Descent 3 setup failure
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Descent 3 setup failure
I'm trying to help a friend setup D3 on his computer, but the installer won't start. He is running XP sp3. The game works fine on my computer, also running XP sp3. Any ideas?
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X2. I'm running the same installation I had one computer and 2 hard drives ago. I'm even able to run my original D1 installation from 3 computers ago (quite the comedy act; I'll post some video sometime!).Testiculese wrote:Set up D3 with your favorite levels, mods, and other stuff, and then burn the folder. No need to ever re-install. Last time I installed D3 was...1999.
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The computer that it won't install on is my roommate's computer. My computer is also running XP sp3 and the game works fine. It isn't an autorun issue- tried manually running autorun.exe and also setup.exe and nothing happens. I'll try bypassing the installer and copy the Descent 3 folder from my computer to his.
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This should work but with one caveat, if you have Mercenary installed you will need to enter in some registry entries or you will probably get an error about "guidebotred" when D3 starts up. Only if you have that problem, download this file: http://krom.sploitz.com/temp/Descent3Fix.zip, extract the registry file inside and double click it, it will make Mercenary work properly without reinstalling.EngDrewman wrote:I'll try bypassing the installer and copy the Descent 3 folder from my computer to his.
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