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Fishbelly posted 03-09-99 07:26 PM ET
I cannot get this game to install at all--it locks up once I choose install from the menu. Any ideas?
I'm running a P200mmx, 80megs, Creative Banshee, Sound Blaster 128pci, DirectX 6.0. I've made sure that there are no programs running in the background. It's a brand new hard drive, so it doesn't have any "clutter", but I made sure to defrag and run scandisk.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I wanna see what this game is like!
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 03-09-99 10:29 PM ET
Try directly running the setup.exe found in the root of the CD-Rom. A last resort is to simply copy the contents of the \programs folder into one on the hard drive. Run terran.exe to start (on the HD).
jkm
firaxis games
Fishbelly posted 03-09-99 11:44 PM ET
Thanks for the quick reply. I already tried to run setup directly from the cd--but I never tried to copy all the files over. We'll see if that works.
(Here's hoping . . . )
Fishbelly posted 03-11-99 07:57 PM ET
Thanks for the tip--I copied the entire cd for my hard drive. Once there, I was able to run setup from the drive. Now lets see what this game is like . . .
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Author	Topic: Cannot install this game . . . help!
Fishbelly	posted 03-09-99 07:26 PM ET I cannot get this game to install at all--it locks up once I choose install from the menu. Any ideas? I'm running a P200mmx, 80megs, Creative Banshee, Sound Blaster 128pci, DirectX 6.0. I've made sure that there are no programs running in the background. It's a brand new hard drive, so it doesn't have any "clutter", but I made sure to defrag and run scandisk. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I wanna see what this game is like!
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 03-09-99 10:29 PM ET Try directly running the setup.exe found in the root of the CD-Rom. A last resort is to simply copy the contents of the \programs folder into one on the hard drive. Run terran.exe to start (on the HD). jkm firaxis games
Fishbelly	posted 03-09-99 11:44 PM ET Thanks for the quick reply. I already tried to run setup directly from the cd--but I never tried to copy all the files over. We'll see if that works. (Here's hoping . . . )
Fishbelly	posted 03-11-99 07:57 PM ET Thanks for the tip--I copied the entire cd for my hard drive. Once there, I was able to run setup from the drive. Now lets see what this game is like . . .