AOD - trying to install expansion and 1.2 - install command doesn't work?

Penta · 11-01-15, 02:26 PM

OK, so.

Win 8.1 system, running DosBox 0.74. I have AOD installed to a folder, "AOD", on my C drive. Not in a subdir, the AOD directory is on C:\ itself.

I have downloaded the expansion and the 1.2 patch from here on subsim. I unzip the expansion, mount a directory aodtemp on my desktop as A in dosbox, and run aodexp.bat as prompted. That works.

I then try to run install.exe as I am supposed to. That does not work. It keeps telling me AOD is not installed at the directory I'm pointing it at, no matter that it is. Um, huh?

Hitman · 11-03-15, 10:14 AM

This is a long shot, but (make a bakup first) try installing the expansion to the same directory that the main program is ---> C:\AOD and then run the install. If the unpacked install files remain in aodtemp they might not find the main game directory.

Penta · 11-03-15, 10:27 AM

It still breaks. The installer goes "Illegal command: C:\CHUNK\GK.COM" and kicks me to prompt.

When I mount C:\AOD in dosbox as C:\, it still blurps at me, saying "unable to extract resource file" before kicking me to prompt. *sighs* It feels like someone broke the installer code or something, because it's also muttering about null pointer assignments.

Hitman · 11-03-15, 03:02 PM

Here's some more tips, from this very own forum:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=219027

skin-nl · 05-25-17, 12:35 PM

First go to the expansion disk directory (in dosbox)
then type "unchunk resource.000 c:\your install directory

Then you go to your 1.2 pach directory and there you do the same
with the resource.000 and .001

Michael

Giesemaschine · 05-26-17, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Penta

It still breaks. The installer goes "Illegal command: C:\CHUNK\GK.COM" and kicks me to prompt.

When I mount C:\AOD in dosbox as C:\, it still blurps at me, saying "unable to extract resource file" before kicking me to prompt. *sighs* It feels like someone broke the installer code or something, because it's also muttering about null pointer assignments.

Penta!

I had the same issue yesterday and just solved it. Does your AOD Expansion folder contain a bunch of BAT files, Resource 000 and a "CHUNK" folder? If so, you need to move all the contents of the "CHUNK" folder into the main folder of your AOD Expansion folder (with the BAT and Resource 000 Files). Unchunk uses the exe in the CHUNK folder, so it needs to be in the same directory when you unchunk resource.000

Gute Jagd, Kamerad!

11-01-15, 02:26 PM	#1
Penta Seaman Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 38 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	AOD - trying to install expansion and 1.2 - install command doesn't work? OK, so. Win 8.1 system, running DosBox 0.74. I have AOD installed to a folder, "AOD", on my C drive. Not in a subdir, the AOD directory is on C:\ itself. I have downloaded the expansion and the 1.2 patch from here on subsim. I unzip the expansion, mount a directory aodtemp on my desktop as A in dosbox, and run aodexp.bat as prompted. That works. I then try to run install.exe as I am supposed to. That does not work. It keeps telling me AOD is not installed at the directory I'm pointing it at, no matter that it is. Um, huh?

11-03-15, 10:14 AM	#2
Hitman Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 6,109 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 2	This is a long shot, but (make a bakup first) try installing the expansion to the same directory that the main program is ---> C:\AOD and then run the install. If the unpacked install files remain in aodtemp they might not find the main game directory. __________________ One day I will return to sea ...

11-03-15, 03:02 PM	#4
Hitman Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 6,109 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 2	Here's some more tips, from this very own forum: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=219027 __________________ One day I will return to sea ...

05-25-17, 12:35 PM	#5
skin-nl Kapitain Leutnant Join Date: May 2010 Location: GlanerBrucke Posts: 424 Downloads: 251 Uploads: 0	First go to the expansion disk directory (in dosbox) then type "unchunk resource.000 c:\your install directory Then you go to your 1.2 pach directory and there you do the same with the resource.000 and .001 Michael __________________

11-03-15, 10:27 AM	#3
Penta Seaman Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 38 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	It still breaks. The installer goes "Illegal command: C:\CHUNK\GK.COM" and kicks me to prompt. When I mount C:\AOD in dosbox as C:\, it still blurps at me, saying "unable to extract resource file" before kicking me to prompt. sighs It feels like someone broke the installer code or something, because it's also muttering about null pointer assignments.