[Hagbard20000]

Hi People,

is there a way to make this classic strategy game work
under Win2000 Prof.? Any Help would be appreciated.

TIA,

Michael Reitz

[gilgamesh]

You could try using VDMSound to try and get sound under windows 2000. I wouldn't generally recommend running DOS games under windows 2000 however.

[DosFreak]

and why not?

[gilgamesh]

Hmm let's think here. Windows 2000 is not a DOS based system. If you wanna play a DOS game then use DOS. It's not that hard to set up a Win98/2K dual boot system ya know. Heck, buy an old 486 for 20 bucks or less and put pure DOS on that, or even Win95.

[Jerry Atrik]

all righty then

[JP-]

Yeah but the point is that DOS games generally DO work in 2000 with little/no fuss, so whats the point in setting up a dual boot, or using and entirely new PC.

[gilgamesh]

Becuase it so much cooler to play old games on an old pc.

[JP-]

8)

[Hagbard20000]

Okay, I got the MAX Setup running with VDM Sound.
When I try to start the game the with VDM Sound, it says in the DOS Window:

"Loading VDDLoader.dll"
"Successfully loaded & initialised (hVDD = 0x01)."

"DOS/4GW Protected Professional Mode Run Time Version 1.97

"Screen Init. failed"

"Press any Key"

Then it Exits back to Win2000.

What am I doing wrong?

Michael

[yobbo]

you need to setup a bat file that goes into fullscreen and also starts vdmsound too. it won't work when starting as a window.

a bat something like this...

@echo off

REM Launch VDMS
dosdrv.exe /iVDMS.INI

REM Free up some environment space
set VDMSPath=

REM Set the BLASTER variable
set BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 H5 P330 T6

REM Run the game
c\games\max\maxrun.exe

REM Close the window
pause
exit

it's a great game!

(edit this bat example is a truncation/modification of the default vdms launch bat which you can find in the vdms install dir.)

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yobbo

[OpSiS]

Hi there!

I LOVE that game too! When i was trying to have some sound i've corrupted all the game's WAV's

Can someone send them or upoad them?

Please

[Hagbard20000]

Thanks to your help, I got the game running.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

[OpSiS]

Please someone... ?

Can someone upload here:

opsis.kicks-ass.org
User: max
Pass: max

[OpSiS]

by the way, is there any way to play M.A.X. over the internet?
I've seen the multyplayer option in the mainscreen but it seems like it is only LAN related..

[yobbo]

you're welcome hagbard.

[iNs4nE]

Hello!

I've got the same problems that MAX doesn't run under XP. But I have no clue how to setup a bat file. Can someone please explain me or better can someone please send me such a bat file?

Thanks for respond