is it possible run old game that use Macromedia Director 5?

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deepforest
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is it possible run old game that use Macromedia Director 5?

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Hello!
Just curious. How run via wine old game that use Macromedia Director 5?

The Great Moomin Party
https://archive.org/details/fest-i-mumindalen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UtQjqSvK2U

Devuan Daedalus (Debian 12 fork)

1. add 386 architecture
2. install Wine stable
3. make 32 bit wineprefix https://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#How_do_I_cr ... _system.3F
4. install gstreamer-1.0 base plugins 32-bit viewtopic.php?p=138309
5. when try run game i see "Program requires at least 3MB of free virtual memory to run"

-Increasing size page file via regedit not help
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > System > CurrentControlSet > Control > Session Manager > Memory Management
Set PagingFiles to something like C:\pagefile.sys 30 77


-Running game via Scummvm also not help

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viewtopic.php?t=30440
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44931
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Re: is it possible run old game that use Macromedia Director 5?

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Re: is it possible run old game that use Macromedia Director 5?

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You can patch the game using the DirectorMemPatch program mentioned in the bug report.
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Re: is it possible run old game that use Macromedia Director 5?

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jkfloris wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 1:53 pm You can patch the game using the DirectorMemPatch program mentioned in the bug report.
Woow! Thanks a lot man! Its great, all working now! :)
Apologies for my inattention :oops:
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Re: is it possible run old game that use Macromedia Director 5?

Post by roegeek »

Hi there. Does anyone know if there is any way to get an exe file to play on an IOS or Android tablet.
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