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murphy0512
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posted May 29, 2014 03:21 AM |
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I have homm2 Gold edition
Hello fellow HC, I have heroes of might and magic 2 Gold edition and I wanted to play it on my windows 8.0, but when I tried there was a DDRR error and would not play, even with all the compatibility changes that I made. I don't want to use the homm3 Mod version of heroes 2. I want to play using the cd. Thanks in advance if anyone can help with this problem and not using Virtual box (unless its free  ) Thanks again
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frostymuaddib
Promising
Supreme Hero
育碧是白痴
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posted May 29, 2014 07:42 AM |
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Try using DosBox. Good Old Games' version of H2 comes with it.
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Evaline
Known Hero
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posted May 29, 2014 09:04 AM |
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Edited by Evaline at 09:06, 29 May 2014.
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HoMM II Gold (1998) cannot be played under dosbox because HoMM II Gold is a native Windows game (without DOS port).
GoG always lies about DOS version of HoMM II Gold because it doesn't exist. The latest HoMM II release with DOS game versions is HoMM II Compendium released 1997.
I am unable to test HoMM II Gold on Windows 8 but HoMM II Gold is perfectly working in Windows 7 x86 (32-bit).
Here are some screenshots of TRUE HoMM II Gold (1998) CD release.
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frostymuaddib
Promising
Supreme Hero
育碧是白痴
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posted May 29, 2014 09:44 AM |
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I completely forgot that 1998 version was Windows version...
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LizardWarrior
Honorable
Legendary Hero
the reckoning is at hand
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posted May 29, 2014 12:52 PM |
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murphy0512 said:
if anyone can help with this problem and not using Virtual box (unless its free ) Thanks again
Try virtual machine, it's free.
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Humanoid
Bad-mannered
Known Hero
Rest in Peace Juvia (48-499)
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posted May 29, 2014 02:47 PM |
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fred79
Disgraceful
Undefeatable Hero
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posted May 29, 2014 02:53 PM |
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or, like i keep saying, you can run the game(ANY game, ffs), or your computer itself, using ONE processor...
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Evaline
Known Hero
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posted May 29, 2014 03:28 PM |
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fred79 said:
...using ONE processor...
Using SINGLE processor CORE. Disabling hyper-threading is required also. Or setting affinity to Core 0 of your Multi-Core CPU.
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hippox89
Famous Hero
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posted May 29, 2014 03:40 PM |
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Edited by hippox89 at 15:41, 29 May 2014.
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Well, Windows 8 actually has more known compatibility problems than Windows 7 has. Mostly due to the lack of proper DDraw API support (it's only emulated in Win8). That's why I use a dual boot setup with Win7+Win8. Using a vitural machine is possible, but it's kinda complicated and isn't really made for gaming. Not even an old game like Tiberian Sun runs perfectly using a vitural machine. Dual booting is the best solution and quite easy to setup, if needed.
I might try getting HMM2 Gold to run in Windows 8 for the fun of it, though.
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fred79
Disgraceful
Undefeatable Hero
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posted May 29, 2014 03:41 PM |
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lol, yeah. what evaline said. thanks for clarifying. 
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murphy0512
Tavern Dweller
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posted May 31, 2014 12:39 AM |
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EDIT: I wish I did have the original Heroes 2 (I love the sorcerer music sooo much  )
And Humanoid: Will that run on Win 8?
And Hippox89: I don't know how to set up duel booting and if that will affect any other program that I have on it, and does that require having the Win 8 set-up cd? And that was the exact issue was a DDraw issue. Thanks again everyone for the help. Heroes 1 & 2 were great old games
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Thanks, Murphy
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scbw1234
Hired Hero
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posted June 07, 2014 06:41 PM |
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Maybe this is kinda of off Topic,but may i ask:where could you find the MOD version for homm3 of homm2?
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hippox89
Famous Hero
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posted June 07, 2014 08:25 PM |
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Edited by hippox89 at 10:36, 04 Jul 2014.
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murphy0512 said:
And Hippox89: I don't know how to set up duel booting and if that will affect any other program that I have on it, and does that require having the Win 8 set-up cd?
Well, the best way to set up a dual-boot with w7+w8 is by first installing Windows 7, then you make a partition for the Windows 8 installation, and then you install Windows 8 on the separate partition. This way, the first OS will remain intact and independent.
However, if you already have Windows 8 installed, you can still make a partition and then install Windows 7 on it. The boot manager will be the old one (to my knowledge) from Windows 7, tho. It doesn't really matter much, tho. It works fine both ways. Anyhow, you'll only need a Windows 7 disk if Windows 8 is already installed.
You can, of course, screw up your current OS if you do something wrong, but it's relatively safe. Also, what I said is only relevant for w7+w8 or w8+w7. Dual-booting with Windows XP + a newer OS is more prone to error during the setup.
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totom
Tavern Dweller
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posted July 03, 2014 12:03 AM |
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saved games
i run HoMM2 (got it on GoG.com) on windows 7 - no problem - great fun...
but for uploading tournament saves, i cant find the folder with the saved games - help anyone?
also the editor won't open - immediate crash after launching the emulator.
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