– This game(s): Bad Mojo & Bad Mojo Redux are troublesome with the way their engines deal with the configuration file badmojo.ini, used to store game options and to specify subdirectory locations (making the games fully portable without the need for CD or crack). In scenario 1, the game first looks for badmojo.ini in %windir% and if there isn’t one, it looks for it in the gamedir. Take a note of the above. In scenario 2, when you (successfully) load the game and you want to change the preferences, the game automatically stores it’s own version of badmojo.ini in %windir%. When you launch the game the next time, kiss goodbye your installation, since the file @ %windir%\badmojo.ini contains only specific game options and not the location of game subdirectories. Do you get it till now? Cool. Now, here’s what our repacks offer: when you install any of the game variations, you will have the main shortcut on your desktop. This shortcut is linked to a batch script, which, when executed, calls for fart.exe (Find And Replace Text – inside gamedir), changes the subdirectories location in the file badmojo.ini inside gamedir with your current installation location (wherever thay may be), deletes badmojo.ini in %windir% (doesn’t matter if there isn’t one) and finally starts badmojo.exe with applied compatibility settings for desktop resolution @ 640 x 480 (for the Redux version) and desktop resolution @ 640 x 480 & 256 colors for the original Bad Mojo, since both versions are hardcoded @ 640 x 480 and dgVoodoo or anything else doesn’t help at all. Seems complicated at first, but everything has been done for you. RUN THE SHORTCUT AS ADMINISTRATOR!
– These repacks don’t need for QuickTime to be installed on your system, as they already contain QT runtimes inside
The original Bad Mojo uses some obscure QuickTime version 2.x and the Redux version uses a very specific v6.x (credits to GOG for their implementation of QuickTime, otherwise you would have no sound in the cutscenes for the Redux version)
– Redefined keyboard controls to use WASD for movement, everything else doesn’t need to be touched/configured
– The original Bad Mojo is 16bit and is NOT COMPATIBLE WITH OTVDM under 64bit Windows – tested and confirmed, instead, get yourself the newer ‘Redux’ version form 2004