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[SupSuper]

Originally posted by gregor@Oct 9 2005, 09:34 PM
well all i know my version of HOMM works on 95, 98 and 2000.


Edit: to be more precise it says: Designed for Microsoft Windows 95.

Oh and system requirements are Dos 5.0 OR WIN 95 (cause there was no win 98 at that time)

Yes, my version even works fine in Windows XP (though no sound), but it's still a DOS game

Guys i have downloaded many games from this site including Heroes of Might and magic and they are all great... I had the windows 98 before so i faced no trouble running them... But since i switched to XP trouble started.. I downloaded DoxBox, did everything right, but when i type the name of the .exe file that runs the game in DOSBOX, the window of DOSBOX disappears and the whole operation is aborted.. I end up looking to my desktop again.. HELP PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!! for some other games, they worked under XP but too fast.. I downloaded The CPUKiller3 and tried to run it in the same time of game, no result... Guys i am bored to death without my classic games so SAVE MEEEEEE!!! (excuse me if this was the wrong place to post such a distress call but i did not know exactly where to post it...)

The game works only if if i mount the cd in dosbox... but I have another problem, i can't save... is says "no space", if i install the game from setup to a folder it doesn't work at all... what can I do to get the game runing and to be able to save?

This worked to get the game running:
mount d c:\heroes -f cdrom -label heroes
d:
heroes

... but the virtual cd d: is created with 0 freespace
I tried the -size and -freespace command but it doesn't work on the virtual cd...
If i type mount c c:\ and install the game to drive c the game does't work at all giving me the error "can't find cfg" or it closes dosbox

There is no point playing the game if i can't save...

[Bradley]

Just buy the darn game. I got the Platinum Pack for $20 used at a local EB. It rocks. I have:

- HOMM 1
- HOMM 2 + Expansion
- HOMM 3 + 2 Expansions
- A nice flimsey cd holder holding the 4 cds!

Originally posted by othellox@Nov 1 2005, 12:59 AM
The game works only if if i mount the cd in dosbox..

There is no point playing the game if i can't save...

Heroes really seems to work fine with XP (SP1), sound is working also. No music, but I don't need it or miss it. But that'd be useless information, unless I tell you how I did it:

First I unzipped heroes to E:\ (C: or D: or any other drive should work also)

I used XP's "run" (Start -> Run) and typed "cmd" . Then "E:\" , "cd heroes" and "install".

Selected "1", "0" (= SB / compactible"), "4" (= "save") and the letter of my "CD-rom".

Typed "Heroes" and started to play.

Saving (and loading) works without any problems.

(By the way, my soundcard is SBLive! Value with kXaudio drivers.)

Anyone knows why 3do went down?

Its not like they didn,t have some big titles.

I do asume mm9 was done with the last bit of cash they had. That was just sad. But for the rest i would say the mm and the homm titles should have sold well.

Black isle was killed i think, devoured you could say.

I think i`ll just look angry at EA again and download one of their games i won,t like anyways as illigally as possible. They deserved that.

[Ich]

I made everything runnig, but it laags cruely, on how many cycles i have to increase the speed and besides how can i get fullscreen of the dosbox?

[SupSuper]

Originally posted by Ich@Dec 12 2005, 01:53 PM
I made everything runnig, but it laags cruely, on how many cycles i have to increase the speed and besides how can i get fullscreen of the dosbox?

Alt+Enter for fullscreen

[another_guest]

Originally posted by Ich@Dec 12 2005, 01:53 PM
I made everything runnig, but it laags cruely, on how many cycles i have to increase the speed and besides how can i get fullscreen of the dosbox?

For the number of cycles: increase to the point where any further increase will cause the game to run slower again (the exact number also depends on your pc).
If that doesn't help, you can always skip 1 or 2 frames.

[Data]

Originally posted by othellox@Nov 1 2005, 01:59 AM
The game works only if if i mount the cd in dosbox... but I have another problem, i can't save... is says "no space", if i install the game from setup to a folder it doesn't work at all... what can I do to get the game runing and to be able to save?

This worked to get the game running:
mount d c:\heroes -f cdrom -label heroes
d:
heroes

... but the virtual cd d: is created with 0 freespace
I tried the -size and -freespace command but it doesn't work on the virtual cd...
If i type mount c c:\ and install the game to drive c the game does't work at all giving me the error "can't find cfg" or it closes dosbox

There is no point playing the game if i can't save...

add a c:\ drive as well......
you only mounted a cdrom...
So it's obvious as that you can not save...... cdROM