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Re: Installing Emperor ot Fading Suns?

#65928
From: David Short
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 15:36
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Pehaps I'm mistaken but isn't this the same company that
within the last few days announced they were releasing
and update of Merchant Prince?

Seems to me a nicely worded e-mail asking that an
updated installation script be made available as a
download would be appropriate.

dfs

LRW <li...@nospahmcelticbear.com> wrote in message
news:xLdg6.133$D13.275227@nnrp2.sbc.net...
> 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
> news:slrn9825os.kq.shadows@rage.whitefang.com...
> > 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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From: "David Short" <David...@Wright.Edu>
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Subject: Re: Installing Emperor ot Fading Suns?
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 10:36:33 -0500
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