Favorite games - Page 19

sansanjuan · #**181** 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

sector24 · #**182** March 19th, 2008, 06:42 PM

http://www.odstudios.com/article.php?anum=321

Foodstamp · #**183** 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 · #**184** 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 · #**185** 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 · #**186** March 20th, 2008, 01:46 AM

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

Foodstamp · #**187** March 20th, 2008, 02:18 AM

Excellent, I hope you enjoy playing Master of Magic. For me, it was love at first sight.

Stryke11 · #**188** March 20th, 2008, 03:03 AM

Ok, I just spent an hour looking though my old files and I was wrong. I DID play MoM in Dosbox, using a front-end program called D-Fend. I also had Fantasy General in there, another great game.

Funny thing is it's a good thing I have the game settings saved in D-Fend, because it I had to reinstall it today I wouldn't have the foggiest idea how to do it.

Oh, and I have sound and it seems fine. The interface sucks, but I just think that's how the game was (right click to move the map around).

This may be unusual, but one of my favorite aspects of the game was the ability to name your outposts. That one level of immersion really meant a lot to me. I enjoy the same thing about GalCiv2. Not that I was entirely creative...the west outpost was Westgarde, the east Eastgarde, and well, you get the picture.

Torin · #**189** March 20th, 2008, 08:30 AM

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don't click the link

NO!!! I said DON'T click the link.

ahh. you done did it. you clicked the link. you can kiss your evening goodbye.

http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/game.asp

I did, this game is too good.

theenemy · #**190** March 20th, 2008, 05:16 PM

MoM sure sounds like a fun game. I'm thinking about downloading and installing the game but it seems that you have to run the program DosBox for MoM to work properly on the XP.
Since I'm only 16 years old, without any PC of my own, my dad would freak if something happened to our computer (yes I'm a whiny kid). My question is: Will DosBox f(censored)k up the computer, with f(censored)k up I mean make any serious changes to the system?

I almost forgot: Legacy of Kain series rule! Great story and action. (thanks for the reminder Kamamura