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jackie

help needed

Post by jackie »

okkkkkk it seems that i cant even install U7....i dont have the collection...im tryin to install it from the "complete ultima 7" disk...well anyways..i have windows XP and when i tried to install it...it said *Something has put your system in protected mode Ultima 7- The Black Gate cannot run in this mode-remove the offending software and put your system in real mode to play the game*....what does that mean!? lol THEN it says..."your current system config is not compatible with U7"....and asks if i wanna make a boot disk....does anyone kno whats going on with this!?
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Re: help needed

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Just copy U7 to your hard drive and then install Exult and point it to where you copied u7 to.
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Re: help needed

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Yeah, don't worry about the messages while installing saying you can't run it on your machine. Exult and the other ways of playing Ultima 7 in windows get around those problems
jackie

Re: help needed

Post by jackie »

thanks everyone....ah but of course...i need more help! what are u supposed to change with the configuration file? i see the normal one and then the sample one...and some "data" paths are added....would someone tell me how to do this or email me THEIR config. file?
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Re: help needed

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please take a look at our documentation.
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jackie

Re: help needed

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i got it...thanks all
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