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Old 01-31-2004, 05:13 PM   #1
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How do I get ROTT to install under winXP
I get runtime errors whenever I try to install it under WinXP.

Compabitility mode doesn't help
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Old 01-31-2004, 07:01 PM   #2
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Re: How do I get ROTT to install under w
Hello,
I'm assuming your trying to run the original installer, you can try going here:

http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1

and download the dos emulator, you can try mounting your
cd drive by the following command: (The drive latter is e.g.)

run dosbox and when the window opens up type:

mount c f: <- substitute your cdrom drive letter here

type in 'c:' - this is drive c under dosbox, not your real drive c

then try running the installer again.

Hope this helps!

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Old 01-31-2004, 07:50 PM   #3
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Re: How do I get ROTT to install under w
it's probably just my monkey eyesight but where exactly do I put the commands you told me?
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Old 01-31-2004, 08:22 PM   #4
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Re: How do I get ROTT to install under w
You put the commands in the window that pops up:
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Old 01-31-2004, 08:27 PM   #5
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Re: How do I get ROTT to install under w
omg i got the wrong program lol

im sorry bout that!
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Old 02-26-2004, 01:09 AM   #6
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Re: How do I get ROTT to install under w
I had an error while tryin to install it under winme and moslo helped fix that....
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Old 01-15-2007, 10:59 AM   #7
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Re: How do I get ROTT to install under winXP
You might not want want to use MoSlo or other shareware/paid-or programs (after all, you already paid for the game) or you might not trust a CPU-slowdown or similar utility.

Here is a manual install that worked for me, but you have to be au-fait with command-prompts and so forth. This worked for me and I have ROTT 1.2 full version as a 5-floppy-disk set. Of course many computers these days don't even HAVE a floppy drive, but that's another problem.

0) Pray to your favourite demon for a long and painful pox on whoever coded the Turbo-Pascal run-time "CRT" unit. That wont solve the problem, but it makes you feel better

1) Make a folder somewhere in the root directory of a disk. For example, create C:\ROTT12R. If you can't do this (for example, your system may be configured not to allow you access to the root directory of any drive) at least use a subfolder name that follows the old DOS 8.3 naming convention and is less than 64 characters long; using anywhere with spaces in the pathname is probably a no-no too!

2) Copy the ROTT12R*._[12345] files from your floppy disks into this folder.

3) At a command-prompt, CD into this folder; that is, Start|Run, cmd.exe, and when you get the Command Prompt screen, type into it CD/D C:\ROTT12R then press ENTER.

4) Use copy/b to create a single large file as follows:
copy/b ROTT12R._1+ROTT12R._2+ROTT12R._3+ROTT12R._4+ROTT12 R._5 ROTT12R.DAT

5) Extract bytes 337-7186880 (i.e., 337 to the end) of ROTT12R.DAT using a byte-level file copier; these file positions are 1-based, by the way. There are several freeware file cutters out there (I used PieceCopy, but writing one for the purpose in plain C wouldn't be difficult). The extracted file should be named ROTT12R.EXE; it is in fact a PKZIP SFX archive.

6) Create a subdirectory, say, ROTT and then CD into that subfolder.

7) Type ..\ROTT12R.EXE and press ENTER. This will extract the files into C:\ROTT12R\ROTT (or wherever you made it).

8) Close the command-prompt then make a zip file (compressed folder) of the ROTT subfolder. You now have the extracted files ready to put wherever you want.

The first 336 or so bytes of ROTT12R.DAT are a batch file that presumably is run by the INSTALL.EXE; however, it seems to be encrypted or encoded and is probably advertising junk anyway. It's been so long since I installed my copy of ROTT the old way (I haven't owned a sub-200MHz computer since 1998) that I just can't remember

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Old 01-15-2007, 03:34 PM   #8
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Re: How do I get ROTT to install under winXP
I don't remember the "Runtime Error 200" message when I installed ROTT on newer computers. Or are you talking specifically about the floppy version? (I have the CD version of ROTT.)
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Old 01-15-2007, 04:13 PM   #9
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Re: How do I get ROTT to install under winXP
Yes, specifically about the floppy version - I have five 1.44MB 3.5inch HD disks that I bought in the mid-90s from a junk shop. They're the real thing, complete with manual and box; it was a lucky find, but as it turned out, I was too busy exploring thousands of levels of DOOM at the time and never got around to playing it
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Old 01-15-2007, 04:55 PM   #10
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Re: How do I get ROTT to install under winXP
This all depends on what version of the installer we used at the time.

Run Time Error 200 can be gotten around by using Moslo. A lot less complicated than what's been posted above.
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Old 01-26-2007, 01:49 AM   #11
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Re: How do I get ROTT to install under winXP
use winrott its good and doenst have many bugs in it
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Old 03-08-2007, 06:50 PM   #12
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Re: How do I get ROTT to install under winXP
loved the ROTT games, but want to check something before i hunt down another copy. if i have WinXP, and CPU Killer trial version, should i be able to install it without problem? or would grabbing the suggested methods be my best bet?
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