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Article #27444Re: Tiberian Dawn
From: TCipollina
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:52
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:52
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"Raymond Del Tondo" <RDelT@gmx.de> wrote in message news:cg7c3j$t7q$05$1@news.t-online.com... > Maybe he meant that the original DOS version won't run under W2K/XP. > C&C Gold (for Win95) will run under W2K/XP with a patch from Westwood. > > The C&C setup prog doesn't run under W2K/XP, so you'll have to install > it under W95/98, then copy all files to W2K/XP, then apply the Westwood > patch. > > I also read somewhere that the setup prog could be run in W9x > compatibility mode, > but that didn't work with my (German) W2K version, > the cross install option mentioned above was the only way to get it > going. > > However, please note that modern computers may be way too fast for C&C > Gold. > Some timers inside the game won't be treated correctly. > > So I wouldn't set the game speed to 'fastest', use a slightly slower > setting instead;-) > > Raymond > > > "Dario Djuric" <darioNOSPAM@planetcnc.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag > news:cg75ov$i1e$1@brown.net4u.hr... > > BobLondonKy wrote: > > > But chances are real good that the games won't work. > > > > What do you mean? > > he probably meant the disks are worn or scratched and dont work well -- Fight Win Prevail But Never Cheat
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!internal1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-rtr.nyroc.rr.com!news-out.nyroc.rr.com!twister.nyroc.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "TCipollina" <joesdad@stny.rr.com> Newsgroups: alt.games.command.and.conquer References: <Xns954A86DB8C4BBnospamnospamcom@216.196.97.142> <10i9um034fl0ba7@corp.supernews.com> <Xns954AC4621B250nospamnospamcom@216.196.97.142> <XZVwQQAvvjJBFwlR@the-arcane.demon.co.uk> <Xns954BA2B26B67Dnospamnospamcom@216.196.97.142> <cg75ov$i1e$1@brown.net4u.hr> <cg7c3j$t7q$05$1@news.t-online.com> Subject: Re: Tiberian Dawn Lines: 41 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Message-ID: <7ZLVc.35919$Kt5.25463@twister.nyroc.rr.com> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:52:03 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.94.37.46 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.nyroc.rr.com 1093110723 24.94.37.46 (Sat, 21 Aug 2004 13:52:03 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 13:52:03 EDT Organization: Road Runner MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit