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7021
I have downloaded the 12.3MB game file, and am now trying to install the game in Windows XP Pro using the file install.exe. I point the installer at the folder...
sethridley
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May 6, 2005
3:19 pm
7022
... Probably you just need to run Darkland.exe, and skip the install. There are a bunch of extra EXEs in the installed DL directory, including the Install.exe,...
quadkorex
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May 7, 2005
5:43 pm
7023
Having just defeated Baphomet for the first time in a very long time, my poor old party of religious zealots will never be the same. Is it possible to get out...
Daniel Collins
jugglindan
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May 8, 2005
1:10 am
7024
Oh yeah, with the shortest time to complete the game, I am only considering Expert difficulty settings with no use of exploits or *cough* character editors. -...
Daniel Collins
jugglindan
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May 8, 2005
1:21 am
7025
... Congrats! And no, you take a hit when you confront such Evil. ... To be honest, I've never actually tried to hurry the experience. ;-) (whoo, bonus group...
merle
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May 8, 2005
1:30 am
7026
... Thought so. Only one person in the party is now strong enough to wear plate armour, and because I tried the "single combat" option for the Goblins, my...
Daniel Collins
jugglindan
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May 8, 2005
1:43 am
7027
... I would guess that if one started with non-combat skills in the 30-40 range, it would cut several game-years off. Even combat skills would shed time...
merle
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May 8, 2005
2:57 am
7028
... I know dragons toast a half dozen or so nearby villages. And perhaps the "Beauty contest" village can be produced simply by altering the MenuID of the...
Daniel Collins
jugglindan
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May 8, 2005
3:06 am
7029
... Five. ;-) ... That, and the weird troll bridge near N Nurn, are very strange things. I'm not sure what controls them. ... Oh, yes. In the last game I...
merle
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May 8, 2005
8:33 pm
7030
... I guess I should explain the spreadsheets some, too... The event one is a moderate parsing of the event structures. It only shows the *differences*...
merle
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May 8, 2005
9:09 pm
7031
Sorry I've been out of the loop for a bit - computer trouble. (Hyperactive virus protection got the virus, but it took out some critical system files in the...
ronmlosey
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May 9, 2005
10:19 am
7032
Hello Everyone I first got darklands when it came out. And i just got another copy of it well computers have evolved and i have no idea how to load it. I have...
ottsens2003
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May 10, 2005
5:49 pm
7033
... Except for some people with relatively rare hardware configurations, running darklands directly from WinXP seems to be a lost cause. The best answer seems...
Daniel Collins
jugglindan
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May 11, 2005
12:08 am
7034
Thank you very much for your help and your time Daniel Collins <dcollins@...> wrote:> Hello Everyone ... Except for some people with relatively...
Daron mccrary
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May 11, 2005
12:11 am
7035
... No problems. I was just looking at the Dfend pages, and it looks like a better frontend to use than Boxer. It is in more active development and by all...
Daniel Collins
jugglindan
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May 11, 2005
12:16 am
7036
You have enabled EMS memory for DOS-applications right? Made a shortcut to darklands.exe and edited it to use it's own config.nt and autoexec.nt files? Where...
Sami Rieppo
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May 11, 2005
7:27 am
7037
Thanks alot for the help i appriciate it Daron Sami Rieppo <srieppo@...> wrote: You have enabled EMS memory for DOS-applications right? Made a...
Daron mccrary
ottsens2003
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May 11, 2005
1:13 pm
7038
In order to run darklands from a computer running Windows XP you will need to use a program called Dosbox you should find a link in the darklands home pages. ...
Max Brown
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May 13, 2005
5:19 pm
7039
Hey everybody, I'm missing this pic file apparently, so it causes a crash when I encounter the Wild Hunt; after the first choice I get a Dos prompt saying the...
kgsnyder2
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May 27, 2005
8:09 am
7040
Ok, here's a post in non-html. Anyways, I just need this file "xhound.pic". Wanna send me a copy? kgsnyder2@... Thanks, K...
kgsnyder2
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May 27, 2005
8:10 am
7041
I've sent him a copy so that nobody else needs to. I'm not 100% sure it's the right picture though. I seem to recall that file was missing from everyone's copy...
Allan Mills
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May 27, 2005
8:33 am
7042
Scratch that. My mail bounced from Hotmail's server for some reason. Just make a copy of another .pic file and name it xhound.pic. Allan ... From: "Allan...
Allan Mills
holywhippet
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May 27, 2005
10:13 am
7043
... Others have had this problem in the past, although it's not clear why it happens. Look in: ...
merle
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May 27, 2005
4:04 pm
7044
Is there anyway to resize the DosBox window? I currently play the game in a small window with other programs running in the background, but I wish to make the...
dylster
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May 27, 2005
8:35 pm
7045
You might want to cross-post the DosBox forum: http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1 http://vogons.zetafleet.com/index.php?c=7 -MLW :) ... From:...
Matt Wirkkala
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May 27, 2005
9:34 pm
7046
Thanks Merle, with a little more effort I actually found the missing file, along with 3 others in the main Darklands Folder. I slipped them into the "Pics" ...
Kris Snyder
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May 28, 2005
4:57 am
7047
Everytime I complete a Raubritter quest for the duke of heidelburg and come back for the reward, he sends me off for a new quest without giving me the reward...
nanomagic
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May 28, 2005
8:15 pm
7048
g'day, This is my first post. I just discovered this list. I am living in Singapore and I use to play this game eons ago (I remember I had to load 13 3.5 in...
gambit08nov
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May 28, 2005
8:15 pm
7049
You don't have to. You can download it free at www.the-underdogs.org . I prefer to run it with the DOSBox emulator cos it works better that way....
nanomagic
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May 29, 2005
5:37 am
7050
That's a known bug. Raubritter quests from the city fortresses don't work. You kill him, but the game doesn't consider it done. Only take raubritter quests...
Sami Rieppo
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May 29, 2005
7:31 am
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