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Empire of the Ants (Come in here anyways)
« on: February 25, 2011, 08:02:57 pm »
So I got this old copy of a game Empire of the Ants. Ran it fine on Vista but it doesn't seem to work on XP. My workers never do anything, and just sit around. I get a command parameter warning starting it up, so something may be wrong with the Ai script or something. Any ideas? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_the_Ants_%28video_game%29
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Re: Empire of the Ants (Come in here anyways)
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2011, 08:15:13 pm »
What exactly does the warning say?
Also, how old is the disk? Could it have gotten damaged since you ran it on your Vista?
Is it patched to the latest version?
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Re: Empire of the Ants (Come in here anyways)
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2011, 08:21:47 pm »
Quote from: Fanofgaming on February 25, 2011, 08:15:13 pm
What exactly does the warning say?
Also, how old is the disk? Could it have gotten damaged since you ran it on your Vista?
Is it patched to the latest version?
Unknown to me, there is a mold growing on the bottom. I shall clean it and hope it isn't the acid making kind, ruining my disk. But, I must be retarded for not looking at the disk itself.
It also crashes my drive and makes it disconnect, so I have to restart my entire computer to read a single disk. THANK YOU SIR WITH COMMON SENSE
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Re: Empire of the Ants (Come in here anyways)
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2011, 08:56:13 pm »
Upon attempting to run the game on my machine, I am also getting that message when I launch it. To be fair, though, I have no idea how to play anyway, so I wouldn't know whether my workers are working or not. The fact that most of the text is French doesn't help either, but I'll see what I can do.
« Last Edit: February 25, 2011, 09:00:15 pm by Fanofgaming »
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« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2011, 09:03:45 pm »
Well, atleast mine is in English. Restarting my computer soon to try to bring it back up and see if it was just the yellow mold.
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Re: Empire of the Ants (Come in here anyways)
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2011, 06:52:48 am »
How did you manage to grow mold on plastic?
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Re: Empire of the Ants (Come in here anyways)
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2011, 07:08:06 am »
Quote from: Cajoes on March 05, 2011, 06:52:48 am
How did you manage to grow mold on plastic?

Do you really really want to know?


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Re: Empire of the Ants (Come in here anyways)
« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2011, 09:36:39 am »
That's disgusting.
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Re: Empire of the Ants (Come in here anyways)
« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2011, 10:12:42 am »
SCIENCE!
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Re: Empire of the Ants (Come in here anyways)
« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2011, 10:21:18 am »
So that's the book about intelligent ants I read ages ago. I think that with remembering the name of Dare to Dream and Slinkies, I've got my vague childhood memories pretty much squared away now :)
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« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2011, 10:28:01 am »
Mold? How the hell?
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Re: Empire of the Ants (Come in here anyways)
« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2011, 01:02:23 pm »
Quote from: dogstile on March 05, 2011, 10:28:01 am
Mold? How the hell?

I had a PS1 disc with this problem. It happens.
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« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2011, 01:08:14 pm »
Ants are my favorite animal/insect.  Where can I get this game/is it any good?
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Re: Empire of the Ants (Come in here anyways)
« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2011, 01:47:13 pm »
Quote from: Puzzlemaker on March 05, 2011, 01:08:14 pm
Ants are my favorite animal/insect.  Where can I get this game/is it any good?
Ebay, Amazon, not the best but it is good.
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« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2011, 05:43:00 pm »
Quote from: Puzzlemaker on March 05, 2011, 01:08:14 pm
Ants are my favorite animal/insect.  Where can I get this game/is it any good?

Grab up SimAnt. It had one of the best manuals ever. 3/4 of it is ant biology and such.
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