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Retroburn Dec 13, 2015 @ 12:03am
Earthsiege 1 and 2 - how to instal in Windows 7 64-bit
Any guides? I tried DOSBox and Daemon Tools Lite. No joy.
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Dayyalu Dec 13, 2015 @ 5:55am 
Uhnn.... they should work. Stock Dosbox, set cycles to max to avoid stuttering, and then start the usual DoxBox routine by starting the executable. I've played them last year from the disks, and I found no problems.
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Retroburn Dec 13, 2015 @ 6:03am 
Originally posted by Dayyalu:
Uhnn.... they should work. Stock Dosbox, set cycles to max to avoid stuttering, and then start the usual DoxBox routine by starting the executable. I've played them last year from the disks, and I found no problems.


I got the ISOs from the TribeAscend website and I can't run DOSbox on them because they're ISOs. Opening them with Daemon Tools Lite (mounting them so that the "Installer" file shows in each) doesn't do an good either---DOSbox just says "invalid command" when I type installer even when I've typed the following on the DOSBox screen:

1. mount d d:\DOSGames (where I've put the ISOs)

2. d:

3. cd earthsiege

4. install

:(
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Dayyalu Dec 13, 2015 @ 12:07pm 
Damn. I'll look a bit in the matter tomorrow (If I don't get hit by a truck in the meantime) but see if this can be of help:

http://sierrahelp.com/Patches-Updates/NewSierraInstallers.html#ESXP
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Retroburn Dec 13, 2015 @ 12:29pm 
Originally posted by Dayyalu:
Damn. I'll look a bit in the matter tomorrow (If I don't get hit by a truck in the meantime) but see if this can be of help:

http://sierrahelp.com/Patches-Updates/NewSierraInstallers.html#ESXP

No dice. :( It says something about not being compatible with 64-bit systems. I think you need a virtual OS for this. :( What do you think?
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B!t8vM Dec 13, 2015 @ 4:36pm 
Have you tried Windows compatibility toolkit? It can tweak your system just right so that the games run natively without a dosbox or some BS. It works for a lot of classics and even has preconfigured profiles for some games and software from the days beyond Windows XP. I don't have a clue where to get it though. I used it to play Earthsiege2 and Heavy Metal Fakk... just cant remember how I did it. Running Win7 64 on a Laptop rite now.
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B!t8vM Dec 13, 2015 @ 4:53pm 
OK... I know it worked a few years before... here are some instructions but I don't guarantee anything. Try this ship

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7352

and these Instructions for the 32Bit Version...

1. In the compatibility Administrator, right-click on "Custom Databases" and select new.

2. right-click on the newly-created database and select "create new" and then "compatibility mode".

3. Find "EmulateJoystick" and "GlobalMemoryStatusLie", and add them (by double-clicking)

4. Enter a name for the compatibility mode (I used "ES2") and click on "OK"

5. Right-click on the database you created in step 1 and select "Create new" then "Application Fix"

6. Enter the name of the application ("Earthsiege 2") and the vendor ("Sierra")

7. Click the "browse" button next to the program file location field, and find the ES.exe file (on my system, it's

at c:\sierra\es2\es.exe).

8. Click on "next", then check the "256Color" and "ES2" compatibility modes. Also, if the "Microsoft Windows 95"

radio button is selected, change it to the "None" radio button.

9. Click "next", then "next" again, and then click the "auto-generate" button.

10. Finally, click on "Finish". At this point, you should name your database something (right-click and select

"rename"), and then save it (save button in the toolbar).

These worked for WinXP ...
Last edited by B!t8vM; Dec 13, 2015 @ 5:01pm
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Dayyalu Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:57am 
Originally posted by Retroburn:
No dice. :( It says something about not being compatible with 64-bit systems. I think you need a virtual OS for this. :( What do you think?

Damn. Reddit tells us that the thing should work (if we can trust random Redditors).

https://www.reddit.com/r/Tribes/comments/3qnsl9/entire_earthsiegestarsiege_franchise_available_to/

Plus, the laptop where I got 'em working was running 32 bit, so maybe it's a 64 bit thing. But the comments guarantee there's a way to get them to work.

Sorry mate to be of little help.
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Retroburn Dec 14, 2015 @ 1:59pm 
Originally posted by Dayyalu:
Originally posted by Retroburn:
No dice. :( It says something about not being compatible with 64-bit systems. I think you need a virtual OS for this. :( What do you think?

Damn. Reddit tells us that the thing should work (if we can trust random Redditors).

https://www.reddit.com/r/Tribes/comments/3qnsl9/entire_earthsiegestarsiege_franchise_available_to/

Plus, the laptop where I got 'em working was running 32 bit, so maybe it's a 64 bit thing. But the comments guarantee there's a way to get them to work.

Sorry mate to be of little help.


Thanks! I'll look into that after work. Yes, I do think it's a 64-bit thing. :(
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The Major Gear Apr 23, 2016 @ 8:02pm 
Did you get it to work? Or did you give up? I'm going to try to play it on Windows 10
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gaynorvader Jul 29, 2016 @ 4:30pm 
Try www(dot)old-games(dot)com/getfile/16958
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Retroburn Jul 29, 2016 @ 10:51pm 
Originally posted by NuklearRaver:
Did you get it to work? Or did you give up? I'm going to try to play it on Windows 10


I'll try it again one of these days.
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gaynorvader Aug 1, 2016 @ 5:40am 
Try this: {LINK REMOVED}

There's a .bat file that does most of the work
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