Heroes 2 cracked for dosbox

[Sjaakafhaak]

Hello,

I can't get Heroes 2 to work in dosbox. All it says is that i can play the multiplayer as a guest, because i have no cdrom. Can anyone pleeez help?!

[dosraider]

"Heroes 2" is to vague, there are plenty of heroes2 around.
Be more specific.

[Sjaakafhaak]

"Heroes 2" is to vague, there are plenty of heroes2 around.
Be more specific.

Sorry, i mean of course Heroes of Might and Magic2

[dosraider]

Now the next questions:
OS?
Dosbox version?
Your mount lines?

And it's useless to PM me about that matter, the only help I give about those matters in on the forum, I don't do private help sessions.

[Sjaakafhaak]

OS: windows xp
dosbox version: 0.74

I'm sorry, but what are excactly mountlines?
When i mount, i allways type: mount c c:\dosprogs\
(dosprogs is the map in wich all the files of HoMM2 are)

[dosraider]

You don't mount the HoMM2 CD?

[Sjaakafhaak]

this is what i mount. i don't have the cdrom of the game. i downloaded it. the problem is that it says to insert the cdrom, otherwise i can only play the multiplayer as a guest. among the downloaded files was a crack, but how can i get it to work with dosbox?

[dosraider]

I have no idea, ask where you downloaded the game?

BTW, you would better search the internet again and look for a CD image, that will work.

[Vangar]

Heroes of Might and Magic 2 was released on Windows, you may as well use a copy of that, it plays much nicer.

[Sjaakafhaak]

I have found a copy of the windows version, but the problem now is that i can't get it to work on windows xp... Is there a chance you can help me with that?

[dosraider]

XP 32 or 64 bit ?
Tried compatibility settings (W95-W98)?
If an error message, what is it?

[Sjaakafhaak]

32 bit. I tried to run 'setup' in compability mode. The wizard starts, i can choose the map where i want to install it etc, but when i click 'install', there is a bar which indicates the status of the installation, but it stays 0%. After a while, there comes an error message, saying that it can't copy the file heroes2.exe

[dosraider]

As I have no idea what exactly you've downloaded it's kinda hard to help you....

So some general things:
Was it a CD image?
Do you use a virtual CD drive?

Does the game even need to be installed?

And of course the usual question: can't you ask instructions where you downed the game?

[Edit]
Just checked it and if you have a CD image both versions (MsDos ànd W95) should be on the CD.
The dos version is launched with install
The Win95 version is launched with setup

[Sjaakafhaak]

I can imagine it's kinda hard to help...

According to one of your posts, I downloaded the CD-image and burned it on a cd. When I insert the cd in my drive, it starts to autorun. When I click play, it first starts to install. Unfortunately I downloaded the CD image from a torrent page ( >snipped<.com) Don't post illegal links please, THX ~dosraider so I can't ask for help there.

Btw, I really appreciate it you helping me man.

[dosraider]

2 questions:
-> Did you try to install in dosbox? And if yes: how, details please.
-> What format was that CD image? (ISO ..... ?)

FYI:HoMM2 runs fine in dosbox0.74

[Sjaakafhaak]

- Yes I did, I mounted the CD-drive (D) via mount d d:\heroes2\
Than:
D:
dir
install exe

Then the cursor goes to the next line and nothing happens.

The CD image was ISO.

[dosraider]

- Yes I did, I mounted the CD-drive (D) via mount d d:\heroes2\
The CD image was ISO.

That's pretty screwed up I'm afraid ....

What you must do is:
Delete anything you have done till now, it's worthless anyway. Also your already installed game folder under dosbox.
Only keep the ISO file (that's ONE BIG FILE)
You must use the ISO file with imgmount in dosbox.

Something as:

imgmount d x:\correct path\name.iso -t iso
Then in dosbox input:

d:
cd heroes2
install


This will install the dos version in dosbox from D: on C: as the dos installer is in a subdir called heroes2 on the CD.

What you won't have is CD music, you can't have that with an ISO as the HoMM2 CD is a mixed mode CD (You can't have music tracks from a mixed mode CD in ISO format), but I think you will be able to run MIDI music. Digital sound effects should work flawless, they don't use the CD.

[Sjaakafhaak]

Wow, it works. Thank you so much! You're amazing

[Sjaakafhaak]

Oh, i have 1 small question left.

Yesterday I installed the game and played the whole night long. At the end I saved the game. But when I played today, my game wasn't along the games to load. Is it possible to save in dosbox?

This where my mount lines:
imgmount d c:\users\my name\oldgames\homm2.iso -t iso
d:
cd heroes2
heroes2

After my first turn in a new game, my game quitted with the message in dosbox:
Error opening file .\Games\Autosave.GM1
So I think there's something wrong with my mountlines... Can you tell me what?

Thanks

[dosraider]

This where my mount lines:
imgmount d c:\users\my name\oldgames\homm2.iso -t iso
d:
cd heroes2
heroes2

.... windows xp...

..Explain that 'c:\users\my name\' ...? That's no XP folder...

After my first turn in a new game, my game quitted with the message in dosbox:
Error opening file .\Games\Autosave.GM1
So I think there's something wrong with my mountlines... Can you tell me

Yes indeed; your mounts are screwed up.
But I can't help you if you do Vista mounts on XP, so what is it :
XP or Vista?
Make up your mind friend.

And yes, when mounted correctly you can save/load in dosbox, no problemo.

Some general tips:
1.BE CORRECT when you give info, I can't help when you give wrong info.
2.You didn't mounted a virtual C: in dosbox
3.You didn't INSTALL the game on your virtual C: IN DOSBOX
4.Follow the instructions, you were playing from the CD, you can't save on a CD

Search for the differences:

Something as:
imgmount d x:\correct path\name.iso -t iso
Then in dosbox input:

d:
cd heroes2
install

This will install the dos version in dosbox from D: on C:

This where my mount lines:
imgmount d c:\users\my name\oldgames\homm2.iso -t iso
d:
cd heroes2
heroes2