[Danicela]

On XP, it works.

On Vista, it tells "system does not support fulscreen/resolution mode" ..
I tried different modes but it changed nothing.

Vista = ...

[nailthatmonkey]

ok....so I def. know this will work...I've done it myself....so here goes....|You need a DOS emulator...and I'm not going to say "such as this", I'm going to say "use this". Use Dosbox.http://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1 is the link...(this may not actually be clickable but just copy and paste it into your browser...and download the Win 32 WIndows installer package....pssst....it's the first one.) Anywho....back to the subject at hand....once you download that....install it and open it up....Now depending on the game you are trying to play depends on how you do this....so I'll give you both ways and you can try both and see which one works...one should be tried before the other one though...so here's the first way....If you haven't done this already....install the game into any directory just making sure the Folder name is less than 8 characters long (DOS doesn't work with any longer names) Once that is done open DOSbox and you will see Z:\
the way DOSbox works is that you first "mount" a drive and then run the programs from there...so first you need to mount your drive.....so type this....without the quotes.."mount C ("C" being whatever drive you installed the program on) "C:\(and now the specific directory where the game is installed hopefully something easy like C:\Warcraft) you should see something to the effect of Z:\mount C C:\Warcraft
hit enter................it should then say Drive C is mounted as local directory C:\Warcraft\.......ok first step is done.............now.........next step..........you now see "Z:\" again.....type "C:" you should see "Z:\C:" hit enter....now you should see "C:\" now type the name of the Warcraft Executable. for instance "warcraft.exe"......so you should see "C:\warcraft"...........hit enter......it should run the game.....if you get a strange message saying your CD is not in the drive proceed to the second way of doing this.....if not.....well then just keep reading straight on.....next step: the way DOSbox works is at a standard window size and FPS rate....if the game starts up and you want it to be full screen..just hit ALT-Enter to get fullscreen....and if the game seems choppy or slow...just up the FPS to your desired level by pressing ctr-F12 until the game speeds up to your desired speed....when you want to exit the game.....exit it like normal and then type "exit" into DOSbox....sweet! Now if your game didn't work that way........follow me here............

1) copy entire contents of Warcraft II CD to a directory (ex. d:\warcraft). Keep the directory name to 8 letters or less.
(2) run DOSBox
(3) mount c c:\warcraft (or wherever you put the game on your hard drive)
(4) c:
(5) subst p: c: (you can use a letter other than P: as long as it's free on your system)
(6) p:
(7) cd warcraft II
(8) press ctrl-F12 until it runs smoothly

so....ok..........lots of instructions....if this turns out that it doesn't work for some odd reason or you get lost or have questions....just email me...I can get it to work....just give me the specifics and I'll work on it for ya....Warcraft II was the best Warcraft game and I'd hate for you to have to miss out on it because of Vista.....so yeah have fun.

[Danicela]

Yes I know DosBox and I already tested before you answered but thanks anyways for your reply ^^

The problem is that it crashed in another way with DosBox.. but another time I tested on another OS (where the same crash occured too), it worked, maybe it will work again on Vista too..

But anyways, we see a loss of compatibility of each Windows...
Windows XP made some DOS programs not working.
Vista makes even more DOS programs not working !

The best would be if Microsoft could solve these problems...

This post has been edited by Danicela: 04 June 2008 - 08:43 AM

[nailthatmonkey]

so....ok..........lots of instructions....if this turns out that it doesn't work for some odd reason or you get lost or have questions....just email me...I can get it to work....just give me the specifics and I'll work on it for ya....Warcraft II was the best Warcraft game and I'd hate for you to have to miss out on it because of Vista.....so yeah have fun.
[/quote]

In reply to an email I recieved.....If you have Windows Xp the game should work without a DOS emulator. You should just be able to install the game by itself normally. If this does not work try using the compatibility mode. To do this....right click on the application once installed...something to the effect of "Warcraft II.exe" and go down to "Properties on the dropdown menu. Click the Compatibility tab and go a 1\4 of the way down and click "Use Compatibility" and choose "Windows 95" if this doesn't work try "Windows 98" if that doesn't work try another. (I don't have Xp at the moment so I can't test this right now....sorry ) DOSbox was meant to emulate DOS...XP can already do that. You can probably still use DOSbox in XP and it work and to do that you should try the second method described above. If you have Warcraft II....the original one....this one runs from DOS only....if you have Warcraft II Battle Net. Edition....this works straight from the OS and should work fine with a compatibility mode set on it. If none of this works for you....email me with more specifics...like what version of Warcraft II you have and any specific errors you receive.

[jordimeca]

Hi nailthatmonkey,

I tried what you have just said, but it doesn't work. I'm trying to play Warcraft II and everything runs until I click on start game and it appears a windows which says please insert the cd in order to play, or something like this, I insert de cd and I click on accept but. it appears the same windows all the times. And I wonder if you could help me please, telling me what could I do. I tried in a Vista PC and in a XP laptop, but problem is the same in both.

What I do is:

I run dosbox and I type:

mount c: c:\warcraft.
c:\
subst p: c:
p:
then if I type cd warcraft II, nothing happens. Therefore I type install, and I install it successfully, then when the setup is finish. in the dosbox you can see:
p:\war2\

and a message above, where says type war2 to play the game. The I do it and the game starts. I see the intro, I see the main menu. However when I want to start a game it says please insert the cd, I instert the cd and accept the window but, it suddenly appears the same windows again and again.

Please I really would like to play with this game, help me please.

[nailthatmonkey]

jordimeca, on Jun 26 2008, 09:55 AM, said:

Hi nailthatmonkey,

I tried what you have just said, but it doesn't work. I'm trying to play Warcraft II and everything runs until I click on start game and it appears a windows which says please insert the cd in order to play, or something like this, I insert de cd and I click on accept but. it appears the same windows all the times. And I wonder if you could help me please, telling me what could I do. I tried in a Vista PC and in a XP laptop, but problem is the same in both.

What I do is:

I run dosbox and I type:

mount c: c:\warcraft.
c:\
subst p: c:
p:
then if I type cd warcraft II, nothing happens. Therefore I type install, and I install it successfully, then when the setup is finish. in the dosbox you can see:
p:\war2\

and a message above, where says type war2 to play the game. The I do it and the game starts. I see the intro, I see the main menu. However when I want to start a game it says please insert the cd, I instert the cd and accept the window but, it suddenly appears the same windows again and again.

Please I really would like to play with this game, help me please.

Here is a possible problem..... do just what you said but before you do all that open up the CD Drive directory in My Computer. Click Ctrl-A and it will select all the files. Copy all these files into the directory where Warcraft II is installed if it tells you that there are multiple copies of files and then asks you what to do just go ahead and re-write over them....(Copy and Replace)....now do exactly what you did before or try this....

(1) mount c c:\warcraft (or wherever you put the game on your hard drive)
(2) c:
(3) subst p: c: (you can use a letter other than P: as long as it's free on your system)
(4) p:
(5) cd warcraft II

[xtayx12]

Hey,I don't know much about computers. I just got my laptop with vista on it. I am trying to install warcraft 2. I downloaded the dosbox and am trying to install it using that. I can't get it to work. I type:mount c: c:\warcraft and it says directory c:\warcraft doesn't exist. what do I do?

nailthatmonkey, on Jun 26 2008, 07:00 PM, said:

jordimeca, on Jun 26 2008, 09:55 AM, said:

Hi nailthatmonkey,I tried what you have just said, but it doesn't work. I'm trying to play Warcraft II and everything runs until I click on start game and it appears a windows which says please insert the cd in order to play, or something like this, I insert de cd and I click on accept but. it appears the same windows all the times. And I wonder if you could help me please, telling me what could I do. I tried in a Vista PC and in a XP laptop, but problem is the same in both.What I do is:I run dosbox and I type:mount c: c:\warcraft.c:\subst p: c:p:then if I type cd warcraft II, nothing happens. Therefore I type install, and I install it successfully, then when the setup is finish. in the dosbox you can see:p:\war2\  and a message above, where says type war2 to play the game. The I do it and the game starts. I see the intro, I see the main menu. However when I want to start a game it says please insert the cd, I instert the cd and accept the window but, it suddenly appears the same windows again and again.Please I really would like to play with this game, help me please.

 Here is a possible problem..... do just what you said but before you do all that open up the CD Drive directory in My Computer. Click Ctrl-A and it will select all the files. Copy all these files into the directory where Warcraft II is installed if it tells you that there are multiple copies of files and then asks you what to do just go ahead and re-write over them....(Copy and Replace)....now do exactly what you did before or try this....(1) mount c c:\warcraft (or wherever you put the game on your hard drive)(2) c:(3) subst p: c: (you can use a letter other than P: as long as it's free on your system)(4) p:(5) cd warcraft II

[nailthatmonkey]

[quote name='xtayx12' date='Jul 1 2008, 04:30 PM' post='264759']
Hey,I don't know much about computers. I just got my laptop with vista on it. I am trying to install warcraft 2. I downloaded the dosbox and am trying to install it using that. I can't get it to work. I type:mount c: c:\warcraft and it says directory c:\warcraft doesn't exist. what do I do?[quote name='nailthatmonkey' post='262772' date='Jun 26 2008, 07:00 PM'][quote name='jordimeca' post='262453' date='Jun 26 2008, 09:55 AM']

Well you have to first install the game to a directory. "C:\Warcraft" is just a common directory name. It would be better if it were installed in a folder called "C:\WCII" only because DOSbox likes to work with smaller directory names. 8 characters or less. Install the game either by Autoplay on the CD or by accessing the install from withing DOSbox by mounting the CD drive i.e. "mount E: E:\" ("E" being whatever your CD drive label is) and then follow these steps.

1) type E:\

2)type install.exe (or whatever the install program is called, could be setup.exe...just look on the cd for it)

3)follow on screen instructions

4)proceed to previous steps mentioned in previous posts

5)NOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You will only have to do these steps if you have the original Warcraft II. DOS version. If you have Warcraft II B.N.E (Battle Net Edition) you can just install it from Autoplay.

[Sankim]

hi nailthatmonkey..

I wonder if i could also play war2 even if i dont have warcraft2 cd.. i just downloaded its rar file (warcraft2_full rar) ..after extracting the files, i followed d steps you have posted and it works.. but the problem is when i just about to "start new game", it needed the war2 cd to run the game. Im asking if there is anyway i could play warcraft2 even if i dont have it's cd.. @@@@ aawwww @@@@

This post has been edited by Sankim: 14 October 2008 - 04:57 AM

[Raehny]

nailthatmonkey...

There's another issue that's come up for me in trying to get the game to run. After p: c: etc., when you get to cd warcraft II, DOSBox displays the message "directoryname is longer than 8 characters and/or contains spaces." Is there any other way of going about getting getting the program to recognize that there is, in fact, a cd in the drive?

[JigglyMuff]

Raehny, on Oct 15 2008, 10:48 AM, said:

nailthatmonkey...

There's another issue that's come up for me in trying to get the game to run. After p: c: etc., when you get to cd warcraft II, DOSBox displays the message "directoryname is longer than 8 characters and/or contains spaces." Is there any other way of going about getting getting the program to recognize that there is, in fact, a cd in the drive?

Hey, i was reading all the answers on this forum cause i have the ms-dos version cd of warcraft II Tides of darkness, i used to play it alot on my windows 98 quite awhile ago and wanted to play it again. (i actually also have the playstation version as well but i always felt it was so much easier to play with a mouse in your hand). So i looked around and saw i needed an emulator to play it(wonder if windows 7 has solved any of these compatibility problems?) So i have DosBox and i tried for awhile to get it to work through there, however, to actually install the game i don't know how to do because i have 64-bit and it tells me it is not compatible with that disk when i click install after the warcraft screen pops up. So i eventually had to give up and just download a copy of it so i could just have it in the directory installed already. Not sure how to get it to run off the cd still. But i did successfully get it to run once i downloaded the torrent of it...came with the expansion as a bonus too!

Oh and thanks nailthatmonkey (lawls at the name) your posts above helped alot in getting all that done. But if i can help anyone further would be glad to since i got mine to work

Currently running Vista Ultimate (so i think i got all the problems versions covered cept for seven still not sure if it works or not)

1st step: get DosBox (i'm too lazy to post the link just google web it and get it and if u can't do that the go outside and play instead lol

2nd Step: find a copy of warcraft to run (i will post this link though)

http://thepiratebay....The_Dark_Portal

oh and btw this page also has some good advice on it for running!

Idk if u can click so just copy paste and download, its a torrent so u also have to have a torrent downloader such as Vuze for example, again to lazy to explain but i'm sure u can figure it out

3rd step: unrar the file you just downloaded and to make this all very easy so it definitely will work for everyone i'm telling you what to do not making suggestions from here on out, you can always mess with it once you actually have it working

Then move the file that u just unrared (it should be called WarcraftII) right inside the C: drive on your computer...not in any other folder just in the C: drive that's all and to make this even easier for later rename that folder to simply warcraft

k now before you run this in dosbox there is one other problem that i ran into which of course is the OMG PUT THE FRIGGIN CD IN THE FRIGGIN DRIVE WARNING annoying but easily fixed...fyi this fix will be near the end just incase u don't need to do this

4th step: open DosBox and type in mount c c:\warcraft\
that will mount that folder that we renamed and should be in your C: hopefully, if not again please just go outside and try to catch bugs or somthing

Now type c:
this will take u to the folder you just mounted

and then type war2.exe
and then tada the game should run!!! should mind u i said should were not done yet for most i'm sure like i stated earlier there are some bugs that need be fixed

ok IF you get the you need to put the cd in the drive warning do the following

1. Open War2.ini in your Warcraft2 dir
2. At the top of the page, there is CDPATH=
3. Change it to read CDPATH=C:\

this is just in the warcraft 2 folder, you will find it if u keep looking its just like a readme file when u open it and just change the very first line to read exactly what it stats above

K so this is really long but will get most if not all of you playing the game i will write back later with anything else i think of!! ninja?...hmm sure why not lawls

This post has been edited by JigglyMuff: 19 May 2009 - 10:30 PM