Still can't play on windows 10

[Wookiee_hairem]

Went back and forth with Cyan support (shout out to you guys on the speedy replies and suggestions) but still cannot get this game to start up. Has anyone been able to nail down what the problem is with windows 10 that makes this game unplayable/unable to start? I realize this game is old as hell but I bought the collection and would like to finish it someday.

Things I have tried:
Dedicating the gpu to play the game.
Turn off/on all the human interface devices
setting user and system dpi to 100% (it was set to 125%)

[xplane]

Originally posted by Smurf_Guerilla:

I've downloaded the dinput.dll how do I put it in the correct drive?

Find the location of the install of Myst4, there you find the folder bin copy and paste dinput.dll into that folder and you are done! Hope it will work then for you :)

[H'Sishi]

I have Windows 11 Beta here. The game runs out of the box on that OS.

But it bothers me the max resolution seems to be 1024x768, in an era in which HD monitors (16:9) are minimum standard and even UHD / 4K monitors are used.
Is there a way to enable more and higher resolutions?

[Noitalever]

Originally posted by H'Sishi:

I have Windows 11 Beta here. The game runs out of the box on that OS.

But it bothers me the max resolution seems to be 1024x768, in an era in which HD monitors (16:9) are minimum standard and even UHD / 4K monitors are used.
Is there a way to enable more and higher resolutions?

Not at the moment. Whereas 3d games are rendered in realtime, so you can just add new code and everything will automatically be scaled to higher resolutions, most of the Myst series (including Revelation) was pre-rendered or essentially each image is handcrafted in a computer not just code making each frame.

In order to truly make Revelation HD they would have to go back through each image and add more detail. Although there is talk about maybe adding upscaling or there has been newer AI upscaling demonstrated that seems to do an accurate job re-creating images in higher resolutions, but none of these have been implemented yet in the Myst series. I think the 7th Guest is the only pre-rendered

But it bothers me the max resolution seems to be 1024x768, in an era in which HD monitors (16:9) are minimum standard and even UHD / 4K monitors are used.
Is there a way to enable more and higher resolutions? [/quote]
Not at the moment. Whereas 3d games are rendered in realtime, so you can just add new code and everything will automatically be scaled to higher resolutions, most of the Myst series (including Revelation) was pre-rendered or essentially each image is handcrafted in a computer not just code making each frame.

In order to truly make Revelation HD they would have to go back through each image and add more detail. Although there is talk about maybe doing upscaling or there has been newer AI upscaling demonstrated that seems to do an accurate job re-creating images in higher resolutions, but none of these have been implemented yet in the Myst series. I think "The 7th Guest 25th Anniversary Edition" is the only pre-rendered game to do upscaling so far and did seem to get a positive reception so it may be possibility that Cyan will try that.

[H'Sishi]

Ah, ok, so alot of graphics work is already done at 1024x768 and the game is "just" displaying the already prepared stuff. Ok.
That explains why it looks odd in maximized Windowed mode on HD monitors - the X axis is a bit more stretched than the Y axis.

Playing in Windowed mode with an enlarged window (1080 in Y axis, with 4:3 ratio) looks pretty good though.

[TheStreamerofOz]

I'm running on the current version of Windows 10. I altered the properties to make it run in 640x480 mode, disable fullscreen optimizations, and run the program as an administrator. Since I've done these, the game opens up with no problems every time.

[coombsd]

hey guys
having the same problem like the rest of you tried everything in this thread but it has not worked at all from still having the same issue with the launch box popping for a few seconds then the game not starting.
running windows 10 integrated graphics all drivers are up to date
have tried compatibility mode
verifying the files
the dinput.dll
the v1.01 v1.03 patch
un-installing re-installing
turning off other programs e.g. virus programs.

any help would be awesome

[mrjmzack]

I've had some bugs on start-up. Here's what I do:

1. Right-click on the Steam icon.
2. Close (or otherwise minimize) Steam.
3. Click on the Myst IV icon.

And it usually plays fine from there.

[MatthewTheLucky]

Originally posted by coombsd:

hey guys
having the same problem like the rest of you tried everything in this thread but it has not worked at all from still having the same issue with the launch box popping for a few seconds then the game not starting.
running windows 10 integrated graphics all drivers are up to date
have tried compatibility mode
verifying the files
the dinput.dll
the v1.01 v1.03 patch
un-installing re-installing
turning off other programs e.g. virus programs.

any help would be awesome

I'm having the same issue, and have tried the same fixes, to no avail.

[H'Sishi]

I have no issues to run that game even within Windows 11.

But - I once had to install DirectX 9.0c to make another game run which doesn't support later DirectX versions. Maybe some libraries got installed which are also needed for Myst.

Unfortunately, this DirectX version is very old (was needed for long-outdated Windows versions) and is hard to find on Microsoft pages these days, if available there at all.
But there are enough trustworthy sites (e.g. gaming or gaming journalism sites) which offer the offline installer.
Otherwise use Google.

[LadyDavE]

looks like matthew the lucky and I are in the same boat. Cannot get that fix file to change anything. Even turned off Nvidia to use just intel integrated graphics. Same response. HP Envy i7, WIn 10. is there an issue with Optane>

[Kala Rosa]

I have tried EVERYTHING and the game still doesn't even boot up.

[Enamillion]

I too am having difficulties with this game. I am a HUGE FAN of Myst. However when I open up this game, it boots up for a moment, then the game crashes and I have to force quit. I REALLY REALLY want to play this in the next Myst series

[troth13]

Originally posted by Enamillion:

I too am having difficulties with this game. I am a HUGE FAN of Myst. However when I open up this game, it boots up for a moment, then the game crashes and I have to force quit. I REALLY REALLY want to play this in the next Myst series

same here... I've uninstalled and reinstalled to no avail... however, I look into the home location and noticed it's still the installscript associated and no app file...

[つづく]

I don't understand what issue you guys are having. Mine worked. However I needed to go click the "launch" button in steam, not click the "recent games" part of the right click tree

[Enamillion]

Originally posted by つづく:

I don't understand what issue you guys are having. Mine worked. However I needed to go click the "launch" button in steam, not click the "recent games" part of the right click tree

I wish I knew. All I know is, that when I go to play the game. I open it up, and it crashes onto a black screen.