Can't install Warcraft 2

[Javol]

I downloaded warcraft 2 and can't play the game, everything I've tried has come back as needing the CD or the CD key to play it.

This is what I've been trying so far:
mount c d:\dosgames
mount d d:\dosgames\warcraftii -t cdrom
d:
cd war2
war2

And tons of variations of this. I read somewhere I might need to burn it to a disk or something but I'm not sure. Is there a way to just install the game in my computer without needing the disk?

I've also tried using D-Fend reloaded but I haven't been having luck with it either.

[zirkoni]

Let's see...

1. Downloaded the game from Abandonia
2. Extracted the archive in my DOSBox C-drive
3. Started DOSBox, changed directory to C:\WAR2 and ran war.bat
4. Selected "1. Tides of Darkness" from the menu
5. Game starts, I can start a new campaign, no problems whatsoever...


You don't need to mount anything else but the C-drive in DOSBox. Then change to C:\WAR2 in DOSBox and run war2.bat.

[Javol]

Let's see...

1. Downloaded the game from Abandonia
2. Extracted the archive in my DOSBox C-drive
3. Started DOSBox, changed directory to C:\WAR2 and ran war.bat
4. Selected "1. Tides of Darkness" from the menu
5. Game starts, I can start a new campaign, no problems whatsoever...


You don't need to mount anything else but the C-drive in DOSBox. Then change to C:\WAR2 in DOSBox and run war2.bat.
How do you run "war2.bat"? I change to C:\war2 and then the screen pops up asking me to select tides of darkness or dark portal

i tried cd \war2 and it says unable to change to war2

heres what im trying right now:
mount c c:\dosgames\war2 -t cdrom
c:
cd \war2

[Smiling Spectre]

-t cdrom means that your dir will be treated as CD. Main consequence of it is inability to write anything here. It could be the reason.

Also, if you are mounting dir war2, you'll never see this dir. It's treated as disc C. To see it, mount one level up, i.e. mount c c:\dosgames

[Javol]

-t cdrom means that your dir will be treated as CD. Main consequence of it is inability to write anything here. It could be the reason.

Also, if you are mounting dir war2, you'll never see this dir. It's treated as disc C. To see it, mount one level up, i.e. mount c c:\dosgames
-t cdrom means that your dir will be treated as CD. Main consequence of it is inability to write anything here. It could be the reason.

Also, if you are mounting dir war2, you'll never see this dir. It's treated as disc C. To see it, mount one level up, i.e. mount c c:\dosgames

thank you for the feedback everyone, but its still not working. Heres what I'm doing now:
mount c c:\dosgames -t cdrom
c:
cd \war2
war2.bat

Now when it asks me to select tides of darkness or dark portal it says mounted subdirectory limited support
drive d mounted as cdrom c:\dosgames\war2\TOD\
-DOS\4GW Proffessional error (2504): cant create swap file
DOS/4GW Professional fatal error (1011): VMM initialization error
Drive D has successfully been removed

I've also tried
mount c c:\dosgames -t cdrom
mount d c:\dosgames\war2
c:
cd \war2
war2.bat

and it had nearly the same effect, instead it said the drives had to be continuous

And I've tried:
mount c c:\dosgames
mount d c:\dosgames\war2
c:
cd \war2
war2.bat

And I get to the game screen but it still says I need the cd to play the game

I read something about changing the cd path on another forum but I've tried that to no effect. Thanks again for the help I really do appreciate it

[Smiling Spectre]

thank you for the feedback everyone, but its still not working. Heres what I'm doing now:
mount c c:\dosgames -t cdrom
c:
cd \war2
war2.bat

Now when it asks me to select tides of darkness or dark portal it says mounted subdirectory limited support
drive d mounted as cdrom c:\dosgames\war2\TOD\
-DOS\4GW Proffessional error (2504): cant create swap file
DOS/4GW Professional fatal error (1011): VMM initialization error
Drive D has successfully been removed
Sorry, but you managed to execute 3 different scenarios from 5 possible. And selected 3 wrong ones. :) (No wonder, actually, only one is working). But if you paid more attention to my words and what system says to you, you would success long ago. :)

See, your first error is mounting working disc as CD. It means that system cannot write to it anything, so nothing works. See this message above about "cannot create swap file"? This is about this.

But otherwise your quoted example above is good. As you see, game successfully creates itself needed virtual D: inside your installation, so if not "CD-ROM" error, it could work.

Unfortunately, you missed it, and in two others attempt you tried to create D: yourself. It means that the game cannot create D: anymore (it exist already, remember? :), so it go to "wrong" (your) D: and tells you that CD is absent. :)

Right approach will be the same as quoted above. Only remove this -t CDROM, and you'll be fine. :)

[Javol]

Sorry, but you managed to execute 3 different scenarios from 5 possible. And selected 3 wrong ones. :) (No wonder, actually, only one is working). But if you paid more attention to my words and what system says to you, you would success long ago. :)

See, your first error is mounting working disc as CD. It means that system cannot write to it anything, so nothing works. See this message above about "cannot create swap file"? This is about this.

But otherwise your quoted example above is good. As you see, game successfully creates itself needed virtual D: inside your installation, so if not "CD-ROM" error, it could work.

Unfortunately, you missed it, and in two others attempt you tried to create D: yourself. It means that the game cannot create D: anymore (it exist already, remember? :), so it go to "wrong" (your) D: and tells you that CD is absent. :)

Right approach will be the same as quoted above. Only remove this -t CDROM, and you'll be fine. :)
Oh wow I can't believe it was that easy lol. Maybe I was making it harder because I was fusing some of the steps I was told to use to get Daggerfall to work in there... Thanks so much!

[random idget]

it says after i mount it that there is a professional fatal error 2504.
and then it says drive d was successfully removed?? help plz