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Posted September 27, 2013
Well, I can confirm that the new download does contain the new graphics sets as I can see the additional files. However, I still only get two types of world graphics (and I have loaded a number of different levels), those being grassy plains and desert.

Anyone else managed to find the new graphics sets on any worlds yet?
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Posted September 28, 2013
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korell: Well, I can confirm that the new download does contain the new graphics sets as I can see the additional files. However, I still only get two types of world graphics (and I have loaded a number of different levels), those being grassy plains and desert.

Anyone else managed to find the new graphics sets on any worlds yet?
Yes, I do know how to do it but I must admit - it's a bit tricky. The thing is originally the game was booted from a floppy so if you used a floppy with the original game you played the original game. But after loading the game you could insert a floppy with an expansion pack and only then you were able to play the expansion.

Now you have both version installed on your hard disc so the computer is confused which one should be loaded. So he goes with the default one. How to change it? Open "DATA" folder. You will see two files with similar names: LEVEL0.DAT and LEVEL1.DAT You guessed right! The first one is the original game while the second: an expansion. All you need to do is to rename the first file (I usually go with LEVEL0.DAT.a) and then start the game and begin your conquest. You will immediately see that Genesis world's landscape is now Révolution Française :) (other levels will be affected too!) Whenever you wish to come back to the original game simply change the file name back to LEVEL0.DAT.

Pretty weird solution but I can assure you, it will lead to you promised lands ;)


EDIT: Be sure to check korell post. It explains how to edit dosbox conf file to get a choice which graphics should be used.
Post edited September 28, 2013 by Ghorpm
Posted September 28, 2013
The new graphics in this expansion, are they the snowy tundra and the volcanic black land? Just making sure it's working for me.
Posted September 28, 2013
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Crosmando: The new graphics in this expansion, are they the snowy tundra and the volcanic black land? Just making sure it's working for me.
No. Check out this image you can see 4 new lands there and Bit plains here

EDIT: you have to change the name of LEVEL0.DAT as I descibed above to get new lands
Post edited September 28, 2013 by Ghorpm
Posted September 28, 2013
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Crosmando: The new graphics in this expansion, are they the snowy tundra and the volcanic black land? Just making sure it's working for me.
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Ghorpm: No. Check out this image you can see 4 new lands there and Bit plains here

EDIT: you have to change the name of LEVEL0.DAT as I descibed above to get new lands
Got it working (well the French map, I assume the other ones unlock in Conquest mode as I progress?)
Post edited September 28, 2013 by Crosmando
Posted September 28, 2013
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Ghorpm: No. Check out this image you can see 4 new lands there and Bit plains here

EDIT: you have to change the name of LEVEL0.DAT as I descibed above to get new lands
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Crosmando: Got it working (well the French map, I assume the other ones unlock in Conquest mode as I progress?)
Or you can skip several custom maps you should get some with additional lands too. But since Genesis World uses Révolution Française theme you are safe to assume that the expansion pack is running fine.
Posted September 28, 2013
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korell: Well, I can confirm that the new download does contain the new graphics sets as I can see the additional files. However, I still only get two types of world graphics (and I have loaded a number of different levels), those being grassy plains and desert.

Anyone else managed to find the new graphics sets on any worlds yet?
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Ghorpm: Yes, I do know how to do it but I must admit - it's a bit tricky. The thing is originally the game was booted from a floppy so if you used a floppy with the original game you played the original game. But after loading the game you could insert a floppy with an expansion pack and only then you were able to play the expansion.

Now you have both version installed on your hard disc so the computer is confused which one should be loaded. So he goes with the default one. How to change it? Open "DATA" folder. You will see two files with similar names: LEVEL0.DAT and LEVEL1.DAT You guessed right! The first one is the original game while the second: an expansion. All you need to do is to rename the first file (I usually go with LEVEL0.DAT.a) and then start the game and begin your conquest. You will immediately see that Genesis world's landscape is now Révolution Française :) (other levels will be affected too!) Whenever you wish to come back to the original game simply change the file name back to LEVEL0.DAT.

Pretty weird solution but I can assure you, it will lead to you promised lands ;)
That works great. Thanks for your help.

I have to say, it is a bit lax on GOG not to provide this information as I can see a number of users will be playing the game expecting that the expansion is running when it isn't.

I'm going to try setting up a batch script within the DOSBox autoexec that takes a user input to choose which graphics set to use, and to rename the files appropriately.
Posted September 28, 2013
Done it. Edited the autoexec commands in the conf file as below, and now I get a menu choice when launching that lets me choose which graphics set to use. Note that I made copies of the LEVEL0.DAT and LEVEL1.DAT called LEVEL_OR.DAT and LEVEL_PL.DAT (for Original and Promised Lands repectively). On making the choice, the files are copied to the appropriate numbers and the game launched. Works a treat. :)

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
@echo off
mount C ..\POP
c:
cls
ECHO ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ;ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ&Iacu te;ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»
ECHO º --------------------------------- º
ECHO º Populous and Promised Lands º
ECHO º --------------------------------- º
ECHO º 1) Standard Graphics º
ECHO º 2) Promised Lands Graphics º
ECHO º --------------------------------- º
ECHO º 3) Exit Program º
ECHO º --------------------------------- º
ECHO ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ&Iacut e;ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ&Iac ute;ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ

choice /c123 /s Which graphics do you want to use? [1-3]: /n
if errorlevel 3 goto exit
if errorlevel 2 goto e2
if errorlevel 1 goto e1

:e1
@echo off
copy c:\DATA\LEVEL_OR.DAT c:\DATA\LEVEL0.DAT /y
copy c:\DATA\LEVEL_PL.DAT c:\DATA\LEVEL1.DAT /y
populous Vga Roland MT-32
exit

:e2
@echo off
copy c:\DATA\LEVEL_OR.DAT c:\DATA\LEVEL1.DAT /y
copy c:\DATA\LEVEL_PL.DAT c:\DATA\LEVEL0.DAT /y
populous Vga Roland MT-32
exit

:exit
exit
Post edited September 28, 2013 by korell
Posted September 28, 2013
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korell: snip
It looks pretty nice, thanks. I've just edited my solution and added a link to your post so that everybody may see your batch script.



EDIT: and you are of course right: it's strange that GOG added this expansion this way...
Post edited September 28, 2013 by Ghorpm
Posted September 28, 2013
Just noticed in This Week on GOG that Final Frontier is also supposed to be added. Can anyone confirm this?
Posted September 29, 2013
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KajQrd: Just noticed in This Week on GOG that Final Frontier is also supposed to be added. Can anyone confirm this?
No, that's a mistake. Final Frontier was only released on Amiga and Atari (I think) but definitely not on DOS so we cannot get this.
Posted September 29, 2013
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KajQrd: Just noticed in This Week on GOG that Final Frontier is also supposed to be added. Can anyone confirm this?
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Ghorpm: No, that's a mistake. Final Frontier was only released on Amiga and Atari (I think) but definitely not on DOS so we cannot get this.
ok, too bad :-)
Posted October 04, 2013
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korell: Done it. Edited the autoexec commands in the conf file as below, and now I get a menu choice when launching that lets me choose which graphics set to use. Note that I made copies of the LEVEL0.DAT and LEVEL1.DAT called LEVEL_OR.DAT and LEVEL_PL.DAT (for Original and Promised Lands repectively). On making the choice, the files are copied to the appropriate numbers and the game launched. Works a treat. :)

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
@echo off
mount C ..\POP
c:
cls
ECHO ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ;ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ&Iacu te;ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»
ECHO º --------------------------------- º
ECHO º Populous and Promised Lands º
ECHO º --------------------------------- º
ECHO º 1) Standard Graphics º
ECHO º 2) Promised Lands Graphics º
ECHO º --------------------------------- º
ECHO º 3) Exit Program º
ECHO º --------------------------------- º
ECHO ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ&Iacut e;ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ&Iac ute;ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ

choice /c123 /s Which graphics do you want to use? [1-3]: /n
if errorlevel 3 goto exit
if errorlevel 2 goto e2
if errorlevel 1 goto e1

:e1
@echo off
copy c:\DATA\LEVEL_OR.DAT c:\DATA\LEVEL0.DAT /y
copy c:\DATA\LEVEL_PL.DAT c:\DATA\LEVEL1.DAT /y
populous Vga Roland MT-32
exit

:e2
@echo off
copy c:\DATA\LEVEL_OR.DAT c:\DATA\LEVEL1.DAT /y
copy c:\DATA\LEVEL_PL.DAT c:\DATA\LEVEL0.DAT /y
populous Vga Roland MT-32
exit

:exit
exit
What do you type in place of Roland MT-32 if you want Sound Blaster or Adlib instead?
Post edited October 04, 2013 by haydenaurion
Posted October 04, 2013
The command line options I know for launching the game are as follows:

populous Vga Tandy Sound
populous Vga Internal Sound
populous Vga Adlib Sound
populous Vga Roland MT-32

Hope this helps.
Posted October 07, 2013
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korell: Done it. Edited the autoexec commands in the conf file as below, and now I get a menu choice when launching that lets me choose which graphics set to use. Note that I made copies of the LEVEL0.DAT and LEVEL1.DAT called LEVEL_OR.DAT and LEVEL_PL.DAT (for Original and Promised Lands repectively). On making the choice, the files are copied to the appropriate numbers and the game launched. Works a treat. :)

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
@echo off
mount C ..\POP
c:
cls
ECHO ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ;ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ&Iacu te;ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»
ECHO º --------------------------------- º
ECHO º Populous and Promised Lands º
ECHO º --------------------------------- º
ECHO º 1) Standard Graphics º
ECHO º 2) Promised Lands Graphics º
ECHO º --------------------------------- º
ECHO º 3) Exit Program º
ECHO º --------------------------------- º
ECHO ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ&Iacut e;ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ&Iac ute;ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ

choice /c123 /s Which graphics do you want to use? [1-3]: /n
if errorlevel 3 goto exit
if errorlevel 2 goto e2
if errorlevel 1 goto e1

:e1
@echo off
copy c:\DATA\LEVEL_OR.DAT c:\DATA\LEVEL0.DAT /y
copy c:\DATA\LEVEL_PL.DAT c:\DATA\LEVEL1.DAT /y
populous Vga Roland MT-32
exit

:e2
@echo off
copy c:\DATA\LEVEL_OR.DAT c:\DATA\LEVEL1.DAT /y
copy c:\DATA\LEVEL_PL.DAT c:\DATA\LEVEL0.DAT /y
populous Vga Roland MT-32
exit

:exit
exit
You sure you got that right? The selection screen comes up, but when I select one it just closes DOSbox and nothing happens. I've attached a pic of a copy of those commands you posted so you can check and see if something is wrong.
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