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[Saccade]

Deano!

[DarthHelmet86]

Just found this game on a youtube video, liked it straight away. Then found it here. for me. Anyone know where to get a manual for it, I couldn't find one on replacement docs.

[dosraider]

You'll find the manual@ HoTU. (covert-m.zip)

[DarthHelmet86]

Thanks Dos, you know to much to be a normal human.

[humorguy]

FYI everybody, I have just uploaded to replacementdocs a much better scan of the Covert Action manual. It was on a budget CD I got of the game as a backup to my original boxed with manual, etc floppy disk version. I checked out the HOTU manual and while it's readable (after the introduction page!), it's not very good quality.

Replacementdocs usually take about 7-10 days to get make the pdf available.

This manual is just as excellent and entertaining with in-depth information on the game AND the subject matter as every other Microprose manual, so enjoy!

[DarthHelmet86]

It would be nice to have that manual here too, this game really needs it to be played properly, the controls arn't exactly obvious.

Alright, I can't get the game to run using dosbox on a system running Vista.

I get a run time error with a null pointer exception (Damn it system, point at the beginning, how hard is that?!) if I type Game.

I get "MS-Dos lied to us about how much memory was availableFilename not found" if I type covert. And yes, there is no space between the two error messages.

Install attempts result in it asking for me to put the disk in the A, B, C, or D drive, and mounting with those letters does nothing.

PS the image verification is impossible on this forum. I've never, ever had a problem with it before, but this just isn't legible.

[The Fifth Horseman]

How are your mounts configured? Did you modify the memory settings in DOSBox config file?

Originally Posted by gradea

Alright, I can't get the game to run using dosbox on a system running Vista.

I get a run time error with a null pointer exception (Damn it system, point at the beginning, how hard is that?!) if I type Game.

I get "MS-Dos lied to us about how much memory was availableFilename not found" if I type covert. And yes, there is no space between the two error messages.

Install attempts result in it asking for me to put the disk in the A, B, C, or D drive, and mounting with those letters does nothing.

PS the image verification is impossible on this forum. I've never, ever had a problem with it before, but this just isn't legible.

You should be running COVERT.EXE, actually. Then it should work. That's the launchpoint for all the other executables.

[Bumbucket44]

Great game, thanks for the post.