Hi,
First, since I do not speak German, I can not easily find if this has been asked before. I'm sorry if it has.
I have a working copy of Settlers II Gold Edition (English / US Version 1.51), which I can play under DOSBox on my Mac with no problems. (I use the fantastic, free BoxerApp.com to run DOS games on my Mac, but Boxer is simply a fancy wrapper around DOSBox.) This means the original game files that I have are the DOS version of the Settlers II Gold Edition.
How do I install Return to the Roots in this setup?
I have already found this post
http://www.siedler25.org/index.php?com=forum&mod=forum&action=thread&id=1302#13138 which, if I'm understanding correctly, tells me to:
- Download RttR
- Unpack RttR
- Copy Data folder, GFX into unpacked directory
- Start
But I need more detailed step-by-step instructions than this. When I download the stable RttR from the downloads page here (I've downloaded the Mac package version), I get a bin/cue file, which I can mount on my Mac as an ISO after converting it using `bchunk`, and I do see a `Data` directory, but not a `GFX` directory; the `GFX` directory only exists in the original DOS folder tree.
Am I supposed to move the GFX folder somewhere? How is that possible if the Mac download is a non-writable CD image?
I've also tried moving the Data directory from the RttR CD image downloaded from this site into my DOSBox's emulated hard drive, but when I replace the original game files's `DATA` folder with the one from the RttR download, I get DOS errors stating there are missing files. Indeed, a comparison of the folder contents shows a difference, with a specific file (`IO`) actually being the name of a folder in the DOS version. Here is what the file structure of my original game files looks like inside the DOSBox:
Code:
$ tree -L 1
.
├── DATA
├── DOS4GW.EXE
├── DRIVERS
├── GFX
├── INSTALL.SCR
├── NOSOUND.BAT
├── README.TXT
├── S2.EXE
├── S2EDIT.EXE
├── SAVE
├── SETTLER2.VMC
├── SETUP.EXE
└── SETUP.INI
4 directories, 9 files
And here is the expanded files that I can read when I download the Mac version of RttR:
Code:
$ tree -L 1
.
├── Blue Byte Web Site
├── Data
├── Desktop DB
├── Desktop DF
├── Intro
├── Maps
├── Read Me!
├── Settlers II
└── webpages
4 directories, 5 files
And here, more specifically, is the contents of original game file's Data directory:
Code:
$ tree -L 1
.
├── ANIMDAT
├── BOBS
├── BOOTBOBS.LST
├── BOOT_Y.LST
├── BOOT_Z.LST
├── CBOB
├── CREDITS.LST
├── EDITBOB.LST
├── EDITRES.DAT
├── EDITRES.IDX
├── IO
├── IO.LST
├── MAP00.LST
├── MAP01.LST
├── MAP02.LST
├── MAPBOBS.LST
├── MAPBOBS0.LST
├── MAPBOBS1.LST
├── MAPS
├── MAPS2
├── MAPS3
├── MAPS4
├── MAP_0_Y.LST
├── MAP_0_Z.LST
├── MAP_1_Y.LST
├── MAP_1_Z.LST
├── MAP_2_Y.LST
├── MAP_2_Z.LST
├── MASKS
├── MBOB
├── MIS0BOBS.LST
├── MIS1BOBS.LST
├── MIS2BOBS.LST
├── MIS3BOBS.LST
├── MIS4BOBS.LST
├── MIS5BOBS.LST
├── MISSIONS
├── ONLINE
├── REMAP.DAT
├── RESOURCE.DAT
├── RESOURCE.IDX
├── SOUNDDAT
├── TEXTURES
├── TXT
├── TXT2
└── TXT3
17 directories, 29 files
Whereas here is the contents of the Data folder in the RttR Mac download:
Code:
$ tree -L 1
.
├── IO
├── IO Index
├── Mission 200
├── Mission 201
├── Mission 202
├── Mission 203
├── Mission 204
├── Mission 205
├── Mission 206
├── Mission 207
├── Mission 208
├── Mission 209
├── Resource
├── Resource Index
└── S2 Data
0 directories, 15 files
So, what am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance. :)