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thanks, nice to know it was common and i'm not that odd of a player. usually i set waypoints but in these cases i don't think i did. aha. and teh harvester thing..i too notice esp when i have three maxed refineries that the harvesters will go to one..leaving the others barren. then i have to click a few and try to group them to the other refineries..interrupting building and battle. that leads mre to another question. when you click on a harv. you can then click on a refinery..does this insure they will go to the selected one when they are finished harvesting spice? it seems it doesn't necessarily work. there must be some simple coding alg. for spice collection that poops out. ^v^

i'm very suprised to see that all of you like the scenes.hmmmmm. true they are not exactly a big part of the game..especially in having already seen them but as a newbie they are a reflexion of the game. these scenes are pretty much the reward of going through it. ..esp the fist time seeing them. so i'm alone in thinking they are overbudgeted good-looking crap. i doubt i'll try to play online until i get better. yep i'm a bit competitive. it's a shame i came so late to have so few other new players. ^v^

actualy to clarify. it's not when they are collecting spice but near the refineries. the will not go to them but sort of spasm nearby. even when there is no line. i really thought this would be something common. hmm.

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Hello again, it seems ebay is my best bet. generally on ebay, a game that is 2-3 years old can be had for very cheap. certain games well liked, not necessarily rare can go for much more. maybe a positive sign for you Emperor fans that this game is going for about what Parappa the Rapper and Super Puzzle Fighter 2 are going for. ther eis still a demand for it. i've seen strong bidding on all of them so far. on the used sites and on Amazon the game goes for 36 dollars! ouch. of course i'd rather not see that. it would be amazingly kind if someone had a spare copy :-) that would make my whole month...lol. it is a bit uncorfortable for me to ask so i'll merely mention how nice that would be ::) best regards, ^v^

thanks everyone :-). i've been checking on ebay. the prices are consistently 15 dollars+ or so but one has to really closely check the shipping charges. most are from England..i'm from america and don't really want to wait nor pay for the extra shipping. i've been digging around this site and searched for "buy emperor" but cannot find the thread you mentioned.

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i was hoping some here could share thier favorite Keystroke shortcuts or tricks. what do you use most often? i ask mostly because i've been playing the third to last level(with the expaniton download) on multiplayre vs 5AI on hard and i have to say this is by far the most difficult level i have played for some reason..well the reason being the AI seems to attack much more ferociously and in greater numbers than the other levels. i really need to move around the board more efficiently and was hoping for keystroke tips. i've gotten to where i can wipe the AI out(vs5) in 30 minutes or so but not on this level. another question..what do you consider the most difficult level/map? best regards, ^v^

Thanks again Shygirl and Syczek. sorry i just missed you for a chance at a game. i do have regrets on not visiting this site sooner.

i do want to clarify..i use rocket turrets..not the weaker turrets..although against AI they have thier uses.. in a 5 vs 1 game while your attacked from two or more sides i notice a turret becomes the focus of an AI attack... kind of handy at times. very handy in playing the game in regular story mode. to me regular turrets are bait and i suspect only effective against the Dune2000 AI, not those reading this. still though i would hate to play an opponent who is Atreties and not have rocket turrets. what are the rules? to me the NERTHH is lame. i have gotten beaten pretty badly in my second game. i finally was able to play another game and they rushed like crazy. with good timing with the AI opponents..kind of ganged up on me. let me know what is acceptable play and why these rules came about please. best regards, ^v^

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it seems some of the information on this thread is a bit out of date. there are far better recent topics better explaining this. why is this still at the top? best regards, ^v^

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well that explains it...thank you again. people have been so helpful so far. i'm anxious to become competitive... i did notice a bit of lag from my modem when i played. hopefuly in the coming month i'll have cable and can hook my other computers up.. i may finally make a gaming machine..not fancy or tricked with a nice card or anyhting really good hardware wise but just stripped bare of all unnecessary software. i'll be needing that .93 rotorz patch then. thanks again to all for your patience and help. sincerely, ^v^

hello again, i've still only managed to play that one game so far. i was wondering if there were advantages to the .dll or rotorz apps. most i tried to connect with used rotorz. i went ahead and uninstalled my dune and startred from scratch. odd thing this time when i tried to log-in..the auto downloads happened just fine..the 1.06 patch. an odd thing though..it seems the wopol.dll finle..the 208k one is included with the download from westwood. is this the same as the one from the other sites? i note te ones on teh sites are 208k as well. the original old one is 186k or so. does that mean i cannot use rotorz? are they the same? i was unable to at all..well connect to wol. unfortuanatly i've tried unsuccesfully today with both and cannot get past the opening screen it does (with rotorz off) show the chat and game channels but the conneciton window just sits there. are the servers down today? weird if that's the case as the auto downloads are fine. any others use a modem..maybe that's the problem for me. best regards, ^v^

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hello, Ghana Onslaught, nice to see another newbie:-) right now the westwood servers are apparantly going through trouble from the ea games company buyout. i just got my username from someone kind from this board. it seems you have to have an old account to get a new username. just to note: the Command and Conquer games on the ea site are currently the same so maybe in the next month or so people can register new accounts(hopefuly). i would think someone would give you an old little used user account from this site. i'm new too and don't know how valuable these may be... still though i've only visited this site for a few days and people here are nice. i'm sure someone will pm to you an account to use. best regards, ^v^

i'll be in there..this is my first online game..lol...

i made it in just now..there are three other players in there but no-one is responding to me. still though i can play apparantly :-) is there a way to see if the players are already in a game? also if i set up a game do i have to page others or do open games show up that others can join? sincerely, ^v^

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thanks to all that replied and for the help :) hopefully soon EA will get the servers running. thanks again, ^V^

here's an exact cut and paste of the message i get. i fear it's dead. surely the rather serious Dune 2K fans out there are capable of starting a new site with a patch or so...it would be a bit difficult but not so bad ..i hope. it's probably dead and i missed the death by just a few months. damn. anyway, here's the quote. " Sorry, the 'live_ren_register' server isn't available. It may be down for maintenence. Please try again in a few minutes." those few minutes may be forever...buy out EA doggone! sincere best regards and regrets i'll probably never get to play anyone on this board, ^v^

thank you for your quick reply. no, no router. i just moved and haven't set anyhting up. in fact, for the moment, i'm using a modem. i just keep getting the "our services are curently down for maintenence try later..click to retry" message. i've tried without firewall and virus protection. the "6" patch seemed to get me further. the game from the disk did require a download..presumably of the "6" patch but that gave the message from the Dune graphics of "file not found". this IS an original CD not a copy and i didn't acquire this from Kazaa or anything. i've turned the graphics to 8 bit..pretty much all the advice from others on this board. stil the westwood servers are not available.. oh please help. i'd hate to wait weeks or forever for a username. maybe someone could give me and old one not used anymore? are you able to play the game this evening?