GAMES:Ascendancy - Revision history

Alarik: infobox

2012-11-21T07:35:35Z

infobox

2012-11-16T08:19:29Z

2010-01-02T08:32:39Z

-cat: these are *all* DOS games

2010-01-02T08:32:13Z

Put troubleshooting info in one place

2010-01-02T08:30:40Z

Change headers and note fix is not a dosbox issue

2009-12-31T22:37:35Z

Running without the CD: (add new section)

2009-12-31T22:30:33Z

Add info on troubleshooting via config file

2009-12-31T22:24:22Z

Add instructions on running the game

2009-12-31T22:05:00Z

Add instructions for removing the ping sound

2009-12-29T18:30:40Z

Remove Wikipedia info dump, remove nonexistant language tags

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		+	{{Infobox Game
		+	\|title=Ascendancy
		+	\|id=1125
		+	\|image=
		+	\|caption=
		+	\|developer=The Logic Factory
		+	\|publisher=Virgin Interactive
		+	\|released=1995
		+	\|version=[[Version0.70\|0.70]]
		+	\|status=Supported
		+	\|executable=
		+	\|setup=}}
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	==Running the Game ==		==Running the Game ==
	To run Ascendancy mount your CD or ISO file under DOSDOX with one of the following commands		To run Ascendancy mount your CD or ISO file under DOSDOX with one of the following commands

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	[[Category:Turn-based strategy video games]]		[[Category:Turn-based strategy video games]]
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		+	[[Category:Strategy games]]

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   ASCEND.EXE
 If you know you have your CD mounted but Ascendancy gives you the message "Please place the Ascendancy CD in your CDROM drive.", check your COB.CFG file. This file tells Ascendancy where it should expect to find the .COB resource files needed to run the game. e.g. it might contain something like
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 If the line for ASCEND2.COB does not match what you have mounted for your CD simply edit it to match. For example, if you mount your CD as drive D: and your ISO has no DATA folder, simply change the last line to "D:\ASCEND02.COB". Ascendancy should then launch the game.
 == Other Modifications ==

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 To run Ascendancy mount your CD or ISO file under DOSDOX with one of the following commands
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 If the line for ASCEND2.COB does not match what you have mounted for your CD simply edit it to match. For example, if you mount your CD as drive D: and your ISO has no DATA folder, simply change the last line to "D:\ASCEND02.COB". Ascendancy should then launch the game.
-== Running without the CD ==
+=== Running without the CD ===
 To run Ascendancy without inserting or mounting the CD do this:
 # Copy the file ASCEND02.COB from your CD or ISO into the same folder as Ascendancy
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 # Launch DOSBOX and run the game as normal.
-== Removing the 'Ping' Sound ==
+== Other Modifications ==
 Every time you click the mouse in Ascendancy you will hear a 'ping'. If you find this annoying and want to remove it you can follow these steps.
 # Make a backup of your Ascendancy folder and data

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   IMGMOUNT d C:\OLDGAMES\ascend.iso -t iso
-You should then be able to mound your Ascendancy folder and run the game normally
+You should then be able to mount your Ascendancy folder and run the game normally
   mount c c:\oldgames\
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 If the line for ASCEND2.COB does not match what you have mounted for your CD simply edit it to match. For example, if you mount your CD as drive D: and your ISO has no DATA folder, simply change the last line to "D:\ASCEND02.COB". Ascendancy should then launch the game.
 == Removing the 'Ping' Sound ==

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		+	To run Ascendancy mount your CD or ISO file under DOSDOX with one of the following commands
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		+	mount d f:\ -t cdrom
		+	IMGMOUNT d C:\OLDGAMES\ascend.iso -t iso
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		+	You should then be able to mound your Ascendancy folder and run the game normally
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		+	mount c c:\oldgames\
		+	c:
		+	cd Ascend
		+	ASCEND.EXE
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	== Removing the 'Ping' Sound ==		== Removing the 'Ping' Sound ==
	Every time you click the mouse in Ascendancy you will hear a 'ping'. If you find this annoying and want to remove it you can follow these steps.		Every time you click the mouse in Ascendancy you will hear a 'ping'. If you find this annoying and want to remove it you can follow these steps.

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		+	== Removing the 'Ping' Sound ==
		+	Every time you click the mouse in Ascendancy you will hear a 'ping'. If you find this annoying and want to remove it you can follow these steps.
		+	# Make a backup of your Ascendancy folder and data
		+	# Download the [http://legolas558.iragan.com/index.php?option=downloads&task=info&id=13&Itemid=50&-COB-extractor COB extractor] utility from the [http://legolas558.iragan.com/index.php?option=content&pcontent=1&task=view&id=27&Itemid=88&-Trascendancy-Project Trancendancy Project]. Place it in the same folder as ascend.exe.
		+	# Run the extractor tool on ASCEND01.COB with
		+	>COBExtract.exe ASCEND01.COB /raw
		+	:This dumps the data into the folder 'ASCEND01'. Note: if the extractor fails to create the folder (due to lack of permissions) you may need to create a folder called ASCEND01 first.
		+	# Delete or move the file ASCEND01\data\button.voc (this is the sound file for the ping)
		+	# Create a new file named "button.voc" that is 0kb in size (you can just create a blank text file and change the name)
		+	# Run the extractor to re-create ASCEND01.COB with
		+	>COBExtract.exe ASCEND01.cobfilelist /create
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		+	You should now be able to launch the game and not hear the ping when you click.
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	== External links ==		== External links ==
	* [http://www.logicfactory.com/ Official homepage]		* [http://www.logicfactory.com/ Official homepage]