Please help me with wc3
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Mystery muppet
Spaceman
Did you set the video and sound options correctly?
Nomad Terror
Rear Admiral
it might be easyier to play it in DOS, and yes windows ME does indeed have a DOS promt.
getting to it isn't obvious though. all u really need is a bootable floppy, which u can make using the format utility in windows.
then u can just fallow one of the howto's for the config.sys, and the autoexec.bat, files, and real-mode drivers for cdrom, and soundcard.
getting to it isn't obvious though. all u really need is a bootable floppy, which u can make using the format utility in windows.
then u can just fallow one of the howto's for the config.sys, and the autoexec.bat, files, and real-mode drivers for cdrom, and soundcard.
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xylon
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WC3 flawless (almost) in WinXP
Hi guys,
I've been reading these forums for a couple of days now (primarily to solve the WCP video problem, but that was unsuccessful
), but today I tried getting WC3 running. I have Windows XP and a Sound Blaster Audigy - two of the most important specs required for running a WC game, I think! - interestingly, WCIV is the only one that doesn't seem to have a problem at all running in WinXP. I find that strange, since WCP came out later, and WC3, well, earlier. Obviously.
Anyway. I've so far been unsuccessful in getting WCP working flawlessly, but in regards to WC3 - there's a very useful little program called VDMSound. It can be found here:
http://www.ece.mcgill.ca/~vromas/vdmsound/
Basically what it does, is it creates a dos-like environment for any given program to run in. Most importantly is that it emulates a sound blaster - old generations, like the Pro, the 16, etc, by creating a sort of interface with the driver.
Once you've installed it - you'll want to install the update, AND the launchpad - the launchpad provides a shell interface where you can graphically choose options, and stuff.
Once VDMSound is installed, create a batch file in your C:\WC3 directory that just contains the WC3.exe executable on the CDROM. Right click on that batchfile, and choose 'Run With VDMS' - the one with the music icon next to it. Be sure to set up the audio using the settings that the WC3 installed used - that is, the DMA, IRQ and other such settings. For me, the Soundblaster 16 stuttered, but the Soundblaster Pro worked almost perfectly.
Before I tried this, my movies stopped about one second in - I thought it had to do with the speed of my computer, so I tried the 'turbo' program, but that had little to no effect. It ended up being the sound, and once that was sorted out, WC3 runs (technically) perfectly.
VDMS also emulates joysticks, midi, adlib, dos environments, and such, so it'll run most old games. I haven't really tried it with much else.
Anyway, all the best! If you want to contact me - I might end up joining this forum, it's certainly interesting! - but you can find me on MSN at xylon14@hotmail.com, or email me direct at xylon@bigfoot.com.
Anyway, I hope that information helped... VDMS can be quite confusing at times, but well worth it!
-julian
Hi guys,
I've been reading these forums for a couple of days now (primarily to solve the WCP video problem, but that was unsuccessful
), but today I tried getting WC3 running. I have Windows XP and a Sound Blaster Audigy - two of the most important specs required for running a WC game, I think! - interestingly, WCIV is the only one that doesn't seem to have a problem at all running in WinXP. I find that strange, since WCP came out later, and WC3, well, earlier. Obviously.Anyway. I've so far been unsuccessful in getting WCP working flawlessly, but in regards to WC3 - there's a very useful little program called VDMSound. It can be found here:
http://www.ece.mcgill.ca/~vromas/vdmsound/
Basically what it does, is it creates a dos-like environment for any given program to run in. Most importantly is that it emulates a sound blaster - old generations, like the Pro, the 16, etc, by creating a sort of interface with the driver.
Once you've installed it - you'll want to install the update, AND the launchpad - the launchpad provides a shell interface where you can graphically choose options, and stuff.
Once VDMSound is installed, create a batch file in your C:\WC3 directory that just contains the WC3.exe executable on the CDROM. Right click on that batchfile, and choose 'Run With VDMS' - the one with the music icon next to it. Be sure to set up the audio using the settings that the WC3 installed used - that is, the DMA, IRQ and other such settings. For me, the Soundblaster 16 stuttered, but the Soundblaster Pro worked almost perfectly.
Before I tried this, my movies stopped about one second in - I thought it had to do with the speed of my computer, so I tried the 'turbo' program, but that had little to no effect. It ended up being the sound, and once that was sorted out, WC3 runs (technically) perfectly.
VDMS also emulates joysticks, midi, adlib, dos environments, and such, so it'll run most old games. I haven't really tried it with much else.
Anyway, all the best! If you want to contact me - I might end up joining this forum, it's certainly interesting! - but you can find me on MSN at xylon14@hotmail.com, or email me direct at xylon@bigfoot.com.
Anyway, I hope that information helped... VDMS can be quite confusing at times, but well worth it!
-julian
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Unregistered
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I have used this tool and all works apart from if i get the music working nice the digital fx screws up and visa versa!
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VDMSound is a great instrument, if you know how to use it... But as for WC3 you should just run it under DOS, otherwise it is a hell of work, to get it run. If thats to much for you, you should try the WC3 version of Wing Commander Kilrathi Saga, it runs perfectly (almost) under Win XP.
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I know but i dont have that.
The digtal FX Card should say
"You gotta love that boys spunk" or something along thoes lines my mind cant think back 4 years!
But it says
"You gotta love th" then it cuts out.
Thats the farest i've been on SOundblaster/Compatible or something the top one. all the rest either dont work or go less like "You go"
Thats useing the emmulator normally nothing would work no sound test nothing nada.
any suggestions?
The digtal FX Card should say
"You gotta love that boys spunk" or something along thoes lines my mind cant think back 4 years!
But it says
"You gotta love th" then it cuts out.
Thats the farest i've been on SOundblaster/Compatible or something the top one. all the rest either dont work or go less like "You go"
Thats useing the emmulator normally nothing would work no sound test nothing nada.
any suggestions?