Command Aces of the Deep on Windows 10

Onkel Neal · 11-22-16, 09:33 PM

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!

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aanker · 11-23-16, 12:59 PM

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 · 11-23-16, 02:14 PM

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

aanker · 11-23-16, 06:31 PM

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 · 11-23-16, 11:49 PM

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 · 12-29-16, 06:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by agathosdaimon

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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.

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

Jokem · 02-28-18, 04:09 PM

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

Jokem · 03-01-18, 04:10 PM

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

XenonSurf · 03-01-18, 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jokem

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/show...ighlight=AODCD

Jokem · 03-02-18, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XenonSurf

Check here if you have all whats' necessary:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ighlight=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 · 03-03-18, 07:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jokem

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 · 05-06-23, 06:08 AM

Update>

lesrae · 05-07-23, 04:34 AM

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/hp7bjgrlsi...03300.png?dl=0

M.Anton · 07-24-23, 09:40 AM

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 · 08-02-23, 03:40 PM

M.Anton!

...on 'silent run' since 2012!??

11-23-16, 02:14 PM	#3
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,363 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	It's not the DOS version, Aces of the Deep, it's the Windows version, Command Aces. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

02-28-18, 04:09 PM	#7
Jokem Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2018 Posts: 7 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Exit to Menu In the middle of a mission, it will spontaneously exit to the main menu. Is there a patch for that?

03-01-18, 04:10 PM	#8
Jokem Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2018 Posts: 7 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	AOD MENU Forgot to say, this is the DOS version in Win10 under DOSBOX

05-06-23, 06:08 AM	#12
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,363 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Update> __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

05-07-23, 04:34 AM	#13
lesrae Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Somerset, UK. Posts: 932 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	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/hp7bjgrlsi...03300.png?dl=0 __________________ DOLPHIN 38

11-23-16, 12:59 PM	#2
aanker Pacific Thunder Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yellow Sea Posts: 1,896 Downloads: 236 Uploads: 14	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.

11-23-16, 06:31 PM	#4
aanker Pacific Thunder Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yellow Sea Posts: 1,896 Downloads: 236 Uploads: 14	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 - 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. - Also, Tips: http://www.subsim.com/tips/tipaod.php - That's all I could find.

11-23-16, 11:49 PM	#5
agathosdaimon Planesman Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 188 Downloads: 142 Uploads: 0	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

07-24-23, 09:40 AM	#14
M.Anton Bilge Rat Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 1 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	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?

08-02-23, 03:40 PM	#15
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 28,786 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard! M.Anton!...on 'silent run' since 2012!?? __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"