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Re: Installing Emperor ot Fading Suns?

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From: LRW
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 15:23
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ROTFL! Yeah that'd be a good idea if their computer games dept wasn't pretty
much defunct. =) They don't even have a computer game tech dept. And even if
they did, "Emporer Of The F.S." is about 5 years old and I'm certain they
wouldn't actively support it anymore.
I did however write to a general e-mail address for them, and someone wrote
back suggesting I either let it install DX3 and then reinstall DX7 (even
though I told him what I mentioned here: That DX3 never actually really
installs,) or he can send me some registry based fix. Which he hasn't sent
yet, and I'm not sure is really going to do anything.
But thanks anyway. =)
Liam


"shadows" <sha...@whitefang.com> wrote in message
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> LRW li...@nospahmcelticbear.com wrote:
> >Anyone know how to install Holistic's Emperor of the Fading Suns
bypassing
> >the mandatory DirectX3 installation?
> >
> >I have WinME with DX7.1, and every time I try installing, it wants to
> >install DX3. Even if I let it, it goes through the motions and reboots
> >(though it doesn't replace DX7,) but doesn't continue with the game
install.
> >If I try running setup again, it does the same thing all over!
> >
> >Does anyone have any ideas?!
>
> Might be worth mentioning this to the folks at Holistic. The DX3
> forceful installation was lame and they should redo the install
> process to prompt you for DX installation.
>
> --
> Thamer Al-Herbish                           <URL
http://www.whitefang.com/>
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