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Game does not work by typing START... it tells me to install... when i try to install i locks up? WTF? :rant:

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Originally Posted by RonStock (Post 383618)

Game does not work by typing START... it tells me to install... when i try to install i locks up? WTF? :rant:

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Originally Posted by zirkoni (Post 383553)

The game seems to work only if you mount the game directory as your virtual drive.
mount c "x:\path\time paradox directory"

OR use a hex editor

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Originally Posted by zirkoni (Post 383617)

"paradox.exe" refers to a file called "paratime.inf". It expects to find it from the root c:. If you edit the "paradox.exe" the game should work without having to mount the game folder as c:.
So,
change the "c" at offset $63F to "a" (since the "start.bat" mounts the folder as a: ).

Just copy that PARATIME.inf into your cdrive folder (where you unarchived the game folder) and rename the game folder to paratime. I'll add a new archive on site as soon as possible.

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Originally Posted by The Fifth Horseman (Post 383561)

*cough*
*cough*
And someone else will have to fix this archive, then.

But I downloaded it from here this morning, to check it, and it works fine. :oh:

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Originally Posted by RonStock (Post 383618)

Game does not work by typing START... it tells me to install... when i try to install i locks up? WTF? :rant:

Don't try to install it. It's already pre-installed. Try making a shortcut for DosBox on your desktop. Now unzip the game, and drag START onto the DosBox icon. :)

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Originally Posted by zirkoni (Post 383621)

OR use a hex editor

No need for any hex editors. :)

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Originally Posted by TotalAnarchy (Post 383623)

Just copy that PARATIME.inf into your cdrive folder (where you unarchived the game folder) and rename the game folder to paratime. I'll add a new archive on site as soon as possible.

I didn't copy anything, or rename anything. I just downloaded it, and used START to play the game. :mhh:

I really don't understand why it works fine for me, but the rest of you are having so much bother. :mhh::(

Has *anyone* else got it to work?

Because yu drag and drop. Everyone else does it the original way, by typing it.

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Originally Posted by Frodo (Post 383638)

I really don't understand why it works fine for me, but the rest of you are having so much bother. :mhh::(

Has *anyone* else got it to work?

I got it to work, after umount my virtual C: drive and mounted the game dir as virtual C:

See, your drag drop doesn't work if you automount a virtual C in [autoexec]
You must umount that C: first.
And as only n00bs don't automount a virtual C: ..... *sigh*

[sarcasm]
Whos idea was it to name the game folder Time Paradox Game?
Why all that restrain?
Why not call it
This is the Time Paradox Game that I like so much, sure thing
that would be a nice game folder name, and certainly much more 'doslike' then the short Time Paradox Game.
[/sarcasm]

Loading games is much easier if you name them, like, "01 - second chapter"; "05 - pub"; "11 - travel 1", etc...

That way, they're in order (if backwards) making it easier to remember where you are.

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Originally Posted by dosraider (Post 383641)

See, your drag drop doesn't work if you automount a virtual C in [autoexec]
You must umount that C: first.
And as only n00bs don't automount a virtual C: ..... *sigh*

At least my way works. So there's no need for your complaining.

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[sarcasm]
Whos idea was it to name the game folder Time Paradox Game?
Why all that restrain?
Why not call it
This is the Time Paradox Game that I like so much, sure thing
that would be a nice game folder name, and certainly much more 'doslike' then the short Time Paradox Game.
[/sarcasm]

What's wrong with calling it Time Paradox Game? That's what it is, after all. And it differentiates from review, walkthrough, and maps.

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Originally Posted by Saccade (Post 383659)

Loading games is much easier if you name them, like, "01 - second chapter"; "05 - pub"; "11 - travel 1", etc...

That way, they're in order (if backwards) making it easier to remember where you are.

That's a good idea Saccade, thankyou. :)

You're forgetting about the 8-character limit. In DOSBox, that directory name will appear as "Timepa~1".

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Originally Posted by Frodo (Post 383665)

At least my way works. So there's no need for your complaining.

That's nice for you, but we have to find a universally valid way (or the nearest to it).

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Originally Posted by Frodo (Post 383665)

What's wrong with calling it Time Paradox Game?

The 8.3 convention. [edit] ^ was faster. [/edit]