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Article #211Re: C&C without CD-ROM
From: dios... Dxmachina
Date: Sun, 03 Mar 1996 00:00
Date: Sun, 03 Mar 1996 00:00
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>NSV...@prodigy.com (Daniel Goswick) wrote: > >>I've been wondering if there was a way to load C&C all on your hard drive >>to play over networks without individual CD-ROMs. Westwood denies that >>you can but I have come accross a way. It involves no emulator programs >>or anything, I think Westwood actually put this in for their own use. >>Here's how: > >>1. Create a directory on your harddrive to hold the CD-ROM info (ex. >>c:\c&c-cd) > >>2. Copy the entire CD-ROM to that directory EXCEPT for the two large >>files >> in the root directory (movies.mix and scores.mix). File manager works >>good for this. > >>3. Now from that copied directory, go to the INSTALL directory there (ex. >>c:\c&c-cd\install) and run the install program with the /nocd option (ie. >> INSTALL /NOCD) > >>4. This will install the game same as from CD-ROM. > >>5. To run the game, enter "C&C -cdXXXX" where XXXX is where you copied >>the CD-ROM to (ex. c&c -cdc:\c&c-cd) > >>This works both for solitare and multiplayer modes. You DO lose the >>movies and music, but it only takes 31M on your drive and has finally >>allowed me to run it on my network without buying more CD-ROMs. > >>Hope this works for you, and enjoy! > >>Dan Goswick >>NSV...@prodigy.com don't work, Dan. When it gets to mission #2 in Egypt, it says "Can't read scenario!!!"
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