I'm totally clueless as to how to get this DOS game running. The game is Wing Commander: Privateer and I'm trying to get it running on my Win98SE rig.
I tried going to Origin/EA (the maker of the game)'s website and looking up at their Customer Online Support but some stupid error message comes up:
<< Error Diagnostic Information
Template file not found.
HTTP/1.0 404 Object Not Found
Note: If you wish to use an absolute template path (e.g. TEMPLATE="/mypath/index.cfm") with CFINCLUDE then you must create a mapping for the path using the ColdFusion Administrator.
Using relative paths (e.g. TEMPLATE="index.cfm" or TEMPLATE="../index.cfm") does not require the creation of any special mappings. It is therefore recommended that you use relative paths with CFINCLUDE whenever possible.
The error occurred while processing an element with a general identifier of (CFINCLUDE), occupying document position (244:39) to (244:98).
Date/Time: Wed Jan 23 21:09:22 2002
Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98)
Remote Address: 24.44.187.167
HTTP Referer: http://retailsupport.ea.com/tech_support/game_detail.cfm?id=14315
Query String: id=57391&game_id=14315&category_num=3&issue_category=-1
>>
My problem is, I cannot run the game through Windows. The game makes a DOS shortcut. I double clicked it and Windows quits, I'm booted into DOS. In the command prompt, it says my Mouse Driver, CD-Rom drive and some other driver has finished loading. The game starts to load but then freezes.
1 time, I booted into DOS by rebooting the computer, pressing F7 or whatever (to bring up the Boot Menu). I booted directly into DOS. Executed "priv.exe" through there. It asked me some question (I forgot what the question was) but I pressed "Y". The game (presumably) starts to load but it just freezes there as well.
Please help me on how to get this game running! Thanks in advance. 🙂
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I tried going to Origin/EA (the maker of the game)'s website and looking up at their Customer Online Support but some stupid error message comes up:
<< Error Diagnostic Information
Template file not found.
HTTP/1.0 404 Object Not Found
Note: If you wish to use an absolute template path (e.g. TEMPLATE="/mypath/index.cfm") with CFINCLUDE then you must create a mapping for the path using the ColdFusion Administrator.
Using relative paths (e.g. TEMPLATE="index.cfm" or TEMPLATE="../index.cfm") does not require the creation of any special mappings. It is therefore recommended that you use relative paths with CFINCLUDE whenever possible.
The error occurred while processing an element with a general identifier of (CFINCLUDE), occupying document position (244:39) to (244:98).
Date/Time: Wed Jan 23 21:09:22 2002
Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98)
Remote Address: 24.44.187.167
HTTP Referer: http://retailsupport.ea.com/tech_support/game_detail.cfm?id=14315
Query String: id=57391&game_id=14315&category_num=3&issue_category=-1
>>
My problem is, I cannot run the game through Windows. The game makes a DOS shortcut. I double clicked it and Windows quits, I'm booted into DOS. In the command prompt, it says my Mouse Driver, CD-Rom drive and some other driver has finished loading. The game starts to load but then freezes.
1 time, I booted into DOS by rebooting the computer, pressing F7 or whatever (to bring up the Boot Menu). I booted directly into DOS. Executed "priv.exe" through there. It asked me some question (I forgot what the question was) but I pressed "Y". The game (presumably) starts to load but it just freezes there as well.
Please help me on how to get this game running! Thanks in advance. 🙂
This is the place to discuss the latest computer hardware issues and technology. Please keep the discussion ON TOPIC, and covering computer hardware ONLY.
AnandTech Moderator
