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17-06-2021 10:46 AM
Termie this zip-archive is incomplete! It doesn´t neither contain "INSTALL.EXE" ("SETUP.EXE" is only for the sound setup!) nor the "OLD.EXE" (game-exe).
16-11-2017 08:39 AM
Guest
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Originally Posted by Guest View Post
When I try the idmas.exe it keeps asking me "On which drive you have installed MOTOR CITY? (C,D,E..):".

There is no way to continue, even typing any letter.
Now, years later, I had the same problem. Driving me nuts.
Turns out that my unpacker under linux unpacked it incorrectly and did not preserve directory structure correctly.
Once I fixed it, everything worked fine. Just one letter (usually C) will do.

There should be only few files under root and most of them under GFX and LEVEL
Code:
drwxrwxr-x 2  12288 nov   16 10:29 GFX
drwxrwxr-x 2   4096 nov   15 15:13 LEVEL
-rw-rw-r-- 1 696680 okt    6  1994 ICVFX.D01
-rw-rw-r-- 1 696680 okt    6  1994 ICVFX.D02
-rw-rw-r-- 1     64 nov   16 10:29 IDMAS.CFG
-rw-rw-r-- 1 127570 okt    6  1994 IDMAS.DAT
-rw-rw-r-- 1 212384 juuli  6  1995 IDMAS.EXE
-rw-rw-r-- 1  46555 märts 29  1995 MFDNS.DRV
-rw-rw-r-- 1      5 nov   15 15:13 OLD.CFG
-rw-rw-r-- 1  36557 märts 29  1995 SETUP.EXE
09-11-2017 02:12 PM
Ace1234
Help with Goran Added Engines

Hey there great game by the way. I'm a big car lover and was looking for something like this. Only problem is when I added the file and replaced the old "GAME" file with the Goran file, I didn't get any new engines in the game when I reloaded my save file?

Do you need to start a completely new game for it to work?

Shouldn't make a difference, or should it?

FYI I'm in mid 1910 right now. Tried to research 4 cylinder 40 HP, and the 65 HP, 6 Cyl, but the research engineer keeps telling me it's a stupid idea.

Based on the post (10 years ago I might add) those engines should be available by now.

4 Cylinder, 40HP - Fischer 33 (1909, 33HP)
6 Cylinder, 70HP - Rolls-Royce (1909, 65HP)

If anyone can help that would be awesome. I would kind of hate having to restart to a new game, since I'm doing so well already.
15-08-2017 03:23 PM
Maktor
Order book bug

This game is still one of the best tycoon games. I would definately buy a remake with similar complexity and scale, though preferably with a more interesting mid/late game
I play with the fix from Goran. However now all orders, both from dealers and branches, have the discounted price! Anyone now how to fix this?
30-06-2016 12:07 PM
XavierVelo Does anybody know if there is English CD-ROM version of Motor City? Almost every abandonware site have floppy version (about 15M), and there is also German version - Oldtimer (about 94M). Was Motor City ever released on CD-ROM? Or was it floppy only?
03-06-2014 12:54 AM
Tenzu
Partial English translation of Oldtimer manual

I found this by combing the various abandonware sites:
http://ds.old-games.com/199f3e523b/f.../motorcity.txt

If that link doesn't work (it may be classified as a download for some reason), then you can find it by using this link instead:
http://www.old-games.com/download/4346/motor-city

This is only the portion of the manual about the game itself. It doesn't include any of the historical information. I have to admit, it's not as informative as I hoped. However, since others have asked for it, I thought I would share the link .
03-12-2013 09:28 AM
Pelikan It would be nice to have some old engine specifications. If you are able to provide some data I can try to impement it to that file.
02-12-2013 01:32 PM
Pelikan manual in German:

http://hol.abime.net/2286/manual

Some pictures

http://www.igcd.net/game.php?id=1000...27711ac10710b0
01-02-2013 11:37 PM
The Fifth Horseman EXE is not the only format of DOS executable. Another one is COM.
01-02-2013 09:30 PM
Teuvo
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Originally Posted by _r.u.s.s. View Post
no problems

in order to get sound run "setup.exe" via dosbox, in there:
*setup output hardware for music-> soundblaster 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 or higher
*setup output hardware for digital sound-> soundblaster 2.0 compatible card->220->7->1
*exit setup and save settings
Ok, done - how can I start the game? There are no exe-files around.

-JJ-
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