• Step by Step Installation

  Joan O Arc 
  Registered User
  posts: 936
  (1/29/01 11:08:34 am)

  Hello again
  Eh, well strickly speaking you downloaded Caesar from the Impressions site, UD just provides a link there. I see Impressions doesn't provide Tech support for Caesar I, but considering they provide the game free I guess we can't complain too much.

  Just need to do 4 easy steps to get this one to run:

  1. Unzip the download to an empty temporary directory.

  2. Run INSTALL.EXE (*not* the .BAT)
     The install prog will create a directory and unpack all the game files into it. The default directory is \Caesar.

  3. Change to the \Caesar directory (or the one you chose to install the game in) and run SETUP.EXE to configure your sound card.

  4. Run CAESAR.BAT to play the game.

  Game ran in Windows 95 for me with no problems, but as always, if you encounter problems in Windows on your system- try it in pure DOS.

  Try to rule with a fair-minded atitude, caligula, lest your suffer the same fate as your name sake.

  Deb

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• Install Disc in Drive A

  Joan O Arc 
  Registered User
  posts: 889
  (1/16/01 10:19:29 am)

  Hello again
  You DO need to run the INSTALL.EXE program to configure your sound card but do not select the "install" option- this game is preinstalled. Just unzip it to your hard drive. That IS the installation for this particular game. If you try to use the install option, it'll keep asking you for the disks.

  When you run INSTALL.EXE, select the "Configure" option and select Sound Blaster and settings. Then select "Save settings." Just as the Technical Notes on the review page say, I found that you *must* select "Sound Blaster as your card, even if you don't have one." Selecting No Sound caused this cracked version to lock up.

  Game runs perfectly for me with sound in pure DOS. Guess I should mention that according to a readme included in the download, this game requires 585K of Base RAM and 4Mb of EMS. It does run in Win95 on my computer, but the sound is a bit muffled.

  Hope that helps you out

  Deb

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• Step by Step Installation

  Joan O Arc 
  Registered User
  posts: 365
  (10/26/00 10:04:06 pm)

  Re: Cartel$ and Cutthroat$ Help

  Whoa!! This IS an old one. But I can remember playing games very much like this for hours on end and marveling at the graphics. Ah, Nostalgia.

  Welcome, Geo. It won't take you long to get oriented to the site here. First stop you should make is to the FAQ page. There's lots of info on getting these oldies to run and about the games here in particular.

  About Cartel$-- I think there may've been some confusion because the Manual provided here is a scan of the original and so gives you directions on how to install and run the game with the original disks.

  1. To get the copy here up and running, unzip it to a directory of your choice. (With the real old games it's best to keep the length of the directory to 8 letters or less).

  2. You probably noted that along with the game files is another .zip called Cartcrk.zip. This is the game crack.
     Unzip into the same directory- a program file will be overwritten, that's normal.

  3. Now run GO.BAT to start the game. (Do not run setup.bat it is not necessary with this cracked copy.) The game will tell you that you need floppys to save the game, but it's been fixed so that it will save to the directory on your hardrive.

  One more thing: when I played it, I got a "Divide by zero" error not too long after the game began. If you get this error, you'll need to slow your computer down. Check the FAQ page for programs that can take care of this for you.

  Have fun

  Deb

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CASTLES 2

• Protection Questions

  Jofri
  Registered User
  posts: 15
  (5/4/01 9:57:17 am)

  NOTE: You can download a TXT file with those codes here:

  • http://www.the-underdogs.org/tech/castles2.txt

  Hi, I had some spare time. This is the result of trial and error:

  ===== snip =====

  According to the official record of the Danes, where are the Danes located? (Page 41)

  1. south of Vikingdom
  2. east of the Empire
  3. west of Hungar
  4. north of the Empire
  5. north of Bretagne
  6. east of Flanders(*)

  From what country did the saying: 'Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.' originate? (Page 29)

  1. England(*)
  2. France
  3. Germany
  4. Spain
  5. India
  6. Arabia

  How many English soldiers fought at the battle of Agincourt? (Page 23)

  1. 5000
  2. 8000
  3. 13000(*)
  4. 16000
  5. 22000
  6. 50000

  How many points are required before you can petition the Pope to declare you King of Bretagne? (Page 34)

  1. 6000
  2. 7000(*)
  3. 7500
  4. 8000
  5. 10000
  6. points have nothing to do with being declared king

  How many points must a castle be to keep a province from revolting? (Page 13)

  1. 50 points
  2. 75 points
  3. 100 points(*)
  4. 150 points
  5. 200 points
  6. castles don't keep provinces from revolting

  What battle saw one of the first uses of gunpowder by the English? (Page 21)

  1. Agincourt
  2. the siege of Orleans
  3. Poitiers
  4. Crecy(*)
  5. the siege of Calais
  6. Harfleur

  What French King beheaded two English knights just before an agreed truth came into effect? (Page 32)

  1. Charles III
  2. Henri II
  3. Louis Augustus
  4. Francis I
  5. Louis XI
  6. Phillip VI(*)

  What happens when you cede a territory with a castle on it to the Pope when you are not excommunicated? (Page 27)

  1. your relations improve by 2 points(*)
  2. your relations improve by 3 points
  3. the Pope will allow you to claim the throne of Bretagne
  4. the Pope auctions the territory to the highest bidder
  5. your relations with everyone improves by 2
  6. the Pope will excommunicate anyone of your choice

  What is required to be able to build a catapult? (Page 49)

  1. a Military Rating of 4, and one unit of food, iron, and timber
  2. a Military Rating of 5, and one unit of iron, timber, and gold
  3. a Military Rating of 5, one unit of iron and timber, and one Infantry unit
  4. a Military Rating of 6, and one unit of iron, timber, and gold(*)
  5. a Military Rating of 6, one unit of timber and iron, and a previously built ballista
  6. a Military Rating of 7, and one unit of food, timber, and gold

  What is the Empire's chief goal? (Page 41)

  1. to place a puppet on the throne of Bretagne
  2. to maintain control of the Mediterranean Sea
  3. to keep Constantinople from falling to the Saracens(*)
  4. to defeat Genoa and the renegade Italian states
  5. to destroy the Danish fleet
  6. to prevent quarreling princes from destroying the Empire

  What lessens your chances of being cheated on the Black Market? (Page 11)

  1. a Military Rating of at least four
  2. policing the realm(*)
  3. being blessed by the Pope
  4. an Administrative Rating of at least six
  5. a Military Rating of at least six
  6. none of the above

  What relation is Count Charles of Valois to the late King Charles? (Page 37)

  1. a nephew
  2. adopted son
  3. brother
  4. illegitimate son
  5. cousin(*)
  6. Charles claims to be related, but they were not

  What teachings of the Pope does Phillip, Duke of Burgundy, dislike? (Page 39)

  1. his teachings about kindness to peasants
  2. his teachings against greed
  3. his teachings about Papal supremacy
  4. his teachings against womanizing(*)
  5. his teachings against lying
  6. his teachings about obeying one's parents

  When was the Estates-General first called together? (Page 36)

  1. 1953
  2. 1302(*)
  3. 1313
  4. 1317
  5. 1337
  6. 1600

  Where would Edward of Albion like to place his wife? (Page 37)

  1. in a nunnery(*)
  2. in hell
  3. on the throne of Aquitaine
  4. in a kitchen
  5. in a nursery
  6. Eward has no wife

  Which was the third great victory for England in the Hundred Years War? (Page 23)

  1. Agincourt(*)
  2. the siege of Orleans
  3. Poitiers
  4. Crecy
  5. the siege of Calais
  6. Harfleur

  Who in Bretagne objects to the Bible being written in Latin instead of Aramaic? (Page 42)

  1. Father Klein
  2. Father Jenre
  3. Cardinal Velchamps
  4. Bishop Winslow(*)
  5. Pope Innocent Benedict
  6. The Archbishop of Limogenes

  Who is the Anti-Pope? (Page 40)

  1. Peter
  2. Henry Robert
  3. Innocent Benedict
  4. Pius
  5. Benedict Innocent
  6. Christopher(*)

  Who is the real power in Anjou? (Page 40)

  1. Queen Catherine
  2. Lady Marie(*)
  3. Pere Goriot
  4. Duke Henri
  5. Arinseault
  6. Count Merose

  Who would argue that the late King's claim to the throne was rather dubious? (Page 37)

  1. Aragon and Albion
  2. Valois and the Pope
  3. Albion and Burgundy
  4. Anjou and the Empire
  5. Albion and Anjou(*)
  6. Burgundy and Aragon

  ===== snap =====

  enjoy...

  Jofri

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CAVEWARS

• Problems With Windows ME

  ZooLook
  Unregistered User
  (3/3/01 9:56:07 am)

  Hi,

  Try the 1.20 patch from Avalon Hill: (cw_120.rar) (NOTE: You can download it from here also: http//www.avalonhill.com/default.asp?x=patches). Then you have to disable the CD-ROM check by using an hexeditor and changing the byte at 0007:3E0C from 75 to EB.

  Good Luck!

  PS: If the byte at 0007:3E0C is not 75, look for the hex string: A2 D0 C6 00 00 80 3D D0 C6 00 00 00 75 43 B8 3E and then change the 75 to EB--------^^

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CHAOS OVERLORDS

• Save and "funky" error

  Eumel
  Cocker Spaniel
  (10 Jun 2002 21:26)

  Okay first of all install to c:\chaos like the readme file says and afterwards run the .reg file. But my guess is that you already did this correctly so let's see what else.

  I screwed around with it for a bit and think i found it. Just be sure to save your games in the c:\chaos directory and not in the "My Documents" folder that automatically gets opened in win98.

  The game only seems to check for savegames in it's own directory.

  Well anyway that seemed to work here for saving and loading the game afterwards.

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CHEX QUEST 1

• Step by Step Installation

  Joan O Arc
  Posts: 2638 
  (10/25/01 9:37:26 pm)

  Hello
  I have this one running in Win95 with no problems. You'll need to unARJ *all* the ARJs in order for it to work. It's a multi-volume archive, so you may need to re-unpack it. Here's what I did, give it a try and see if it helps-

  1. Unzip the download to an empty directory of your choice. (I used c:\chex and will use it in this example.) You should have 4 .ARJs: chexques.arj and chexques.a01 through chexques.a03.
     ARJs use a compression file format similar to .zip files. You'll need an extraction program that can handle this file format. I use Winzip with arj.exe plugged in as a "helper", but you can just use ARJ.EXE at the DOS prompt very easily too. You can download a copy of ARJ.EXE here- www.arjsoft.com/ It's a small download and free. It'll come in handy with alot of the archives here. Download it and install it in its own directory.
  2. Put a copy of the ARJ.EXE file in the directory with the ARJs, and at the DOS prompt (MS-DOS prompt in Windows is fine) type:
     

     cd \chex (enter) 

     and then type:
     

     arj x -v -y chexques.arj c:\chex (enter)  

     This will unpack all 4 of the ARJs for you into the c:\chex directory.
  3. Run SETUP.EXE to configure the game.
  4. Run CHEX.EXE to start the game.

  Hope this helps. :) Let us know.
  Deb

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CLASH OF STEEL

• Runtime 200 Error. Slowdown CPU

  SoulBlazer 00  
  Registered User
  posts: 513
  (12/31/00 2:47:42 am)

  In order to play this game, you MUST use MoSlo or another slowdown program unless you happen to be playing it on a old 486.

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• Getting it to run

  Hartmann  
  Registered User
  Posts: 1289
  (6/27/01 3:48:46 pm)

  Okies, Jefe asked me to post this here. It�s a very old techboard comment of mine for Clash of Steel, Future Edition. I hope, after all this time it will still be of some help. :)

  Hartmann

  Although I promised myself long ago, never again to go into that much detail, I�ll do it just one more time, because I loved Clash of Steel as much as You do). So here we go:

  1. COS doesn�t like systems running at more than 250 mhz. So get moslo.com. It is a little freeware program, which will slow down Your computer (temporarily) so that You may play Your old favorites. Get it here: http//community.the-underdogs.org/pub/tools/slowdown/ .

  2. Put a copy of moslo.com in Your COS-folder

  3. Right-click on moslo.com

  4. Choose "properties", then "program" (actual entries may vary somewhat, as I own the german Version of Win98)

  5. On the commandline-template type "[actual path for COS-folder] moslo.com /25 [actual path for COS-folder] future.exe". The parameter /25 will slow down Your computer to 25% of it�s original performance. You may experiment with this setting to find the value for best performance. (You may also want to read the helpfile which usually comes with moslo.)

  6. Now choose "advanced", "msdos-mode" "new configuration"

  7. In the config.sys template type:
     

     dos=high, umb
     device= C:\windows\himem.sys
     device= C:\windows\emm386.exe 1024

  8. Add the "mouse"- command within the autoexec-template (often C:\mouse\mouse - but that depends on Your driver)

  9. Within the autoexec-template add the line "SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4" (if Your interrupt is 5, if its 7 You should type I7 of course). This will initiate Your soundcard.

  10. Confirm by clicking the "ok"-button.

  11. THERE YOU GO! From now on You can play "COS-future-edition" by simply clicking on moslo.com in Your "COS-folder�. Even better: make a shortcut to Your desktop and rename it "Clash of Steel")

  P.S.: The passwords for COS Future edition are exactly the same as for COS.

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• Remove -r attribute

  Aziraphale Registered User Posts: 121 (7/9/01 6:24:54 pm)

  There's been lots of trouble with this game, and I dunno if it's already been solved, but here goes anyway

  To stop the game locking up on beginning game play, you need to select all the files in the clockwerx directory, go to Properties, and uncheck "read only".

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• Memory Configuration

  [OLD]

  Joan O Arc
  Registered User
  Posts: 801
  (12/30/00 8:41:36 am)

  [IMPORTANT: EDIT Update to "The Clue"- I have uploaded a new self-extracting version of this game that includes Mok's excellent memory patch so that none of the unusual DOS memory configuration listed below is needed. It allows playing in a DOS box in Windows with about 580k DOS memory - Deb]

  This one requires a weird DOS memory configuration-- you have to load DOS High, but *not* into the UMB. So most people's config.sys will need to be editted to get this one to run:
  The first three lines of your config.sys need to read-
  

  DEVICE=C:\ WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
  DEVICE=C:\ WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE RAM
  DOS=HIGH

  (This assumes that himem.sys and emm386.exe are in your \windows directory. If they are in a different directory, change the path accordingly.)
  If you are trying to get the bootdisk to work, the lines should be-
  

  DEVICE=A:\ HIMEM.SYS
  DEVICE=A:\ EMM386.EXE RAM
  DOS=HIGH

  Since the files are on the bootdisk.

  Cheers to Darek who pointed this out.

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• Error: assert::err:Line 552 in "..\sim\win_snd.ccp": unable to initialize sound/fx

  masterdorn
  Yorkshire Terrier
  Joined: 05 Mar 2005
  Posts: 5

  If you recieve the error:

  assert::err:Line 552 in "..\sim\win_snd.ccp": unable to initialize sound/fx.

  You have 2 choices to solve the problem, depending on your operating system.

  This the only way i got the game to run on win98 and win2000.

  You have to disable the sound, because your soundcard is incompatible with the needed hardware that this old game requires. Either you buy an old pc, or you play without sound.

  To disable sound:

  1. You have to make a shortcut of aodcd.exe.
  2. Put the shortcut anywhere you want.
  3. Open properties of the shortcut
  4. In the Target Field, add -s after aodcd.exe

  This will disable sound so u wont get that error.

  Thats the only way i got the game to run on win98 and win2000.

  In WinXP, you have to use the Compatibility Mode of WinXP

  1. 1. Open Startmenu > Help and Support > Search > search for "Compatibility Mode"
  2. Start the Compatibility Mode
  3. Use the Wizard to guid you through the configuration
  4. Configure to Win95 and 256 Colors, the other things can be ignored
  5. Start aodcd.exe

  I didn�t test this guide, because I don�t use WinXP. I just found it on a german website, and translated it into english. but the people on that german board told me that it works.

  Have Fun!

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