There are a couple of games I fell in love with way back when the family '98 was up and running. Namely, Kings Quest: Mask of Eternity, and, more importantly, Myst. I've struggled to find a solution to my problem. When run, Myst (Masterpiece Edition) will open to a black screen with your pointer functioning and the audio looping cavernous wind noise. It will let you go to the top bar and open the menu. I also managed to navigate in the dark and select the first linking book. So, the game is basically functioning, but the visuals are not.

I have tried running it in 95 and 98 compatibility mode. By default I have Vista running in XP compatibility mode. I have tried running it as Administrator. I have tried fiddling with options in Myst.exe properties. None of that worked.

Since, I have tried running DOSBox, but found it far too confusing and found no confirmation whether it could even run Myst or not. So, giving up that, I tried installing the official Windows Virtual PC Beta, making sure to go into the Boot Menu to enable virtualization first. That won't run, telling me my computer doesn't require the update. Afterwards I installed VirtualBox and created a '98 system. However, when run, it doesn't recognize I have a CD in my drive, and says there is no medium to boot from... something along those lines.

Any help would be so appreciated. I am sick to death of struggling with this infernal machine.

I've used console a bunch in Oblivion and Fallout, however it doesn't seem to be working this time.

I picked a couple of perks I don't want anymore, and want to replace... specifically Intense Training x3. Problem is, when I give the command player.remove perk [Intense Training Code], it gets rid of all 3 at once in my perks menu, but doesn't actually effect my stats! I am finding it the same when I add perks... player.addperk [Nerd Rage Code], my stats remain the same though Nerd Rage! appears on my perks list. Also when I try to add.perk Intense Training it adds it to my perks list but doesn't give me the option to pick which stat to affect and ergo is as useless as my other attempts. I only have one or two texture and storage mods running so those shouldn't be a problem.

Anyone know how to go about doing what I want to do?

I've played both, love both, and totally disagree. Bioshock is a wonderful game that explores more specific depths than Mass Effect... but that's because it has a much smaller, totally contained environment. Without that deep exploration of plot and character, in that environment, the game would amount to nothing, at least nothing worthwhile. Also, you play the role of Jack... hence role-playing... the term "RPG" in video gaming, as a genre or as a term itself is a little hazier than other genres or terms. I would consider any game in which you take a somewhat preditermined role as a role playing game. In Mass Effect you are Shepard, in Fallout you are the Lone Wanderer, in Bioshock you are Jack. On some level these are all RPGs. They also have shooter elements as their basis, but that doesn't mean they're not RPGs too.