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mathusalem · #1 March 19th, 2008, 07:27 AM

the version of MOM from the Underdogs is the 1.31 ?

B0rsuk · #2 March 19th, 2008, 12:36 PM

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mathusalem said:
the version of MOM from the Underdogs is the 1.31 ?

No, it's 1.3.1

Stryke11 · #3 March 19th, 2008, 04:16 PM

About running MoM. I don't have specific rememberance, but I know that sometime in the past three years I loaded it up and played it on my WinXP rig (same as it is now, only diff is a beter vid card) and I DON'T recall using any helper programs. I know WinXP has a menu you can pull up when you right click a .bat or .exe file that impacts how it tries to run the file...perhaps there's another way? I own the game, but I think this recent install was from a dl'd copy (who can keep full track of game CD's from that far back). I don't have it installed anymore, so sorry I can't give more specific help.

lch · #4 March 19th, 2008, 06:01 PM

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Stryke11 said:
About running MoM. I don't have specific rememberance, but I know that sometime in the past three years I loaded it up and played it on my WinXP rig (same as it is now, only diff is a beter vid card) and I DON'T recall using any helper programs.

The question is: Do you remember if you had sound or not? If you had sound, then either you are using a very old sound card, or one that is mysteriously driver compatible with a Sound Blaster 16 or older one.

Xietor · #5 March 19th, 2008, 06:09 PM

TWISTER!

Obviously the game is more fun played in a ummm more private setting, and with attractive people rather than dorks. A few beers could looosen things up as well!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zDiqPbYsz8

sansanjuan · #6 March 19th, 2008, 06:41 PM

I played MoM just last week on my XP box in a Dosbox. I think I had sound off. I had the original but used a copy from an abandonware site.
-SSJ

Foodstamp · #7 March 19th, 2008, 08:08 PM

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Stryke11 said:
About running MoM. I don't have specific rememberance, but I know that sometime in the past three years I loaded it up and played it on my WinXP rig (same as it is now, only diff is a beter vid card) and I DON'T recall using any helper programs. I know WinXP has a menu you can pull up when you right click a .bat or .exe file that impacts how it tries to run the file...perhaps there's another way? I own the game, but I think this recent install was from a dl'd copy (who can keep full track of game CD's from that far back). I don't have it installed anymore, so sorry I can't give more specific help.

There is a change you can make in your registry that will allow you to run the game without the help of DosBox or VDMsound. The registry change enables a menu item when you right click and choose properties and toggle the memory settings. This is the way I ran the game on Windows 98, ME and XP for years.

Then I wanted to hear the sounds, so I started using VDMsound. If I can figure out the registry change again, I will post it, because out of all the ways I have run the game, it ran the best straight in windows without sound. It never crashed, the turns loaded the quickest and there were no problems with the cpu speed.

moderation · #8 March 19th, 2008, 11:50 PM

I was able to get music from Dosbox by selecting the MIDI option in the install program. I don't remember if sound worked though.

Foodstamp · #9 March 20th, 2008, 12:54 AM

Ok I was able to figure out how to run Master of Magic without any special programs on Windows XP. Last time I did this, I could have swore I had to make changes to the registry, but this time I did not need to.

1. You right click on the "MAGIC.exe" file. Click properties.

2. Choose the "Compatibility" tab and choose to run the program in "Windows 95 mode". NOTE: This step may not be necessary.

3. Choose the "Memory" tab. Set conventional memory to auto/auto. Expanded (EMS) memory needs to be 3072. The other fields can be set to auto.

Save your changes. Run MAGIC.exe

One additional note... If sound is enabled, you may need to go into the Install.exe and disable the sound settings. To do this, you will need to actually pull up a C:\ prompt, navigate to the directory magic is stored in, and run the Install in the DOS environment. Then save your settings.

Hope this helps anyone who is having issues running Master of Magic with DosBox or VDMsound.

DonCorazon · #10 March 20th, 2008, 01:46 AM

Foodstamp and Sector24,
Thanks - between the download and the instructions, that was amazingly easy. Much appreciated!