WC3 KS Video issue

[Unregistered]

Ok so i've followed the information in the posts and finally got wc3 ks running ith one minor problem, the video colors look very strange, there are lots of yellow and purple dots floating around when the movies play and most of the colors look inverted. Does anyone know how to fix this?

 

[ChrisReid]

What operating system do you have? What video card? What specific things from the other threads did you try? Is this just in the videos or throughout the game? Modern video cards do all sorts of advanced graphical tricks that can conflict with older Windows 95 games. You probably need to get into those and start disabling things to see the result. You can also try these things:

Playing Wing Commmander 3 in a window:
If your desktop resolution is set to 800x600 pixels or higher, you will be able to play Wing Commander 3 in a window. This does require a great deal of processing power to achieve, but it's an excellent effect! Check your desktop properties by RIGHT-clicking on your Windows 95 desktop. Select Properties and then select the Settings tab. On the right hand side of your display properties settings window you will see a slider bar that indicates your current desktop resolution. If it is less than 800x600, you will not be able to run Wing Commander 3 in a "window." Try setting it to 800x600 or higher to check it out! If you have slow frame rate, or other problems running the game, take the desktop resolution back down to 640x480 and try the game again.

Changing the video resolution of Wing Commander 3 while in spaceflight:
Wing Commander 3 can be changed to suit your video card's capabilities while in-flight. Use ALT-1 ALT-2 ALT-3 or ALT-4 key combinations to set Wing Commander 3 to different video modes. ALT-1 sets "low-resolution without DirectDraw "page-flipping" and is best when trying to get the fastest frame rate. ALT-2 keeps Wing Commander 3 in low resolution but adds the DirectDraw "page flipping" capabilities. ALT-3 disables the "page flipping" option, but elevates Wing Commander 3 to high resolution. ALT-4 also sets Wing 3 to high resolution mode, but adds DirectDraw "page flipping."

Command-Line Parameters for Wing Commander 3 for Windows 95:
If you are experiencing performance problems or other technical difficulties with Wing Commander 3 for Windows 95, you may want to try using one or more of the available "Command-line" parameters for running the game. Since the game normally runs like any Windows 95 program, you will have to open an MS-DOS Prompt within Windows 95 to execute the command-line parameters. Click on START, on PROGRAMS and then on MS-DOS PROMPT. Change to the Wing Commander 3 directory on your hard drive (by typing CD\PROGRA~1\KILRAT~1\WC3). Type "WC3W " followed by one of the following switches:

Command-Line parameters:
-D This forces the hardware "double-buffering" to turn off. Can be helpful with video-related problems.
-NO_INTERLACE This disables the scanline "skipping" in the Wing Commander 3 movies.