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Now you're done! If you did it correctly you should see "ce.exe" in the folder run that and you can play! Also, MAKE SURE YOU SET THE DRIVER TO "3Dfx" IN THE CONFIGURATION MENU OR ELSE THE GAME WILL CRASH WHEN YOU LOAD A MISSION.If you’re reading this, you’ve almost certainly spent a lot more time at home than you usually do during the beginning of spring.
Next download and run "Patch 1.43", make sure you patch it where you installed the game. Click "Yes to all" and after a bit the extraction should be done. DO NOT RUN THE GAME YET! Download "Patch 1.42" and run it and extract everything in the same folder you installed the game, not the folder you copied and pasted the Virtual Drive contents. Go into the folder you created and run "Setup.exe". So in the file explorer on the left click the Virtual Drive and copy and paste everything into a separate folder (Named whatever you want, I'd put it on your desktop).
Right click on the ISO file and go down to the PowerISO tab and choose "Mount image to drive " If it says any other letter than "E" you're fine, it depends on the PC. All you have to do is run "game.exe", you might have to go in the properties and make it run as an administrator and run some compatibility settings, but it should work of the bat.Īssuming you do not have the actual disk, un-zip the downloaded folder, now you will need a program named PowerISO or any other ISO program. I do not know what happened to them, but you will play with no sound. The RIP version works as soon as you un-zip it, however the sound files are gone.