How to get Strike Commander to work?

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2004-02-14 03:52pm

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.

Bob McDob · Post by **Bob McDob** » 2004-02-14 04:36pm

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

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2004-02-14 04:49pm

Thanks, I'll give it a shot.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2004-02-16 10:25pm

No one?

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2004-02-17 12:19am

You might try Dosbox.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2004-02-17 12:31am

Tried one, didn't work. I need to get the game itself working not fool with that stuff.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2004-02-17 02:44am

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.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2004-02-17 02:45am

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.

Warspite · Post by **Warspite** » 2004-02-17 07:47am

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.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-02-17 12:04pm

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