Christopherger
Spaceman
Hello out there,
I have lurked here for a while as I was assembling my collection of WC games as I have wanted to be able to play through the series in somewhat of a proper order before I played any of them at all, and other duties earthside so to speak, or planet side, have delayed my work on this over the past year.
Finally I gave in and learned DOSBOX and DeFend and VDMSound, but mostly the first two, so can play the older games on my XP SP 2 system, and recieved some very much appreciated help from Chris and Ad and others here over this time.
I have now assembled the following:
WCI DOS
WCI Kilranthi Saga version
WCII Kilrathi Saga Version
WCIII K Version
WC III original 1994 4 CD release mint
WC Academy DOS
WC Armada DOS
WC Privateer DOS Version
WC Privateer w/ Righteous Fire
WC Privateer Speech Pack (added on already)
WC Privateer Gemini Gold remake
WC Secret Ops plus all the seven missions plus Rebellion Fan Add ons
WC Privateer 2 Deluxe 3 CD set
WC Armada Fiction (what appears to be a electronic "book" with Armada on it.
Still missing WC IV
My questions are: should I play the original DOS WCI or the enhanced Kilranthi Saga version? I have heard the sound is better.
I am not sure if the WC II Kilranthi version contains the Special Ops or Secret missions add ons or not, cant tell easily from examining the files. I had hoped so but have no idea really.
Should I play Academy before WC III or after, or is it out of the series really, I have heard you design your own missons which I am totally unprepared to do as of yet. Ditto on timing for Armada, which sounds like a strategic overview of things?
I was not sure if I should play the original Privateer DOS, the Righteous Fire version or the Gemni Gold version remake? I got the higher resolution patch for P also and added it in already. I havent checked carefully yet for patching as I have been concentrating on getting the games and installing them and figuring out the configureations as best I can. I havent gotten Armada to run right yet, with Doxbox and DeFend, but will keep at it, and finaly just got everything else loaded last night.
Advice is very gratefully acccepted and please forgive me if I am missing past threads that answer my questions, my time constraints from daily work and other duties cramps my desires to research past posts.
And I do very much appreciate the past help and support from here, this is a great forum and I am finally hoping to start things off well with WC.
I have lurked here for a while as I was assembling my collection of WC games as I have wanted to be able to play through the series in somewhat of a proper order before I played any of them at all, and other duties earthside so to speak, or planet side, have delayed my work on this over the past year.
Finally I gave in and learned DOSBOX and DeFend and VDMSound, but mostly the first two, so can play the older games on my XP SP 2 system, and recieved some very much appreciated help from Chris and Ad and others here over this time.
I have now assembled the following:
WCI DOS
WCI Kilranthi Saga version
WCII Kilrathi Saga Version
WCIII K Version
WC III original 1994 4 CD release mint
WC Academy DOS
WC Armada DOS
WC Privateer DOS Version
WC Privateer w/ Righteous Fire
WC Privateer Speech Pack (added on already)
WC Privateer Gemini Gold remake
WC Secret Ops plus all the seven missions plus Rebellion Fan Add ons
WC Privateer 2 Deluxe 3 CD set
WC Armada Fiction (what appears to be a electronic "book" with Armada on it.
Still missing WC IV
My questions are: should I play the original DOS WCI or the enhanced Kilranthi Saga version? I have heard the sound is better.
I am not sure if the WC II Kilranthi version contains the Special Ops or Secret missions add ons or not, cant tell easily from examining the files. I had hoped so but have no idea really.
Should I play Academy before WC III or after, or is it out of the series really, I have heard you design your own missons which I am totally unprepared to do as of yet. Ditto on timing for Armada, which sounds like a strategic overview of things?
I was not sure if I should play the original Privateer DOS, the Righteous Fire version or the Gemni Gold version remake? I got the higher resolution patch for P also and added it in already. I havent checked carefully yet for patching as I have been concentrating on getting the games and installing them and figuring out the configureations as best I can. I havent gotten Armada to run right yet, with Doxbox and DeFend, but will keep at it, and finaly just got everything else loaded last night.
Advice is very gratefully acccepted and please forgive me if I am missing past threads that answer my questions, my time constraints from daily work and other duties cramps my desires to research past posts.
And I do very much appreciate the past help and support from here, this is a great forum and I am finally hoping to start things off well with WC.