Red Front for ToT

[N35t0r]

There are even used copies in Amazon for under a buck... And I bougt mine, complete with manual, terrain reference booklet and a technology poster for about $5...

[curtsibling]

And the great thing is that once you buy the ToT game,
you can make a direct CD copy to use in your personal PC,
thus saving wear and tear on your original media!

I do this for my own use, and also have three original copies, just in case!

[N35t0r]

I need to get a no-cd patch... puting the CD in every time I need it is becoming too bothersome...

[curtsibling]

My CD never leaves the PC - Having two drives is useful!

[jim panse]

I see Curt is the same freak as I am when it comes to ToT CD changes

[AGRICOLA]

This is undoubtedly a very dumb question, but why are you good people talking about having a TOT CD in the CD drive.

I burned a copy of my TOT disk, used it to install TOT on my computer, created a shortcut to TOT on desktop, removed the TOT CD and replaced it with a copy of the CIV2 CD which stays permanently in the CD drive. Been merrily playing TOT and CIV ever since without changing the CD. What am I doing wrong?

@Leonidas
Before the uninformed hustle off to Wal-Mart, could you please write a few words outlining what are "Heroes 3" and "Silent Hunter Elite Edition" are all about?


@Everybody
Is there such a term as "semi-hijacked" which can be used to describe a thread?

[Xenozod]

Think of it as helping people become more aware of ToT, thus increasing the amount of people who can play this scenario!

[AGRICOLA]

@Xenozod
My sincere apologies. I badly messed up the syntax in

This is undoubtedly a very dumb question, but why are you good people talking about having a TOT CD in the CD drive. . . . . . . .

What I intended was simply

"This is undoubtedly a very dumb question, but why does one ever need a TOT CD in the CD drive? "

as a lead-in to the paragraph that follows

I burned a copy of my TOT disk, used it to install TOT on my computer, created a shortcut to TOT on desktop, removed the TOT CD and replaced it with a copy of the CIV2 CD which stays permanently in the CD drive. Been merrily playing TOT and CIV ever since without changing the CD. What am I doing wrong?

I really did not intend to sound critical.

[N35t0r]

The über-techy copy protection all CIv2 versions use is to check for a folder called 'Civ2' in the CD... So you could actually burn a CD with MP3's and an empty folder called Civ2, and it would work

As for the CD thing, I've got a no-cd'd version of MGE, and My brothers also use the computer, so I've actually got to get CD's out after I finish or they'll end up lying on the table...

[Leonidas]

Originally posted by AGRICOLA
@Leonidas
Before the uninformed hustle off to Wal-Mart, could you please write a few words outlining what are "Heroes 3" and "Silent Hunter Commander's Edition" are all about?

Heroes 3 Complete:

This includes the game Heroes of Might and Magic 3 plus 2 expansions (Shadow of Death and Armageddon's Blade). It's a turn-based fantasy game that inludes 17 campaigns, 125 scenarios, a random scenario generator as well as having tons of user made campaigns and scenarios on the web.

Heroes 3 has a large strategy component that is tied to a chess-like tactical map where battles are fought.

Simply put, this is one of the very best games you can have in your collection. Along with Civ 2, this game has never left my hard drive.

And the price (under $10.00 is too good to pass up).

For more info:

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/heroesofmightandmagic3/

Silent Hunter: Commander's Edition:

http://store1.yimg.com/I/greatdealssoftware_1832_332722

The Commander's Edition includes the original Silent Hunter plus all three patrol expansions.

Although the game came out in 1996, it is still considered the best WWII submarine simulation to date.

Command a WWII US submarine in the Pacific against the Japanese - and sink as much enemy tonnage as possible! Choose from a variety of American submarines - and let the hunt begin! Play historical missions, hypothetical encounters or a career based campaign game. Authentic WWII film footage, cinematics and narration provide a historically accurate feel for submarine combat.

This Special Edition is Loaded with Extras:

With its 9 Patrol Zones and 15 historical scenarios, SILENT HUNTER is the ultimate submarine combat simulator. Now imagine the award winning sub sim PLUS a powerful add-on scenario editor. Forty-five extra historical scenarios. Six new Patrol Zones (some of which are available here for the first time). And an exclusive article on submarine warfare by William `Bud' Gruner, who commanded the USS Skate in WWII. Imagine no longer.

Simulation Features:

Authentic WWII American sub classes include Gato, Balao, Tambour and Salmon.
Features detailed re-creations of over 40 merchant and capital ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Highly accurate coastline models for 15 patrol zones - from the Solomons to the Sea of Japan. Coastal cities, ports and harbors have been reconstructed from period maps.
Weapons have been accurately modeled, and the Torpedo Data Computer (TDC) is the most accurate representation to date.
There is also a highly accurate day/night change-over in the game. Watch as the sun goes down and the moon and stars come out. Clouds will drift and the moon will change its shape (as per that time of the month).
You will be strafed by enemy planes and depth-charged by destroyers...

Here's What You Get in this Special Commander's Pack:

Silent Hunter: This award winning submarine combat sim is the best of its kind!

Patrol Disk 1 & Patrol Disk 2: Scenario editor, 30 additional historical scenarios and 4 patrol zones - Malaysia, Sulu Sea, Hong Kong and Vietnam!

All New Patrol Disk 3: 15 separate scenarios and 2 patrol zones - Aleutian Islands and Java Sea.

Requirements:

DOS: 486/66 DX2 (Pentium recommended), 16 MB RAM, 1 MB SVGA card, VESA driver, DOS v5.0 or higher, 2x CD-ROM drive, Sound Blaster family and 100% compatibles.

[AGRICOLA]

@Leonidas
Thank you for the information. At less than the cost of a movie ticket, these games sound worthwhile getting, especially Silent Hunter. I spent a lot of time on and had much fun with Silent Service II.

[Leonidas]

Originally posted by AGRICOLA
@Leonidas
Thank you for the information. At less than the cost of a movie ticket, these games sound worthwhile getting, especially Silent Hunter. I spent a lot of time on and had much fun with Silent Service II.

Heroes 3 Complete and Silent Hunter are really some of the best games (and best buys) available today. The fact that they are being re-released for a very low price says something about their popularity and gameplay.

After all these years I still play Heroes 3 and Silent Hunter.

Silent Hunter has a true dynamic career mode - stay out on patrol as long as you want: sink ships (including carriers and battleships), accumulate tonnage, be awarded medals, and earn upgraded submarines to command. Sail stealthily into Japanese ports (that are lit up at night). Heck, there are even Sampans in the game that will radio your location to Japanese HQs...

While the graphics are not the state of the art, the gameplay is still a blast...

[CapTVK]

Originally posted by AGRICOLA
@Leonidas
Thank you for the information. At less than the cost of a movie ticket, these games sound worthwhile getting, especially Silent Hunter. I spent a lot of time on and had much fun with Silent Service II.

Another Silent Service fan! Although I'm more a fan of the Atlantic theatre of war.

If you like sub games you should take a look at "Danger of the Deep" once. It is meant as open source version of Aces of the Deep. The graphics look very promising.

http://dangerdeep.sourceforge.net/

[curtsibling]

Red Baron was a great aerial campaign game by the same guys who made Aces of the Deep.

Red Baron II was an awesome game, but sadly very buggy.

...

[typhoon]

Ah! Another Red Baron fan! Nothing beats the fun out of taking off in your Camel at night and trying to down one of Count Zeppelin's monstrosities before getting blasted out of the sky yourself. Did they actually put machine guns on those things?