Betrayal in Antara - Game Mod - Alternative Installer - Download

Alternative Installer is a mod for  Betrayal At Antara, created by  SquirtTheCat.

Description:

This is modernized installer for Betrayal At Antara.

FEATURES:

XP/Vista installer.

XP/Vista windows executable.

Scales to use entire screen (Direct3D bilinear interpolation).

Per-user save games (Vista friendly).

Fixes exceptions and script errors under XP/Vista.

Fixes walking speed on modern CPUs.

Supports 24-bit/32-bit color operation.

Changes to the original game

XP/Vista Installer

New installer created to be XP/Vista friendly.

The installer will install the files normally included by a Sierra install.

The Sierra ANTAR110 update files are included and installed.

XP/Vista Executable

Modified version of the original Sierra Windows 95 executable.

Fixes SP alignment bugs causing script errors under XP/Vista.

Fixes div-by-zero exception causing game to fail under XP/Vista.

Fixes walking speed on modern CPUs.

Fixes color handling when display is operating in 24-bit/32-bit color mode.

Use hardware support for mouse cursor.

Upscale to full screen resolution while maintaining aspect ratio.

Dirext3D hardware accelerated bilinear interpolation.

On a widescreen monitor black bars are added left/right to maintain correct aspect ratio.

Store save games per user to work under Vista. Default APPDATA locations:

XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Sierra\Betrayal in Antara

Vista: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Sierra\Betrayal in Antara

Store rwdata files in temp directory to work under Vista. Default locations:

XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Temp\Sierra\Betrayal in Antara

Vista: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Temp\Sierra\Betrayal in Antara

Common problems

Crashes during gameplay:

There is a known crash problem when entering a fight scene on some systems.

To use:

Create new folder, copy the contents of game’s CD there and extract mod’s archive. Then run betrayal_in_antara_install_20080628.msi.

• Last update: Friday, August 28, 2020
• Genre: RPG
• File size: 4 MB