M.A.X. (Mechanized Assault and Exploration) under Win2000?

[Hagbard20000 0]

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 0]

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 2]

and why not?

[gilgamesh 0]

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 0]

all righty then

[JP- 0]

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 0]

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

[JP- 0]

8)

[Hagbard20000 0]

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 0]

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 0]

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 0]

Thanks to your help, I got the game running.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

[OpSiS 0]

Please someone... ?

 

Can someone upload here:

 

opsis.kicks-ass.org

User: max

Pass: max

[OpSiS 0]

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 0]

you're welcome hagbard.

[iNs4nE 0]

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