
- #Star trek armada ii fleet operations need cd install#
- #Star trek armada ii fleet operations need cd windows 7#
- #Star trek armada ii fleet operations need cd windows#
Gonna fiddle around with this and see if I can find the root of the problem. I really hope I don't have to wait that out again. In the game, you can command one of six available races known from the Star Trek universe. Once again, you're the commander of a futuristic fleet known for filming. Star Trek Armada II is a continuation of the Armada series. having the physical disk may be the difference, but as I said before, I got it to work ONCE after waiting literally a week without shutting down my computer or disrupting the processes. Star Trek Armada II is a strategy game (RTS) released in 2001 by Activision. It could be an issue with having the physical disk: I have the Armada II disk scratched up beyond recognition, so I "borrowed" (ahem) an iso, and have tried both Alcohol and Daemon Tools to mount it and run.
#Star trek armada ii fleet operations need cd install#
I have no idea what was the trigger that got it to install the last time, I have UAC off and went through literally every executable and made it run through compatibility mode. Setup*32.exe pops up for about a day, then _ISDEL.exe and another InstallShield process pops up, and then that seems to hang forever. I uninstalled and reinstalled after messing the game up by over-modding it, and now I'm stuck in the same problem, so I'm trying to learn a bit more. I'm currently struggling with this myself- I installed it once and it took literally a week for the installer to pop up. And I am FAR too lazy to go through all that work. Right-Click->Create a shortcut to it and place. Open the folder, then open the Armada II folder and find the executable.
#Star trek armada ii fleet operations need cd windows#
Copy the entire Activision folder from the Windows XP PCs Programs folder to the Program Files (x86) folder in Windows 7.
#Star trek armada ii fleet operations need cd windows 7#
So, one could single out the issue by checking the processes and services that run normally but are not running a minimal boot in safe mode. The ONLY way I got Armada II to run on Windows 7 is using the Activision folder from a Windows XP PC. Star Trek: 25th Anniversary by a small, but. second best selling Star Trek game Star Trek: Armada (behind Interplay's. simple 'modification' but trying to make Armada II a worthy successor to the. The project target was not only to create a.

This didn't fix the issue normally, but then I booted in safe mode, ran the installer, and it worked INSTANTLY. Fleet Operations is a popular multiplayer orientated modification for. Edit: Aha! Well, I got it to work immediately: safe mode! The first thing I did was make sure that every executable in the CD-Rom drive was both set to Windows 98 Compatibility mode and set to run as administrator (verified by checking in registry).
