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Re: Tiberian Dawn from HD, but w/music?

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From: Raymond Hellstern
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 06:04
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Hi,

thanks for the info.
I tried as suggested,
but when I start C&C with -cdc:\c&c a prompt comes up saying 'Unable to load
SCORES.MIX'.
When I remove SCORES.MIX the game starts,
but still without music.

My configuration:
DOS5
Celeron 333A
384MB RAM

Any ideas?

Regards,

Raymond


"TCipollina" <joe...@stny.rr.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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>
> "Raymond Hellstern" <Raymond....@T-Online.de> wrote in message
> news:9udc68$qmc$06$1@news.t-online.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have the old CC run from HD,
> > but I can't get the music to run.
> > (Sounds work)
> > Does anyone have a solution?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Raymond
> >
> i will be of little help here
> here is the excerpt from Roger Wong's FAQ..it gives little info on music,
> mentions it in passing in the last sentence...so i assume there are music
> files to download....but being computer illiterate, i have no idea which
> files they are:
>
> cut==============
> *10-4* How can run C&C off my hard disk?
> ===========================================
>
> If your CDROM device drivers take up too much memory to run a program such
> as
> Kali, or if you have a laptop that does not have a CDROM drive, you can
play
> C&C completely from your hard disk.
>
> Running C&C off the HD:
>      step 1: install C&C like normal
>      step 2: copy all the files from the root directory of the CD-ROM into
>              the directory you just installed C&C into.
>      step 3: now copy the general.mix file from the other CD-ROM into this
>              directory as well (rename the first one before doing this).
>      step 4: before playing C&C, make sure you have the general.mix file
>              representing which side you want to play (I use gdi.mix and
>              nod.mix as the filenames and rename one to general.mix
>              depending on which side I want to play).
> ** step 5: **
>      Instead of typing C&C to start, type in C&C -cd<path> where path is
the
> full path to the C& directory. ie.- If you installed C&C to c:\games\c&c,
> start the program by typing in:
>      c&c -cdc:\games\c&c\
> Notice that there is no space. Though the trailing backslash is optional
for
> DOS 6.xx users and below, Windows 95 users *must* include it.
>
> You no longer have to have the CD-ROM loaded to play c&c. This takes up a
> little under 30M if you omit the video and music files.
> ============paste
>
>
> --
> Fight Win Prevail
> But Never Cheat
>
>
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