Fighting Steel and Windows 7

[joea]

Anyone able to get this working? I really miss Fighting Steel and having my big BBs go at each other. :wah:

[fred8615]

Anyone able to get this working? I really miss Fighting Steel and having my big BBs go at each other. :wah:
I have. Running Win 7 64 bit too.

You will have to install the Fighting Steel Project add-on, as I don't think the game will run without that on newer versions of Windows. You can get it for free here:

http://forums.navalwarfare.net/forumdisplay.php?8-FIGHTING-STEEL-PROJECT-THUNDER-AT-SEA

You will need to register, but it's free, and they're good guys over there.

[joea]

Cool I actually am a member their already, not visited for a long time.

I ran the FSP addon-fantastic and it added years of play value to FS. Also had the TAS campaign overlay very fun.

Why can't anyone make a 21st century naval game of this type? :-?

[brommer66]

Hi all

Installed the FSP addon, but still cannot get FS to work. Same thing happens as before installation of FSP. Screen switches to lower resolution, you hear some game noises and then nothing.
How do you start FS after installing FSP? Btw I have Win7 64bit.

Thanks for hints, advice etc.
Jos

[fred8615]

Try finding and downloading a copy of the d3drm.dll file and install it in the "windows\SYSWOW64" folder if you're using 64 bit Windows, or for 32 bit, install the DirectX that comes with FS, but tell it not to overwrite newer files.

FS requires the d3drm.dll file, which doesn't come with later versions of DirectX.

[WWII44]

I did all this and I get a purple screen with the intro sounds then nothing. how do I get it to run on windows 7 64 bit?

[ScottieQD]

I too am trying to get this to run on win 7, so far I've gotten a little farther than you, in as much as I can get the game up.....sort of. I've downloaded the nws fighting steel project 10.2, and the d3drm.dll file. I popped the file in the game folder (not sure that's right), and also in the windows\syswow64 folder. I've also turned water rendering off in the options mode to clear a mouse cursor issue.

The game works, except that every 3-D model (all the ships) won't render, which is to say the game doesn't work

[FightingSteel1]

I too am trying to get this to run on win 7, so far I've gotten a little farther than you, in as much as I can get the game up.....sort of. I've downloaded the nws fighting steel project 10.2, and the d3drm.dll file. I popped the file in the game folder (not sure that's right), and also in the windows\syswow64 folder. I've also turned water rendering off in the options mode to clear a mouse cursor issue.

The game works, except that every 3-D model (all the ships) won't render, which is to say the game doesn't work

I loved this game as well back in the day. I feel like I didn't enough time with it before tech rendered it "non working." The graphics never looked good, and are the main stumbling block to enjoying the game, but it has no equal since 1999.

I got as far as you did. Modern NVIDIA card/drivers on Windows 7... the game will start and play, but without rendering the ships. I wish I had the expertise to fix it or make a similar game.

[JapLance]

I just installed Fighting Steel, and to my surprise, it worked in Windows7 64 bits :woot:. It's the first time that having a built-in graphic card (Intel) has been an advantage.

These are the steps I made to get it working:

1) Install the game from the original CD.

2) Install the Fighting Steel Project latest version (FSP v10.43).

3) Set fightingsteel.exe to run with compatibility mode in Windows98.

4) Followed Fred's tip and installed d3drm.dll in windows\SYSWOW64.

5) Edited DbzLib.ini in the INI game folder and changed Title, Intro and Playmovies to 0. Also changed the CDROM path to the one in the game.

And now it works...:yeah:

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z92/JapLance/temporal/FightingSteel2_zps3d57ef47.jpg (http://s188.photobucket.com/user/JapLance/media/temporal/FightingSteel2_zps3d57ef47.jpg.html)

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z92/JapLance/temporal/FightingSteel_zps016bc59e.jpg (http://s188.photobucket.com/user/JapLance/media/temporal/FightingSteel_zps016bc59e.jpg.html)

[eon2k]

alright
:ping:

[Julian]

I have Fighting Steel installed on my old hard drive with other Dos and Windows 95, XP games. My Windows XP computer died on me a few years ago. But I had a friend save my old hard drive and my old games. I have it running as a secondary drive on my Windows 7 computer.
So, I still have access to playing some of the old Windows and Dos games.

The only problem I am having with Fighting Steel is that 3D battle screen comes up blotchy like paint flowing across the screen and the mouse leaves a trail of cursors behind it as it travels across the screen.

The title screen comes up, playing the opening theme.
Everything else, the bottom command screen, the video camera and views commands on the left side and the tabs at the top are clear along with the music and sound effects of water, gunfire, explosions are working fine. You hear all these sound effects and music.

On some screens you don't see the ships at all. Just see the trail wake behind them or see the gunfire from them or see the explosions or water rising from the salvos.

Can anyone suggest anything?? I tried the Compatibility tab. Didn't do anything to help. What's causing this blotchy look....

I have attached 2 thumbnail pictures for you to click on to view in large size format...

[Aktungbby]

ScottieQD & eon2k :Kaleun_Salute:Belatedly; forgive our manners.

[Markus_1987]

Thnks it works on my PC.

But only with the VGA Intel Graphic Card. It doesn't work with my Nvidia GTX 670 :-(

thanks for the tipp!

[Tactical Wargamer]

Where these days do you find the d3drm.dll file?
Was just trying it with the demo......is there a link anywhere the full version is available? NWS doesn't have it anymore. Mine is long gone :(
Thanks so much!

[Markus_1987]

I Have the Small Hope, that the guys of GOG.com fixing this Old game or good modders do it.

[propbeanie]

I doubt they would ever re-visit the title, and SSI is gone :wah:. It would be nice though to see a Fighting Steel II from some game company with updated graphics & an "onboared", real-time UI, like the SH series - but something that doesn't crash at the outset... :arrgh!:

Can you not get it to run on your computer, Markus_1987? Do you have the Project Add-On files? Do you have D3DRM.DLL on your computer? Can you describe what happens when you try to run the game? If it doesn't run, or has "smearing" in the display, let us know your computer specs, the OS and the video card. Several on here have it running "OK".

As far as I know, this is the site now for the project:
NWS Fighting Steel Project (http://nws-online.proboards.com/thread/17/fighting-steel-project)

I'm not sure of the "D3DRM.DLL" file downloads you can find out there...

I've got all of that on an older dual-core desktop downstairs with Win7-64 and an nVidia 6200, and it runs better than what it did on my old AMD Thunderbird (no surprise there). However, the game has always frustrated me in the way the UI works, but that's just me (not)... :salute:

[agathosdaimon]

i recently had to upgrade to windows 10 and have gotten Fighting Steel to work on it at last and looking fairly decent with only a minor negligible graphics glitch

that D3DRM.DLL file is all over the place, i found many downloads and links and such for it , the one that i ised which is fine is here https://www.dll-files.com/d3drm.dll.html - just scroll down to the available mirrors and select the first one to download

you need to also install the NWSonline Fighting Steel Project mod of course too.

also what you need is dgvoodoo2_53.zip - this voodoo wrapper thingy is good at emulating older gfx it seems and after adding its files - the dlls from its ms folder and the dgvoodoo exe to my fighting steel folder and fighting steel runs at very high resolution now on my Windows 10, 64bit

one other thing i had to do was switch off the "waves" setting in the graphics because that one thing seems to cause all the see and sky textures to get very messed up

[wiekniera]

Can anyone point me where to download this fighting steel project? the link from navalwarfare seems empty. I can't find this FSP v10.43 anywhere..Thanks for the help!

[JapLance]

Can anyone point me where to download this fighting steel project? the link from navalwarfare seems empty. I can't find this FSP v10.43 anywhere..Thanks for the help!

Have you tried this link?

https://nws-online.proboards.com/thread/17/fighting-steel-project

[kongovsfuso142]

I have got the disk for this game but when i start the setup it doesnt boot up any ideas why this would be a thing.

[propbeanie]

I do not remember the specifics of my installation routine with the game, but you must remember that it is an old DirectX v9 game. At a minimum, in Windows 7 or 10 or 11 install, you would have to right-click on the setup.exe file and choose "Run this program as an administrator". You might also have to use the "Compatibility" tab on the "Properties" page for the exe, and noodle with the DPI settings and compatibility mode for the setup.exe file. Notice JapLance's settings used for the game executable above in Post No.9 (https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2283278#post2283278) - For some games, I have copied the entirety of the disk over to the hard drive, and then done the same there. Not all disks will allow that, since some install routines use the disk as a "dongle" for the install and / or running of the game. Once the game is installed, do NOT run it, but rather follow the link from JapLance's Post #19 (https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2753681#post2753681) above, and do the FSP updates. Follow their instructions to the letter. :salute:

[ntblood]

Mine was booting up but crashing after a bit with 1.1 patch installed. Then I installed the Fighting Steel Project and it didn't crash but the graphics are all messed up for the ships. And cursor is leaving ghosts
https://nws-online.proboards.com/thread/17/fighting-steel-project

(https://nws-online.proboards.com/thread/17/fighting-steel-project)// Graphics Fix - install dgVoodoo2 :
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/DgVoodoo_2
copy the following files: dgVoodoo.conf, dgVoodooCpl.exe and all the files from the x86 folder inside the MS folder (don't leave them in the x64 and x86 folders)... move them into the main SFC3 folder.

[Aktungbby]

ntblood!:Kaleun_Salute: after a 17 year 'silent run!' :up: