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    • PisarzP
      Pisarz @Byrgius
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      @Byrgius
      http://www.machinesthegame.co.uk/ (press H)
      http://web.archive.org/web/20020806105904/http://www.acclaim.com/games/machines/demo/downloads.html
      I'm not sure if they work. In my case I didn't use any patch and it works perfectly (although it has no music).

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      • bilalB
        bilal
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        @Byrgius
        Added XP patch to first post.

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          Axos001
          last edited by

          Hi
          I down loaded Machines and installed the XP patch but get the d3drm.dll missing file, I down loaded d3drm.dll and I get a message saying that I do not have the default programme to use it, does any one know what the default is and where to get one?

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          • ReaperKid88R
            ReaperKid88
            last edited by

            Hi~!!!

            Someone found this for me randomly after asking questions about old games and I am SO excited about getting to play this game again I rushed here, downloaded everything and tried so hard to make it work- twice.

            I have failed the simple instructions, I have no real idea what I'm doing, it all seemed so simple but alas the game won't even launch. Instead it brings up an error from what appears to be a file in a folder.

            It comes up: C\Program Files (x86) \Acclaim Entertainment\Machines\machines .exe.

            and obviously I click ok and nothing happens cries.

            I'm using Windows 7 if that helps.

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              Aquarillis @ReaperKid88
              last edited by

              @ReaperKid88 You need to apply the Windows XP patch. You can download it in the first post.

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              • AvionArisA
                AvionAris @ReaperKid88
                last edited by AvionAris

                @ReaperKid88 Weird, when I downloaded the game on my Win7 'nother time I didn't need to do anything but to mount Disc 2 and play Machines.

                http://wiredforwar.org/topic/2/how-to-get-up-and-running - I've downloaded it from here

                By the way, welcome to the forums!

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                  gabre
                  last edited by

                  Sorry for asking this but is it legal to download Machines game from here?

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                  • bilalB
                    bilal @gabre
                    last edited by

                    @gabre
                    Technically no, but it's abandonware since devs/publisher do not maintain it. The only other way to get the game would be to acquire the disks from someone else.

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                    • TheOriginalFoxxT
                      TheOriginalFoxx
                      last edited by

                      So I managed to get it running, Menu's aside it runs smooth. However, ingame, random artifact (looks like a broken LCD screen) appear all the time.... Fiddling with zoom did help some, but only when standing still... When I move around it gets borked again. Sigh... I fucking hate windows 8.1

                      I guess imma gonna hafta dust off my old PC. Wonder if it still runs?

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                      • TheOriginalFoxxT
                        TheOriginalFoxx
                        last edited by TheOriginalFoxx

                        So I have tried that Voodoo2 trick and it works like a charm :) Been playing a couple of levels.
                        The itch to make an improved version of our beloved game starts to come back again xD

                        Unfortunatly the forum seems rather... quiet at the moment?

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                        • AvionArisA
                          AvionAris @TheOriginalFoxx
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                          @TheOriginalFoxx It's just that everyone's busy.
                          Discounting me, I am just lazy!

                          yay.gorilla

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                          • TheOriginalFoxxT
                            TheOriginalFoxx
                            last edited by

                            We need lazy people :)
                            They make the hard working folks look good!

                            Anyhow.... Im probably useless in the development of the new version.
                            I could try voice acting maybe? And some artsy stuff? hahah Or I will just leave it to the young ones...

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                            • AvionArisA
                              AvionAris @TheOriginalFoxx
                              last edited by AvionAris

                              @TheOriginalFoxx Oh yeah! You can do the voice-actin', man. We'll appreciate it.
                              By the way, I might try doing so, too!

                              yay.gorilla

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                                hungy69
                                last edited by

                                Thanks so much for making this game available, I have spent to much of my free time scouring the Internets for this game. This was my first RTS game I ever played, I did see some comments about audio not working? Does audio work for anyone else?

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                                • bilalB
                                  bilal @hungy69
                                  last edited by

                                  @hungy69 I haven't heard of the sound effects not working for anyone, but the music does not play for me unless I keep my physical disc 1 inside of the disc drive.

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                                    Han Nas
                                    last edited by Han Nas

                                    Hello

                                    After a long search I finally found a proper DL version of this mighty awesome game.
                                    I bought this game on pc back in '99 but unfortunately both discs were lost when moving out. Still bummed out about this.
                                    Now that I'm trying to get it up and running a small problem occurred.
                                    I've mounted disc one and followed setup instructions. At 80% setup asked for disc 2.
                                    After doing this setup reached 100% and did a directx update.
                                    I thought YAAYY IT'S GO TIME but my pc said nonono hombre I won't cooperate.
                                    An error popped on my screen, showing me a "incorrect installation" messsage.
                                    Does anyone know how to fix this please?
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                                    Doing a re-install didn't really help, weird thing about it is that this time I got a different error.
                                    Telling me machines.exe is missing and a problem in machines path.
                                    Installing the machines XP patch and d3drm.dll file didn't fix it.
                                    Due to my basic pc knowledge I ran out of options.
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                                    • PisarzP
                                      Pisarz @Han Nas
                                      last edited by

                                      @Han-Nas
                                      Hello! I noticed that you are using Windos10. @M123 provided us with a troubleshooting guide, have you tried it? Here is the link:
                                      http://wiredforwar.org/topic/77/machines-and-windows-10/14?

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                                        lowowlow
                                        last edited by lowowlow

                                        hey guys! I have a problem with machines...i install it, it's working, but after 10 minutes of playing i get a "yellow screen" and i can't see nothing even the game is still runing.

                                        i have windows xp
                                        video card: nVidia Geforce 9400 gt

                                        Please help! I spend couple years to get this game, i really want to play it!

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                                        • M123M
                                          M123 @lowowlow
                                          last edited by

                                          @lowowlow

                                          That's a strange one... Hmm...

                                          What version of the nVidia GeForce drivers are you using?
                                          I remember some older versions had a memory leak in certain situations which could cause issues similar to what you describe.

                                          Maybe try running the game at a different resolution, see if there's any change in behaviour (try highest and lowest available resolutions).

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                                            lowowlow
                                            last edited by

                                            OMG! it works, i can't belive this! thank you so much!!!! <3

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