WC3 on WINXP SP2, 100% working solution

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Angelli

Spaceman
Sorry for new thread, but this is important.

I found out the best solution for WC3 full sound and speed playing:

1. Download VDMsound's latest beta from http://vogons.zetafleet.com/ndldownload.php?filename=VDMSound2.1.0.exe and install it.

2. Copy WC3.EXE from your cd to c:\WC3\

3. In this very same dir make file called WC3.vlp than edit it and paste:
Code: 
[program]
workdir=d:\
params=
executable=C:\WC3\WC3.EXE
[vdms.sb.dsp]
IRQ=5
[winnt.storage]
useCDROM=yes

where d:\ is your cd-rom letter

4. Save this file and run it (and use it for running WC3 ever after).

5. In music setup choose MPU-401 General MIDI

6. In sound setup choose sb16 220 irq=5 dma low=1 dma hi=5

7. Save, run and enjoy (and use DOX-BOX only for 2D games :))!!!
 
Don

Don

Rear Admiral
is this another way for WC3 to work on xp without any glitches or tricky problems...? and why a general MIDI sound? do you still have to use DOSBOX?
 
ChrisReid

ChrisReid

Super Soaker Collector / Administrator
Don said:
is this another way for WC3 to work on xp without any glitches or tricky problems...?
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The title of this thread is "WC3 on WINXP SP2, 100% working solution."

Don said:
and why a general MIDI sound?
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Because WC3 uses MIDI sound.

Don said:
do you still have to use DOSBOX?
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His last thing says "and use DOX-BOX only for 2D games." While I don't agree with that, it makes it clear that this solution doesn't involve DOSBox.
 
C

Chicken

Spaceman
This kind of sounds stupid, but I've copied the WC3.exe, but what are some specific directions to *make* a .vlp file?
 
Lorien

Lorien

Rear Admiral
Seems to work better than my previous attempts at VDMSound. Has anyone thought of booting from a USB Flash Drive to run WC3 in a modern environment?
 
pigsonthewing

pigsonthewing

Rear Admiral
i tried this but when i run the the file as instructed it goes to dos, tries to load a dll. then says a bad filename in some temp directory...
 
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bsierad

Spaceman
Chicken, I'm an old DOS guy, so I'd say just go to the directory you installed WC3 and type copy con wc3.vlp <ENTER>. Then you just enter it line by line. When you are finshed, push F6 then enter. You could also use edlin, edit, notepad, etc.

Lorien, you could boot from a flash drive, but there are some problems. You'd need a sound card that had DOS drivers and a motherboard capable of booting to a USB flash drive. There are DOS drivers for the SB Live cards. I used to use one of those for my most recent DOS computer.

Pigsonthewing, we'll need a bit more info than that. What DLL does it try to load? What error does it give? What temp directory? Do tell...
 
U

Unregistered

Guest
its ok i worked my away around it. although thanks for replying
 
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Angelli

Spaceman
Pigsonthewing: I had this error to. Try to run any other dos stuff and if the error also appears than you have some winxp dos emulation problem, and I know only one solution: reinstalation of windows (I made second installation, so I have one windowsxp for WC3 and WC4 only:) ).

Code: 
16 bit ms-dos subsytem
c:\Doc&settings\username\prefs\temp\~VLP09C7.PIF
NTVDM CPU: illegal instruction
C5:8dff (blah blah) Hit close

It's something like that, isn't it??
 
pigsonthewing

pigsonthewing

Rear Admiral
Angelli said:
Pigsonthewing: I had this error to. Try to run any other dos stuff and if the error also appears than you have some winxp dos emulation problem, and I know only one solution: reinstalation of windows (I made second installation, so I have one windowsxp for WC3 and WC4 only:) ).

Code: 
16 bit ms-dos subsytem
c:\Doc&settings\username\prefs\temp\~VLP09C7.PIF
NTVDM CPU: illegal instruction
C5:8dff (blah blah) Hit close

It's something like that, isn't it??
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well it didnt give me that extra stuff but it did give me a temp directory but the filename wasnt the same... but its all good i just went to command prompt and went to my kilrathi saga\wc3 and then typed wc3w.exe -no_interlace and it solved all of my problems. thanks for replying though :D
 
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mike sinidrax

Guest
Angelli said:
Sorry for new thread, but this is important.

I found out the best solution for WC3 full sound and speed playing:

1. Download VDMsound's latest beta from http://vogons.zetafleet.com/ndldownload.php?filename=VDMSound2.1.0.exe and install it.

2. Copy WC3.EXE from your cd to c:\WC3\

3. In this very same dir make file called WC3.vlp than edit it and paste:
Code: 
[program]
workdir=d:\
params=
executable=C:\WC3\WC3.EXE
[vdms.sb.dsp]
IRQ=5
[winnt.storage]
useCDROM=yes

where d:\ is your cd-rom letter

4. Save this file and run it (and use it for running WC3 ever after).

5. In music setup choose MPU-401 General MIDI

6. In sound setup choose sb16 220 irq=5 dma low=1 dma hi=5

7. Save, run and enjoy (and use DOX-BOX only for 2D games :))!!!
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what kind of file do we make??
 
M

mike sinidrax

Guest
Ok i did the file now, but it tells me that directory d:\ does not appear to exist....


how do i fix this?
 
AD

AD

Finder of things, Doer of stuff
mike sinidrax said:
Ok i did the file now, but it tells me that directory d:\ does not appear to exist....


how do i fix this?
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If your cd-rom is not D: then replace D: with whatever drive letter contains you WC3 CD.
 
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Mike Sinidrax

Guest
AD said:
If your cd-rom is not D: then replace D: with whatever drive letter contains you WC3 CD.
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thats the thing, my disk drive is D

does it have anything to do with the fact that the game is installed on my c drive?
 
ChrisReid

ChrisReid

Super Soaker Collector / Administrator
Your disk drive would be A or B. Do you mean a hard drive? It doesn't matter what drive any of this stuff is really. You just have to tell the program what everything is.
 
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Mike Sinidrax

Guest
meh, i figured out the problem, i had to re-write to directions to C:\windows\wc3\wc3.exe since thats where the file was.

now is there any way to slow down the speed? it plays fine but i was just curious
 
AD

AD

Finder of things, Doer of stuff
Mike Sinidrax said:
meh, i figured out the problem, i had to re-write to directions to C:\windows\wc3\wc3.exe since thats where the file was.

now is there any way to slow down the speed? it plays fine but i was just curious
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IIRC WC3 limits the speed anyway, so if it seems fast, it's *supposed* to be that way. (I think its only wc1, and P2 that don't but I've been wrong before). I almost never bothered with the arrow because I would only fly it at half speed anyway. It was so quick that I would always run into the fighters I was trailing. So at half speed the guns became a little weak.

Or are you refering to the movies?
 
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Mike Sinidrax

Guest
the game,


however i messed up the movie set up and now its only a small bar on the top of my screen, how do i fix that so its fullscreen?
 
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