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!
Unable to even OPEN MOO2 WINXP/dos emulation
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Re: Unable to even OPEN MOO2 WINXP/dos emulation
Hi, Welcome to our forum!
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:
Good luck.
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.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?
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
- D:\
Good luck.
"Stars are holes in the sky from which the light of the Infinite shine through." - Confucius.
I got the same problem, but my white character doesn´t turnd into a red one.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?
U should read that thread, too.
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