Difference between revisions of "The American Girls: Dress Designer"

Revision as of 12:27, 8 November 2016

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Used copies of the game can be found on eBay and other online sellers.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location

Save game cloud syncing

No save game cloud syncing information; you can edit this page to add it.

Video settings

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Windowed mode

Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues fixed

Windows NT popup window crash fix

GIF showing the popup menu issue on NT.

Instructions

Audio stutters on newer operating systems

Instructions

Notes

Despite the "copy protection" reference in Dress Designer.ini, this has little to do with copy protection per se as the game can be successfully run untouched regardless of whether it is bought legitimately or otherwise; the CD is only used as a space-saving measure as storage is at a premium at the time of the game's release, with assets being streamed from the disc when needed.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw	7.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	QuickTime	Earlier runtime versions may cause the audio to stutter; see above fix for details

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 166 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	75 MB
Video card (GPU)	16-bit colour

References

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 {{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc | Used copies of the game can be found on eBay and other online sellers. | | Windows }}
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-==Essential improvements==
-===Windows NT popup window crash fix===
-{{Image|HMenuFail.gif|GIF showing the popup menu issue on NT.}}
-{{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|1=Install the [http://www.strawberryforum.org/dressdesigner/ unofficial AG Dress Designer patch].}}
-'''Notes'''
-{{ii}} This fixes the "An error occurred while opening a window" message when the game is played on an NT-based Windows OS. Interestingly, the aforementioned error also occurs on operating systems as far back as Windows NT 4.0, an OS released a few years ''before'' the game. It can be presumed that the business-oriented nature of NT at the time accounted for why support for it was overlooked.<ref>[https://tcrf.net/Notes:The_American_Girls_Dress_Designer Notes:The American Girls Dress Designer]</ref><ref>[http://gtaforums.com/topic/865302-using-detourseasyhook-in-an-asi/ Using Detours/EasyHook in an .ASI?]</ref>
-{{ii}} You can also download the patch via this [http://techknow.one/dressdesigner/ mirror site].
-}}
-===Audio stutters on newer operating systems===
-{{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|1=Use the latest [http://filehippo.com/download_quicktime_alternative/ Quicktime Alternative] runtime instead of the bundled Quicktime codec.}}
-}}
-'''Notes'''
-{{ii}} Despite the "copy protection" reference in Dress Designer.ini, this has little to do with copy protection per se as the game can be successfully run untouched regardless of whether it is bought legitimately or otherwise; the CD is only used as a space-saving measure as storage is at a premium at the time of the game's release, with assets being streamed from the disc when needed.
 ==Game data==
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 }}
 }}
+==Issues fixed==
+===Windows NT popup window crash fix===
+{{Image|HMenuFail.gif|GIF showing the popup menu issue on NT.}}
+{{Fixbox|1=
+{{Fixbox/fix|1=Install the [http://www.strawberryforum.org/dressdesigner/ unofficial AG Dress Designer patch].}}
+'''Notes'''
+{{ii}} This fixes the "An error occurred while opening a window" message when the game is played on an NT-based Windows OS. Interestingly, the aforementioned error also occurs on operating systems as far back as Windows NT 4.0, an OS released a few years ''before'' the game. It can be presumed that the business-oriented nature of NT at the time accounted for why support for it was overlooked.<ref>[https://tcrf.net/Notes:The_American_Girls_Dress_Designer Notes:The American Girls Dress Designer]</ref><ref>[http://gtaforums.com/topic/865302-using-detourseasyhook-in-an-asi/ Using Detours/EasyHook in an .ASI?]</ref>
+{{ii}} You can also download the patch via this [http://techknow.one/dressdesigner/ mirror site].
+}}
+===Audio stutters on newer operating systems===
+{{Fixbox|1=
+{{Fixbox/fix|1=Use the latest [http://filehippo.com/download_quicktime_alternative/ Quicktime Alternative] runtime instead of the bundled Quicktime codec.}}
+}}
+'''Notes'''
+{{ii}} Despite the "copy protection" reference in Dress Designer.ini, this has little to do with copy protection per se as the game can be successfully run untouched regardless of whether it is bought legitimately or otherwise; the CD is only used as a space-saving measure as storage is at a premium at the time of the game's release, with assets being streamed from the disc when needed.
 ==Other information==

Developers

	Mattel Interactive
Release dates
Windows	1999