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How to get Strike Commander to work?
Posted: 2004-02-14 03:52pm
by Stormbringer
Does any one know how to get Strike Commander to work on a Windows 98 machine? I found the game going through some old CDs and I was struck with a serious desire to play it. Thanks in advance.
Posted: 2004-02-14 04:36pm
by Bob McDob
Best I can do is forward you to the WC Tech Support forum, they're pretty good at handling legacy Origin game questions and you don't even need to register to post:
http://www.crius.net/zone/forumdisplay.php?f=3
Posted: 2004-02-14 04:49pm
by Stormbringer
Thanks, I'll give it a shot.
Posted: 2004-02-16 10:25pm
by Stormbringer
No one?
Posted: 2004-02-17 12:19am
by Uraniun235
Posted: 2004-02-17 12:31am
by Stormbringer
Tried one, didn't work. I need to get the game itself working not fool with that stuff.
Posted: 2004-02-17 02:44am
by Uraniun235
Did you mean to say "tried once"? They've recently come out with a new version, and the website now lists Strike Commander as being supported.
Posted: 2004-02-17 02:45am
by Stormbringer
Uraniun235 wrote:Did you mean to say "tried once"? They've recently come out with a new version, and the website now lists Strike Commander as being supported.
I tried the most recent one I could get my hands on. That program it self didn't work.
Posted: 2004-02-17 07:47am
by Warspite
I tried last year with the Underdogs download, you'll need to go back to messing around with config.sys and autoexec for it to run.
Posted: 2004-02-17 12:04pm
by phongn
Warspite wrote:I tried last year with the Underdogs download, you'll need to go back to messing around with config.sys and autoexec for it to run.
Boot into DOS mode (hit F8 at startup), it
will not run in Windows 98 natively. You will have to mess around with your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files to get it working.
You'll probably need an MS-DOS CD-ROM driver as well.
In your CONFIG.SYS
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DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\COMMANDS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\COMMANDS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICEHIGH=PATH\TO\CD-DRIVER /D:MSCD001
In your AUTOEXEC.BAT
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PROMPT=$P$G
SET SOUND = (flags for Sound Blaster emulation if your card supports it)
SET BLASTER= (flags for Sound Blaster cards)
LH PATH\TO\MOUSE-DRIVER
LH C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001