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LEGO Rock Raiders was mainly designed to run in fullscreen mode. However the developers did allow the game to run within a window. This guide will show you how to run the game within a window.
 
LEGO Rock Raiders was developed in a time when 16bit colour mode was common, but these days the majority of devices run in 32bit colour mode. To run the game in windowed mode we will actually need to be in 16bit colour mode, which is supported by all current Windows systems in some form as long as your Monitor and Graphics Card also support this lower colour mode. Below you will find sections for the most popular versions of Windows which you can follow. Afterwards, jump to the "Running the Game" section at the end of the guide.
 
 
Windows 8 & Windows 10  
The later versions of Windows, Microsoft introduced colour emulation on a per-application basis to support older software that cannot be run in a 32bit colour environment. This is actually quite helpful and makes things easier than in versions of Windows prior.
Step 1
Firstly Locate your LEGO Rock Raiders Executable file (named LegoRR.exe). This will be found in the folder where you installed the game, usually: c:\Program Files(x86)\LEGO Media\Games\Rock Raiders. Right click on this file and select "Properties" from the menu.
Step 2
On the Properties dialog, click the "Compatibility" tab. About midway, you will see a setting called "Reduced Colour Mode". Enable this and change it to 16 Bit.
Step 3
Press "Apply" to apply the new settings.
 

 
Windows 7  
This of Windows doesn’t support application colour emulation that newer versions support, so in order to do this we’ll need to change our monitor colour settings.
 
Step 1
Firstly, right-click on your Desktop and click "Screen Resolution" from the menu that appears.
 
Step 2
On the Screen Resolution dialog, click "Advanced Settings". (Note that if you have more than one screen you may need to make this change for both of your screens)
 
Step 3
On the Advanced Settings dialog, click the "Monitor" tab. Next, change "Colours" from "True Color (32 Bit)" to "High Color (16 Bit)".
 
Step 4
Press "Apply" to apply the new colour settings.
 

 
 
Windows XP
Windows XP was a great system back in the day and it will be the final version of Windows I will consider in the guide. If you're still running this as a main operating system today, I'm impressed.
 
Step 1
Open your Display Properties window. On many machines using Microsoft Windows you can do this by right-clicking on your desktop and selecting "properties" from the menu.
 
Step 2
From in that window click on the combo box which has the text "Highest (32 bit)" and select "Medium (16 bit)" from the list.
 
Step 3
Press "Apply" to apply the new colour settings.
 


 
Running the Game
Alright, you're set and ready to Rock Raiders! Now all we have to do is run the game in Windowed Mode. To do this, go to the LEGO Rock Raiders folder usually located in "c:\Program Files(x86)\LEGO Media\Games\Rock Raiders" and double click on the "LegoRR.exe" file, this is the game.
 
Next you will notice a window popup with game display properties. On the left select the "Window" option from the list. Then click "OK" to run the game.
 

 
Final Notes
Hopefully this has helped you run your game. There are however to important notes to consider. First, don't run the game from either of the Shortcuts created by the game's installer, this will bypass the "Mode Selection" Window. Secondly, if the "OK" button is disabled after clicking "Window", it means you haven't correctly set/run the game in 16bit colour mode, go back through the steps above to try again.
 

For anyone who still wants to complete the game in 2022 and can't get it to stop crashing, this might help:
'Back To Basics' is a mission in the second-to-last where most players will first encounter Slimy Slugs. On my device, deploying Sonic Blasters against them would consistently crash the game. Even after implementing a community fix.
You can find tips on the forum to stop them from spawning by keeping your crystal count below 15. I tried to do this by spawning tunnel scouts to bank my Energy Crystals but ended up crashing the game again. Another method is to turn off buildings they try to drain, as their ability only works on buildins that are activated and receiving power.
Using this knowledge, I found another way to reliably stop slugs from appearing near your base: Slimy Slugs are not allowed to pass through buildings or climb walls. Blocking off their holes with buildings off the power grid prevents them from doing any harm. I used Small Teleporters for this, but someone should test tool stores as well.
In the 'Back to Basics', most of the holes in the cavern you start in are near a wall. This means you only have to build two buildings to completely wall of these holes. Some of the holes are hidden and you can prevent these from activating by not opening up the caverns these are in.
I ended up building a Support Station, then an Ore Refinery, and then building all the teleporters. Figuring out where to put the power paths and teleporters can be a bit of a puzzle in the limited space.
You may have to destroy power paths or even relocate buildings to ensure that the teleporters are not given power.
I really should have tested if turning the power off on those teleporters is enough to stop Slimy Slugs but I really wanted to do the mission quickly to prevent more crashes.
If you used this strategy properly, Slimy Slugs will spawn on the holes but they are unable to move away from this tile. Their number will increase as you collect more crystals.
The slugs prefer holes close to your base but you may end up opening caverns further away where they can spawn. If that happens, you will either need to block those off as well or rush to complete the mission before they can crawl to your base. I ended up doing the latter. So while this may not be foolproof it does allow for a margin of error when otherwise you would have no way to even slow down the slugs after collecting a certain amount of Crystals.
You can build a new Tool Shed and destroy the old one or even destroy the Ore Refinery to force Rock Raiders to use materials nearby the farwaway building site.
Rock Raiders with Blasters have a good chance to kill the Slimy Slugs if they are far away but the presence of other Slugs on the map may prevent them from targeting slugs that are roaming free.
 

This is a simple guide to show you how you can play the PS1 version of classic Lego Games like Lego Rock Raiders, Lego Racers, and Lego Island on either a PSP, PSVita, PSTV or PSP emulator.  This should work with most other PS1 games too.  Using this tutorial i'll show you how you can convert a ISO/img file into a PSP compatible eboot file.
 
Before we begin you need the following items:
 
- PS1 Game Disc YOU OWN (I'll use the PAL version of Rock Raiders for this tutorial)
- CloneCD. You can also another ISO ripper like Alcohol, but I prefer CloneCD as it's cleaner and easier to navigate.
- PSX2PSP converter
- PSP/PSVita/PS-VitaTV (also known as Playstation TV;) or PSP-emulator
- CD/DVD drive/writer
 
OPTIONAL:
- 2 png pictures for your game and a short .at3 soundfile
 
STEP  1:
Get all required items. Insert your PS1 game disc into your DVD/CD drive. Wait for it to load up. Once it shows up in MyComputer, proceed to step 2.
 
STEP  2:
Start up CloneCD. If your disc is detected by your computer click on Copy CD Button in the CloneCD program. Here is a picture of which button you should click circled in red:
 

 
Once you click that button a Screen should pop up which asks you to select your disc drive. BE SURE TO SELECT THE CORRECT DRIVE WHERE THE DISC IS LOCATED!
After this CloneCD will ask you what type of disc this is, select GameCD (like in the picture below).
 

 
After this click next and select a DESTINATION Folder by clicking BROWSE. This will be where you img/iso file will be put after the copy is done! Once you selected your destination folder, click next. CloneCD will start making the img/iso file for your game. Depending on your computer and game file size, this will take about 10 minutes. Once this is done, turn off CloneCD and proceed to STEP 3!
 
STEP 3 :
 
If CloneCD was successful in creating an img/iso file of your game, this is what your destination folder will have (this is PAL version of Rock Raiders):
 

 
The img file is your most important file and all you really need to move onto the next step.
 
STEP 4 :
 
Turn on PSX2PSP by using its EXE.
 

 
Once you do this, in the ISO/PBP File click the small button and select your img/iso file that you created via CloneCD. Then select your output folder for where you want the final converted version of the game to be. PSX2PSP will auto detect and show the GameID and Title.
This is how your PSX2PSP Window should look like:
 

 
STEP 5 :
 
As of step 4 you can already convert and make a PSP compatible file, but it'll look ugly. This step will show you how to make the game appear "unique" and stand out.
In PSX2PSP click the Customize PBP button. For this tutorial we'll only focus on the background image and icon image. Note that these don't affect the game itself and are simply how the games launcher will look like on your PSP/PSVita.
PSX2PSP will show you what file formats are usable for each catagory. For Rock Raiders, I selected a Rock Raiders themed background and the PS1 game cover as the game cover. This is how it looked like for me:
 

 
STEP 6 :
 
Once you finished up customizing the settings in PSX2PSP click convert. This can take anywhere from 3-10 minutes depending on your computer. Once your done you should get a folder with the games ID and a eboot.pbp file inside of that folder. DO NOT RENAME ANYTHING FROM HERE.
 
Here is how the end converted file looks like for PAL Rock Raiders:
 

 
STEP 7 :
 
Now that your file is done, you have to place your converted game on your PSP/PSVita.
 
IMPORTANT: BE SURE TO PLACE THE GAME FILES EXACTLY WHERE THEY SHOULD GO.
 
PSP: Navigate your PSP memory stick; if your using a PRO-DUO stick you can either connect the PSP to your computer via USB or use an adapter. If your using a micro-SD to pro-duo adapter, you can connect your MicroSD into your computer directly. No matter which format your using for your memory stick the directory will always remain the same!  
 
Simply copy/paste the Game folder to:
 
(memory card root):\PSP\GAME\
 
For PAL Rock Raiders it would look  like this:
(memory card root):\PSP\GAME\SLES01690/EBOOT.PBP
 
PSVita Enso 3.60 Firmware: 
This is as simply as the regular PSP. Open up VITAShell and plug in your PSVita to your PC. Click "connect by USB" in VITA Shell. Your VITA's memory card directory's should be visible on your computer. You can use TheFlow's Adrenaline CFW to play this game on the VITA too.
 
(memory card root):\pspemu\PSP\GAME\YourGame\eboot
 
For PAL Rock Raiders it would look  like this:
(memory card root):\pspemu\PSP\GAME\SLES01690/EBOOT.PBP
 
PSVita Total_noob CFW:  If you have TotalNoob Custom firmware via an exploit game (MegaMix for instance), simply zip up the converted game folder and place it in the exploit games save files. Then copy those savefiles to your PSVIta with your exploit games save file. Once there launch TotalNoob CFW. In the games category scroll down until you reach your game. Click Triangle, and click INSTALL. This will extract your game and properly place it on your PSP so it works.
 
NOTE: the PSVita and PSTV are both compatible with the same method because there the same device, except the PSTV is a VITA without its own screen.
 
STEP  8:
 
Here is how the converted Game will look like on your PSP/PsVita:
 

 
STEP 9:
 
Have Fun and enjoy playing classic Lego PS1 games on your PSP! Especially now that theres proper sound/music emulation in the games too!
 
 
 

This tutorial will show you how to run LEGO Rock Raiders on Ubuntu. This has only been tested on Ubuntu 17.10, it may work with earlier versions. Note to you nerds like me: I could not get LRR running well on Windows 10 and was ecstatic to find out that Linux ran it well! So Linux FTW!
 
Setup
First, you will need the files from your  LEGO Rock Raiders disk - more importantly, you need the game files. 
 
Secondly, you will need to install wine and playonlinux.
 
wine:
sudo apt-get install wine-stable playonlinux:
sudo apt-get install playonlinux
Thirdly, you'll need the dreaded d3drm.
Download here: d3drm
 
Install
1. Open playonlinux
2. Click on install (it has a plus sign)
3. Click on Bottom Left Link that says "Install a non-listed program"
4. Choose "Install a new program in a virtual drive"
5.  Pick any virtual drive name you would like. Mine is: LegoLegacy (no spaces are important)
6.  Check the first two boxes "Use another version of wine" and "Configure wine"
7.  Choose "System" - I only had that choice.
8.  Choose "32 bits windows installation" - this is important it is 32 bit.
9.  The Wine Configuration window should pop up:  Click on the Graphics tab and check the "Emulate a virtual desktop" and leave the other settings. Click "Apply" and "Ok"
10.  The next playonlinux window will ask you where to install the file from. You need to browse to the file "Setup.exe" from your LRR CD.
11.  Follow the installation like its 1999! - make sure to also install Direct X6 when it asks.
12. Close out the window.
13.  playonlinux will come up with another window asking to make a shortcut - click on "LegoRR.exe" then click next twice.
14. It will return to that same shortcut menu, this time select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
15. Re-open playonlinux and click on LegoRR, but before you press "Run" you need to add in the d3drm.
`16. To do this, click on "Open the directory" around the bottom-left.
17. Unzip the d3drm file and copy the d3drm.dll file that you just unzipped and copy it into the directory playonlinux opened for you.
18.  Go back to playonlinux and click "Run" and choose any of the fullscreen running options.
19. Enjoy!

Rock Raiders without music has long been an issue, but following this small guide will restore the music back into the game and you won’t even need the game CD or any other audio disc.
How Does it Work?
LEGO Rock Raiders uses Media Control Interface (MCI) calls to play tracks from the CD-ROM. This is done through the Windows Multimedia API (winmm) which comes standard with all Windows installations. Since we want to play music without the disc we essentially need to re-route those calls from LRR to our own version of "winmm" which plays OGG files from the Music folder.
This fix is based on Toni Spets' OGG winmm wrapper which I have modified to suite LRR.
 
Applying the Fix
To begin, download the Music Fix which contains all the necessary files you’ll need for this guide. The download also includes the 3 songs from the PC game in case your copy was one of those missing the audio track on your CD-ROM.
Inside the ZIP file you downloaded, there will be 4 DLL files and a ‘Music’ folder containing 3 songs. Extract all these files and folders into your Rock Raiders installation directory (alongside LegoRR.exe). Your LRR should look something like this afterward.
 

 
Thats all there is to it! If you run the game music should now begin playing after dismissing the “Mission Brief” on all game levels. If you wish to have all the music from the LEGO Rock Raiders games, download the music collection.
All the music files are located in the "Music" folder, these files must be OGG files and must be named "Trackxx.ogg" (replace xx with any number from 00 - 98). If you would like to play your own music, there are OGG convertors online, or programs such as Audacity which will convert other audio formats to OGG.
Enjoy

Good Midday to the RRU Community.
 
Since i'm unable to continue my previous guide, i guess due to my long absence, i start a new one which is up to date and on hardware which is fully Windows 11 compatible.
 
Sidenote: When 22H2 comes out i'll leave an update here.
 
 
 
Tools and Images are as followed:
#1 - 1999 German Release of Lego Rock Raiders
 
#2 - Latest dgvoodoo (v2.79.3) and d3drm.ddl from the main website:
http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2/
 
#3 - the LRR Masterpiece Executable from here:
 
#4 - LRR Music Fix & the optional Music collection:
 
#5 - (Optional) Upscaled Cutscenes:
 
 
#6 - Lastly the Ligos Indeo Codec.
It is still part of the system but deactivated, in order to activate it:
 
- open a CMD as Admin.
- cd C:\Windows\SysWOW64
- regsvr32 ir50_32.dll
 
 
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History:
 
The Installation itself runs smoothly as last time.
No specific settings required.
 
The Cutscenes and Music also worked as intended. The only graphical issue are those red dots or lines in Mission Briefings but other than that no issues on Windows 11. 
 
Happy Mining, Rock Raiders

Without this fix, trying to run LEGO Island with the latest Rebuilder build made it spin briefly and then just stop. Nothing, no error (not even the infamous "cd in your computer"), not even the game booting to a black screen. With Rebuilder's .NET build, it would generate an unsolvable "not compatible" or similar error. Here's how to solve this problem.
 
1. Make sure you have a legal copy of the game. If your computer lacks an outer disc drive, create an ISO of your game's copy (only for your personal use! Any other use is illegal) first.
2. If you created an ISO, move it to a flash drive (that's how I did this) or to your personal online storage. Otherwise, skip to Step 4.
3. If you didn't have to create an ISO, skip to Step 4. Otherwise, plug your flash drive into or log into the service containing your ISO from wherever you'll install the game.
4. Download the Alternate Installer's latest version to wherever you're installing the game then move your ISO directly to your computer (if you have one).
5. Insert your disc/mount your ISO.
6. Don't use the AutoPlay function. Just launch the Alternate Installer.
7. Do a Full Install so you can delete your ISO after Setup completes/play without fear of the infamous "you have to put the CD in your computer" error appearing. Don't create a shortcut on your desktop or run the game with administrator rights either (recommended).
8. Once Setup is done, unmount your ISO/eject your disc and go to where you installed the game (by default, it's Program Files [x86 on 64-bit Windows] directly on your hard drive).
9. Go to Properties for CONFIG.EXE and select the Compatibility tab ("Change Settings for all Users" is recommended).
10. Set the Compatibility OS to Windows XP (Service Pack 2) and select "Register for Restart".
11. Apply/OK your way back to where you started.
12. Run CONFIG.EXE to select "Advanced" then MMX Emulation. Disable the music if you want but leave everything else alone.
13. Click OK to exit CONFIG.EXE and save your changes. Return to Rebuilder and apply your desired settings there too.
14. Have fun on LEGO Island!