Fast Attack & W7

scorpiondown · 04-24-11, 01:53 PM

i,ve been reading about using DOSBOX (which i never used) to get this running..anyone have FA on W7?
I bought a copy off of ebay for a buck

DL,ed DOSBOX and Daemon something or other to make a copy to my pc...is this going in the right direction???

Just bought FA and it,ll be a while till i get it..but reading some posts on here about how it is a good nuke-boat sim.how does it compare to DW??

Julhelm · 04-24-11, 02:43 PM

I'm running D-Fend Reloaded which is a GUI-based Dosbox frontend, and what I did to make Fast Attack run was make an ISO out of the cd, then in the profile have it mounted as cd rom, then you can just install as usual and run the game.

Oh, and:

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how does it compare to DW??

It's WAAAAY better IMHO. The game pays so much attention to detail and authenticity. Also the crew is much more active than in DW, the Sonar station is much more user friendly, the missions are much better and it actually looks better than DW, too. AFAIK the game's interface replicates the real-life BSY-1 system quite well and all panels are sharp and well drawn. The main drawback is that the TMA screen requires much clicking but with practice generating a shooting solution is pretty straight forward.

scorpiondown · 04-24-11, 02:59 PM

have to look into this more...
in the meantime, i found a site to DL FA for free..
did that,,ran DOSBOX, followed directions and got FA to run the first time..
now when i try to get it to run with DOSBOX it says "cd no longer in C drive".
i have FA in a folder on C drive..can,t figure out why it won,t launch again??

how do you make an iso from the cd?? is it the same as what i DL,ed??

scorpiondown · 04-24-11, 04:16 PM

got it to work...
went into config ini and changed "intro movie' and "credits" to off...
launch with START BAT..
game works!!!

now how about the graphics..i guess they can,t be improved on very well..
my res is 1920x1200

is there a setting in DOSBOX to change graphics??

scorpiondown · 04-24-11, 04:58 PM

another glitch,,, when i go to load a torp it crashes saying unable to load smack movie????
guess i,ll have to get CD and see what.s on there that i,m missing from DL.

might be missing a "movie" folder..'
can someone post a copy of the files in their FA folder???
Thanks

scorpiondown · 04-24-11, 07:15 PM

how come i can,t post an attachment??

want to post a screen of my "fast attack" folder to see if someone can say if something is missing or where the movie/animations are cause i sure can,t find them...
not that many files in the game folder....

Julhelm · 04-25-11, 03:21 AM

When you have the CD, use a program like PowerISO or similar to create an ISO image of the cd. Then make the relevant screens in D-Fend look like this:

The reason the abandonware rip you downloaded crashes for you is because it comes without the video files for the cutscenes, and as such you need to disable those in the main menu. Of course, using the original CD is much better. The cutscenes are half the fun.

scorpiondown · 04-25-11, 06:20 AM

Thanks for that!!!

i disabled the animations so i was able to launch a torp in the training mission and sink the merchant..then i ended mission and when it was going to evaluate my performance,,it crashed back to DOS..saying couldn,t locate smack movie or something..

game seems to be pretty cool from what i,ve been able to figure out so far..

found a manual to DL on line

Julhelm · 04-26-11, 06:30 AM

I'd just use the original cd and then apply the patch found here on subsim. It doesn't crash much at all for me.

scorpiondown · 04-26-11, 01:40 PM

I,m waiting for the cd to get here..the DL version is already patched to 1.01 or whatever it is..gonna try and copy files to existing FA folder when i get cd as it seems to work other that not having the animation movies..

I like this sim,,too bad the graphics can,t be updated...

scorpiondown · 04-28-11, 07:49 PM

everything now works...animations,movies,credits!!!!
got the cd and copied all the files to where the DL,ed version is..

i did the iso copy of the cd,,and then the d-fend...but it won,t start using that saying "CD is no longer in C drive" like the dl version was saying before..
the fix for that didn,t work on this version..

the config.ini settings weren,t right in my dl version,, as to where the SMK_PATH was ..that was the problem with some of the animations...

Thanks Julhelm,,,learned a lot from your info!!!

04-24-11, 01:53 PM	#1
scorpiondown Electrician's Mate Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: near Pittsburgh pa. and Daytona Posts: 131 Downloads: 107 Uploads: 0	Fast Attack & W7 i,ve been reading about using DOSBOX (which i never used) to get this running..anyone have FA on W7? I bought a copy off of ebay for a buck DL,ed DOSBOX and Daemon something or other to make a copy to my pc...is this going in the right direction??? Just bought FA and it,ll be a while till i get it..but reading some posts on here about how it is a good nuke-boat sim.how does it compare to DW??

04-24-11, 02:59 PM	#3
scorpiondown Electrician's Mate Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: near Pittsburgh pa. and Daytona Posts: 131 Downloads: 107 Uploads: 0	have to look into this more... in the meantime, i found a site to DL FA for free.. did that,,ran DOSBOX, followed directions and got FA to run the first time.. now when i try to get it to run with DOSBOX it says "cd no longer in C drive". i have FA in a folder on C drive..can,t figure out why it won,t launch again?? how do you make an iso from the cd?? is it the same as what i DL,ed??

04-24-11, 04:16 PM	#4
scorpiondown Electrician's Mate Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: near Pittsburgh pa. and Daytona Posts: 131 Downloads: 107 Uploads: 0	got it to work... went into config ini and changed "intro movie' and "credits" to off... launch with START BAT.. game works!!! now how about the graphics..i guess they can,t be improved on very well.. my res is 1920x1200 is there a setting in DOSBOX to change graphics??

04-24-11, 04:58 PM	#5
scorpiondown Electrician's Mate Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: near Pittsburgh pa. and Daytona Posts: 131 Downloads: 107 Uploads: 0	another glitch,,, when i go to load a torp it crashes saying unable to load smack movie???? guess i,ll have to get CD and see what.s on there that i,m missing from DL. might be missing a "movie" folder..' can someone post a copy of the files in their FA folder??? Thanks

04-24-11, 07:15 PM	#6
scorpiondown Electrician's Mate Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: near Pittsburgh pa. and Daytona Posts: 131 Downloads: 107 Uploads: 0	how come i can,t post an attachment?? want to post a screen of my "fast attack" folder to see if someone can say if something is missing or where the movie/animations are cause i sure can,t find them... not that many files in the game folder....

04-25-11, 03:21 AM	#7
Julhelm Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Icy North Posts: 690 Downloads: 189 Uploads: 0	When you have the CD, use a program like PowerISO or similar to create an ISO image of the cd. Then make the relevant screens in D-Fend look like this: The reason the abandonware rip you downloaded crashes for you is because it comes without the video files for the cutscenes, and as such you need to disable those in the main menu. Of course, using the original CD is much better. The cutscenes are half the fun.

04-25-11, 06:20 AM	#8
scorpiondown Electrician's Mate Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: near Pittsburgh pa. and Daytona Posts: 131 Downloads: 107 Uploads: 0	Thanks for that!!! i disabled the animations so i was able to launch a torp in the training mission and sink the merchant..then i ended mission and when it was going to evaluate my performance,,it crashed back to DOS..saying couldn,t locate smack movie or something.. game seems to be pretty cool from what i,ve been able to figure out so far.. found a manual to DL on line

04-26-11, 06:30 AM	#9
Julhelm Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Icy North Posts: 690 Downloads: 189 Uploads: 0	I'd just use the original cd and then apply the patch found here on subsim. It doesn't crash much at all for me.

04-26-11, 01:40 PM	#10
scorpiondown Electrician's Mate Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: near Pittsburgh pa. and Daytona Posts: 131 Downloads: 107 Uploads: 0	I,m waiting for the cd to get here..the DL version is already patched to 1.01 or whatever it is..gonna try and copy files to existing FA folder when i get cd as it seems to work other that not having the animation movies.. I like this sim,,too bad the graphics can,t be updated...

04-28-11, 07:49 PM	#11
scorpiondown Electrician's Mate Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: near Pittsburgh pa. and Daytona Posts: 131 Downloads: 107 Uploads: 0	everything now works...animations,movies,credits!!!! got the cd and copied all the files to where the DL,ed version is.. i did the iso copy of the cd,,and then the d-fend...but it won,t start using that saying "CD is no longer in C drive" like the dl version was saying before.. the fix for that didn,t work on this version.. the config.ini settings weren,t right in my dl version,, as to where the SMK_PATH was ..that was the problem with some of the animations... Thanks Julhelm,,,learned a lot from your info!!!