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Apache (1995) #3800

Closed TimberlAndRE-de closed 1 year ago

TimberlAndRE-de commented 2 years ago

Eulisker found a hint, that you can play Apache (1995) and HIND The Russian Combat Helicopter Simulation (1996) over network together (or better: against each other)

So we tried to run it in eXoDOS but it didn't worked. The game crashes when you try to join a HIND server with Apache (or vice versa).

I then installed Apache and HIND from their US CDs (images downloaded from redump) and added the 1.2 patch for HIND. The patch says in it's patch notes to copy some files from the HIND US-CD to the Apache folder to get the network game to run.

This worked and you can actually join a HIND server with the Apache game (or vice versa) The game then automatically groups the players (up to 16) by AH64 (Apache) and Mi24 (HIND) helicopters to be able to fly against each other as a team

grafik

grafik

(@exoscoriae additional info: I also tried to overwrite the eXoDOS Apache installation with the HIND-US CD files, but it didn't work either, maybe you installed another patch for Apache or HIND (besides the 1.2 version) or something? or the CDs in eXoDOS doesn't match maybe? are the European and US CDs mixed maybe?)

Summary install procedure:

TimberlAndRE-de commented 2 years ago

Seems I can't get music/sound get to work on HIND (Apache works fine) When I try to select the sound card in preferences menu, dosbox freezes.

Also in the eXoDOS version (v5.1). this one starts with working sound but when I try to change the soundcard in "preferences" it crashes... funny thing: if I start the eXoDOS version in the WIP it doesn't have music but you can activate it by pressing "music" and "sound" buttons in preferences menu... very strange !

if I edit the PREFS.CFG manually in my own installation (or copy it from eXoDOS) the game stops on startup when initializing sound: grafik

TimberlAndRE-de commented 2 years ago

the eXoDOS version is newer:

grafik

but with this one networking with Apache isn't working...

exoscoriae commented 1 year ago

works now. each game can join the other. sound fixed as well.

hind patch was breaking the sound, and was unnecessary for multiplayer.

Python-Exoproject commented 1 year ago

Further to the notes you provide the user in the network startup where you discuss using the "network" menu option which offers Deathmatch and Capture the Flag game modes, there is also possible:

Combat vs each other (either in same game or crossplay), flying in the same helicopter as pilot\gunner (if both playing Apache or both playing Hind), the single player missions teamed up together (if both playing Apache or both playing Hind), the single player missions against each other (in crossplay).

These are accessed by selecting "Flight" from the main menu, then "Two Player". From there select "Network under "connection" and "1" under "channel" (which appears once network selected). Then choose game mode, player position and start

exoscoriae commented 1 year ago

added multiplayer notes to extras