BioEd Installation and COW.Reg Issue
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RE: BioEd Installation and COW.Reg Issue
I have installed my TAOWIII in directory:
C:\ACOW
How should my COW.reg file look like?
Please, help [&o]
C:\ACOW
How should my COW.reg file look like?
Please, help [&o]
Ralph - please, give my the composite units!
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RE: BioEd Installation and COW.Reg Issue
ORIGINAL: Legun
I have installed my TAOWIII in directory:
C:\ACOW
How should my COW.reg file look like?
Please, help [&o]
Don't you have ACOW? If so, you don't need to muck with the COW.reg. BioEd should use the ACOW graphics.
RE: BioEd Installation and COW.Reg Issue
I have not ACOW installed - I just have the directory with such name.
I had installed ACOW on my old stationary PC. I use its HD as an external HD for archive purpose, now.
Anyway, I have installed TOAWIII on my present laptop in the directory "ACOW" to have it on the top of the list of my directories.
I had installed ACOW on my old stationary PC. I use its HD as an external HD for archive purpose, now.
Anyway, I have installed TOAWIII on my present laptop in the directory "ACOW" to have it on the top of the list of my directories.
Ralph - please, give my the composite units!
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RE: BioEd Installation and COW.Reg Issue
Legun, did you see the above post #13 from IronDuke? I have COW so I didn't need to make the registry change, but it seems like Mr. Iron and vahauser found the proper configuration in the above posts. The original instructions are found in the 'manuals' folder in the 'How to edit the equipment database' pdf.
RE: BioEd Installation and COW.Reg Issue
I've tried this:ORIGINAL: sPzAbt653
Legun, did you see the above post #13 from IronDuke? I have COW so I didn't need to make the registry change, but it seems like Mr. Iron and vahauser found the proper configuration in the above posts. The original instructions are found in the 'manuals' folder in the 'How to edit the equipment database' pdf.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\TalonSoft\The Operational Art of War, CW]
“game_path”=”C:\\ACOW”
but there is no effect
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RE: BioEd Installation and COW.Reg Issue
ORIGINAL: Legun
I have not ACOW installed...
Well then, re-install it. If space is really an issue, then delete everything except the few graphic files BioEd uses.
RE: BioEd Installation and COW.Reg Issue
Space isn't an issue - I just can't find the ACOW CD . The little registry change could save the problem - but someone who know what I should change is needed. Is there anybody out there?..ORIGINAL: Curtis Lemay
ORIGINAL: Legun
I have not ACOW installed...
Well then, re-install it. If space is really an issue, then delete everything except the few graphic files BioEd uses.
Ralph - please, give my the composite units!
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RE: BioEd Installation and COW.Reg Issue
ORIGINAL: Legun
Space isn't an issue - I just can't find the ACOW CD . The little registry change could save the problem - but someone who know what I should change is needed. Is there anybody out there?..ORIGINAL: Curtis Lemay
ORIGINAL: Legun
I have not ACOW installed...
Well then, re-install it. If space is really an issue, then delete everything except the few graphic files BioEd uses.
I have files that allow ACOW to run without the disc. Dunno exactly how, though -- Ben helped me through it one afternoon, and now I run ACOW without the disc. I can e-mail you my 'discless TOAW' folder and you can make of it what you can. Perhaps you might also point me to what registry entries to look for.
I am not Charlie Hebdo
RE: BioEd Installation and COW.Reg Issue
Thanks, Colin. I'm not sure if it's possible to install ACOW without the disc, but I could try. Send it, if you can.
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RE: BioEd Installation and COW.Reg Issue
Jarek:
I sent off what seemed to be what you need to the address I have for you. If nothing shows up, e-mail me with your correct address. wrightmoving@sbcglobal.net
I sent off what seemed to be what you need to the address I have for you. If nothing shows up, e-mail me with your correct address. wrightmoving@sbcglobal.net
I am not Charlie Hebdo
RE: BioEd Installation and COW.Reg Issue
Colin,
I've got it - I hope to use it tomorrow. Thanks a lot.
I've got it - I hope to use it tomorrow. Thanks a lot.
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RE: BioEd Installation and COW.Reg Issue
I'm a novice trying to get the bioed to work. I have ACOWEdit.exe installed into my Matrix games folder and I just titled a notepad file with Ralph's info titled COW.REG in my Operational art of war folder. I open up the bioed, check database, and tab to units. But when i try to type a name for a unit, I get 'runtime error 9 -subscript out of range' then bioed crashes. I can see there's a sequence to follow and that I have a lot to learn. But if there's someone with the patience, I'm ready to go with Erik Nygaard's naval values to make a house rule governed database that should revolutionize naval combat(to some degree).
RE: BioEd Installation and COW.Reg Issue
Colin:
There is a problem with "acow104.exe" file. It informs me that it can't create a file when unzipped. I don't know if this is a mistake caused by e-mail or a system problem.
Ralph and Bob - I've reinstalled my TOAWIII to standard directory, made the REG file exactly you suggest but the problem with BioEd still exist [:(]. Any idea what's going on?
There is a problem with "acow104.exe" file. It informs me that it can't create a file when unzipped. I don't know if this is a mistake caused by e-mail or a system problem.
Ralph and Bob - I've reinstalled my TOAWIII to standard directory, made the REG file exactly you suggest but the problem with BioEd still exist [:(]. Any idea what's going on?
Ralph - please, give my the composite units!
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RE: BioEd Installation and COW.Reg Issue
ORIGINAL: Legun
Colin:
There is a problem with "acow104.exe" file. It informs me that it can't create a file when unzipped. I don't know if this is a mistake caused by e-mail or a system problem.
I'll e-mail it to you again, but beyond that, not much I can do. All I can recall is that Ben sent me a bunch of files, I flailed around with them for a while, and then things ran.
I am not Charlie Hebdo
RE: BioEd Installation and COW.Reg Issue
There is an alternative to BioEd : ODD, by Curt Chambers, which includes other tools for scen design as well as an equipment editor. It doesn't need additional COW exes.
Be Kind. Everyone is fighting a hard battle.
RE: BioEd Installation and COW.Reg Issue
Thanks noxious. I'll check it out.
RE: BioEd Installation and COW.Reg Issue
It looks interesting, though it seems to assume some knowledge of scenario design -which I have none. I would like to modify an existing scenario's database(naval units)Apparently there is some document involving converting .sce to .xml I have to read. I've read the readme. Can anyone help me?
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RE: BioEd Installation and COW.Reg Issue
ORIGINAL: Legun
Colin:
There is a problem with "acow104.exe" file. It informs me that it can't create a file when unzipped. I don't know if this is a mistake caused by e-mail or a system problem.
Ralph and Bob - I've reinstalled my TOAWIII to standard directory, made the REG file exactly you suggest but the problem with BioEd still exist [:(]. Any idea what's going on?
I don't know if Jarek ever figured this out, but I thought of a simple solution that doesn't require ACOW or mucking with the registry. I don't know why I didn't think of it before.
Simply create this folder path:
C:\Program Files\Talonsoft\TOAW-CW\Graphics
Then copy the contents of the TOAW III Graphics folder into it. BioEd shouldn't be able to tell the difference.
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RE: BioEd Installation and COW.Reg Issue
Hey, Bob.
I had to install all the stuff that goes with TOAW III on a different computer and that includes BioEd. I had problems loading my ACOW cd; getting pop ups saying "the file couldn't be read from the source" or some crap like that. After trying a number of ideas I decided to see if I could set it up using that method you listed in your BioEd primer for folks without the ACOW cd. However, I needed some more information on how to get that notepad file set up to activate. That took me to this thread and finally reading this:
"Simply create this folder path:
C:\Program Files\Talonsoft\TOAW-CW\Graphics
Then copy the contents of the TOAW III Graphics folder into it. BioEd shouldn't be able to tell the difference."
!!!
Bob, you're smarter than a white hog. This works.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
I had to install all the stuff that goes with TOAW III on a different computer and that includes BioEd. I had problems loading my ACOW cd; getting pop ups saying "the file couldn't be read from the source" or some crap like that. After trying a number of ideas I decided to see if I could set it up using that method you listed in your BioEd primer for folks without the ACOW cd. However, I needed some more information on how to get that notepad file set up to activate. That took me to this thread and finally reading this:
"Simply create this folder path:
C:\Program Files\Talonsoft\TOAW-CW\Graphics
Then copy the contents of the TOAW III Graphics folder into it. BioEd shouldn't be able to tell the difference."
!!!
Bob, you're smarter than a white hog. This works.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
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RE: BioEd Installation and COW.Reg Issue
ORIGINAL: Sertorius1
Hey, Bob.
I had to install all the stuff that goes with TOAW III on a different computer and that includes BioEd. I had problems loading my ACOW cd; getting pop ups saying "the file couldn't be read from the source" or some crap like that. After trying a number of ideas I decided to see if I could set it up using that method you listed in your BioEd primer for folks without the ACOW cd. However, I needed some more information on how to get that notepad file set up to activate. That took me to this thread and finally reading this:
"Simply create this folder path:
C:\Program Files\Talonsoft\TOAW-CW\Graphics
Then copy the contents of the TOAW III Graphics folder into it. BioEd shouldn't be able to tell the difference."
!!!
Bob, you're smarter than a white hog. This works.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
Glad to hear it. I only wish I had thought of it earlier before sending everyone down that Registry rat hole.