Command Aces of the Deep on Windows 10

[Onkel Neal]

Ho-k,

I am trying to get CAOD to run on my Win10 laptop. I have tried selecting properties on the AODCD.exe and setting to Windows 95 compatibility, but I get this error message.

Any ideas?

UPDATE: Working on Win10, nice and easy!

https://youtu.be/r33TagdoVfk


Command Aces of the Deep download (https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=6326)

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Good hunting!

[aanker]

I'd set it up under DOSBox if it is the 1995 version... like setting up Silent Hunter Commanders Edition.... unless Win 10 can magically play old DOS games, sorry.

[Onkel Neal]

It's not the DOS version, Aces of the Deep, it's the Windows version, Command Aces.

[aanker]

Well... this may work unless you already saw these from various threads.

Set your desktop to 256 colors and Win98/Win95 compatibility before starting the game.

"When you launch the Setup.exe, it will ask you for a system check - click No. The Setup continues and the error will not appear."

From 2008 - 2009 2010:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=131699
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=168641
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From Dan D on Win7:
"install game,
right-click game icon, click "property", click "compatibility" and there you:

1) click "windows 95 compatibility mode" and
2) click "265 colors",
3) save changes."

Ignore the error message "sound related error" if it pops up and don't use the voice recognition while you are playing the game, that makes the game crash.
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Also, Tips:
http://www.subsim.com/tips/tipaod.php
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That's all I could find.

[agathosdaimon]

if you do get it going in win 10 with the advice above, it may still run though too fast to be playable - if this happens, get Dxwnd and open the gae through that, Dxwnd gives a tonne of compat settings to play with and has worked wll to get some win95/98 games running

I myself happen to have Aces of teh Deep - the dos version which i patched up to being the dos equivalent of CAofD

I do however also have the win 95 version of it, and i have this running through Dosbox in fact - i bought a version of it from the ebay seller Allvideo, who provides the game disk along with an install disk that sets the game up to run in windows 7 - basically he installs windows 95 in dosbox (i am not sure how it is done but there are ways to do - i myself have only managed to install windows 3.1 in dosbox personally) and then has CAOD as playable through the win95 in the dosbox package as an instantly playable game

[BarracudaUAK]

...

basically he installs windows 95 in dosbox (i am not sure how it is done but there are ways to do - i myself have only managed to install windows 3.1 in dosbox personally) and then has CAOD as playable through the win95 in the dosbox package as an instantly playable game



Very interesting....

I have the Win95 "upgrade", as well as dos5.1, 6.0 upgrade, 6.2 upgrade, and the 6.22 upgrade....

I was considering a virtual machine, but that's a lot of upgrading with a really "iffy" virtual "hardware" situation. BUT, if Win95 will install in DosBox... which emulates all the hardware anyway, then this might work.

I haven't had any further success with trying to run it through WINE on Linux...(although I haven't really had time to work with it.)

IF (big IF) this works... Then I will be running a Windows 95 game, on Windows 95, running on a DOS emulator, running on a Linux OS.:har::timeout:

I liked Dynamix's games, but Sierra really messed it up if I have to get EVERYBODY in on the party to run the game!

Barracuda

[agathosdaimon]

i think if you have win95 os then you should look up online on how one gets win 95 running on dosbox and then run command AoD through that -

Even though i have CaoD already and also AoD hte dos version, i might look at getting another copy of it as teh win95 cd version so i can try for myself to see if i can get it running on windows 7 - i dont have windows 10 - i tried it out twice, but both times it was so borked with the upgrade that i was constantly at war with it, as it kept locking me out of my own settings and worse - it was a real pain in the arse so i have gone back to win 7 pro

[RickVB]

So Neal, did you ever get this working?

I have an installed copy of CAOD on a C: drive image from an o-l-d Win98 machine, where it worked (well, it did when I last ran that machine about 15 years ago). This image is on the drive of my current Win 7 machine. I have set up the Compatibility settings of the Properties set to Win 95 and 256 colors as have been previously advised here, and this gets me past the common audio issue, but I then get the error dialog that you showed in your original post.

[Aktungbby]

RickVB!:Kaleun_Salute:

[RickVB]

OK, never mind. I copied the directories from the backup drive it was on to my C: drive, where it was on the original computer, and it now works. I guess the clue here might be that there is something hard coded to the first logical drive that prevents installations on other drives from working.

[Smecty]

OK, never mind. I copied the directories from the backup drive it was on to my C: drive, where it was on the original computer, and it now works. I guess the clue here might be that there is something hard coded to the first logical drive that prevents installations on other drives from working.

I ran into the same problem when I placed the files for AODCMD on my D:\ drive. I had the install on an old and quite small (by today's standards) 250GB external hard drive. When I changed the settings of the executable per the above instructions, lo and behold AODCMD fired right up! So I simply transferred the files to the D:\ drive and promptly got the error message. (I put the files on my D:\ drive as it's a 1 TB spinning drive with tons of space; my C:\ drive is an SSD with only 500 GB of space.)

A further transfer to my C:\ drive of AODCMD and voila, it worked again. You could probably put the files on a flash drive stick and run AOD on any PC you could find! :yeah:

Cheers,

Smecty

[XenonSurf]

Other than resolution and running problems on Win7,8,10 (anything beyond WinXP), the Command version of AOD seems to have a serious in-game bug that will crash the game when 'wolfpacks' try to join your sub or before. (The map screen fills with a lot of red contacts and the game crashes).

Is there any game patch for that?

I have both the Command edition and the DOS CD version, but I never played again the Command version because of that bug.

But anyone interested in the Command version: Play it with VMware + Win XP, it should then start without problems.

[Jokem]

In the middle of a mission, it will spontaneously exit to the main menu.
Is there a patch for that?

[Jokem]

Forgot to say, this is the DOS version in Win10 under DOSBOX

[XenonSurf]

Forgot to say, this is the DOS version in Win10 under DOSBOX

Check here if you have all whats' necessary:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=219027&highlight=AODCD

[Jokem]

Check here if you have all whats' necessary:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=219027&highlight=AODCD

OK, so patch 1.2 will not work without copying the full CD ROM to the hard drive? But once all that is done it will stop exiting spontaneously to the menu?

[XenonSurf]

OK, so patch 1.2 will not work without copying the full CD ROM to the hard drive? But once all that is done it will stop exiting spontaneously to the menu?

Following this procedure I have no problems whatsoever, I can play the last game version 1:1 as for an old computer. I currently have it installed and I have no crashes. The procedure works or I wouldn't have published it :)

[Onkel Neal]

Update>
https://youtu.be/r33TagdoVfk

[lesrae]

Not getting far on my win 11 setup, immediate crash with the message below. The setup.exe doesn't run at all, even with compatibility set up.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hp7bjgrlsic84cg/Screenshot%202023-05-07%20103300.png?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hp7bjgrlsic84cg/Screenshot%202023-05-07%20103300.png

[Onkel Neal]

Hmm.. ok, not having Windows 11 I am helpless here. I checked my CAOD folder structure, I don't see a win_snd.cpp file in the Sim folder... can you check and see if you have that?

[Texas Red]

I'm having the same issue. There's no WIN_SND.CPP file.

I think that putting that file into the game would fix the error, but I don't know where to find it at.

[propbeanie]

A file with a cpp extension is for the programming language "C Plus Plus", which insinuates it is part of a Windows DirectX or DirectPlay dll (Dynamic Linked Library) file, such as would be found in a "Microsoft Visual C++ xxxx Redistributable" file from a Windows Update, with the "xxxx" representing a year of release, such as 2008. Do you happen to have DirectX v9.0c installed on your computers? :salute:

[lesrae]

A file with a cpp extension is for the programming language "C Plus Plus", which insinuates it is part of a Windows DirectX or DirectPlay dll (Dynamic Linked Library) file, such as would be found in a "Microsoft Visual C++ xxxx Redistributable" file from a Windows Update, with the "xxxx" representing a year of release, such as 2008. Do you happen to have DirectX v9.0c installed on your computers? :salute:

I'm awful at dealing with that part of the machine but output of dxdiag is linked if that's of use?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fvo41fylejqiwhx/DxDiag.txt

[Onkel Neal]

I consulted Wendy:



Onkel Neal
Wendy, what is what is WIN_SND.CPP?

Wendy
It seems like you are referring to a source code file, specifically a C++ file, with the name "WIN_SND.CPP". The naming convention suggests that this file could be related to the implementation of sound or audio functionality for a Windows-based application. "WIN" could stand for "Windows," and "SND" might be an abbreviation for "sound."

However, without more context, it's difficult to provide specific information about this particular file, as it could be part of any number of projects or applications. If you can provide more details about the software or project it is a part of, I may be able to give you more information.





Onkel Neal
it is related to Command Aces of the Deep



Wendy
"WIN_SND.CPP" is likely a C++ source code file related to the implementation of sound or audio functionality for the Windows version of "Aces of the Deep." It could contain code that handles sound effects, music, or other audio features specific to the game when running on the Windows operating system. The code in this file might utilize Windows-specific APIs or libraries to interface with the computer's audio hardware, enabling the game to produce sound output.

As the game is quite old, some of the code and libraries used might be outdated or deprecated. If you are looking to run or modify the game on modern systems, you may need to update the code or find alternative libraries that are compatible with newer versions of Windows.

This post seems to be from 2003, so the "\SIM\WIN_SND.CPP Failed to initialize Sound/FX" issue existed long before Window 11


https://www.linuxforen.de/forums/showthread.php?100759-Command-Aces-of-the-Deep-Sound

I checked the SS Tips section,
https://www.subsim.com/tips/tipaod.php

Problem: While playing the game, you get the error message "assert:line 522 in \sim\win_snd.cpp. Can't initialize sound/music."
Solution: Disable all applications that may be running in the background of Windows '95. If the problem persists, check with the manufacturer of the sound card for updated Windows '95 drivers for your sound card. Some sound cards do not have sound drivers that will work with the game, in this case you can usually use the Creative Labs Sound Blaster Pro driver from the Windows 95 CD. To do this you will need to temporarily disable your current driver:

Go to the Control Panel and open the System Icon.
Click on the Device Manager Tab and find the Sound, Video, Game Controllers and double click on this.
Now you should have at least one driver listed for you sound card, you may have several.
Double click on each of these drivers and you will see a screen with information about the drivers.
At the bottom of this screen should be a "Device Usage" section with a check mark in a box for "Original Configuration.". Take the check mark out of this box to temporarily disable this driver.

[propbeanie]

Oooh-oooh... the stank of death... Win95... Almost as old as Onkel Neal, older than me, that's for certain... :haha:

in the meantime, try
Command Aces of the Deep on Windows 10 (https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=228498) from some user, but especially XenonSurf's last post link... I am still trying to absorb it all. :doh:

[JconradH]

Neil,, works great, thanks!

I tried loading drop my A10- CAOD cdrom, but it failed. Then I copied the folders from the disc to my C:\ drive and set the compatibility as suggested, and viola, it also works! No voice, but I don't care.

Thanks again!

Jeff


QUOTE=Onkel Neal;2448092]Ho-k,

I am trying to get CAOD to run on my Win10 laptop. I have tried selecting properties on the AODCD.exe and setting to Windows 95 compatibility, but I get this error message.

Any ideas?

UPDATE: Working on Win10, nice and easy!

https://youtu.be/r33TagdoVfk


Command Aces of the Deep download (https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=6326)

If this helps you, then be a buddy and like and subscribe, it really helps. :Kaleun_Applaud:

Good hunting![/QUOTE]

[Onkel Neal]

Awesome, that's great!

[M.Anton]

First of all, thank you for the fantastic job and providing the game through your servers :)

I followed the mentioned YouTube video, installed Command AotD and it does run like a gem. However, with no sounds or music.

Did I miss something?

[Aktungbby]

M.Anton!:Kaleun_Salute:...on 'silent run' since 2012!??:up:

[Pilot_76]

Sometimes I lose sound fx such as the electric motors and the diesel. After a while they come back. A quick fix is to set the speed again. Anyone having this issue?

[Pilot_76]

I am also having random sounds when surfaced such as hearing cannon shots and splashing sounds but the sub isn't being attacked. It happens when the yellow squares which represent other Uboats are present so I am assuming that they are attacking in packs and these sounds are played to show those attacks.

[ChrisCool]

The game crashes every time I click on Program FAT (to program the FAT torpedo). It just crashes to windows, every single time.

Does anyone have this issue? Simply select a mission, later in the war, go to the torpedo room and select the purple head torpedo, the FAT. Try programing it, the moment you click that button, it crashes instantly.

Also the TV acoustic torpedoes, I'm not sure they even work. They don't seem to follow any target or prop noise. Most of the time they miss.
Can anyone confirm this?

[Aktungbby]

ChrisCool!:Kaleun_Salute:

[ChrisCool]

:Kaleun_Salute: Hi, I've been a member here for years, I just never post anything, lol
just wanted to see if people have the same issues with this game as Im having

[jamotto]

The game crashes every time I click on Program FAT (to program the FAT torpedo). It just crashes to windows, every single time.

Does anyone have this issue? Simply select a mission, later in the war, go to the torpedo room and select the purple head torpedo, the FAT. Try programing it, the moment you click that button, it crashes instantly.


Turning off the status line stops the crash to desktop for me.

The setting is located on the menu under Game->Options->Status Line set it so it says off.

When you do that you can program the FAT and LUT torpedoes. Once you are done you can turn the status line back on.

[Aktungbby]

jamotto!:Kaleun_Salute:...after a 13 year 'silent run'!

[CIA_MAN]

Hello all,

is there a way, to play this game under Windows 11? :k_confused:

Without sound I can enter it... but with not :wah:

I always get this error:

"Assert::err: line 522 in "..\sim\win_snd.cpp": Unable to initialize
Sound/FX

[Aktungbby]

/\...a PM to John Pancoast might be in order to help solve your AoTD issues.