You could even overwrite it if you want, but I don't like doing that. Next you need to go to your windows\system32 (usually C:\WINDOWS\System32\) folder and find a file called ICCVID.DLL and rename it to something like ICCVID.OLD. Save this to the desktop or whatever easy access folder you want.
I downloaded the 32bit version (actually, I tested both the 32bit and nt versions, but the 32bit worked for me). If you don't know what a codec is, don't worry, you don't need to. What I did was download a replacement for Windows default Cinepak codec, the format in which the Generations movies are encoded. If that's fine with you, or if you don't like the idea of installing something else onto your computer, you can stop here. You (I do at least) will also need to right-click during the transition screen just after loading a saved game.Īt this point the game runs for me, though with no movies. What you need to do to get into missions is right-click during the fade/transition screen between clicking "Transport" and the mission briefing screen. I also have checked "disable visual themes" and "turn off advanced text services for this program", though I have not tested to see if they have any effect.ģ. Find stgens.exe (usually C:\Program Files\Generations\) and set the compatibility mode to Windows 98/ME. As I remember, you shouldn't need compatibility mode to install, just to play.Ģ. Other, more game specific Discords can be found on their respective pages.Here's how to get Generations to run on XP, with movies, but still with the right click problem.ġ. These are more general Discords, covering (among others) Star Trek games: Some Discord servers cover a number of games or are community places for multiple games. Star Trek Away Team or Star Trek: Armada II. At the moment this page covers the following games:Īt a later time, others may follow, e.g. For newcomers and veterans alike, this page holds some information to smooth some of the rough edges of their releases as well as the original releases. As GOG re-released some of them in September 2021, those games got new attention. Many of them still run like a charm or with minor (solvable) problems. In the late 1990s and early 2000s Activision released a number of them for the x86 PC platform. Star Trek computer games have a long history, going back to the first personal computers.