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Old 11-01-2016, 08:33 PM   #31
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So, does the directory exist? It should be in the war2 directory.

Anyway, I downloaded the game and it works just as promised. I extracted the archive with 7zip in my DOSBox C-drive, did cd war2 and executed war2.bat: game started, no problems.

You must be doing something differently or have missing files/folders. Also, if you already have a D-drive mounted before running the script (war2.bat) it won't work on the first run (it doesn't unmount the D-drive first, only after exiting the game).
war2.bat doesn't seem to be able to mount the cd properly.

mount c c:\oldgames
mount d c:\oldgames\war2\TOD -t cdrom

c:
cd war2
war2.bat

= same result
                       
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Old 12-01-2016, 03:26 PM   #32
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starting DOSBox v 0.70
Just now noticed this. Is this true or typo? Current DOSBox version is 0.74, 0.70 is quite very old.

And it seems the mount-script doesn't work with 0.70, but I was still able to make the game work by typing the mount command for the CD-ROM manually.
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Old 12-01-2016, 06:10 PM   #33
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Just now noticed this. Is this true or typo? Current DOSBox version is 0.74, 0.70 is quite very old.

And it seems the mount-script doesn't work with 0.70, but I was still able to make the game work by typing the mount command for the CD-ROM manually.
Well, 0.74 sorta did the mounting part fairly well, thank you for that hint.

Still, ingame, Single-Player is not possible due to missing CD-ROM.

Are there any hardware - related issues possible? I'm running a 6700K i7 with a SSD - harddrive. OS is Windows 7 64bit Home Premium. Not an expert on that matter, thou.
                       
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Old 13-01-2016, 05:31 AM   #34
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Are there any hardware - related issues possible?
No, DOSBox works pretty much the same on any hardware.
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Old 16-01-2016, 01:30 PM   #35
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Still, ingame, Single-Player is not possible due to missing CD-ROM.
Originally, the game came on two discs - one for the base game and one for the expansion.

After running the BAT file, you are given three choices: Tides of Darkness, Beyond the Dark Portal, Exit.

When you choose one of the first two, the game will run with the according set of data mounted as the D drive.

In single player, you will only be able to play missions from that specific campaign set until you exit the game and start it again with the other option.
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Old 05-02-2016, 06:16 PM   #36
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am i just dumb or is it impossible to run with the war2.bat ?
i tried the following things :
run it via autoexec:
mount c c:\war2
c:
cd\war2
war2.bat

so the following problem occured after running: Directory c:\war2\PREP.COM\TOD doesn't exist.
Illegal command:w2.

so i tried looking for the folder PREP.COM (pls no hate) and only found the application -> i put the app aside, created a new folder called PREP.COM, and put both TOD and DP in it (found it logically)

after the changes tried to run it again, new problem occured: Directory c:\war2\WAR\TOD doesn't exist
Illegal command: w2.

also Drive D isn't mounted, which i found strange since the bat should mount it itself?

so i thought damn world you got me cornered again..
after that i tried all other things posted here on the forum and on other sites, but nothing worked for me..
can someone explain my directory problem? (and yes i put everything in the right directory kek)
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Old 06-02-2016, 09:20 PM   #37
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am i just dumb or is it impossible to run with the war2.bat ?
Another one
I have no idea what you people are doing differently. Every time I've tried running the game it works and I didn't have to change anything.
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Old 07-02-2016, 11:55 AM   #38
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ok so apparently the .bat doesn't work with me when i put the warcraft folder into a differently named folder (e.g.) c:\games\war2
it seems to require you to put the war2 folder in a war2 folder, or in the "games" folder just war2 ( didn't test that ).7
Yay 3 1/2 hours of head against keyboard slashing, i found out that i need to put the game into a folder into a folder, both of the same name(c:\war2\war2), success!
                       
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Old 08-02-2016, 10:54 AM   #39
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i found out that i need to put the game into a folder into a folder, both of the same name(c:\war2\war2), success!
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the game must be mounted so that there's a C:\WAR2 directory visible inside DOSBox
C:\WAR2 is enough, works for me at least.
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Old 25-02-2016, 05:40 AM   #40
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FYI: The Scripts that mount the Folders are not compatible with the file systems of all common Operating Systems.

If you are following the instructions given on this website to run the game and when you rune the game you are asked to insert the cd it means the script that mounts the folder for that cd did not work.
you can work around this by mounting them manualy E.G
mount d YourFilePathToFolder -f cdrom

DP is is the folder for the dark portal cd
ToD is for the Tides of darkness cd
These folders are in the war2 Folder
                       
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