WARGAME CONSTRUCTION SET III: AGE OF RIFLES 1846 - 1905

with

the AGE OF RIFLES CAMPAIGN disk

Patched to Version 1.4.03

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Install Notes:

Unzip the archive to a directory/folder of your choice.

DblClick on rifles.exe to extract the self extracting .rar archive to a directory/folder of your choice.

The game files will be installed to \whateveryouchose\rifles and several subfolders.

You will now need to configure the game for your sound card with the Sound.exe file. This program may not work by DblClicking on it, so you may need to open a DOS box. 

Open a DOS box at \whateveryouchose\rifles and type in...

Sound <press enter>

and follow the prompts.

If you receive an error that looks like this when starting the game.... 

DOS/4GW Protected Mode Run-time  Version 1.97
Copyright (c) Rational Systems, Inc. 1990-1994
DOS/4GW error (2001): exception 0Eh (page fault) at 237:842DCD8C
TSF32: prev_tsf32 5274
SS       23F DS       23F ES       23F FS         0 GS        87
EAX E65E0A28 EBX 843746AC ECX        0 EDX        2
ESI E65E0A28 EDI        0 EBP 843748C0 ESP 84374870
CS:IP  237:842DCD8C ID 0E COD        6 FLG    10286
CS=  237, USE32, page granular, limit FFFFFFFF, base        0, acc CFFB
SS=  23F, USE32, page granular, limit FFFFFFFF, base        0, acc CFF3
DS=  23F, USE32, page granular, limit FFFFFFFF, base        0, acc CFF3
ES=  23F, USE32, page granular, limit FFFFFFFF, base        0, acc CFF3
FS=    0, USE16, byte granular, limit        0, base        0, acc  0
GS=   87, USE16, byte granular, limit     FFFF, base    11060, acc F3
CR0: unavailable
Crash address (unrelocated) = 1:00098D8C

...It means that the sound is not setup correctly.  Rerun sound.exe and try some of the other options / values.

The Game:

DblClick on Rifles.bat to start the game.

If you have a CD in your CD-rom drive (any game will do) the game will/should start automatically.  

If it does not, try another CD or leave your CD-rom drive empty.

If it is empty you will receive an error that looks like this...

Drive not ready error reading drive E
Retry, Ignore, Fail?

Press the "F" key

It will/should then continue on to the game.

Note:  If you have more than 1 CD drive attached to your computer the sound/music will not play.

Misc:

The game has been tested and works from within Windows98.  Other versions of Windows (i.e WinMe) have not been tried.  If you encounter problems playing from within Windows, you should try playing from Real DOS mode.

The game has been tested and works from within WindowsXP with some "help".

Directions for playing this game can be found here:  http://www.wargamer.com/aor/ in the "Updated Age of Rifles Troubleshooting Manual is now available!!!" section.

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There are 3 extra files in the .exe subfolder.  R14unmod.exe is an unmodified version 1.4 exe.  If another patch should come out you may or may not need this to upgrade.  R143unmod.exe is an unmodified version 1.4.3 exe.  If another patch should come out you may or may not need this to upgrade.  

R1402mod.exe is a fan created .exe that fixes a couple of minor problems with the game.  To use it, rename it to rifles.exe and copy it to your game directory.  The ver. 1.4.3 patch should supersede this. 

The origonal Nfo files have been placed in the NFO subfolder.  They are not needed to play the game.

The game requires a VESA compatible Video Card.  If the rifles.bat file does not work for you, try the rifles2.bat file.  This will try to start the game using the Univbe VESA driver.  

If you have a newer Video Card, it may not be supported by Univbe.  If that is the case you will need to go to your computer/video card manufacturer's web site and try to locate a VESA driver specific to your card.



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