(1) Install Active-X under Windows NT first then install as usual. This only works for Hannibal, Caesar & Alexander detect a non-Windows 95/98 OS and fail at install.

Have you got the game running under any of the above OS problem areas ? Can you please tell me how you achieved this

The Great Battles series of games were originally written to run under Windows 95 and Windows 98. However since then there have been a number of further incarnations of Windows and not all of these have been fully compatible with the games.

I have tried here to keep a note of the compatibility between the various versions of the Windows Operating System and the Great Battles games.

It should also be noted that even in valid Operating System versions there may be many differences between the way systems are set up so this table just indicates whether or not the Great Battles games can be made to work under that Operating System. There may be other reasons why it won't work under your particular configuration.

Great Battles - Windows Operating System Compatibility

(2) There are still some issues running the game under any OS - the scenario editor crashes when opening the Unit Editor - New revised version now available

(3) To ensure the game works, you need to copy all the files in the system directory on the game CD to the c:\windows\system32 directory in XP - see below for full details. See also additional details...

I've listed here the system files used in Great Battles and the files you should ensure you have copied into the c:\windows\system32 directory when using Windows XP.

Hannibal

21/04/1995 04:51          220,672 BC450RTL.DLL
28/02/1995 11:16          211,488 BWCC32.DLL
*30/04/1996  11:14           113,152 HDK3AN32.DLL
*08/05/1996  11:24           113,152 HDK3ANIM.DLL
*03/05/1996  13:59           58,880 HDK3CR32.DLL
*03/05/1996  13:58           58,880 HDK3CRYP.DLL
*29/04/1996  15:56           208,896 HDK3CT32.DLL
*29/04/1996  15:58           208,896 HDK3CTNT.DLL
28/05/1996 03:10            80,624 SH31W32.DLL
21/09/1994 00:00            92,208 WING.DLL
21/09/1994 00:00            12,800 WING32.DLL
24/08/1994 00:00          188,960 WINGDE.DLL
21/09/1994 00:00            6,736 WINGDIB.DRV
21/09/1994 00:00            5,024 WINGPAL.WND
11/07/1995 09:50            42,080 WINSOCK.DLL
             15 File(s)     1,622,448 bytes

Note * indicates there are later versions of these files in Caesar
 

Alexander

21/04/1995 04:51          220,672 BC450RTL.DLL
28/02/1995 11:16          211,488 BWCC32.DLL
*30/04/1996  11:14           113,152 HDK3AN32.DLL
*08/05/1996  11:24           113,152 HDK3ANIM.DLL
*03/05/1996  13:59           58,880 HDK3CR32.DLL
*03/05/1996  13:58           58,880 HDK3CRYP.DLL
*29/04/1996  15:56           208,896 HDK3CT32.DLL
*29/04/1996  15:58           208,896 HDK3CTNT.DLL
28/05/1996 03:10            80,624 SH31W32.DLL
21/09/1994 00:00            92,208 WING.DLL
21/09/1994 00:00            12,800 WING32.DLL
24/08/1994 00:00          188,960 WINGDE.DLL
21/09/1994 00:00            6,736 WINGDIB.DRV
21/09/1994 00:00            5,024 WINGPAL.WND
11/07/1995 09:50            42,080 WINSOCK.DLL
Unique to Alexander
28/05/1996 03:10            34,384 SH31W32.DBG
             16 File(s)     1,656,832 bytes

Note * indicates there are later versions of these files in Caesar
 

Caesar & GBCE

21/04/1995 04:51          220,672 BC450RTL.DLL
28/02/1995 11:16          211,488 BWCC32.DLL
12/08/1997 23:14          172,544 HDK3AN32.DLL
12/08/1997 23:00          172,544 HDK3ANIM.DLL
27/05/1997 01:35            82,944 HDK3CR32.DLL
27/05/1997 01:35            82,944 HDK3CRYP.DLL
15/08/1997 01:19          241,664 HDK3CT32.DLL
15/08/1997 01:17          241,664 HDK3CTNT.DLL
28/05/1996 03:10            80,624 SH31W32.DLL
21/09/1994 00:00            92,208 WING.DLL
21/09/1994 00:00            12,800 WING32.DLL
24/08/1994 00:00          188,960 WINGDE.DLL
21/09/1994 00:00            6,736 WINGDIB.DRV
21/09/1994 00:00            5,024 WINGPAL.WND
11/07/1995 09:50            42,080 WINSOCK.DLL
unique to Caesar
03/10/1996 14:10            29,696 Hdk3ht32.dll
03/10/1996 14:06            29,696 Hdk3html.dll
             17 File(s)     1,914,288 bytes

Note there are also files unique to Alexander so if you've previously installed Hannibal you'll also need to copy these additional files

Note there are also files unique to Caesar so if you've previously installed Hannibal or Alexander you'll also need to copy these additional files

XP Users - Suffering from '... keep getting this error message: "Failure in ..\Intranet\dialogue CCP at line 101. Unable to allocate recources for dialog boxes. Window is low on resources. Abort? (Yes or no still causes program to crash)? Help is at hand