Dungeon Keeper 2 [Full Version 1.7]

[RLSLOG1337]

DUNGEON KEEPER 2 v1.8!

Link:
Releaselog | RLSLOG.net » Dungeon Keeper 2-MiXED (YES, 100% real and legit!)

Features:
- Official SCENE ISO from DEViANCE: DUNGEON.KEEPER.2-DEViANCE
- Unofficial v1.8 patch with a lot of fixes: Dungeon_Keeper_II_v1.7-1.8
- It runs great under Windows Vista/7!

If anyone experiences issues with this release, feel free to PM me! ENJOY!

 

[Kathorin]

This problem has already been adressed, but noone has given a fix for it so far.

I can get the game to start up, and reach the starting screen without lag.
It shows the buttons (like Single Player, Multiplayer etc.), but the background is totally black.
When i click on one of the buttons, i reach a total black screen with a hand cursor.
I can still click on (i can start a campaign, since the button to start it is there, i just can't see it), but the entire map is back, with here and there some colored squares.

-run this program in compatibility mode for: windows 2000
-disable visual themes
-disable desktop composition
-run this program as an administrator
-press =apply and =ok

^ I done that, and i have disabled hardware Acceleration, but it hasn't worked. I tried restarting it, even re-installing, but that too didn't work.
Does anyone know what to do to actually -show- stuff, that i haven't mentioned yet? I did everything people told to do, to "make it work", but it doesn't.

 

[silvy277]

EDIT:
Well, after playing around some more, it finally works for me (on Windows 7). Note that I am using game version 1.8 as posted in one of previous replies to this thread. (On page 5, I think.)

I tried running the game with the following compatibility settings:
Windows 98/ME
Run in 256 color mode
Visual themes DISABLED
Desktop composition DISABLED
Display scaling on high DPI settings DISABLED

In-game Hardware Acceleration DISABLED.

After I edited the compatibility and the hardware acceleration settings, I exited the game, restarted the comp (just in case), and now it works!

Hopefully this will help some of you out.

 

[Snowbird]

Thanks for posting this up!

I am having a small issue running the game on my computer. I am running Windows 7 and I am using the settings that slivy277 posted. The game will run; I can see the dungeon and the menu screen, and I can play the game but after a period of time the game will crash. This has been a constant thing where after a period of time (anywhere between 3 to 10 minutes) the computer will give me "DKII has stopped working" and close.

Has anyone been having issues with the game randomly crashing after a short period of time and been able to fix it?

Thanks for your time,
Snowbird

 

[lenicki]

i tried to play dk2

hi i tried to play dk2 but it only showed a black screen and after 2 sec it wént straight back to the windows thingy

 

[mromero1010]

Dungeon Keeper for Macs

Hey everyone,
I've read through this entire thread and although there have been a few posts about problems playing DKII on Macs, nobody has seemed to address it...

I feel like I've literally been combing the internet for a way to play it on my Macbook Pro using Mac OS X 10.5.8, but nothing has seemed to have worked. I've downloaded Boxer, CrossOver Games, DOSBox, a torrent that claims to be Dungeon Keeper 2 for Macs, etc. However, I'll admit I'm not very fluent when it comes to working with computers in general, so I was wondering if anybody would be willing to take the time to guide me, and all those other DKII fans who are also Mac users? I read that using Wine would help, but I can't seem to find where to install that without getting utterly dumbfounded by all the technological jargon! (I guess I'm spoiled by the simplicity of having a Mac, lol)

Anyway, I love this game, and I can see the passion as well as the intelligence of the fans who have been helping each other out on this thread, and was just hoping that some of that help could be thrown our way

Thanks!

 

[Scott Wild]

LOVE THIS GAME! Gonna try installing it once the 9 hr download is done lol.

 

[Aushrekal]

K. asking for the third time... Can someone please help me with the map editor / map maker. How do you play the custom made maps in DK2. It's not coming up in the map choices in game. I have it in the maps folder but the game doesn't show the maps I made in game as a choice. Btw I played multiplayer over home network and the game crashed after about an hour. Does anyone know how to fix or prevent this?

 

[snake2929]

I don't know if people are still active on this forum, but I'll try anyway. I downloaded it fine, installed it fine (I think) but when I try to run it all I get is a black screen. I've tried with and without the compatibility options but I can never get it to work.I'm on vista btw. Can anyone help?

 

[JO3]

i got the same problem anyone help please

OK.

Download completed.

Disc burned.

Game installed.

Changed compalibility and ran as administrator.

Game loads.

I'm in the clear right? No.

(Game knowledge is needed to understand what I'm about to describe.)

Whenever I start a campaign or Pet Dungeon, the game toolbar pops up on the bottom of the screen as it should, and the narrator guides me through the objectives. HOWEVER, there's no dungeon to be seen. Cursors, buttons, tabs, options, life bar, message bar, everything is there... except the dungeon.

And YES I tried clicking on the Heart symbol by the life counter, and I also clicked the map on the lower left hand corner. Nothing. When i move my cursor around, it changes from hand to hammer, as if hovering over the dungeon, but all I see is blackness.

And I apologize for being redundant. Just trying to be clear.

Now what?

Oh and thank you for posting the link to the game. I cant wait to get it up and running correctly!

dude i have the same problem plzz plzzzzzz help...

 

[Dragonfire6000]

Help?

Im running this on windows 7 whenever i try to open the game the screen turns black the cursur turns into the loading symbol then it just turns off any fixes to this would be helpful

EDIT: noticed snake has the same problem as me help would be apreciated

 

[Dragonfire6000]

i found out how to fix this problem right click the icon and hit troubleshoot and you can run it that way for all those people with black screen

 

[BlackJesus1794]

Running on Mac OS-X?

Hey,

I'm just asking whether it will run on Mac OSX, i'm new to this abandonware thing but really fancied a game from my childhood, namely, DKII.

I do have PC which i can run it on if the mac doesn't work, but i would much prefer macbook for certain portability perks

Thanks

 

[InsaneNutter]

It will aparently work on your Mac with https://www.codeweavers.com/products/crossover-mac Cross Over Games (you must buy this).

The mouse will be inverted, however it this is apparently how to fix that: Compatibility - Forum - Dungeon Keeper 2 - CodeWeavers

Good luck!

 

[Guranga]

used to enjoy playing this on LAN when I was at school, cheers

 

[Zoe Mulpetre]

Hey thank you for the oppertunity to download and play this again. I still have the disk for this but it eventually got old and stopped working. This works brilliantly after doing the whole compatability mess around and hardware acceleration. However my problem is saving the game and being unable to progress through campeign.

After playing it for a while I came off for a break, but when I reloaded everything my campeign progression had been completely wiped. So I re did it again only to find out that it had been completely been erased again when I loaded back in. I tested this further by making a skirmish and saving it, then exited out of the skirmish back to the menu to check my load menu to find that nothing was there... The game even tells me its saved both through normal menu save and quick save...

Is there something I'm doing wrong? I am still new to this and I have re-downloaded the whole file twice now to find no change in the saving problem...
If anyone could help me out on this I would greatly appreciate it. I love this game alot, but I only have so much patience with this before I just give in unfortunately... Thanks

 

[MasterChief]

Have you installed the game, if you just run it off the CD it will not save. Basic question i know but its worth asking.

 

[Mr.Question]

HEEEEEEEEY. Where am I supposed to download it to?! I saved it to Desktop and it says... "Application not found."

 

[Bobin]

On Macs

Hey I'm new. So don't laugh.
Will this work on a MacBook Pro?
Do I have to burn it to a cd or can I just run it immediately after downloading?

Thankkkkkkkks

 

[Skochsela]

Thanks for posting this up!

I am having a small issue running the game on my computer. I am running Windows 7 and I am using the settings that slivy277 posted. The game will run; I can see the dungeon and the menu screen, and I can play the game but after a period of time the game will crash. This has been a constant thing where after a period of time (anywhere between 3 to 10 minutes) the computer will give me "DKII has stopped working" and close.

Has anyone been having issues with the game randomly crashing after a short period of time and been able to fix it?

Thanks for your time,
Snowbird

I am having this problem as well! Download went perfect, installation worked perfect. Graphics and sound are all okay, as far as I can tell (everything works and I can play perfectly fine). I could play up to 4 levels or something, and then it started to crash. Seems like the crashes are coming sooner and sooner, now, especially when I'm trying to save.

I also had an abandonware version of Dungeon Keeper 1 that did the exact same thing. It eventually crashed so fast that I couldn't play it any longer.

Is there anyone who knows how to fix this, or is it unfixable? I'd be sad, I love this game