Ki-tat Chung Posted November 15, 2003 Report Share Posted November 15, 2003 hrm...i dunno...one thing i don't get, is that can't you just uninstall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TabulaRasa Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Hey it actually worked, thanks! Finally I can play on a decent computer! The mouse isnt sensative enough though, its very slow, can this be fixed? Its not a really big deal, I just want to know. But thanks anyway for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plackey Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 Hi, After all those posts and all those 100% working solutions, I still do not have Apocalypse with working sound...can anyone paste the exact look of the .bat files, the exact vdmsound configs used etc. ? Please... Thx in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TabulaRasa Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 When u edit the XCOM3.bat file or whatever its called, it should look like this @echo offfakecd .. /L:D >nulxcom3_cd.comdosdrvxcomapoc.exe SKIPrem Uninstall processxcom3_cd.comfakecd /U >nulmode co80clsecho.echo X-COM3 Apocalypse from Alex-God.echo Don't forget Microprose Corporation...pause U could copy and paste it but mine may be different from yours, so the REALLY IMPORTANT THING IS, to put the line 'dosdrv' between the lines 'xcom3_cd.com' and 'xcomapoc.exe SKIP'. As you can see here i have done it to mine already. The other thing is to go into the setup program and change the settings to soundblaster on port=220 irq=7 dma=1. You also need to have VMDsound installed. I hope with this post, there will be no more, or few posts about apoc xp problems because this should answer everything, and if it doesnt, than im just stupid . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plackey Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 up: Thx for the reply, i did all of this, including the setup change, I also tried other sound configurations in VDM, but none work ( I can play apoc without sound, doh ) If anyone has any other ideas, i will be greatful if you share it with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusk Posted January 7, 2005 Report Share Posted January 7, 2005 Woohow, mine works too now. About the "fresh out of box" this isn't true, my installation is Windows XP Pro DK (Denmark AKA Danish) and is "fresh out of the box" My sound works perfectly when using VDMsound and my soundcard is a SoundBlaster Live! B880 About the mousectl, you can't find it at the aforementioned site anymore, but you can find it and all other utilities here:https://home.comcast.net/~tom_forsyth/xcom_...nder_winxp.htmlAnother thing about the mousectl, yes it DOES scroll in the wrong direction, but only for a second, if you hold your mouse on the edge it starts scrolling the right way. About the no_cd, ...(Sorry, no cracks, please. - Bomb Bloke) Haven't tested the video on my system yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gilesy1 Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Hey All, I played Apocalypse years ago on my old pc and i lost it,now i have A new PC with XP on it and after me searching everywhere toget the game it wont even install,I bought the 5 games and i canonly get UFO and TFTD to work, an error comes up saying" E:\install.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\autoexec.nt. The system files is not suitablefor runnng MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications " Can anyone help me with this? I think its sumthing to do with 16 bit file or sumthing like that, Regards & Thanks The Irish Commander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Beats me what causes the error, but autoexec.nt is a dummy file that Windows uses to help load dos games. I actually can't make any sense of the error at all. Hmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Odd indeed. I installed Apocalypse on my XP machine and it never complained about autoexec.nt one bit. While it did complain about my files/buffers, I could install it anyway, regardless. (The game only really needs 'files' to be set). For me, the game installs fine and is even able to play sounds in the sound setup, and even the intro plays (sans the usual choppiness that I've grown so accustomed to), but the moment the actual game executable starts, bam, back to the console. I don't know if Dosbox'll help, but I might give it a try some day. Note autoexec.bat still seems to load. I put the line dircmd=/oe in it to sort files by extension whenever I type DIR, and it appears to be in effect every time I boot up the computer. Interesting. Autoexec.nt mentions that XP emulates a Sound Blaster 2.0... Probably explains why I had little trouble using a sound blaster. Wish Windows 98 did that for modern sound cards. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 As far as I understand it, the .nt files are used for the DosVM whenever you start a Dos program. I don't suppose you could show us the contents of your C:\WINDOWS\system32\autoexec.nt file, Gilesy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusk Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 (Sorry, no cracks, please. - Bomb Bloke) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sorry... The mouse thing is actually getting a bit more annoying than I first anticipated, you guys wouldn't happen to know any other program or a way to fix it so I won't scroll, like a sectoid on mushrooms... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 I don't suppose this helps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusk Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 I don't suppose this helps?<{POST_SNAPBACK}> I can't seem to get it to work...it says:&& was not expected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 Er, the program you mean? Gimme a few days; I'll try and work out how it goes. If no one beats me to it, that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireWarrior Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 Anyone know where I can get the xcom3_cd.zip file? None of the links on this topic works anymore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusk Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 Yes they do:https://home.comcast.net/~tom_forsyth/xcom_...nder_winxp.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jh316 Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 I've got the game working and all, but my mouse is screwy. When I move it all the way to the left edge, it scrolls right, and if I move ti all the way up, it scrolls down. If it's just a fraction of an inch away from the border, however, it scrolls normally. Any idea of a fix? I ran that mousectl.com file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 What happens if you move it all the way over to the right or bottom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jh316 Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 It scrolls normally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 So, what program are you using for mouse issues at the moment then? (I'm thinking you've got a underflow issue here). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jh316 Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 Like I said, I ran the mousctl.com program that was in the file Dusk linked to. Anyway, I tried out mouse2kv and it worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slotty Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 ok ok.. I love this guy! just installed the game. downloaded the files... and Tadaa.. it worked.. no mouse problems or nothing.. just need to install sound Love ya! Edit: Sound.. yeah.. cant get it to work with sound.. it only crashes to windows again... but it works without sound... hmm.. don't play a silent game.... do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stun Grenade Posted April 22, 2005 Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 DosBox it Slotty and tell me if it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo5dave Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 Does anybody have a link for the cd zip file from the first post? The links are no longer working. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 Just look up a few posts. Dusk has a link. Here is the page on how to get apoc working: https://home.comcast.net/~tom_forsyth/xcom_...nder_winxp.html.And of course the file can be downloaded here. Hope this helps. - Zombie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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