At the moment, Steam offers the 3 games in a pack pretty affordably.
While Still “Life itself” does run without any hitches and modifications even in the correct aspect ratio on my 2K 16:9 monitor, “Still Life 2” and the first part of the series from 2002 aka “Post Mortem” are a different beast.
For “Still Life 2” to run:
I’ve actually used the guide of Steam user Factualvermin intended for “Still Life” to get it working.
However, since this guide is 5 years old, even in the Extended Mode, some options are missing or changed.
Hence I am providing here the updated version to the guide featuring current screenshots!:
- Get DXWnd from: https://sourceforge.net/projects/dxwnd/
- After installing DXWnd, you can go ahead and from the edit tab on the top of the page on the starting window, click Edit > Add.
- You will be brought to a new window and to the first tab called Main. Here you can name the DXWnd profile and set the paths for the executable as shown below. Also ensure that your window looks like the one below:
4. in my case of using a 2K monitor, the picked resolution is my best bet for getting the most out of the screen here
5. we’re gonna have the game run in 4:3 with vsync which will fix animation bugs and picture quality
btw don’t try and launch the game through DxWnd just save those settings and leave it running, then run the game though steam
For “Post Mortem” to run:
I’ve actually used the guide of Steam user DarkSide but modified it a bit so it plays nicely on my 2K monitor (else the game window will be the size of a postage stamp!).
- Download dgVoodoo2
- Unzip the archive and copy “dgVoodooCpl.exe” along with the contents of MS/x86 folder into the Post Mortem main folder:
3. Launch dgVoodooCpl.exe and set the settings like on the images below (make sure you added a new running instance / config folder setup for the game beforehand!):
In the “DirectX” tab:
The game will run in 4:3 screen aspect ratio with V-sync on (no tearing), antialiasing and anisotropic filtration.