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[navarro]

Hi evereybody.
I've gone through the posts here, and I've got a problem that's not mentioned here (or maybe i was in such a rush to get to the latest post that I've missed the explaination). After running the game, and choosing the language, It tells me that I have to insert disk A in drive B and then press return. Pressing ANY key for that matter won't work whatsoverer.
Waiting for an answer... Cheers.

Also, I haven't found any mentions of this matter in the manual.

EDIT: I think it MAY have something to do with the drive mounting. Running it with out dos-box seems to work. Only problem is - it takes forever to get to the main menu part.

[navarro]

OK- now i'm really getting pissed. WITHOUT dosbox it works, but no matter what memory/compatibilty settings i use by modifying the settings when right cliking on "start.exe" ( I have Win XP, btw) it moves incredibly slow. TOO slow to play. When I use dos box the intro works perfectly. FAST, fluid. BUT after the credits screen they say "insert disk a in drive b, and blah blah blah... " . I think it can't be anything else but a mounting problem. Do I need an image file or something??? I'm sorry, but even with the manuals in front of me it's difficult to make things work.

PS : Sorry for doubleposting - didn't see that I could STILL edit my previous older post.

[Romano]

I will add Transarctica boxshots tomorrow.
Don't know if it will be helpful

I think it could not be so banal, but did you use numpad. Regular numbers will not work.

[navarro]

Yes I did. It just goes blank for 1sec (or less), and then displays the same thing. No matter what keys I press (including those on the numpad). Like I said - I am pretty sure it's a mounting issue wich I'm having trouble with. I'm using the latest version of dosbox (and the latest upadated version of "D-fend Reloaded" ).:worried:

It's not about language selection or anything else...

How DO I do the mounting manually anyay?? Auto-mounting doesn't seem to do the trick this time around.

[ShadowBlade]

Awesome game! I'm still learning the ropes, though.

Any trading tips? I can see a bunch of trade goods for sale at most towns, but I don't have enough money to experiment and look for optimal trade routes. My mediocre income has been coming from a couple of lignite mines I managed to exploit with my 20 slaves and 4 mammoths. Anthracite's slowly running out (just below 300 now, nothing too serious), and the last 3 mines discovered were lignite ones (I could only get 47 baks from the last anthracite one, as I didn't have any slaves and just one mammoth back then).

Also, how do I alter the position of the train's wagons? I haven't bought the Drill yet, but I know it has to be either on the very front or very back of the train. New wagons are placed at the back, and if I want more after purchasing the Drill, I don't want them taking up the rearmost spot. And besides, wagon position will be important once I get cannon and MG wagons.

Finally, I'm playing at level 1, which I'm already feeling might be too easy. I only had two war-train encounters in quite a bit of travelling. I escaped from one and lost the other battle only because I was stupid. The other train was short, only had a handful of soldiers and a single machine gun. After placing a bomb on that wagon, I sent my men right into the line of fire, and since they were my last, I lost. I've had no mole men encounters either, even though I ran through a long underground passage.

Which difficulty level would you recommend? And is it possible to change it mid-game or do I've to restart?

[navarro]

Trading tips? Get a note-pad, write the prices down. YOu cand buy a product foar a certain price/quantity in one town and sell it more expensive in another. That's one way to make money , another would be coalmines, and the other - the enemy trains. The combat modes is somewhat... I dunno... not as good as it could be. With long trains you cand loose track of things, and by the time you're done dealing with mamoths/soldier at one end of the train, they're done with yours (and your trucks,carts,soldiers/whatever) at the other. A better equipped enemy train could quite easily kick your butt. Mole men do show up quite often even on lvl 1 dificulty - just a matter of odds.
Played this game a while back (on a different computer).


STILL haven't solved my problem though. DOESNT ANYONE know what it could be?? Come on, please!! (BTW: "METAL MUTANT" wich is also made by silmarils has exactly the same problem. Works without dosbox - but moves so slow it's almost standing still - intro and everything works fine WITH dosbox - but you have to insert the goddamn disk A in the drive. What the hell sort of disk are they talking about?)

[The Fifth Horseman]

How DO I do the mounting manually anyay??

Read "A beginner's guide to DOSBox" sticky in Troubleshooting forum.
And, try mounting the game directory as A: drive with -t floppy?