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James Boswell wrote:

> booting from a dos bootdisk isn't an option (NTFS formatted harddisk)
> I'd like to avoid setting up Win98 on a spare disk (I have a 6GB disk
> sitting around) JUST so I can install WC4 and then copy the directory to the
> XP disk over the network (using another machine as a waypoint whilst I swap
> disks obviously.)
> Suggestions anyone?, is there a way to manually install WC4?

I am not sure about installing, but I'd guess that even a patched WC4 
won't work on NTFS.

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"James Boswell" <Jamesb...@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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> Okay, so apparently the WC4Win95 patch will run under XP, but first I have
> to _install_ WC4... and the installer hangs...
>
> booting from a dos bootdisk isn't an option (NTFS formatted harddisk)
> I'd like to avoid setting up Win98 on a spare disk (I have a 6GB disk
> sitting around) JUST so I can install WC4 and then copy the directory to
the
> XP disk over the network (using another machine as a waypoint whilst I
swap
> disks obviously.)
>
>
> Suggestions anyone?, is there a way to manually install WC4?
>
> TIA
>
> -JB

The boxed native Win95 version of WC4 includes a Windows based installer.
I've tried to package up the installer, but I expect it'll need a lot of
fiddling to make work.. I haven't tested it fully myself. You'll probably
need to extract the zip to a directory somewhere and then copy the contents
of the first WC4 CD to that directory before running the setup exe. You
might also need to edit a file once installed to change the CD path and then
install the W95 game patch. This is all guesswork since I haven't tried
installing by this method myself, but if you are willing to play about to
get it working, I've put the package up at
http://www.wcnews.com/hades/wc4w95setup.zip

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> The boxed native Win95 version of WC4 includes a Windows based
> installer. I've tried to package up the installer, but I expect it'll
> need a lot of fiddling to make work.. I haven't tested it fully
> myself. You'll probably need to extract the zip to a directory
> somewhere and then copy the contents of the first WC4 CD to that
> directory before running the setup exe. You might also need to edit a
> file once installed to change the CD path and then install the W95
> game patch. This is all guesswork since I haven't tried installing by
> this method myself, but if you are willing to play about to get it
> working, I've put the package up at
> http://www.wcnews.com/hades/wc4w95setup.zip

Thanks, unbelievably that actually worked :)
had to copy the win95 patch into place manually, but other than that :)

-JB

On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 18:37:49 +0100, Karl Frank <ka...@karl.frank.name>
wrote:

>James Boswell wrote:
>
>> booting from a dos bootdisk isn't an option (NTFS formatted harddisk)
>> I'd like to avoid setting up Win98 on a spare disk (I have a 6GB disk
>> sitting around) JUST so I can install WC4 and then copy the directory to the
>> XP disk over the network (using another machine as a waypoint whilst I swap
>> disks obviously.)
>> Suggestions anyone?, is there a way to manually install WC4?
>
>I am not sure about installing, but I'd guess that even a patched WC4 
>won't work on NTFS.

Seems to run in Win2k for me. There's a weird mouse problem (while
onboard the ship, I can't move the cursor out of an area in the
upper-left corner of the screen), but it runs.

Heh, I also just installed  WC 4 under XP. Everything actually works great,
even got my trusty Thrustmater HOTAS system working with XP (that was
interestign!). The one issue I have run into is garbled sound..... any
ideas?


"James Boswell" <Jamesb...@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
news:aukmra$nhp$1@venus.btinternet.com...
> Okay, so apparently the WC4Win95 patch will run under XP, but first I have
> to _install_ WC4... and the installer hangs...
>
> booting from a dos bootdisk isn't an option (NTFS formatted harddisk)
> I'd like to avoid setting up Win98 on a spare disk (I have a 6GB disk
> sitting around) JUST so I can install WC4 and then copy the directory to
the
> XP disk over the network (using another machine as a waypoint whilst I
swap
> disks obviously.)
>
>
> Suggestions anyone?, is there a way to manually install WC4?
>
> TIA
>
> -JB
>
>

Analog Kid <losti...@nowhere.com> wrote:
> Heh, I also just installed  WC 4 under XP. Everything actually works
> great, even got my trusty Thrustmater HOTAS system working with XP
> (that was interestign!). The one issue I have run into is garbled
> sound..... any ideas?

?

None whatsoever, the sound is perfect here from my GametheaterXP

-JB

try turning the sound accelleration down a notch in dxdiag
"James Boswell" <Jamesb...@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
news:av5l0r$j65$1@helle.btinternet.com...
> Analog Kid <losti...@nowhere.com> wrote:
> > Heh, I also just installed  WC 4 under XP. Everything actually works
> > great, even got my trusty Thrustmater HOTAS system working with XP
> > (that was interestign!). The one issue I have run into is garbled
> > sound..... any ideas?
>
> ?
>
> None whatsoever, the sound is perfect here from my GametheaterXP
>
> -JB
>
>