Task Force 1942 in Windows 7

[johnbla]

Has anyone been able to get Task Force 1942 to run in Windows 7? If so, I would sure appreciate some instructions. Thanks.

John

[Raptor1]

Use DosBox, runs just fine.

[johnbla]

Thanks Raptor but I tried DFend Reloaded but when I try to open the install file it keeps asking for Disk A which I believe is a 5 and a quarter disk. Any idea how to get around this?

Thanks.

[Raptor1]

I'm not sure what you can do with D-Fend, but in that case you should mount the install folder/image as drive A: in DosBox.

[johnbla]

Raptor

I still cannot install TF1942 throught DosBox. It keeps on asking me to insert disk A even if I mount it as disk A. Any chance of letting me know how you got it going or where I could obtain an installed folder of the game. I have the original disks but now have no floppy disk drive to insert them into.

Many thanks
John

[Raptor1]

So, you have the original floppies but can't insert them? How does does the installer ask you for disk A if you can't insert the floppy in the first place?

[johnbla]

I am using a copy I got off the internet from an abandonware site as I have no floppy disk drive to insert the originals.

[juniorjj84]

I have the same problem and i cant get around this , even in dosbox i cant get the game to install, i know there is a MPSCOPY in the game folder but i dont know how to use it, even thought i try it no joy, maybe thats the key to install the game, if anybody have an idea, please is most welcome.

[juniorjj84]

Well it seems that we all are in the same sinking boat, i have been trying to install this game for ages and no go, it keeps asking for disk A OR B, but there is no way to install it, not in modern computer that is, but somewhere i saw that somebody install it thru D-FEND, but i have no idea how he did it, and very addly i forgot the site where i saw it too, shame on me, but please if you guys figure this out dont hasitate to let me know, i will keep asking around maybe there is light at the end, let us hope so.:damn::damn::damn::damn:

[juniorjj84]

Use DosBox, runs just fine.

Hi Raptor,
I have try that but no go, see the problem is that when you try to install it, the program keep asking for the floopy in drive A OR B, as you know modern comp dont have floppy disk drive, and the game itself was download it from emuparadise, so is not from the floppy but from another source, the chalenge is HOW TO INSTALL IT, OR IF THERE IS A WAY TO CHEAT THE PROGRAM, well lets see if it can be done, you guys are the master mind, give us some hint please.:up::up:

[juniorjj84]

Man i dont know what else to try, i have try everything i can think off but no joy, DOS BOX, D-FEND, MSDISKCOPY, you name it and still cant get the dame game to install, maybe is curse or something. im wondering if there is really a way to install it without a floppy drive, but im sure i read somewhere that people have actually install the game, but dame cant remember, ******?, well if anybody come up with something pleaseeeeeee let us know and God bless uus all.:06::06::06:

[Shearwater]

I have the CD version, and it installed and worked just fine, so maybe look for one on eBay or some other place.

I've downloaded a version from some abandonware site and was able to install it, so hopefully this also works for you guys with the floppy drives.

First, I copied all the files to a folder on my hard drive (they include the mpscopy.exe, install.exe and and tf1942.001 - tf1942.005).

I mounted this folder as my C drive.
Then I mounted the very same folder as my A drive.

I went back to my virtucal C drive, started the install.exe, and selected A as my floppy drive, and the installation went through.

Hope this works for you and doesn't sound too complicated. :ping:

[juniorjj84]

I have the CD version, and it installed and worked just fine, so maybe look for one on eBay or some other place.

I've downloaded a version from some abandonware site and was able to install it, so hopefully this also works for you guys with the floppy drives.

First, I copied all the files to a folder on my hard drive (they include the mpscopy.exe, install.exe and and tf1942.001 - tf1942.005).

I mounted this folder as my C drive.
Then I mounted the very same folder as my A drive.

I went back to my virtucal C drive, started the install.exe, and selected A as my floppy drive, and the installation went through.

Hope this works for you and doesn't sound too complicated. :ping:

Hi Shearwater: Thanks for the tips, but i have i little problem here, ok i have drive c:\ main drive, drive D:\ partition, and drive E:\ cdrom drive, here is the deal, i can mount drive c,d and e, but when i try to mount drive a, it keeps telling me that drive a doesnt exist, so i dont know what to do here, a little light may help, my games directory is drive d:\ the partition drive, but cant mount drive a, somehow, what im doing wrong?
THANKS AGAIN FOR THE HELP.

[Shearwater]

Here's how mounting works:

mount [this is the letter you want your virtual drive to have] [folder on your physical hard drive].

So here's what you do:

- copy your files (including the install.exe and the tf1942.001-005 files) to a folder on your hard drive, for example c:\games\tf1942

- run Dosbox and type:

mount c c:\games\tf1942 (now you'll have a virtual hard drive marked 'c')

mount a c:\games\tf1942 (now you'll have a virtual floppy drive marked 'a')

- go to c:

- run install.exe

- select 'a' when the program asks you from which floppy drive you wish to install

- suppose you didn't change the default settings, go to c:\mps\tf1942\

- run tf.exe

[juniorjj84]

Thank You Shearwater that works like a charmed, and in the proccess i learned something new.:yeah:.
THANKS AGAIN now i can enjoy the beauty of this game and many others in the process.
AHOY MATE.
:salute:

[Shearwater]

Glad it worked! :DL

[juniorjj84]

You know Shearwater, i wish they can recreate this sim, with todays tehcnology it could be an awesome sim, way better than Destroyer Command, this sim can stand in its own and i think it deserves justice.
What do you think about it?
Thanks for the help AGAIN.:woot:

[Sonarman]

Over at simhq.com (http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3279939/Neptune_s_Inferno.html) the game's co lead designer Ed Fletcher has been trying to do just that. Even better... he has combined the code from TF1942 with the code from the latter 1942 The Pacific Air War to create code encompassing both surface and air ops.

Ed (gatorman82)`s last post was quite some time ago (12/08/11), he was appealing for help in the 3d graphics dept. I`m unsure of the project's current status but praying that it's not vaporware as this could, if completed, be the ultimate WWII naval experience.

[juniorjj84]

WOW, both sims combine into one sim? are you serious? i mean can you imagine TF1942 AND 1942 THE PACIFIC AIRWAR together into one sim?
you know i have been dreaming for something like this to happend with todays tech, let me tell you there would be no match for a sim like that, being able to play airplanes, destroyers and subs, man, what else can you ask for. Ill be happy if they can make a remake of 1942 THE PACIFIC AIRWAR GAME, that sim alone is AWESOME, but then again dreaming doesnt cost anything, lets see what happends in the near future.
LETS PRAY FOR THE BEST.:shifty: