It's easily done, took me a while to remember to try it.

I just read back my comment and it sounded like i was having a dig at you. I missed the i out of it, i was commenting about myself not checking with that post.

Did you buy them on GOG to come to this conclusion or are you making assumptions based on your experiences in the past with different releases?

The GOG versions use dosbox and both have serious cpu cycle problems. It is impossible to get a consistant framerate during gampeplay and really makes it a frustrating experience as you have to keep manually altering the cycles.

It's great to see them on GOG but they really need to get the Kilrathi Saga versions as they almost run perfectly in windows, no framerate issues at all.

You wouldn't be allowed to give us a little hint as to why this is happening, would you?
As mentioned before by others, for me as a dumb, clueless customer, it seems odd that EA would want to sell its games here, but not the expansion. Now if there's third parties involved, it's certainly understandable, but that being the case for every single EA game hits me as strange.

Knowing if this is going to be the case for all EA games yet to be released would be nice as well.


One game, sure. Some games, likely. But every single one?
Not to mention that we're talking about a lot of acquired IP not initially created by EA.

I'm faithful that you guys will sort this one out.

The frame rate problems with dosbox .74 are exaggerated. True it was a huge pain back in .63 but .74 is really a lot better with it and the game remains playable when things get crazy. Also if you still don't like it then I recommend Taewong's build as that has speed optimizations and the game runs amazingly well. Even in the thick of battle.
http://ykhwong.x-y.net/
also has mt-32 support

This advocation of pirated Kilrathi Saga versions is not just silly but should be deleted from this thread.

"The time has come to relieve the beginnings of one of the best space flight simulators saga ever created."

I suspect you mean "relive", has less gastric connotations that way.

Watch your words, user! Many of us have original BOX versions of this old game series. In my collection I've got WC3-5 and both Privateers but I will not buy such "castrated" version of WC1-2 like GOG is trying to sell us. It's not new game with all DLCs which I demand with small price. It's 20 years old game!

WC1 ("Kilrathi Saga" version) is available for free and it's LEGAL... as opposed to "alternative" version of DosBox with Roland MT-32 support which requires additional "illegal" ROMs.

How DID both WC and UU end up with MT-32 in their settings?

I always thought of MT-32 as that weird setting games used when they wanted all the sound effects to become musical instruments. Watching this video was eye-opening.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV8VvLRV3fA

With the mt32 roms it's a legal minefeild for anyone to host them, so no one will. The court however ruled they are of them selves in the public domain until Roland ever comes up with a document stating that they are a restored work which they have failed to do so for almost a decade. Good enough in my book. Personally I feel there is something to be said for the importance of preserving hardware, which is the ultimate importance of dosbox .

But what I mean by minefeild is, in this environment where people and corporations get sued left and right for copyright infringement whether the grievance is legitimate or not is not something most organizations can survive, so its best to be under the radar.

But when it comes to the kilrathi saga, its not legal to download. Only the expansions are available as patches. And several people here admit to the downloading of it. If EA decides to enforce their IP you will have no legal stand to take.

Wasn't advocating piracy of it myself. But with any game, if it is not available commercially I personally have no problem downloading a copy of it. No one is loosing out as there is no one to give your money too. If the game later becomes commercially available I'll more often or not buy it if I enjoyed it.

So EA is being jerks again huh? Well that should come as no surprise i guess. I'll be getting these as soon as I have some extra money for them :( But I have hopes theyll give us the expansions soon

one of the first ibm games played. its great to play them again, bad sound and all. first runthese on an 386sx 20 mhz computer. my brother went ount and bought a sound blaster just for wc2. good times. want more :D