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[done]A few minor issues with the campaign
« on: June 29, 2016, 10:12:51 PM »
Alright, I'm attempting to run the Battlenet edition 2.0 Nostalgia version to play the campaigns. Gameplay-wise, it runs perfectly, so overall I have very few concerns. I'm not sure any of the following are actually glitches or just intended parts of the edit, but I must check. So...

First of all, despite the Downloads page specifically saying the introduction is included, it refuses to play. If I click Replay Introduction from the menu, the screen fades to black for a second, then returns to the menu.

Second of all, the campaign mission briefings... I'm pretty sure the lack of voiceover was intended, since by my understanding those take up a lot of room, but the text scrolls by really fast, for some reason. Like, too fast. I can read pretty fast, but even I can't read a line that's off the screen in 3 seconds. I feel like this may have something to do with my computer being faster than was originally intended for the game, but that's just a guess on my part.

As for my relevant specs, I'm running 64-bit Windows 8.1 with 8 GB of RAM a single Intel processor because it's a laptop... Lenovo Z50, if you want the model. A laptop from just before Lenovo became terrible. And of course my graphics are the built-in graphics, because, laptop, but they've never really failed me for the games I play.

Any ideas? Am I misunderstanding something or doing something wrong?
« Last Edit: July 01, 2016, 06:04:43 PM by tupac »

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Re: A few minor issues with the campaign
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2016, 12:29:28 AM »
The combat version has all that single player stuff ripped out. sounds, music, graphics, maps, videos, are all ripped out. If you really want the full functionality for Warcraft2 you can copy install.exe, and the 2 mpq files, from the original war2 cd and folder. Then place those 3 in combat folder. Or just use the battle.net edition. I don't recommend using the original war2 unless you copy over the antihack. Just so people don't think you hack when they see you use that client with no antihack.

These where ripped out to save alot of space it took so you can play war2 on 15mb. Hope this helps you understand.
« Last Edit: June 30, 2016, 12:48:36 AM by tupac »

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Re: A few minor issues with the campaign
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2016, 01:24:38 AM »
I'm not talking about the Combat version (though I have that, too). I'm referring specifically to the Nostalgia version you have up on the Downloads page.

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Re: A few minor issues with the campaign
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2016, 03:17:39 AM »
I'm not talking about the Combat version (though I have that, too). I'm referring specifically to the Nostalgia version you have up on the Downloads page.
Yes I know it's almost 60mb. Should be around 300-400 mb for accurate single player campaigns. What I said above applies to this version also just take those files from the real bne edition and paste in nostalgia version folder. Or use bnet and copy over antihack.

With videos and non related single player stuff ripped out and not compressed or nothing I think file size would still be hundreds of mb not 59.6MB or whatever. If you try what I posted above you should be good to go.

I expect the scroll speed to still be fast that might be a bug. But this might fix that too.
« Last Edit: June 30, 2016, 03:19:35 AM by tupac »