Another CAotD on XP thread. - Page 2

kgsuarez · 11-09-09, 05:03 PM

Okay, I read some of the readme files associated with the two downloads.

It appears that I should first install the expansion and then install the 1.2 patch, however I am having some trouble doing this.

The install bats keep exiting when I try to run them. Anyone else have this problem?

Shearwater · 11-09-09, 05:15 PM

Have you tried installing them under DOSBox?

kgsuarez · 11-09-09, 09:33 PM

I'm not that much of a knucklehead... I wouldn't attempt to run MS-DOS software on a Linux machine...

I figured out what the problem was soon after my last post. I'm running on less than the necessary amount of coffee today, so I am a bit slow.

The Expansion Pack available in the downloads section is set up in a manner that, as it is, only works if you follow the instructions perfectly. And who can really complain about that?

The instructions basically have you make a floppy disk with the necessary files for updating your AotD installation, and then run the installer out of the floppy disk. Now, I have no floppy drive (who does?) so I had to find a different way of doing this all, because the installer will only work if it is being run from the A: drive. I am assuming that by making some simple changes to the .BAT file I could trick the installer into running out of the directory that I unzipped it to. But I found it much easier to simply mount a directory as A: in DOSBox, and then follow the instructions. It works now. And I have both updates installed.

11-09-09, 05:03 PM	#16
kgsuarez Planesman Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: USA Posts: 181 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	Okay, I read some of the readme files associated with the two downloads. It appears that I should first install the expansion and then install the 1.2 patch, however I am having some trouble doing this. The install bats keep exiting when I try to run them. Anyone else have this problem?

11-09-09, 05:15 PM	#17
Shearwater Captain Join Date: May 2009 Location: SUBSIM Radio Room (kinda obvious, isn't it) Posts: 522 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	Have you tried installing them under DOSBox?

11-09-09, 09:33 PM	#18
kgsuarez Planesman Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: USA Posts: 181 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	I'm not that much of a knucklehead... I wouldn't attempt to run MS-DOS software on a Linux machine... I figured out what the problem was soon after my last post. I'm running on less than the necessary amount of coffee today, so I am a bit slow. The Expansion Pack available in the downloads section is set up in a manner that, as it is, only works if you follow the instructions perfectly. And who can really complain about that? The instructions basically have you make a floppy disk with the necessary files for updating your AotD installation, and then run the installer out of the floppy disk. Now, I have no floppy drive (who does?) so I had to find a different way of doing this all, because the installer will only work if it is being run from the A: drive. I am assuming that by making some simple changes to the .BAT file I could trick the installer into running out of the directory that I unzipped it to. But I found it much easier to simply mount a directory as A: in DOSBox, and then follow the instructions. It works now. And I have both updates installed.