Mechanized Assault & eXploration Reloaded

Subject: Playing M.A.X on Windows XP

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Hello

I have just started playing M.A.X again after finding this site - hugely frustrated that I could not seem to get the original game working under XP.

Thanks to everyone for their phenomenal efforts in the port tio M.A.X reloaded - it is awesome

I would like to combine playing the original game and at the same time M.A.X reloaded - I was wondering if anyone had any tips in terms of windows XP configuration to get the original M.A.X game working?

I have the original Game CD and have loaded it up - but I can't seem to get the DOS environment working and the game never launches - i have tried looking for tips on the forum but can't find any

Do you have any thoughts on how to the original M.A.X running under Windows XP?

Many thanks

Subject: Re: Playing M.A.X on Windows XP

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you'll probably need "VDMSOUND" to run MAX on XP.

you can also give "dosbox" a try. It works nice on Windows.

I don't get what you mean with "playing Reloaded at the same time like MAX".

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Subject: Re: Playing M.A.X on Windows XP

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Hi beko

Thanks for the tips - had a go with Dos box - literally dragging the maxrun.exe over the dos box shortcut and hey presto it works - however the patch 1.04 I downloaded off this site has made my MAX install select German as the language - whereas I go back to the MAX CD and its English - do you know how I can get the 1.04 patched version to revert to English?

What I meant by playing both MAX and MAXr was to have separate installations of the two so I could choose

Many thanks

Subject: Re: Playing M.A.X on Windows XP

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about patch: sorry, I don't have the englich version. Maybe "Sal" has it. You may PM him.

> What I meant by playing both MAX and MAXr was to have separate installations of the two so I could choose

Why not? Both are completly independent of each other. Sorry but you're asking me whether you can install firefox beside opera or something like that

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Subject: Re: Playing M.A.X on Windows XP

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Hi Beko

Thanks for the update - trawling around on the web I found this site - which kind of answered all my playing MAX on XP questions as well as giving me an English version of the patch

http://tauronr.forma-dz.hr/...bgeg6.html

Thanks for all your help

Subject: Re: Playing M.A.X on Windows XP

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You can MAX on Windows XP using VDMSound version 2.1.0 (this version has a easy-to-setup interface)
I'm looking for people to play the original MAX on the internet, but the IPX network prtocol turns everything harder.
How can I setup an IPX connection with other computer?

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Subject: Re: Playing M.A.X on Windows XP

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Dosbox can do that. There's a http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/m_a_x_m_a_x_2 offering MAX with dosbox and easy setup for 7$.

The support isn't however very stable from what I read.

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Subject: Re: Playing M.A.X on Windows XP

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I've had trouble getting the original M.A.X. game to run on ANY system using Windows XP that had a multi-core processor. Try running the game on an older computer if you're using a dual, tri or quad core processor.

Sorry I don't know anything about how the game works internally, but its the best I can contribute. =)

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Subject: Re: Playing M.A.X on Windows XP

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try dosbox

Edit: dosbox can handle dual core.

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