Masters of Orion II

Masters of Orion II



Also typed as Masters of Orion 2, MOO2, and MOOII. This game is on my top ten list. I have been greatly upset because before my time the ten network was down, and I never really got to participate this game multiplayer until recently. For all you fans out there, like me, I have great news.



First, a no CD "crack": All you have to do is copy the cd into the install folder and then change the file orioncd.ini to the path of the cd. I am not promoting this as a method of distribute of this game. I am only promoting this for a way to not have to carry 20 CD's with your laptop. If you need more copies amazon.com has plenty to sell you.



Next, download and install the latest version of DosBox. My version is 0.72 and works just fine. Then you have to edit the dosbox.conf file. I suggest reading through the fine print to help manipulate your configuration file to best suit your computer. The main line we are looking to either uncomment (which every line with a # sign is commented out of the program, as in, won't run) is "ipx=true" if this line cannot be found insert it below all the lines under [dos] it should look something like this...
"
[dos]
# xms -- Enable XMS support.
# ems -- Enable EMS support.
# umb -- Enable UMB support (false,true,max).
xms=trueems=trueumb=true
[ipx]
# ipx -- Enable ipx over UDP/IP emulation.
ipx=true
"

If you copy and paste this, do not include the "s in your paste. Now you boot up your dosbox, mount the folder you wish to use, and start your server or join your host. To start your server type "ipxnet startserver" to stop your server type "ipxnet stopserver" to connect someone else type "ipxnet connect " Example "ipxnet connect 192.168.1.210" Be sure to allow the program through your firewalls and antivirus protections. Be careful on your settings. To start your game just use the simple dos commands to go to the install directory. usually "cd" followed by your folder names. Example "cd mps\orion2" then type orion2.exe or just orion2 to start masters of orion, now you can either start your game to host (if your the server) or join a game (if you connected to someone else).

Please comment on grey areas of this.