[MarkShot]

I have not posted in years. Ahoy!



First, I should state, I am on:


WIN10 Pro 64b Build 2004


The only real reason to do go about a lot of voodoo for multiple installs and mods is for space. These days a game can easily run 40Gb. My SSD is 2Tb. DWX is about 3Gb. Saving space for mods is not worth the effort quite simply; as multiple installs makes life so easy.


Back in the old days, you would simply install clean into the path you wanted. Then you would export a registry file. Later, you can switch between games by just double clicking on the registry file. I installed from optical media, but in theory this should work for Steam.


Yesterday, after years on dry land, I came back to the Sea. I installed:


AOD (DOS 4 versions with DOSBOX)
SHCE (DOS PZK mod with DOSBOX)
SC Stock
SCXIIc
DW Stock
DW LWAMI
DW RA



I want to show you show what this looks with the registry technique for the Sonalyst stuff in case you are new.


BTW, you need a DLL call converter in the root directory for Windows 10 to work.



d3d8.dll


Despite people reporting RA 1.49 crashes, it runs fine, and has a hot fix file. It is much more nicely integrated than the old SCU approach.


Okay, here are your REG files. In principle, they could just be edited NOTEPAD.EXE as opposed to exported out of REGEDIT.EXE.


PS: DOSBOX 0.74 is the way to go for AOD and SHCE. Playing around with options you easily make them fill your monitor and not appear to be a postage stamp. Many DOS games run better this way than on an 80486/66 and 6.3.



SC.REG


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\Sub Command]
"DisplayName"="Sub Command"
"Language"="English"
"CD Drive"="G:\"
"Install Dir"="E:\\Games\\SC"
"Product GUID"="{00614BE0-4470-11D5-941B-0050DA2D7AE1}"
"Installed From"="G:\"
"Region"="NA"
"Folder"="Electronic Arts\\Sub Command"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\Sub Command\1.0]
"DisplayName"="Sub Command"
"Language"=dword:00000001
"LanguageName"="English"
"rootInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\SC"
"cdInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\SC"
"scenarioInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\SC"
"dbInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\SC"
"interfaceInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\SC\\Interfa ces"
"graphicsInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\SC\\Graphics "
"sfxInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\SC\\Audio\\Sfx\\sfx.a gg+"
"musicInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\SC\\Audio\\Musi c"
"aLetter"="e"


SCX.REG


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\Sub Command]
"DisplayName"="Sub Command"
"Language"="English"
"CD Drive"="G:\"
"Install Dir"="E:\\Games\\SCX"
"Product GUID"="{00614BE0-4470-11D5-941B-0050DA2D7AE1}"
"Installed From"="G:\"
"Region"="NA"
"Folder"="Electronic Arts\\Sub Command"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\Sub Command\1.0]
"DisplayName"="Sub Command"
"Language"=dword:00000001
"LanguageName"="English"
"rootInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\SCX"
"cdInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\SCX"
"scenarioInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\SCX"
"dbInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\SCX"
"interfaceInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\SCX\\Interfaces "
"graphicsInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\SCX\\Graphic s"
"sfxInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\SCX\\Audio\\Sfx\\sfx. agg+"
"musicInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\SCX\\Audio\\Mus ic"
"aLetter"="e"



DW


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Sonalysts Combat Simulations\Dangerous Waters]
"DisplayName"="Dangerous Waters"
"Language"="English"
"CD Drive"="G:\"
"Install Dir"="E:\\Games\\DWStd"
"Product GUID"="{7A504B38-A29F-4868-B3D0-A4B66F5F2BD9}"
"Installed From"="G:\"
"Region"="NA"
"Folder"="DW1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Sonalysts Combat Simulations\Dangerous Waters\1.0]
"DisplayName"="Dangerous Waters"
"Language"=dword:00000001
"LanguageName"="English"
"rootInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWStd"
"cdInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWStd"
"scenarioInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWStd"
"dbInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWStd"
"interfaceInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWStd\\Interfac es"
"graphicsInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWStd\\Graph ics"
"sfxInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWStd\\Audio\\Sfx\\sf x.agg+"
"musicInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWStd\\Audio\\Music "
"cinematicInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWStd\\Cinemati c"
"aLetter"="e"
"buildNumber"=dword:0000017a


DW-LWAMI.REG


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Sonalysts Combat Simulations\Dangerous Waters]
"DisplayName"="Dangerous Waters"
"Language"="English"
"CD Drive"="G:\"
"Install Dir"="E:\\Games\\DWMod"
"Product GUID"="{7A504B38-A29F-4868-B3D0-A4B66F5F2BD9}"
"Installed From"="G:\"
"Region"="NA"
"Folder"="DW2"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Sonalysts Combat Simulations\Dangerous Waters\1.0]
"DisplayName"="Dangerous Waters"
"Language"=dword:00000001
"LanguageName"="English"
"rootInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWMod"
"cdInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWMod"
"scenarioInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWMod"
"dbInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWMod"
"interfaceInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWMod\\Interfac es"
"graphicsInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWMod\\Graph ics"
"sfxInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWMod\\Audio\\Sfx\\sf x.agg+"
"musicInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWMod\\Audio\\Music "
"cinematicInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWMod\\Cinemati c"
"aLetter"="e"
"buildNumber"=dword:0000017a


DW-RA.REG


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Sonalysts Combat Simulations\Dangerous Waters]
"DisplayName"="Dangerous Waters"
"Language"="English"
"CD Drive"="G:\"
"Install Dir"="E:\\Games\\DWRaD"
"Product GUID"="{7A504B38-A29F-4868-B3D0-A4B66F5F2BD9}"
"Installed From"="G:\"
"Region"="NA"
"Folder"="DW1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Sonalysts Combat Simulations\Dangerous Waters\1.0]
"DisplayName"="Dangerous Waters"
"Language"=dword:00000001
"LanguageName"="English"
"rootInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWRaD"
"cdInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWRaD"
"scenarioInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWRaD"
"dbInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWRaD"
"interfaceInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWRaD\\Interfac es"
"graphicsInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWRaD\\Graph ics"
"sfxInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWRaD\\Audio\\Sfx\\sf x.agg+"
"musicInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWRaD\\Audio\\Music "
"cinematicInstallPath"="E:\\Games\\DWRaD\\Cinemati c"
"aLetter"="e"
"buildNumber"=dword:0000017a