here we go again

panzers · Post by **panzers** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:45 pm

I restore my computer back to factory and same old problem. Please tell me, yet again how every game you made 1n 2005 works but spartan. for the millionth time could you please get this stupid game to work?

anguille · Post by **anguille** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 6:50 am

What's your problem? Maybe change from 3D to 2D...

Cheers

panzers · Post by **panzers** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:35 am

I can't even load the game. Vista doesn't recognize it and I have downloaded and installed the vista fix

panzers · Post by **panzers** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:36 am

anguille wrote:What's your problem? Maybe change from 3D to 2D...

Cheers

Where did you get that Takeda III game? is that a new one and its it real time of turn based?

Post by **pipfromslitherine** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 3:46 pm

You need to be much more specific. Spartan works fine on Vista once you download the DLL which Microsoft did not include in the Vista OS (see the Tech Support sticky in this forum). You need to tell us exactly what is happening for us to help.

Cheers

Pip

panzers · Post by **panzers** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:00 pm

pipfromslitherine wrote:You need to be much more specific. Spartan works fine on Vista once you download the DLL which Microsoft did not include in the Vista OS (see the Tech Support sticky in this forum). You need to tell us exactly what is happening for us to help.

Cheers

Pip

Windows has stopped working. Windows is missing a componant.
I downloaded the dll thing 3 times already. So what else do you need to know because, obviously, it doesn't work fine on this vista system

Post by **pipfromslitherine** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:53 pm

You need to download the DLL and unzip it into the same directory as the Spartan EXE. If that does not work you need to give us the specific error message; simply saying "Windows has stopped working" doesn't give us any information to help you.

Again, you need to copy the DLL into the install directory for the game, you should see the Spartan EXE in there along with a number of other files.

Cheers

Pip

panzers · Post by **panzers** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 1:20 am

don't know how to find exe. It's not under spartan in the program files.

anguille · Post by **anguille** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:33 am

panzers wrote:
anguille wrote:What's your problem? Maybe change from 3D to 2D...

Cheers
Where did you get that Takeda III game? is that a new one and its it real time of turn based?

It's been released some months ago by Magitech (see my sig). From Magitech you can get a physical copy. It's also been released this week on gamesgate as a download version. The strategic map is turn-based and the battles are real-time. I think it's a great game. Check the Wargamers review on it...

Cheers

panzers · Post by **panzers** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:06 pm

anguille wrote:
panzers wrote:
anguille wrote:What's your problem? Maybe change from 3D to 2D...

Cheers
Where did you get that Takeda III game? is that a new one and its it real time of turn based?
It's been released some months ago by Magitech (see my sig). From Magitech you can get a physical copy. It's also been released this week on gamesgate as a download version. The strategic map is turn-based and the battles are real-time. I think it's a great game. Check the Wargamers review on it...

Cheers

ahhh, real time. That's what ruins it for me. Such a shame. But, thanks anyway

anguille · Post by **anguille** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:26 am

panzers wrote: ahhh, real time. That's what ruins it for me. Such a shame. But, thanks anyway

Actually it's very similar to Spartan/GoT and you may decide to play on the turn-based strategy map only and let all battles be auto-resolved.

Cheers

panzers · Post by **panzers** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:54 pm

anguille wrote:
panzers wrote: ahhh, real time. That's what ruins it for me. Such a shame. But, thanks anyway
Actually it's very similar to Spartan/GoT and you may decide to play on the turn-based strategy map only and let all battles be auto-resolved.

Cheers

TY. copy of the game on the way

Kissaki · Post by **Kissaki** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:57 am

panzers wrote:don't know how to find exe. It's not under spartan in the program files.

Well, it should be. c:\Program Files\Slitherine\Spartan is the directory it installs to. What path does the desktop shortcut point to (I assume that's how you attempt to run the game)?

Perhaps you should try reinstalling the game, because the executable is supposed to be there.

panzers · Post by **panzers** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:25 pm

Kissaki wrote:
panzers wrote:don't know how to find exe. It's not under spartan in the program files.
Well, it should be. c:\Program Files\Slitherine\Spartan is the directory it installs to. What path does the desktop shortcut point to (I assume that's how you attempt to run the game)?

Perhaps you should try reinstalling the game, because the executable is supposed to be there.

where do I type c:\program files\slitherine\spartan? obviously, that is in dos, so how do I do that? I am just not good with this kind of shit. I don't even know how to do a pbem with anyone because everyone thinks I'm too stupid not to know, so I don't even ask anymore.

Kissaki · Post by **Kissaki** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:00 pm

panzers wrote:
Kissaki wrote:
panzers wrote:don't know how to find exe. It's not under spartan in the program files.
Well, it should be. c:\Program Files\Slitherine\Spartan is the directory it installs to. What path does the desktop shortcut point to (I assume that's how you attempt to run the game)?

Perhaps you should try reinstalling the game, because the executable is supposed to be there.
where do I type c:\program files\slitherine\spartan? obviously, that is in dos, so how do I do that? I am just not good with this kind of shit. I don't even know how to do a pbem with anyone because everyone thinks I'm too stupid not to know, so I don't even ask anymore.

You do not type in anything in Windows. If you enter the appropriate folder (from My Computer, then the drive you installed to (typically the C drive), then Program Files (may have a different name according to the language you installed Windows under -- mine is Norwegian, so it's called "Programfiler"), then Slitherine and then Spartan.

Windows does not list the files with their three-letter extentions (.exe, .bat, .dat etc.), but Spartan.exe has the Spartan icon. Only two files in the folder should have this icon: one is the icon file, and the other the program/executable file. That's the one. And that's the folder you need to unzip the .dll file to.

And don't worry about being computer illiterate. We all suck at different things.