Hi!
 
I have just bought "Warlords 2 Deluxe" and now I am reading that there are massive problems with getting it run under WinXP. Perhaps the best Idea would be to reinstall Win95/98. Has anyone experiences which Win-Version works best with Warlords?
 
THX,
Eruendil

yes it is im running warlods deluxe on a and 2400 with windows XP.
this game had problems from the start as it would not run on anything faster than a P166. the publisher SSG never patched it (i think the programmer had defected) a patch was released by an avid fan but only works up to windows me.
 
the solution DOSBOX
 
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1
 
this fantastic freeware prog emulates a 386 dos processor and when push comes to shove Warlords deluxe is a dos program
 
read the help file for dosbox but here is what i did
 
fist make a directory warlords2 for example on c: drive
 
in dosbox type
mount c c:\warlords2.... this will mount c:\warlords2 as your c drive in dosbox
 
then type
mount d x:\ .......... were x is the letter assigned to your cd drive
 
now type x: ........were x is the letter assigned to your cd drive
 
those familar with dos will now be away but if not
typing dir (press return) will bing up the directory contents of the CD
 
to install the game type install (press return)the game will now install into c:\warlords2 directory
 
type cd:\ to return to d: prompt
 
type c: to switch to dosbox c: drive (which is in fact the warlords2 directory on your hard drive}
 
now type war2 press return and your in
 
set sound to soundblaster16 as this works fine with most on mainboard soundcards.
 
hope this helps
 
 
 

If you still have issues you might be interested in the web-based remake of the game we are working on.
We will include new features like allied-gameplay with shared vision, as well as ladder.
 
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