Lighthouse – The Dark Being

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Modified for Windows XP/Vista

• XP/Vista installer.
• XP/Vista windows executable.
• Scales to use entire screen (Direct3D bilinear interpolation).
• Eliminates black lines in cut-scenes.
• Per-user save games (Vista friendly).
• Fixes exceptions and script errors under XP/Vista.
• Fixes interactive animation speed on modern CPUs.

Requirements

• Windows XP or Vista.
• DirectX 9c (Direct3D).
• Lighthouse CD set required for full game (not included):
  • English
  • French
  • German

Download

• Demo game: lighthouse_demo_install_20080919.msi
• Full game (CD set required):
  • English: lighthouse_english_install_20080919.msi
  • French: lighthouse_french_install_20080919.msi
  • German: lighthouse_german_install_20080919.msi

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 minimum install.
• The Sierra LITEPT2A update files are included and installed (English version only).

XP/Vista Executable

• Modified version of the original Sierra Windows 95 executable.
• Fixes SP alignment bugs causing script errors under XP/Vista.
• Fixes interactive animation speed on modern CPUs.
• Eliminate black lines in cut-scenes.
• 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\Lighthouse
  • Vista: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Sierra\Lighthouse

Common problems

Save game directories: Games are saved in the user-specific APPDATA directory regardless of what directory you choose in the game. This is to ensure compatibility with Vista.

Mouse cursor is a large black box:
1) Download and install the latest Windows drivers for the video card.
2) Check that the color-depth is set to 32-bit in the Windows display settings.

Crashes during gameplay: If you find a repeatable crash, please post on the SquirtTheCat forum and include the steps to reproduce.

Change log

Release 20080919:

• Optimize video rendering.
• French release.

Release 20080706:

• Update German installer to support German language.

Release 20080704:

• Fix bug in hardware cursor support causing corrupt cursor and/or crash.

Release 20080628:

• Use hardware support for mouse cursor.

Release 20080626:

• German release.

Release 20080622:

• Improve cutscene upscaling quality.
• Cleanup dead code paths.

Release 20080618:

• Fix interactive animation timing.
• Fix 100% CPU load during normal gameplay.
• Fix truncation of some mouse cursors.

Release 20080611:

• Render mouse cursor as seperate Direct3D object to improve mouse performance.
• Improve Direct3D handling.
• Improve cutscene handling.

Release 20080605:

• Include Sierra LITEPT2A update files. Old save games will no longer work after installing this update.
• Fix Direct3D error message when Ctrl-Alt-Del is pressed.

Release 20080602:

• Initial XP/Vista release.
• XP/Vista installer.
• Fix SP alignment bugs causing script errors under XP/Vista.
• Fix not-enough-memory error under 64-bit Vista with >= 4GB RAM.
• Fix handling of paths containing spaces.
• Fix privileged instruction crash.
• Eliminate black lines in cut-scenes.
• Upscale video to use entire screen (Direct3D bilinear interpolation).
• Store save games in user-specific APPDATA directory to work under Vista.