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Article #33340Re: Tiberian Dawn from HD, but w/music?
From: Raymond Hellstern
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 06:04
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 news:cdxO7.72350$8C6.13581471@typhoon.nyroc.rr.com... > > "Raymond Hellstern" <Raymond....@T-Online.de> wrote in message > news:9udc68$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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