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help get my c1 to work

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ok i just got my carmageddon 2 in the mail today, so i installed it to my comp and when i go to install that game it says FATAL ERROR: to run this .exe the keyboard.COK must be in the data folder. i have checked and the file is there in the data folder right where it belongs. so is it possible to get a defective keyboard.cok file. and if someone has this could you send it to me at [url=mailto:circa404@mailblocks.com">circa404@mailblocks.com[/url] and tell me you sent it so i dont delete it. :help:
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Re: help get my c1 to work

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Dont run the exe from your cd?

Or maybe a file is set to run your cd instead of the hd drive one..(like a shortcut or som)
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Indeed! It's one of those two...i went to play c1 yesterday and i didn't notice i had the cd drive selected in explorer. so i clicked on the exe thinking it was the one on the hard drive and i got that very same error.
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Re: help get my c1 to work

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is keyboard.cok a system file? if so I cant imagine why it would be defective... :crazy: most files you might have on your system like the DLLs you can just download off the net and replace the faulty one.
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No it isnt..

its beeing made after an install by carma itself

See attachment..put it under carma/data :smile:
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ok, i have tryed your keyboard.cok and it still doesnt work. so whjat do you suggest me to do. and i have tryed the shortcut but that also does not work. `iand also i lookes where the folder that i downloaded should be but it is no where to be found but when i run the install it sais it workes succesfully. i am downloading this to c:\interplay\carma, could thisa be the reason it is not working?
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ive got another qeustion also, i didnt want to make a whole new post so im just gonna put it her, ok so to take a picture of what is on your monitor at the time you press prnt scrn ok and then you go to paint and paste it, well what is the usaul size of the pics beacuse when i do it my pics are about 16,243,000 bytes. and that is a lot for me to upload on my peice of shit internet. so is this normal? and is there a way to make your pic without some many freakin bytes?
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Re: help get my c1 to work

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Holy shit!? I didn't know a keyboard HAD a .COK

My C1 doesn't wanna work under XP atall..

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Re: help get my c1 to work

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my maxpack works fine on xp, you could try using the splatpack patch, its updated code and .exe might allow it to work propperly.
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hmmm... i will have to try that, when i get my splatpack back from my freakin friend!
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Re: help get my c1 to work

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you can find it here if you dont already have it :lol: http://www.carmageddon.co.uk/file_details.php?id=56
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Hmm...That download isn't working for me..all it does iss direct me back to the download link.
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LoL most of the downloads do on PM
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nobodys emailed me or bandit with any problems so i can only assume its something wrong with your computer. :tongue:
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works fine for me :wink:
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Ok then, then i email bomb you :tongue:
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so once you play the game for the first time the file configures itself? yeah, that can be a bit of a problem, your only solution then would to copy it from another computer with the same specs as your own then :crazy:
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ok i still havent figured this shit out so heres a pic for anyone that can help me.

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Are you running C1 from the 'mainprog.exe' or from Carma.bat or hires.bat?

You CAN run it from the mainprog.exe but you have to add the -nomovie (I think that's right) switch and get rid of all the %1 %2 and shit after the 'mainprog.exe' in the carma.bat file.

Still dunno what works in XP tho.
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im runnign this from the carma.bat file, buit it does the same thing when i do it from the mainprograsm.exe, and im reallt tired right now so i cant type very well, so please excuse the crappiness of my typing. and about the hires.bat, there is no hires.bat porgram in my carmageddon cd.
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Just to make sure...are you using the carma.bat on the cd itself...or the one on the harddrive where the game was installed? Because it will not work from the cd's .bat file.
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so it wont work from the cd, thats where i was using it from. ok new story, i installed it, but when i go and look where i installed it, none of the files that should be there are ther. it should be in a interplay folder right, i already have an interplay folder and carma 2 is in it. so do i have to delte carma 2 to install carma 1.
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you can install c1 to its own directory.
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ok i went to ms-dos manually downloaded it from there to its own diretory (c:\interplay\carma) then pretty much forced it to go off of this directory that i down loaded it from, and it gives me an error. i forgot what it says so its no big deal to me now but when i becomes a big deal i will post it on here. so dont worry bout it for now. unless you know absolutely what is wrong.
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Re: help get my c1 to work

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is there no install.bat or install.exe on your cd?
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yes there is an install.exe, and there is also aa moreinstall.exe, and i have done bothe of em.
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Gheezus...lol...i already asked lightyears ago if you ran it from your cd, you said no :tongue: ok...nother thing what is downloading? are you copying everything from your cd to your hd? if so then its no wonder it alo askes for a keyboard.cok, anyway, you got around it? humm..look for a carm95 on your folder and run the setup.exe or install.exe, easy :smile:

EDIT: Heh? but they worked, right? after done installing just run the shortcut in the start menu :smile:
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theres no way i cant run this from my cd unless i go to ms-dos and then i get an error, but if i go to where i installed the game (its own directory) it is no where to be found, but the installer says that it was successful. and i am installing it with the INSTALL.EXE directly from the cd. and about the setup.exe, i dont have one all i have is SNDSETUP.EXE, but here are all the programs that are in it: BOOTME.EXE, CARM3DFX.BAT, CARMA.BAT, DOS4GW.EXE, INSTALL.EXE, MAINPROG.EXE, MOREINST.EXE, SNDSETUP.EXE, and START.EXE . these are all fo the programs that i have on the cd. i put them on so you know what i have, to see if i am missing any, and if there was something else i needed to use. i have had carmageddon 1 on this computer before and i have never experienced this problem until i bought a new one. (i lost my old so i bought a new)
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Re: help get my c1 to work

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oh, i just noticed this now cause i was to angry to think when i posted this but the name to this post sounded a little like i was commanding you to help me (i used commanding cause i cant think of any toher words right) but sorry bout that.
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You run the install from the CD.

Then pick FULL INSTALL

Then think of a folder name that ya can REMEMBER

Install to there.

You sound like yer only doing a minimal install-in which case C1 only copies the important startup progs/files to your hard drive and leaves all the goodies on the CD.

If you do a FULL install-most all of the goodies copy to your folder (which hopefully you named a simple, oneor two syllable name. Guys don't liketa hafta look for stuff in the C:\Progra~1\Gobbledygook~1\whatthefuck~1\hellamorecrap~1\ygjhxrwsqnth129685\fuckitanyways~1 folder. Too much goddamned trouble.

LEAVE THE CD IN THE SAME DRIVE YOU INSTALLED IT FROM TO PLAY THE GAME!

There's a text file in the \carma\data folder called "Paths.txt" that tells C1 where everything came from and where everything else is.

You put the CD somewheres else and C1 gets all confused and tells you to bite it.

I seem to remember the paths in those days not going much over drive D:

If your CD-ROM drive is, like "W:\" or something-you'll want to edit the "Paths.txt" to reflect that-'cause C1 looks for the CD in the "installed from" drive-letter.

If the Paths.txt is encrypted-go to TSS and get Carmagedit-it will unencrypt the file so you can edit it if necessary. If you get your C1 to run (on XP), lemme know how ya did it.
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Re: help get my c1 to work

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yay! it worked!!!!

take a gander at this

and about the if i get it to work on xp could you tell me how, i belive is what it said. sorry but i dont know anything about windows xp, im running windows me.

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you might well be able to get it to look better than that, add '-hires' on the end of your carma shortcut and it magicaly makes it 'hires'.
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Indeed! that, and hit "+" :grin:

HiRes actually runs sort of choppy on my comp ('cause it's a substandard piece of scummage) therefore i still use lowres usually...but i modified the eagle and hawk so that they use the high res textures even in lowres, which helps a little. :crazy:
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAh! SHITDAMMIT! I want my C1 back!!!! Fuckin' XP...Redneck Rampage no wory, C1 no worky...I'ma gonna reformat and put ma 98SE back if this keeps up.
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Re: help get my c1 to work

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ummm...ok, about the game not having all the levels, i thought maybe avout 10 but its missing like fifty! so could so one send me the races.txt i think it is and same with the sound, it would be highly appreciated, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im sure you get the idea
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