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Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat

http://ntcompatible.com/Warhammer_-_...at_c11684.html

Quote:

open notepad and paste the following code.
save as "whshr.bat" with quotes
then double click the whshr.bat
to have the game installed from the CD

Code:

@echo off 

title S.o.t.h.r. Install Helper 

color 4E 



rem 12/18/07 check for cmdext before executing script 

VERIFY OTHER 2>nul 

SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS 

IF ERRORLEVEL 1 echo Unable to enable command extensions (cmd.exe /E:ON) 

IF ERRORLEVEL 1 goto end 





echo. 

echo Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (English v1.1) 

echo Install Helper (for win 2k, xp, vista) Freeware, No Warranties 

echo Created by aqrit 

echo. 

echo Full Install (340mb) No CD needed to play 

echo. 

echo example path [ C:\games\Warhammer - sothr ] 

set /p installto=Install To Path: 

echo. 

echo example path [ D: ] 

set /p installfrom=Install From Path: 

echo. 

echo Wait for notification of installation completion before closing 

pause 



xcopy /s /y "%installfrom%\WARFB\REMOTE\*.*" "%installto%\*.*" 

xcopy /s /y "%installfrom%\WARFB\ENG\FILE\*.*" "%installto%\*.*" 

mkdir "%installto%\SAVE" 

copy "%installfrom%\WARFB\ENG\WIN95\*.*" "%installto%\*.*" 

copy "%installfrom%\WARFB\ENG\GENERIC\*.*" "%installto%\*.*" 

copy "%installfrom%\RMORPH\RLDDF.DLL" "%installto%\*.*" 

xcopy /s /y "%installfrom%\RMORPH\RL\*.*" "%windir%\system32\RL\*.*" 

copy "%installfrom%\WING\WING32.DLL" "%windir%\system32\*.*" 



echo. 

echo Creating Registry Entries... 

rem double backslash needed in *.reg file 

set installtodub=%installto% 

set installtodub=%installtodub:\=\\% 

echo Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 >"%installto%\WHSHR.REG" 

echo. >>"%installto%\WHSHR.REG" 

echo [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mindscape] >>"%installto%\WHSHR.REG" 

echo. >>"%installto%\WHSHR.REG" 

echo [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mindscape\WarHammerFB] >>"%installto%\WHSHR.REG" 

echo. >>"%installto%\WHSHR.REG" 

echo [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mindscape\WarHammerFB\LocalDir] >>"%installto%\WHSHR.REG" 

echo @="%installtodub%" >>"%installto%\WHSHR.REG" 

echo. >>"%installto%\WHSHR.REG" 

echo [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mindscape\WarHammerFB\RemoteDir] >>"%installto%\WHSHR.REG" 

echo @="%installtodub%" >>"%installto%\WHSHR.REG" 

echo. >>"%installto%\WHSHR.REG" 

echo [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mindscape\WarHammerFB\SaveDir] >>"%installto%\WHSHR.REG" 

echo @="SAVE" >>"%installto%\WHSHR.REG" 

echo. >>"%installto%\WHSHR.REG" 

echo [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mindscape\WarHammerFB\UpdateDir] >>"%installto%\WHSHR.REG" 

echo @="" >>"%installto%\WHSHR.REG" 

echo. 

start /d %windir% /wait regedit /s "%installto%\WHSHR.REG" 



echo Installation Finished 

echo. 

echo Windows Vista might have the sothr fonts "in-use" and not allow sothr 

echo to use them... if this happens just restart your pc 

:end 

pause

Thanks. I have SOTHR and my current solution was to mix *cough* rip-installer with my original CD content... I was so lazy I left experimenting for later...

Should I just add that bat file to the archive, then, and add instructions at the end of the review?

Was anyone able to get the game available on abandonia to work? I followed the instructions and I get to the first battle and I hear the music but the screen is blank and the game shows as "not responding"

I used to have the cd somewhere and the full game on my backup drive somewhere but I lost both somehow. Would love to play this game again.

I found a copy of Warhammer Dark Omen that works on XP.. (tpb).. If anyone needs link pm me. Ripper notes "This version is specially thought to work under Windows XP as good as the original game did under Windows 98. Also runs under Vista and Windows 7.
"

I still can't get this to work on Windows XP.

I have a CD copy of the game and still can't get it to work.

I was able to get the game to the first battle sequence using the abandonia files and instructions but then the game freezes. Can you guys give me any advice. I am wondering what you meant by you were able to get it to work with "rip installer" for one.

Ok i got the game to work in XP. Here is how I made it work. Everything appears to work except for the cut scenes; these should be on youtube. Here is the intro video on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5nBf...eature=related

You will need either the CD of the game or the iso file that you can mount with daemon tools lite.

You will need a file called "SOTHR.reg" found on this site:
http://www.oldgames.sk/en/game/warha...download/2435/

You will need the game file found on abandonia which contains some of the source files:
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/26...orned+Rat.html

(1) I created a folder on my desktop I named temporaryfolder and unpacked the abandonia files to it.
(2) Copy RMORPH folder contents to your windows\system32 folder.
(3) Create a folder called C:\GAMES folder and Copy WARFB folder to C:\GAMES
(4) Create empty folder TEMP inside WARFB folder.
(5) Create folder UPDATE inside WARFB folder.
(6) Create folder BINARY inside WARFB\UPDATE folder.
(7) Copy only files (not the folders!) from \WARFB\FILE\BINARY to
C:\GAMES\WARFB\UPDATE\BINARY folder.
(8) Run file SOTHR.reg to register required dlls.
(9) In your WARFB folder set for game executable compatibility option
"Run in 256-color mode".
(10) Copy files from \WING\ directory to Windows\system32:
"C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\WING.DLL"
"C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\WING32.DLL"
"C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\WINGDE.DLL"
"C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\WINGDIB.DRV"
"C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\WINGPAL.WND"
(11) Run the game from the CD

EDIT / IMPORTANT

If you run ccleaner or a similar program it will detect errors in your registry. If you "fix" these, you will need to run the SOTHR.reg again.

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(10) Copy files from \WING\ directory to Windows\system32:
"C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\WING.DLL"
"C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\WING32.DLL"
"C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\WINGDE.DLL"
"C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\WINGDIB.DRV"
"C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\WINGPAL.WND"

Or just properly install the WinG API. We've got an installer in the Programs section.