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Mark
ok - I dug out my old Heroes of Might and Magic 2 cd (not the one thats part
of the Millennium Edition, but the original) and version 1.0 installed and
runs just fine. It does not require administrative privleges or any special
setup. Its pretty amazing that a game designed for dos/win3x/win95 and
utilizing DirectX3 runs without any problems.
There is a separate DOS version on the cd, If you still have your dosbox set
up and have the cd connected, you might try
D:
cd \heroes2
install.exe
which is the dos installer for the game (setup.exe was for the newfangled
windows)
Back on the windows version: Since it uses old DirectX calls, have you
loaded the DirectX9 runtimes? Vista comes with DirectX10 which leaves out
some of the older calls. By reinstalling DirectX (go to
microsoft.com/directx) you will get the old pieces back and it won't mess up
(or downrev) your directx10.
Hope that helps!
Mark
of the Millennium Edition, but the original) and version 1.0 installed and
runs just fine. It does not require administrative privleges or any special
setup. Its pretty amazing that a game designed for dos/win3x/win95 and
utilizing DirectX3 runs without any problems.
There is a separate DOS version on the cd, If you still have your dosbox set
up and have the cd connected, you might try
D:
cd \heroes2
install.exe
which is the dos installer for the game (setup.exe was for the newfangled
windows)
Back on the windows version: Since it uses old DirectX calls, have you
loaded the DirectX9 runtimes? Vista comes with DirectX10 which leaves out
some of the older calls. By reinstalling DirectX (go to
microsoft.com/directx) you will get the old pieces back and it won't mess up
(or downrev) your directx10.
Hope that helps!
Mark