Hi all, I just recently discovered this newsgroup after getting back into playing ED after a long hiatus. I looked back and saw some posts relating to the...
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Arnold Larson
adastra1960
Dec 10, 2001 7:02 pm
I bought a copy from amazon.com a few weeks ago; they had 2 copies available at the time. Arne ... ...
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spud3700
Dec 10, 2001 9:55 pm
Would someone please post instructions on how to create scenario's using the mirror map utility? Thanks Spud...
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Outbox
response@...
Dec 10, 2001 10:40 pm
Well this is what I do when my buddy and I want to play a mirrored game.. 1. In Empire start a game (dont bother setting up players & handicaps) 2. Save game...
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general_error404
general_erro...
Dec 11, 2001 3:53 am
I have a .BAT file that I put in my empire\utilities\mirror directory. I make 3 mirror files (EW, NS, and Quadrant) out of a random map in two easy steps. I...
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andrew_peiman
Dec 12, 2001 7:51 am
Hi, I've started to use EDSecure to play ED games succefully on the or local network. And everything works fine using the MAPI2 interface except for one thing....
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dh1jc
Dec 15, 2001 7:01 pm
Hi, I searched the web for a conversion utility. Something to convert e.g. a bmp to a map file (that makes it very easy to add new maps) Maybe someone has a...
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slaughtrsg@...
emperormaxpower
Dec 15, 2001 10:48 pm
I'm not sure what you're getting at; a map is more than a picture, so you can't just convert a .bmp file into map. There is a lot of information in a map than...
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vb1der@...
Dec 16, 2001 6:01 pm
True... The maps are more than just a bitmap. But just for the record, one of the best conversion programs is Graphics WorkShop. GWS converts bunches of...
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Jochen Cichon
dh1jc
Dec 17, 2001 8:37 am
... a ... Sure. But it would be nice to convert (as a first step!) any bmp to a map file. And after that. Load it into Empire and add the city names (if the...
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Jochen Cichon
dh1jc
Dec 17, 2001 8:39 am
... one ... bunches ... I know! Maps are more than a bitmap SURE. But it's still a nice idea to reate a map (land/sea.. areas from an bitmap.) Jochen+...
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Arnold Larson
adastra1960
Dec 18, 2001 1:38 am
One problem I see with a conversion tool is that it would only convert one format to another format. If you just want to convert every green pixel to land and...
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Jochen Cichon
dh1jc
Dec 18, 2001 8:29 am
... to ... If you can do it, just keep it configurable... So e.g. every green gets land, blue sea, maybe red desert, white mountains... Whatever. OK Units...
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Tim Roberts
tim+roberts
Dec 18, 2001 7:24 pm
Sorry it took me awhile to respond to this. Amazing how M$ defined the standard yet all it's products are inconsistent with it. Have you tried to use the...
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riverdiver
Dec 30, 2001 1:29 am
Gads I hope someone can help me. I just had to get a new hard drive for my old Pentium 200MMX PC on which I could play Empire. I never had any problems with...
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riverdiver
Dec 30, 2001 6:59 am
Thanks to all who responded! I'm up and running with version 3.12. Cheers, rd...
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Roy Vandersteen
arvee3199
Dec 30, 2001 8:09 am
Strange, the same thing happens to me, but if I do it again without rebooting the program all works OKay, it is not a problem with a saved game just on new...
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theferretman
Jan 1, 2002 12:24 am
... Good idea, but I think *they* (the owners of the game, which I guess is whoever owns New World's assets) don't think it'll sell.... Bunbury From the High,...
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Arnold Larson
adastra1960
Jan 1, 2002 7:24 pm
Actually, Empire (version 1.x) is owned by Walter Bright and Empire Deluxe (version 3.x) is owned by Mark Baldwin and Bob Rakowsky. If you wanted to do version...
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slaughtrsg@...
emperormaxpower
Jan 1, 2002 8:30 pm
Couldn't a new version of ED be far enough from ED in name and in the details to be considered its own game, from a legal standpoint?...
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Steven Woodcock
theferretman
Jan 1, 2002 11:24 pm
Good question. There was that old "Battles of Destiny" game that was basically "Empire Deluxe Mk. II" and they never got sued. I know from talking to Baldwin a...
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Arnold Larson
adastra1960
Jan 2, 2002 4:14 pm
Make a game that has cities that produce things, where you have to explore the world and then conquer it. I think it would work. Maybe you should call it...
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xeno_mls
Jan 3, 2002 4:38 am
The Windows version of ED worked for me till I went from Windows 95 to Windows 98. It will boot up and get as far as setting up a game or configuring map...
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Steven Woodcock
theferretman
Jan 3, 2002 5:33 am
Sorry...outside my experience here. Anybody? Steve ... From: "xeno_mls"; <xeno_mls@...> To: <empire-deluxe@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 02,...
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slaughtrsg@...
emperormaxpower
Jan 3, 2002 4:54 pm
Check my website. I have a page that addresses this error. <A HREF="http://www.emperormaxpower.homestead.com/">Empire Deluxe</A> -- Emperor MaX Power...
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Andrew Platfoot
andrew_platfoot@...
Jan 4, 2002 10:18 am
Hi I have a P3 500 MHz, 640 MB RAM, NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Win 98 SE. The machine is a 3 year old Gateway ED seems to work well once you get around the password ...
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Matthias
xeno_mls
Jan 9, 2002 9:41 pm
Well, I solved my problem. It turns out that over the years I've massed enough spare parts to put together a second computer, and following the advice of...
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slaughtrsg@...
emperormaxpower
Jan 9, 2002 10:30 pm
In a message dated 1/9/02 4:43:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, xeno_mls@... writes: << and following the advice of someone who thought of the idea, put...
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David M. Bott
lwulffe_doc
Jan 10, 2002 9:40 pm
... Look for KVM switches (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) to run two "boxes" using one set. I am planning to have such a setup at my house. I'm currently running...
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Christopher Marshall
christopherl...
Jan 10, 2002 10:14 pm
I wonder if ED for windows would run under WINE (the windows emulator for Linux). The interesting thing about that is that WINE emulates windows at the system...
