Empire Of The Ants

[Fatih]

i have this game but i cant work it in xp. i already try harmony (sorry cant translate it in english) section in XP but its not working. its says that "its DirectX cant work in this version of windows". i cant use dosbox as you know, so can you help me ? is there any solition for that ?

Btw, do you know any other good Ants games ?

[The Fifth Horseman]

i already try harmony (sorry cant translate it in english) section in XP but its not working.[/b]In English, it's called Compatibility.

If, as you say, no Compatibility settings work, there are only two options: First is to install a second hard drive with Win98SE, the second is to use Microsoft Virtual PC 2004/2007 for that purpose.

[Fatih]

if the game telling the rigth, i mean if this problem is happening because of DirectX is uncompatible with this version of Windows, is there any somesort of DirectX emulator i can use ?

[The Fifth Horseman]

You're getting it wrong. The version of DirectX you've got is incompatibile with the game. You cannot downgrade or uninstall DirectX, and there are no emulators for older DX versions.

As I said, it's either second hard drive or Virtual PC. No third alternative.

[_r.u.s.s.]

you can uinstall direct x
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4347.html
and older dxes are here (http://oldversion.com/program.php?n=directx)
but i dont think it will help you with running the game..

[Guest]

ok thanks :ok: , then i try to use virtual windows program. its seems to best.

[_r.u.s.s.]

well, prepare for a Huge lag :P

[kvn8907]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Fatih @ May 14 2007, 05:09 PM) 290286</div>
i have this game but i cant work it in xp. i already try harmony (sorry cant translate it in english) section in XP but its not working. its says that "its DirectX cant work in this version of windows". i cant use dosbox as you know, so can you help me ? is there any solition for that ?

Btw, do you know any other good Ants games ?
[/b]

Not sure of the solution to your problem, but this is the first I've heard of the game, and from the looks of it, it looks like Sim Ant mixed with Command and Conquer Generals.

Which answers your second question. Sim Ant is a Maxis game made back in 1991. It's an old game, but I thought it was very good. Graphics aside, I'd say the storyline is similar to Empire of the Ants, with the player being an up and comming ant commander and you need to collect food (though back in 1991, "food" consisted of little green balls that fell from the sky, or appeared when you swarmed a caterpiller or stole Red Ant larvae). I'm not sure if this is the store in EOTA, but in Sim Ant, the eventual goals were to crush the Red Ants once and for all, and to take over the lawn and a portion of a man's house. Plus it had a wealth of information on real ants which started a lifelong interest in ants for me. Good times. ^_^

[Fatih]

yeah its something like that :D

and i was have this Sim Ant but i counldnt play it because of 2000 or xp (didnt know about dosbox in that time) and i have lost it cds (its on a cd with 30 another sim game, i will search for it in summer). and if you realy love ant games, i suggest play this one. its have some faults but its very good game :D