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Re: C&C without CD-ROM

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From: dios... Dxmachina
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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From: dios...@cris.com (Dxmachina)
Subject: Re: C&C without CD-ROM
Date: 1996/03/03
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