please not in my thread.... If you were smart you would have looked to some of my posts, were you could have seen what I use..... Really, I find you pathetic, talking about something while knowing nothing..........

Nov 17, 2002, 07:26 PM	#9
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	well I couldnt find my copy, sorry for taking so long to reply, but from what ive heard the game wont work on the new OS, its nothing to do with your system. so unless you want to reformat and set up a dual boot system.......

Nov 18, 2002, 01:42 AM	#10
reno Painlord of Ichor Join Date: May 2002 Location: bloinkin! Posts: 1,610 Rep Power: 0	dgfs Sorry, you ass. I thought you were talking about your POS 300mhz rig. Next time specify. You say "we all have XP," well...I thought you were playing on your crappy system, and really don't care to sift through the thousands of posts here to find out the capabilities of the rig you may elude to in your statement. If you've got something to say, say it clearly, and cut down on the crappy grammar.

Nov 28, 2002, 01:59 PM	#11
meuno DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: next to my pc Posts: 39 Rep Power: 0	Re: dgfs ummm, I thought this game is based on unreal engine..

Nov 28, 2002, 08:13 PM	Thread Starter #12
Xploited Titan Driverheaven's evil Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Brussels, capital of Belgium Posts: 207 Rep Power: 0	To reno: if you can read english: I said it was my parents computer.... And the box says that it's based on the Quake III Arena Engine........... But I think Zardon 's right, I only can play it on an older OS, damn u Windows XP!!!!

Nov 28, 2002, 11:44 PM	#13
iCzMan DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 39 Rep Power: 0	ahhh.... bring backs the old memory...

Jan 4, 2003, 11:41 AM	#14
Rayder Mostly lurking lately.... Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 2,161 Rep Power: 73	I just dug up Heavy Metal FAKK 2 and installed it (just watched Heavy Metal 2000 and that inspired me, then I remembered reading this post a while ago). I'm using XP Home and it installed/patched/NoCD'd just fine. There was an update quite a while back at Windows Update that added compatibility for alot of games, do you have that installed? I don't remember exactly which games it was supposed to make work, but I know it fixed alot more games than it said it did. It actually installed easier and runs better and smoother than it did when I was running Win98se (whaddya know about that). I have 2 CD drives in my system, a Plextor CDRW and a Toshiba DVD, I used the DVD drive to install it. I do remember the game being very flaky with some CD drives. I didn't have to use any compatibility modes or anything. I couldn't say why you are having so much problems installing it, I'm somewhat new to XP, but I thought I'd post my results...... I have beaten this game while I was running 98se, it's a pretty FUN game, but the ending sucked eggs. It was left wide open for a sequel that we will likely never see. My favorite line in HM 2000 "How do you lose a 6 foot bitch and a talking rock?"

Jan 4, 2003, 11:54 AM	Thread Starter #15
Xploited Titan Driverheaven's evil Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Brussels, capital of Belgium Posts: 207 Rep Power: 0	Could you tell me more about the patch and noCD, cos everytime I tried to patch I got an error....... It's maybe because of the fact I can't patch that I even can't play.

Jan 4, 2003, 12:12 PM	#16
Rayder Mostly lurking lately.... Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 2,161 Rep Power: 73	It's the 1.02 patch, don't remember where I got it(I'll search for a link and post it here). The NoCD patch came from the old standby's: GameCopyWorld and/or possibly Megagames. (www,the site name.com) Heavy Metal FAKK2-1.02 Patch EDIT: the link won't take you directly to the patch, you'll have to select "windows" on the left sidebar and then the "H" directory to get to it. I verified that the patch IS there. Yes, I believe the game absolutely REQUIRED the patch just to run. Hope that helps ya!

Jan 4, 2003, 03:44 PM	#17
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	Wait a second... ...you have XP and your openGL doesn't work? What driver version is video card? The original drivers that came with XP didn't support openGL... __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Jan 5, 2003, 03:45 PM	Thread Starter #18
Xploited Titan Driverheaven's evil Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Brussels, capital of Belgium Posts: 207 Rep Power: 0	I use 40.41 drivers on my 3D Prophet 3 Ti 200........... But Iheard some rumours about HM using Quake III engine with some special code not available under XP, this is why the game has so much problems and bugs..........