SPMBT/SP2WW2 anyone?

[Warhero]

Sorry off-topic but I would like to get ALL SP games into my HD. Now I have SP1,2,3,SPWAW, SPWW2v5.5 (and WinMBT/WW2 of course). I use Dosbox for dos versions, so I would like to "refresh some memories" about those days before newest MBT/WW2 Windows-versions...

So if anyone knows where to d/l them let me know.

PS. Does anyone know can I save games any way in dos versions (via Dosbox)? I tried many times to save but no success...

Thanks in advance
Warhero

[Rosollia]

PS. Does anyone know can I save games any way in dos versions (via Dosbox)? I tried many times to save but no success...

I have no problems saving Steel Panthers 2 games on my computer using DosBox. One thing to note is that when setting up Dosbox you should make sure not to install it on your Program Files folder. And also to make sure the virtual Dos hard drive folder is not in a Windows UAC (User Account Control) managed folder like Program Files.

First thing I did on my windows 7 machine was to turn of UAC... It is quite anoying feature IMHO.

[Warhero]

Ok my Dosbox is under c:\dosbox folder but do I have to make that "User Account Control"-thing? How I do that?

[Rosollia]

In Windows 7 to turn UAC off go to:
Control panel
->User Accounts
->Change User Account Control settings
->In the User Account Control Settings window move the slider all the way down.

Turning UAC off reduces your systems security though.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...windows-vista/

[Imp]

Turning UAC off reduces your systems security though.

The increased security risk is minimal & can infact be negated easily.
Use a virus checker or firewall that has a sandbox & leave it on.
Less intrusive than UAC as only asks you the first time something new tries to do something, so when you install something or run it for the first time & does not move files.
TIP turn off the sandbox when you install a safe application or occasionally you can end up clicking a dozen times or so though normally it recognises its an installer & just asks you once if it should ignore it.

If your a security freak you should not be using an administrative account for day to day use. That is far more secure than UAC but a pain as need to switch accounts to make any changes to your system.

[Warhero]

Hmm is that really only way to get save game-thing to work? No alternatives?

(Sorry I'm not good what comes to PC security things etc.)

But I can handle that without saving at all too... Maybe it's good thing too (to concentrate into 1 battle from beginning to end)?

Btw, once again if anyone have/knows where to d/l at least SP2WW2 and/or SPMBT files, let me know asap! I really would like to get all SP-versions into my PC.

[Rosollia]

Hmm is that really only way to get save game-thing to work? No alternatives?

Well I found this tutorial on how to get dosbox running correctly:
http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=8933

So basicaly you need to place all your dos games in your C:\Users\your-user-name\DOSgames -folder and mount it as a c: drive for DOSBox.

If you have UAC on and have your games outside of "C:\Users\your-user-name\" folder you get into trouble with UAC preventing Dosbox from writing data.

[Warhero]

Sorry I moved all dos-games into c:\users\user\dosgames-folder and mounted via Dosbox. Still cannot to save game in SP1 (for example)...

Thanks about tips anyway.

edit:It FINALLY WORKS!!!1 I just copied dosgames back to c:\ and mounted as mormally and started SP1. I took one scenario and moved couple units and just save as normally!

[Warhero]

I noticed that only SPWW2 v.5.5 refused to save game (even with cd in cd-drive). Others worked anyway.

[Warhero]

I got SPWW2 v5.5 to save with those tips! Thanks a lot!