Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

my cd driver is dead, and i forgot how to play the game without cd.

any help?



General-feldmarshal Juan Pablo da Cruz
Count of Pampayasta

Konno-gvardeyskiy Polk (Horse Guard Regiment)
5 Korpus (Gvardeyskiy)

If its the same as the HPS games do the following:

1. Make a folder on your hard drive that has the same folder name as the main install directory found on the game CD.

2. Copy the ptw.exe file to the new folder.

3. Burn it to a CD.

4. Try it out.

If it doesnt work charge me for the CD!!

Ernie Sands is the guy that can help you out. Ernie knows all! [;)]

Bill Peters
Former NWC President, Club Founder, Prussian and Austrian Army Founder, Stefan Reuter's hunting buddy. HPS Napoleonic Scenario Designer (Eckmuhl, Wagram)

[url="http://www.fireandmelee.net"]Fire and Melee Wargame site[/url]

First, you have ONLY one cd drive?

Well, there are probably a couple of solutions. One is to get a new CD drive.

2nd, if you do not want to do that, then there are some Virtual CD programs out there.

3rd, you could try a USB drive (I don't know if this will work, but do not see a reason it won't)and put your PTW EXE file on it. Then you would need to find and modify your PTW.INI file. Usually it is located in your WINDOWS folder. Now, make a backup copy of the PTW.INI, just in case. Using notepad or similar TEXT editor open the INI file and find:

[Install]
sounds=D:\PTW\
videos=D:\PTW\
cdrom=3

Check what drive letter your USB drive is, maybe "F".

Then this would be the change:

[Install]
sounds=F:\PTW\
videos=F:\PTW\
cdrom=5

Save the file and place the USB drive on and try PTW.

The game DOES need either a virtual CDROM or a removable disk to work.




<b><font color="gold">Ernie Sands
GdD,1e Brig,1eme Div,VI Corps,AdR
President, Colonial Campaign Club
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Ernie Sands</i>
<br />First, you have ONLY one cd drive?

Well, there are probably a couple of solutions. One is to get a new CD drive.

2nd, if you do not want to do that, then there are some Virtual CD programs out there.

3rd, you could try a USB drive (I don't know if this will work, but do not see a reason it won't)and put your PTW EXE file on it. Then you would need to find and modify your PTW.INI file. Usually it is located in your WINDOWS folder. Now, make a backup copy of the PTW.INI, just in case. Using notepad or similar TEXT editor open the INI file and find:

[Install]
sounds=D:\PTW\
videos=D:\PTW\
cdrom=3

Check what drive letter your USB drive is, maybe "F".

Then this would be the change:

[Install]
sounds=F:\PTW\
videos=F:\PTW\
cdrom=5

Save the file and place the USB drive on and try PTW.

The game DOES need either a virtual CDROM or a removable disk to work.




<b><font color="gold">Ernie Sands
GdD,1e Brig,1eme Div,VI Corps,AdR
President, Colonial Campaign Club
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See! The guy is a legend. What will we do without him when his wife ships him off to Havana, er Guantanemo Bay? [:D]

Bill Peters
Former NWC President, Club Founder, Prussian and Austrian Army Founder, Stefan Reuter's hunting buddy. HPS Napoleonic Scenario Designer (Eckmuhl, Wagram)

[url="http://www.fireandmelee.net"]Fire and Melee Wargame site[/url]