Written and Edited By: MarkEAW
Related Dowloads:
game-patch-misc - This holds the empty Movies CDF file you most
likely will need. Also small DSETUP.DLL. Read in the end of this
document to know why.
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
GETTING STARTED
Is The Game Already Installed? | Create A Game Folder | Manually Adding EAW From The CD
Clean Installed Folder For v1.0
UPDATE WITH PATCH
About v1.0 | About v1.1
Clean Installed Folder For v1.1
UPDATE TO v1.2
Note Infogrames CD Patch | Patching Steps
Safe Keeping | No CD In Drive | Game Shortcut | Compatibility
Mode/Tab Settings Warning
Clean Installed Folder For v1.2
FINAL STEPS
An Empty Movies.CDF
Run The Game | Can You See The Menu Screens
Properly?
Configure | Controls | Display | Running And Flight Screen
OTHER NOTES
Do Not Move Note |
See Troubleshoot Help Document
Saving Some HD Space
This document was
written
to get EAW manually added to your system. It will guide you with 'installing' from the CD
(EAWv1.0), and how to
apply the official patch(s) v1.1 and/or v1.2. While showing you some support and
steps to use that should be taken with any version or
type of the game, un-official ones as well.
See the 'PATCHES AND MODIFICATIONS' link above on the
menu bar to read how to install the un official game versions. Normally a patch
goes over an existing install of a working game. There are standalones
that have all the game data needed to run the game on it's own,
typically not requiring the CD or official patches at all. See my 'Performance
Help Document' for System Requirements.
This section will get you started first with some good advice, then
onto copying and pasting
files from your EAW CD to your hard drive. It will also show a
folder list of what the CD version of v1.0 looks like once placed on
your drive.
Is The Game Already Installed?:
So if you have installed the game previously from the CD with
SETUP.EXE or AutoInstall on anything but Win9x, such as on any WinNT
OS, please uninstall EAW with the uninstaller,
restart your computer system and come back to this document here. (This is to avoid problems on a modern Windows OS;
Win2000, XP and above). You'll want to manual add the game from the CD, continue reading.
Create A Game Folder:
Create your folder where you want the game on your HD to be.
However you do NOT want to use the location of the \Program Files sub-folder to place your
Game Folder, this will cause problems on WinXP and Crashes to Desktop on modern computers,
especially WinVista/Win7 and Win8/Win10. (For more information:
See my 'Troubleshoot Help Document' and read the '\Program Files
sub-folder' topic.)
It is important to Put your game folder on the root of drive C:\ or
better yet
perhaps on a second hard drive or
partition, if you
have one. (The default game path and folder names are shown in the table further
below.)
Manually Adding EAW From The CD (v1.0):
Put the CD in and do NOT let
the Auto Run program load up. If it does, exit it. Instead you will
be copying and pasting
specific files from the CD directly to your Hard Drive as a 'full
installation' for best performance. Keep reading on.
Manually 'installing' or as the case really is, adding (copy and paste)
EAW solves all kinds of hassles and problems for different Windows
Versions and different Game CD types. You do not need to have an
automated installer move the files for you, the game will operate
correctly with the preferred method of copy and paste. The game does
not require any installer registry entries to be present, other than
those provided by the Windows OS itself, and those are created once the
game is added and run on your system, more on that later.
To manually add EAW withOUT running the automated installer (AUTORUN.EXE or SETUP.EXE) from the CD follow these directions:
- Highlight and copy over only the files listed in the table below to your new
Game Folder. (The rest of the files
on the CD are just for
use by the automated installer.)
(You may
need to
turn on by un-checking in Windows Folder Options Settings (on WinXP or later) the
'Hide extensions for Known File Types' to see the full filename,
this includes the three letters
after the period).
Copy these files for a full 'installation';
"eaw.exe" The "\Music" folder "d3d.dll" "SMACKW32.DLL"
"Dsetup.dll" "chatline.txt" ALL "***.CDF" files
- Once your done Copying and Pasting, make sure none of the
files are marked as read-only since copying them directly from
the CD usually results in this. (Some of the files need the
read-only lifted from them for future updates).
- Do NOT run your game yet, See instructions in the next
section below this table for updating from
the CD v1.0 to a newer version.
Clean Installed Folder For v1.0 (for reference)
\MicroProse Software\European Air War\ 3d.cdf 4,896,269 10/17/1998 03:50 chatline.txt 438 10/8/1998 23:03 COCKPITS.CDF 20,899,837 10/16/1998 00:28 d3d.dll 130,560 10/14/1998 20:44 DATA.CDF 1,433,420 10/18/1998 18:10 Dsetup.dll 127,488 7/29/1998 18:00 eaw.exe 1,367,040 10/18/1998 19:32 FLT.CDF 39,540 10/18/1998 18:10 FONTS.CDF 960,576 10/15/1998 02:28 GRBRIEF.CDF 9,438,292 10/15/1998 02:30 Menu_eng.cdf 37,760 10/16/1998 17:57 Movies.cdf 298,809,288 10/15/1998 02:49 Music.cdf 1,452,428 10/15/1998 02:28 PIC.CDF 26,334,148 10/15/1998 02:31 readme.rtf 27,987 10/18/1998 19:10 SMACKW32.DLL 96,256 6/9/1998 09:21 SOUND.CDF 1,203,659 10/15/1998 02:28 SOUND16.CDF 2,501,836 10/15/1998 02:33 SPEECH1.CDF 10,431,783 10/15/1998 02:51 SPEECH2.CDF 11,943,211 10/15/1998 02:33 SPEECH3.CDF 12,407,240 10/15/1998 02:29 Sprites.cdf 250,040 10/16/1998 00:25 TERRAIN.CDF 7,942,132 10/15/1998 02:30 Text_eng.cdf 168,543 10/18/1998 05:02 UKBRIEF.CDF 10,101,180 10/15/1998 02:33 USBRIEF.CDF 11,970,136 10/15/1998 02:32 WSOUND.CDF 9,310,061 10/15/1998 02:50 Wsprites.cdf 25,140,369 10/15/1998 02:50 \Music AmerProm.bgm 5,523,468 8/26/1998 21:59 BritProm.bgm 6,513,556 8/29/1998 15:10 Captured.bgm 9,071,660 8/31/1998 15:30 Drum1.bgm 1,459,968 9/30/1998 09:58 GermProm.bgm 6,513,796 8/31/1998 11:02 HallOFam.bgm 7,056,968 9/1/1998 16:47 MenuMus.bgm 7,836,020 8/14/1998 12:00 Rescued.bgm 5,082,520 9/30/1998 10:02 ViewObs.bgm 9,408,380 9/16/1998 14:05 YouDead.bgm 11,813,424 9/21/1998 15:45
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In this section there is some information about the different
Official versions that you may want to keep on your hard drive
(multiple, but different 'installs' are possible). Read on.Updating the game with the official MPS patches can be done with
either v1.1 or v1.2. Some players will want to keep different
versions 'installed' on their hard drives in order to compare game
play experience or basic comparison among the available versions. This would naturally
allow you to see the changes MicroProse (or others) have made to the
game, thus making the changes more prominent and notable. This is
strictly an optional course of action. If you want, you can read my
'MicroProse Patches Help
Document' for more specifics on those versions and their changes and fixes.
However, read on below for continued help for official patching.
About v1.0:
If you intend to keep a copy of stock (out of the box) EAWv1.0 around, then for safe keeping
so you don't need to install v1.0 again, optionally copy your game folder you "installed"
(actually copied and pasted) from the CD, some place else, and rename it to
a NEW folder name, or Burn it to a CD. This will be your backup full
install of v1.0. Saves you hassle later on too.
About v1.1:
If you intend to update v1.0 to v1.1, and keep
that version around, then follow the steps under the next section below titled
'UPDATE TO v1.2' and substitute where the text reads v1.2 with the v1.1
patch program, those instructions will teach you how to patch to
v1.1. Then for safe keeping so you don't need to install v1.1 again,
optionally copy your newly patched game folder some place else and
rename it to a NEW folder name, or Burn it to a CD. This will be
your backup full install of v1.1. Saves you hassle later on.
Clean Installed Folder For v1.1 (for reference)
\MicroProse Software\European Air War\ 3D.CDF 4,895,593 12/15/1998 14:27 chatline.txt 438 10/8/1998 23:03 COCKPITS.CDF 20,899,837 10/16/1998 00:28 d3d.dll 130,560 12/17/1998 14:30 DATA.CDF 1,433,420 12/21/1998 11:29 Dsetup.dll 127,488 7/29/1998 18:00 eaw.exe 1,411,072 1/11/1999 18:43 FLT.CDF 39,540 12/31/1998 15:59 FONTS.CDF 1,067,664 12/16/1998 13:01 grb_031.snd 105,644 12/15/1998 11:36 GRBRIEF.CDF 9,438,292 10/15/1998 02:30 Menu_eng.cdf 37,876 12/22/1998 19:55 Movies.cdf 298,809,288 10/15/1998 02:49 Music.cdf 1,452,428 10/15/1998 02:28 PIC.CDF 26,334,148 10/15/1998 02:31 readme.rtf 35,003 1/8/1999 00:18 SMACKW32.DLL 96,256 6/9/1998 09:21 SOUND.CDF 1,203,659 10/15/1998 02:28 SOUND16.CDF 2,501,836 10/15/1998 02:33 SPEECH1.CDF 10,431,783 10/15/1998 02:51 SPEECH2.CDF 11,943,211 10/15/1998 02:33 SPEECH3.CDF 12,407,240 10/15/1998 02:29 Sprites.cdf 250,040 10/16/1998 00:25 TERRAIN.CDF 7,942,132 10/15/1998 02:30 TEXT_ENG.CDF 168,738 1/11/1999 09:58 UKBRIEF.CDF 10,101,180 10/15/1998 02:33 USBRIEF.CDF 11,970,136 10/15/1998 02:32 V1.1 Details.rtf 16,801 1/10/1999 21:35 WSOUND.CDF 9,310,061 10/15/1998 02:50 Wsprites.cdf 25,140,369 10/15/1998 02:50 \Music AmerProm.bgm 5,523,468 8/26/1998 21:59 BritProm.bgm 6,513,556 8/29/1998 15:10 Captured.bgm 9,071,660 8/31/1998 15:30 Drum1.bgm 1,459,968 9/30/1998 09:58 GermProm.bgm 6,513,796 8/31/1998 11:02 HallOFam.bgm 7,056,968 9/1/1998 16:47 MenuMus.bgm 7,836,020 8/14/1998 12:00 Rescued.bgm 5,082,520 9/30/1998 10:02 ViewObs.bgm 9,408,380 9/16/1998 14:05 YouDead.bgm 11,813,424 9/21/1998 15:45
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Now that you have V1.0 manually added to your hard drive, you may proceed to update to
v1.1 or v1.2 with the official
MPS patcher. This is an
upgrade to the out-of-the-box game which you should install since v1.2 includes
the most recent official multiplayer fixes (and previous v1.1 fixes) and
is generally an overall good idea to use that version. (However at this point you may want to
update only to v1.1 for your own reasons, such as testing or
examining the older versions game play. Just substitute the v1.2
text as shown below with v1.1, both patches run and install the same
way, just what they patch is different). (Remember its always nice to have
multiple version of EAW running on the same machine, for game play comparison!)
Note Infogrames CD Patch:
If you have the 2001 re-release CD by Infogrames (their logo is on the CD), the
official v1.2 patch is located on your
CD in the \Patch folder, other players without this particular CD will have to download it. (The Infogrames
v1.2 patch is
identical to the MicroProse patch and includes everything that the older v1.1
has. If you want the older v1.1 patcher program, (it is
not on the Infogrames CD nor the MPS CD), you will have to download it).
Patching Steps:
The official v1.1 and the v1.2 updaters just need the eaw.exe to be present for the
patch installers to extract their files, read on.
- Copy
the official MPS v1.2 patch (English eawv1-2.exe) into your EAW game
folder and run it. On WinVista/Win7/Win8/Win10 You may need to run the
patch program as an Administrator to get it to work correctly. Windows
seems to apply an automatic compatibility fix to the file upon its
first run. (Note: There is a long delay after running it so wait about
10 to 20 secs for the patch updater program to show that something is
happening.)
- The patch will look for the closest eaw.exe file and it should find your v1.0
(or v1.1) too patch (After the delay, this
will almost
instantly happen once it appears to be working, this is because you ran it in
the game's main folder directly.)
- Once patched, delete the patcher exe file from your game folder. (You no longer need it and its just in the way.)
Safe Keeping!:
For safe keeping so you don't need to install v1.1 or v1.2 again, optionally copy your
\European Air War\ game folder some place else and rename it to a NEW folder
name or Burn it to a CD. This will be your backup full install.
No CD In Drive!!: (Optional)
Even though you do a full install, the game will still require the EAW
CD in its drive. See my 'Hexedited Patches Help Document' to download
the NoCD replacement exe. Also that document in the last section has
instructions on how to use a NoCD patch properly. A 'Full install' and
using the NoCD patch together will provide better performance since
their will be no sound, music and other delay loading issues. (You will
still require a powered CD-ROM device present in your computer system,
as EAW, even with a CD check that has been removed from the eaw.exe,
another type of check is still in it for detecting a CD-ROM device.
Game Shortcut:
Go back to your original 'install' (the one you will be playing from
for now) and you can create a desktop shortcut to eaw.exe by
right-clicking the mouse on the eaw.exe file and choosing Create
Shortcut. Put this on your desktop.
Compatibility Mode / Tab Settings Warning:
Do NOT run the game
using a Compatibility Mode that is found In the Games Shortcut Tab settings for any reason.
Read my 'Troubleshoot Help Document' and see the section titled 'OTHER PROBLEMS
RUNNING THE GAME' under that
title find and read 'Conflicts With The Compatibility Tab'
area for further troubleshooting
information about Tab settings and why they should not be used.
(other than in Win2000).
Clean Installed Folder For v1.2 (for reference)
\MicroProse Software\European Air War\ 3D.CDF 4,895,593 12/15/1998 14:27 chatline.txt 438 10/8/1998 19:03 COCKPITS.CDF 20,899,837 10/15/1998 20:28 d3d.dll 130,560 12/17/1998 14:30 DATA.CDF 1,433,420 12/21/1998 11:29 Dsetup.dll 127,488 7/29/1998 14:00 eaw.exe 1,430,016 7/29/1999 15:24 EXTRA.SPT 3,924 4/13/1999 17:54 FLT.CDF 39,540 12/31/1998 15:59 FONTS.CDF 1,067,664 12/16/1998 13:01 grb_031.snd 105,644 12/15/1998 11:36 GRBRIEF.CDF 9,438,292 10/14/1998 22:30 Menu_eng.cdf 37,876 12/22/1998 19:55 Movies.cdf 298,809,288 10/14/1998 22:49 Music.cdf 1,452,428 10/14/1998 22:28 PIC.CDF 26,334,148 10/14/1998 22:31 readme.rtf 44,954 7/26/1999 10:38 SMACKW32.DLL 96,256 6/9/1998 05:21 SOUND.CDF 1,203,659 10/14/1998 22:28 SOUND16.CDF 2,501,836 10/14/1998 22:33 SPEECH1.CDF 10,431,783 10/14/1998 22:51 SPEECH2.CDF 11,943,211 10/14/1998 22:33 SPEECH3.CDF 12,407,240 10/14/1998 22:29 Sprites.cdf 250,040 10/15/1998 20:25 TERRAIN.CDF 7,942,132 10/14/1998 22:30 TEXT_ENG.CDF 168,743 1/8/1999 11:13 UKBRIEF.CDF 10,101,180 10/14/1998 22:33 USBRIEF.CDF 11,970,136 10/14/1998 22:32 V1.1 Details.rtf16,801 1/10/1999 21:35 WSOUND.CDF 9,310,061 10/14/1998 22:50 Wsprites.cdf 25,140,369 10/14/1998 22:50 \Music\ AmerProm.bgm 5,523,468 8/26/1998 17:59 BritProm.bgm 6,513,556 8/29/1998 11:10 Captured.bgm 9,071,660 8/31/1998 11:30 Drum1.bgm 1,459,968 9/30/1998 05:58 GermProm.bgm 6,513,796 8/31/1998 07:02 HallOFam.bgm 7,056,968 9/1/1998 12:47 MenuMus.bgm 7,836,020 8/14/1998 08:00 Rescued.bgm 5,082,520 9/30/1998 06:02 ViewObs.bgm 9,408,380 9/16/1998 10:05 YouDead.bgm 11,813,424 9/21/1998 11:45
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There is a final step to take BEFORE running the game and then there
are other Help Documents you'll want to read and the order in which
to do so to be sure the game runs correctly.
An Empty Movies.CDF:
If running on any Windows version other than Win9x, most likely the
game videos will not play correctly or at all on WinNT OS and will
most likely cause problems for you. The game may CTD before it even
loads up, or you'll get a blank black screen. This is because there is
a MicroProse Logo Globe .smk video (and an INTRO video follows) when you first
run and load up EAW. Some modern WindowsOS will try to play it, but
most of the time it will CTD / Black Screen. Use the ESC key to bypass the
videos so the game goes into to the menu screens, from there you can
exit the game normally.
Even though the movies (including in game movies) are nice to have, they are not necessary for you to play
the game. I suggest you download what is called an 'empty' 1kb MOVIES.CDF file that
replaces the in game movies to get around these kind of crashes to desktop
problems, it also saves 284mb of space on your hard drive. The empty .CDF file
goes in the games main folder, over write the file that's in there
already.
You may want to read my 'Troubleshoot Help Document' to know more about the
crashing of the game since all known CTD problems are listed on that help document.
Run The Game:
(you may need the EAW CD in its drive, if you opted out of the No CD optional step). Now
that you followed and read ALL the above instructions, RUN the game for
the first time by running (double-clicking) eaw.exe or use your
shortcut. Loading it up, it should enter to the Main Menu (do NOT enter
the Flight Screen, it may CTD). This will now have created a new file
called eaw.ini in your Games main folder. This new file contains most
of the games configuration settings and is covered else where. Exit the
game now and read on in this help document. ESC Key followed by a 'Y'
will also exit EAW.
Note, Movie Playback:
Since you ran the game once and the eaw.ini file was created in the
main game folder. To help get passed the unplayable movies mentioned
above, you can set in the eaw.ini file (this file opens with Notepad) under
the section labeled [EAW] set PlayIntro=1 to zero. Also
under the [Media] section, set Video Playback=1 to zero. These will keep all
movies from playing, either at load time or in campaigns.
Can You See The Menu Screens Properly?:
Now if your game is running and you can get to the Menu Screens
without problems, follow the steps below.
If your getting menu screens with
problems, such as garbled/tearing or color issues, exit the game (Its possible
to use the ESC Key and Y key to exit the game). Or if the game won't run to even
get you to the Menus,
then read my 'Troubleshoot Help Document', section titled 'PROBLEMS RUNNING THE GAME',
this all depends on which Windows OS version your using. You most likely, for
the easiest solution, may have to use what is called a Wrapper
Program to solve problems with the game running correctly. Come back here and
read on once you get perfect menu screens.
Configuring:
You will want to read my 'Configuration Help Document'. There are a
few things with the settings in-game you should do the proper way
before playing (BEFORE seeing the Flight screen), I'll go over most
of the harder settings to understand, in that help document.
Controls:
Next, you will want to read my 'Joystick and Controls Help Document'.
Display:
Then, you will want to read my 'Display Help Document'.
Running and Flight Screen:
Now that everything seems to be working from the point of the Menu Screens and
your done Configuring the game properly having read ALL the Help Documents that
where mentioned above,
your ready to start flying and you can enter the Flight Screen by clicking in
game on the Instant Mission menu
selection! Or if that doesn't work, try the Single Player Mission menu and launch from there.
Other helpful notes appear here.
Do Not Move Note:
Now since you have run the game at least once, you will NOT want to move your game
folder, for compatibility reasons with the Windows OS and it's Registry. This is
important, and more details about this can be read in my 'Troubleshoot Registry Help
Document' and read the 'About Registry Entries Produced by
Windows' topic if you wish to learn more, and then come back here to continue
reading on. It's not mandatory, just very informative, so you can skip reading
that topic if you understand not to move the game folder.
See Troubleshoot Help Document:
If you are getting errors or the game won't load properly or even crashes. See my
'Troubleshoot Help Document' to learn more. That document
will teach you primarily how to get the EAW game working properly on
your computer. Its a catch all for problems you may run into. It includes issue examples that may arise with
modern NT based Windows OS computer use. There are
further details with getting your game in-place and running in
that help document.
Saving Some HD Space: (Optional)
- To save some hard drive space and remove clutter you can move or delete the files: readme.rtf , V1.1
Details.rtf
- Once you configure your game for 16 bit sound, you can
remove the SOUND.CDF file. This file contains 8-bit sounds
designed for slow computers, you won't
need them on modern computers as you should be using the 16 bit sounds setting
in game. EAW won't miss it.
- And finally there is the newer and smaller Dsetup.dll (from
DX9.0c) file that can be replaced
to save a bit of pre game memory. (not at all necessary for modern computers).
Information is here for those still using Win9x machines.
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