Unable to even OPEN MOO2 WINXP/dos emulation

[CommodoreNomad]

Hey, all!

Sorry in advance if you've seen this before. I read all of the semi-relevant posts in this forum, and I couldn't find the answer to my question.

I recently bought a copy of MOO II for a friend, and we were trying to install it for DOS use on XP. However, we've been unable to make it run despite about 2.5 hours of trying!

I read the step-by-step "how to" guide on this site, but we couldn't get it to work. When we try to start the game (by double-clicking the shortcut on the desktop), this happens:

1) A DOS box thing comes up, with a white blinking underscore character ( _ ) in the upper left corner, as if something is happening.

2) After a few seconds, the white character turns red and continues to blink.

3) Nothing else happens! We've had to force-quit the program. Alas.

Has anyone else had this happen? What can I do to fix it?

(AFAIK, we were using XP home edition with SP2)

Oh, one more thing: there was no DOS installer on the cd I gave my friend, so we had to improvise some things. Could this be a factor?

Thanks in advance, everyone. I truly love this game, and I want to share it with my friends!

[Lord Brazen]

Hi, Welcome to our forum!

Oh, one more thing: there was no DOS installer on the cd I gave my friend, so we had to improvise some things. Could this be a factor?

Yes, this is likely the problem if you are trying to install the DOS version manually from a CD that only has a windows version of the game on it.

Here is a list of the files that are installed when you install the DOS version. The items in RED are required. The items in GREEN are optional relating to sound:

• SAMPLE.AD
  SAMPLE.BNK
  SAMPLE.CAT
  RKERNEL.COM
  SBPRO.DIG
  ULTRA.DIG
  SB16.DIG
  ADRV688.DIG
  SNDSCAPE.DIG
  RAP10.DIG
  PROAUDIO.DIG
  JAMMER.DIG
  SBLASTER.DIG
  ORION2.EXE
  SETSOUND.EXE
  ORIONCD.INI
  COLONY.LBX
  COLROADS.LBX
  COLSUM.LBX
  COLVEGGI.LBX
  COMBAT.LBX
  CONFIRM.LBX
  DESIGN.LBX
  ENGMSG.LBX
  FIREPTS.LBX
  FLEET.LBX
  FLTICONS.LBX
  FONTS.LBX
  GAME.LBX
  HELP.LBX
  INBOX.LBX
  BUFFER0.LBX
  LOADSAVE.LBX
  MAINMENU.LBX
  MAINPUPS.LBX
  MONSTER.LBX
  SYSDISP.LBX
  COLBLDG.LBX
  NDATA.LBX
  NEWGAME.LBX
  NEXTPLYR.LBX
  SR_RC_TR.LBX
  OCPOL.LBX
  OFFICER.LBX
  SR_RC_SP.LBX
  CMBTSHP.LBX
  COLGCBT.LBX
  SR_RC_SC.LBX
  SPHERSFX.LBX
  SOUND.LBX
  PLANETS.LBX
  BLDG5.LBX
  RACENAME.LBX
  BLDG4.LBX
  BLDG3.LBX
  REFITPUP.LBX
  BLDG2.LBX
  BLDG1.LBX
  BLDG0.LBX
  BEAMS.LBX
  SHIPS.LBX
  STREAMHD.LBX
  TEXTBOX.LBX
  TURNSUM.LBX
  CMBTSFX.LBX
  WARNING.LBX
  AILDRVR.LST
  SBPRO1.MDI
  SBPRO2.MDI
  ULTRA.MDI
  ADLIB.MDI
  ADLIBG.MDI
  SNDSCAPE.MDI
  SBAWE32.MDI
  PASPLUS.MDI
  PAS.MDI
  OPL3.MDI
  NULL.MDI
  MT32MPU.MDI
  MPU401.MDI
  TANDY.MDI
  PCSPKR.MDI
  SBLASTER.MDI
  SAMPLE.MT
  SAMPLE.OPL
  README.TXT

The file ORIONCD.INI is created by the games installer. You will definately need to manually create this file. Use a Text editor. It must contain the path to the CD drive. There are many additional files on the CD that the game needs access to. Here is an example of what should be in the file:

• D:\

If you are missing any of these files you may be able to get them from PK's site.

Good luck.

[ALEX|D]

1) A DOS box thing comes up, with a white blinking underscore character ( _ ) in the upper left corner, as if something is happening.

2) After a few seconds, the white character turns red and continues to blink.

3) Nothing else happens! We've had to force-quit the program. Alas.

Has anyone else had this happen? What can I do to fix it?

I got the same problem, but my white character doesn´t turnd into a red one.

U should read that thread, too.
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