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I play the campaign a few times a year, I own 3 physical copies of the game and it's a PITA to get working properly on modern systems(Drive labels don't stay the same) . 90% of the guides out there are missing a detail or incorrect. Even with the process memorized it still a massive pita. Chances are you've tried before and for one reason or another the game yells at you about the disc not being inserted. I made this to save myself and others hassle. NO updating, No patching, No copying executable before or after installation. Mount, Install, Play. Add dgVoodoo if you get speed issues. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FweJuGzr2VtF3wFPNe9nOPVQlIgDJnLy/view?usp=sharing No laundry list of 12 steps to perform to get the game running. I baked all the fixes into the installers game data archive using this sites modding tools. This was made possible using the bag tool from this website(dune2k) to consolidate and pre-patch all the game data archives into one bag file to place on a single DVD ISO. Everything uses the original installer. All cut scenes will be installed to drive and play with out anything mounted. I even included the removed HeartPlug Cutscene. This is what I imagine an official final release on DVD would have looked like. What is not provided: Keys - I'm not trying to encourage piracy or implicate myself in it, I own 3 physical copies of the game myself. I play the campaign a few times a year. This was created to save myself and others who actually own the game time and frustration. Using the original disks is to get the game running is a nightmare that probably keeps most people who would like to revisit the game from doing so. DgVoodoo - This isn't required for all people so it isn't included, if the game runs too fast DgVoodoo is the fix Google for up to date instructions. This is also liable to change as new OSes release and new Versions of DgVoodoo come out. The goal was to repack the original game files that are not going be changing any time soon. I didn't want to pack in anything that might be liable to change later. This was my very first PC game, it means a lot to me and the fact that it's such a pain to make work breaks my heart. Recap * This has the Win10 Install fix built in(the official one that removes antiquated/unsupported secure rom from the game). Just mount the iso and install. When done unmount the iso. It's not needed anymore. * I've also baked in the NoCD patch. Modern Windows systems assign random drive labels/letters to removable drives and mounted images and the game expects the same label every time. This is what makes things such a pita even with real disks. The install fix does not address this as it left old school label checks behind. This also makes playing the game on Linux with Wine easier as Drive label emulation is a neglected feature in modern Wine version on Linux that doesn't work well. *This has 1.09 built in, Don't try patching after installing. *This has the official mappacks added, don't need to source those either. DgVoodoo is not provided but may be needed for some versions of windows.

13 years later I thank you, i'm in the process of repacking the original CD's as a DVD with all the official install patches, 1.09 updates/maps pre-built in and decided to include this in the final product.

Someone wanna hook a guy up with the binaries or source code?

Changing the registry options doesn't work anyway. The folder is there on my system but any resolution set in registry is ignored in game.

Yeah, i can't get the game to install. If i copy my installation manually over from my windows installation of the game into the wine pseudo C drive i can start the game but it will only get to through the opening studio credits and then black screen before the game menu loads. I also attempted to see if I could get it running with steam proton but no luck there either. I've got a number of demanding modern games running well under steam proton and lutris before but no such luck with this game. It also breaks the orientation of my portrait mode monitors. I currently have a portrait landscape portrait monitor set up in in extended mode. When the game loads, video displays on all three monitors reverting the portrait orientation of the side monitors to landscape. Restoring the orientation requires logging out and back in afterwords.

EBFT was not only the first PC game I ever bought for myself but the reason I saved up my meager allowance to build my first PC. I managed to retain the 4 original installation disks (badly scratched I might add) along with a text file dating back to 2004 that contains a serial that may or may not be mine. However of my first 10 PC games it's the only one I lost the box art for so I recently just purchased a package complete copy of EBFT on ebay (Box, book, key, jewel case, cds) and was excited to give the game another whirl. I managed to get the game running on Windows 10 as I have before using a modified setup.exe to install and the Fixed EA provided 96kb EMPEROR.EXE to run. I'm having all kinds of issues getting an acceptable resolution to display though and remembered this forum still exists. So hopefully someone has a solution to the following issues. Changing the usual registry keys will add the desired resolution to the in game menu and indicate that it is selected however. Resolutions over the default max of 1600x1200 results in strange behavior. 1. All resolutions higher than 1600x1200 regardless of aspect ratio cause the game to start at lowest resolution despite indicating the set registry values in the graphics menu. 2. All resolutions higher than 1600x1200 INCLUDING 4:3 ratio resolutions result in a stretched widescreen image. For example, 1440x1080(4:3), 1920x1440(4:3), and 2560x1987(4:3) are all 4:3 resolutions but all 3 display in the exact same stretched widescreen low resolution output. In fact there is no difference between forcing 1920x1080(16:9) and 1440x1080(4:3), no difference between 1920x1440(4:3) and 2560x1440(16:9) All of them infact result in the same ugly output. The same registry keys exist in a second location but changing those results in no effect on both the look of the game or the selected options in menu, Only the first set of registry entries seems to make an impact. My goal really was to either get the vert resolution to match native with my monitor (1440) and black bars on the sides to maintain 4:3. Or run a stretched 1080p or 1440p resolution. None of these 3 options are working for me. What's odd is 4:3 is maintained again once I select the original 1600x1200 option in the game menu. Thanks in advance for any insight provided or potential fixes. I really wish there was a copy of the source code floating around online. I wouldn't mind taking a stab at getting widescreen resolutions working. Just finishing up my CSCI degree and don't have much real world experience so it might be out of my depth but wouldn't mind trying all the same, it is after all the game that got me into PC gaming in the first place.