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Support Requests / Map editor wont run - SOLVED :-)

« on: March 06, 2020, 03:43:38 PM »

Hi, I just solved an error with the map editor and would like to share the solution.

Problem
When I try to start the map editor, I got a message that the file "support\tomes\tome.1" is missing, see attachment.

Solution
Reinstall from an account with admin rights.

First I installed on an account without admin rights and got a few errors during installation (about registry regedit). These errors however did not seem to affect the game. The game could run but just the map editor did not work. Then I did a second install using an admin account. Installation finished without error messages. And now both the game and the map editor work!

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General Discussion / Re: Playing on a MAC

« on: March 22, 2016, 04:57:46 PM »

Hello, after about 10 frustrating hours puzzling I got it working on my mac (OSX 10.8.5, bit old).

This is what I did:
(1) Install VMWare fusion. (I used v6.0.2 which is also a bit old).
(2) Install Windows 7 Home premium SP1 32bit. (Also tried WinXP, but this caused major graphic problems.)
(3) Install War2Combat.
(4) Adjust VMWare fusion settings: Settings, Display, turn off Accelerate 3d graphics. (See screenprint "VMWare fusion settings".)
(5) Adjust Windows 7 screen resolution settings: Screen resolution, Advanced settings, Display, set Number colors to High colors (16 bits). (See screenprint "Win7 screen resolution settings".) (Not sure anymore if this step was necessary.)
(6) Adjust War2 exe file settings: Warcraft II BNE.exe, Properties, Compatibility, Access level, select "Run this program as administrator". (See screenprint "War2 exe file settings".) (Also not sure anymore if this was necessary.)
(7) Use the Win7 Colorfix tool from War2DotRuSlashDownloads to start War2Combat with the following settings: Window class name: War2Class, Window caption name: Warcraft II. (See screenprint "Win7 Colorfix settings".)

I tested by playing a multiplayer game with only computer opponents on the War2.ru server and did not find any problems (for example no graphic problems). This also works fine with the Warcraft II Battlenet edition from an old dvd on the Battlenet server. Finally, I can confirm that it does not work to install from dvd directly to Mac ("Classic games not supported").

Hope this helps.