Duels of the Planeswalkers on XP!

[dknight]

Ok after many hours of seaching I have found the solution. You need to download the "unoffical" manalink 1.3.2 patch. Found here: ftp://ftp.flaminio.com/MPRS/manalink132.zip
Here is the read me file:


MICROPROSE MAGIC THE GATHERING & MANALINK UNOFFICIAL UPDATE
Version 1.3.2
by Mok <mok666@poczta.onet.pl>

THIS PROGRAM MAY NOT BE INCLUDED ON ANY CD-ROM COMPILATION, COVER DISK
OR SOLD IN ANY WAY.

This is 2nd release of an unofficial MPS Magic: The Gathering update.
It will allow direct TCP/IP connections over the internet, enable
all the expansion cards regardless of your version and add some
small modifications to the game. Questions/comments are welcome.

System Requirements:

- DirectX 7 or newer installed
- English version of Magic: The Gathering game with Manalink installed

* if you have only MtG, you must install Manalink update (aprox. 60MB):
ftp://ftp.microprose.com/pub/updates...s/mlus1_11.zip
ftp://ftp.microprose.com/pub/updates...s/mlus2_11.zip
ftp://ftp.microprose.com/pub/updates...s/mlus3_11.zip
ftp://ftp.microprose.com/pub/updates...s/mlus4_11.zip
ftp://ftp.microprose.com/pub/updates...s/mlus5_11.zip
ftp://ftp.microprose.com/pub/updates...s/mlus6_11.zip

* if you have MtG and Spells of the Ancients, you must install Manalink
for SotA (aprox. 5MB):
ftp://ftp.microprose.com/pub/updates...ml_sota_us.zip

* if you have Duels of the Planewalkers, you don't need anything.

- Manalink v1.3 files are already included in this patch.

- If you already installed 1.3.1 update, you don't need to reinstall
the game before patching to 1.3.2.

- The patch is network compatible with 1.3 and 1.3.1.

*WARNING*:
- This patch will NOT backup your old files.
- If you run it on foreign version of MtG, some text will be in english.

How to use TCP/IP play:
- start Manalink and select 4th option: "Internet TCP/IP". A dialogbox
will ask you to type the IP address of the server.

- If you want to host a game, do not type anything and just press Enter.
The other players must type your IP adress to connect.

That's all. Newest updates should be always available on this page:
http://members.home.com/adonald1/magic/default.htm


History
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Changes in version 1.3.2 - Second release
(and probably the last one - I failed to get MtG source code from
MPS for more enhancements so I lost interest in the whole project).

- All: hopefully finally fixed to work on Windows ME. Previous patch
worked only in rare cases (my machine for example

- All: experimental patch for Windows 2000. I didn't test it much,
so please report any problems. Anyone willing to test it on Win XP?

- Shandalar: slowed down even more for the 1GHz+ machines.

- Shandalar: fixed crash when trying to sell Mana Crypt.

- Shandalar: fixed displaying wrong amulet color when offered
by your opponent.

Changes in version 1.3.1 - First release

- Manalink: replaced serial connection with Internet TCP/IP connection.

- Magic: randomizing routines replaced. But it will NOT give you more mana
in manalink. Not enough mana in manalink is only a myth. Actually, the game
cheats and gives you MORE mana sources when playing against the computer
and that's why you might get an impression that you are receiving not enough
mana in manalink.

- All: fixed to run in Windows Millennium Edition. But if you are thinking
about moving from Win 98 to ME, think again. ME is piece of s**t.

- All: enabled all the cards regardless of which expansions you have installed.

- All: CD check removed.

- Shandalar: slowed down to work on very fast computers at reasonable speed.

- Magic: debug menu removed.

- Deckbuilder: fixed "stats" of several cards (mana sources):
- Badlands (black and red)
- Mana Batteries (their appropriate colors)
- Celestial Prism (all colors)
- Sunglasses of Urza (no longer mana source)
- Channel (colorless)
- Drain Power (colorless)
- Energy Tap (colorless)
- Fastbond (colorless)
- Reset (colorless)
- Untamed Wilds (colorless)
- Land Tax (no longer mana source)
- Mana Flare (colorless)
- Apprentice Wizard (colorless)
- Coal Golem (red)
- Elves of Deep Shadow (black)
- Fire Sprites (red)
- Ley Druid (colorless)
- Gauntlet of Might (red)

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Please let me know if this helps you. I know it helped me.


dk

[Telim'Tor]

So, in order to get the Microprose game to work on XP, you need the 60 MB download?

[dknight]

You only need the 60mb download if you have the ORGINAL Magic the Gathering game. If you have Spells of the Ancients then you need a 5mb download.If you have Duels of the Planeswalkers you only need the "unoffical" patch. It's says that right in the readme I posted.

dk

[Donjohn]

You surely won a price for the most informative post of this week...... If there was sucha thing..........

TNX for this readme file... I'm sure its gonna help out a lot of users. I solved the problem with instaling the game on a seperate P166 PC nobody wants anymore and you can get most times for free if you look around in your Computercomunity ...

Anyway I'm sure saving your readme file before it slips away into Forums Cyber heaven on page trilion and one

Donjohn

[dknight]

Thanks for the reply, I did the same thing you did. I installed it on a Pentium 100mhz, but that was kinda annoying. Now thanks to the creator of the "unoffical" patch we may all rejoice.

dk

[Telim'Tor]

I downloaded the 60 MB files. When I try and install from the original Magic disk, it still says "You need Windows 95 to use this program". The hell am I doing wrong?

[dknight]

If anyone has Telim'Tor's problems let me know, I fixed it for him.

[Donjohn]

PLease Tell Us Humble Goblins how you did solve his ( Telim'Tor's) problem (cause & solution) in a sequal to your first readme. So I (we) can store it for future reference when we need it. TNX
I 'am (we are) all eye's.

[dknight]

Ok this is for windows xp only. If you get the error "You need Windows 95 to use this program," while installing(as far as I know this is only a problem with the Original Magic game NOT Duels of the Planeswalkers) then all you need to do is run the setup.exe in "compatibility mode." To do this you need to right-click on the setup.exe and choose the Properties option. Then choose the Compatibity tab. Then check "Run this program in compatibity mode for." Windows 95 should be selected by default.
That should work for mostly all cases, but if not there are a couple more ways to try.


dk

[Shea]

Excellent work! I've been trying to figure out how to get this game running for such a long time and figured it'd take something more than a clever hack. Much thanks, I'm going to pass this along to 2 other people with the same problem!

[Human Error]

It's working fairly well, but the deck editor only lists one card: Air Elemental. What's going on, how do I fix this?

[dknight]

Hmm, I would try re-installing the game, then running the patch again. You shouldn't have to unistall. And, when you reinstall you will more than likely get a small error that says "cannot update serial number" or something like that. Don't worry about it, it's nothing.(Just means that the serial number is already installed and it cannot rewrite it.) If that doesn't work please post what game(games) you have and a little computer info.


dk

[dknight]

Just keeping this on top of this "busy" forum.

[JemaK]

I still can't get Duels of the Planeswalkers to run in XP.
I think I've tried everything, I tried running the Setup.exe in win95 compatibiliy, I've tried running the game itself in compatibility and I still get nothing. I double click on Shandalar.exe, nothing, I try to execute it from the start menu, nothing. It acts as if I didn't click on anything at all. Any ideas?

[dknight]

Ok, first download the "unoffical" patch on the first post. Then run the patch. DO NOT run in compatiblity mode with this patch. And don't have any of the .exe's in the magic folder in compatiblity mode. Then just run magic.exe. If that doesn't work let me know.

dk