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Master of MagicDoes Caster of Magic launcher still have ads?(14 posts)(14 posts)
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Posted June 04, 2020
One of the top reviews on the product page says the launcher has ads for other games for sale on GOG. I won't support a less convenient platform which tends not to receive updates in as timely a matter (with many games being outright abandoned while their Steam versions continue to be updated) if I have to suffer ads every time I launch the game, sale or no sale.

Does the latest version of CoM still have an ad-riddled launcher?
Posted June 04, 2020
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galneon: ...
When I call up the launcher there are 2 Slitherine ads with links to Slitherine website.

Also there's a bar at the bottom of the launcher with the labels: "Product Page, Forum, Support". These link to the GOG website.

At the far right of that bar at bottom there are links to Slitherine Twitch, Youtube, Twitter, and Facebook.

I think that's all you'd be worried about, though I don't really get why.
Posted June 04, 2020
You can play the game without using the launcher if you don't like it.
Posted June 05, 2020
This is some game that isn't even out yet, despite saying 'OUT NOW'. Obnoxious. As you can see, I sold out and bought it, though. I'll just launch DOSBox direct. I don't like what this portends for future GOG releases.
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Posted June 05, 2020
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galneon: This is some game that isn't even out yet, despite saying 'OUT NOW'. Obnoxious. As you can see, I sold out and bought it, though. I'll just launch DOSBox direct. I don't like what this portends for future GOG releases.
This is a Slitherine thing. Not GOG.
Posted June 05, 2020
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galneon: This is some game that isn't even out yet, despite saying 'OUT NOW'. Obnoxious. As you can see, I sold out and bought it, though. I'll just launch DOSBox direct. I don't like what this portends for future GOG releases.
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alcaray: This is a Slitherine thing. Not GOG.
I think you're right, but I hadn't read similar complaints of the Steam version before, so I assumed it didn't have this ugly launcher. Thanks.
Posted June 07, 2020
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alcaray: This is a Slitherine thing. Not GOG.
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galneon: I think you're right, but I hadn't read similar complaints of the Steam version before, so I assumed it didn't have this ugly launcher. Thanks.
No, that would be because steam users are not so uptight about such things.
Posted June 08, 2020
You can disable the ads by blocking the launcher from the internet in WIndows Firewall.

Go to WIndows Firewall -> Advanced Settings -> New rule
Posted June 08, 2020
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JRobertDobbs: You can disable the ads by blocking the launcher from the internet in WIndows Firewall.

Go to WIndows Firewall -> Advanced Settings -> New rule
Or just stop using the launcher, if it offends.
Posted August 06, 2020
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Seravy2: You can play the game without using the launcher if you don't like it.
How can I launch CoM without the slitherine launcher ? I cannot find any .exe to do so.
Post edited August 06, 2020 by Hadral
Posted August 07, 2020
It's a dos game that runs on the dosbox emulator so you need to do either

A. Start dosbox.exe, then navigate to the game's folder and start it using DOS commands
B. Make a dosbox conf file that does that for you and a desktop icon that launches it.

B is easier and the game does come with the proper conf file so all you need to do is to launch dosbox with the parameter that tells it to use that conf file and maybe edit the commands at the end of the file to mount and launch from the correct location. (I actually don't have the GoG version but in the other two, there are two conf files for some reason, you might need to put the lines in the second one into the conf file you're planning to use, not sure.)

This is how my desktop icon to start the game looks like
Target :"C:\Games\Master Of Magic\DOSBOX\dosbox-74-debug.exe" -conf dosboxmom.conf
Start in : "C:\games\Master Of Magic"

Of course you have to enter the folder and filenames of your actual files but you can safely move them to any folder you want.
Post edited August 07, 2020 by Seravy2
Posted August 07, 2020
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Seravy2: It's a dos game that runs on the dosbox emulator so you need to do either

A. Start dosbox.exe, then navigate to the game's folder and start it using DOS commands
B. Make a dosbox conf file that does that for you and a desktop icon that launches it.

B is easier and the game does come with the proper conf file so all you need to do is to launch dosbox with the parameter that tells it to use that conf file and maybe edit the commands at the end of the file to mount and launch from the correct location. (I actually don't have the GoG version but in the other two, there are two conf files for some reason, you might need to put the lines in the second one into the conf file you're planning to use, not sure.)

This is how my desktop icon to start the game looks like
Target :"C:\Games\Master Of Magic\DOSBOX\dosbox-74-debug.exe" -conf dosboxmom.conf
Start in : "C:\games\Master Of Magic"

Of course you have to enter the folder and filenames of your actual files but you can safely move them to any folder you want.
Great ! Thank you very much ;)
Post edited August 07, 2020 by Hadral
Posted August 28, 2020
i noticed the sys req of MOM is now only for Windows 8 and 10? i guess because of the stupid CoM patch. what the heck.i know the original version 1.31 is buggy but why include what's essentially a fanmade mod?
and from what i read from reviews, the paid version of CoM is incompatible with GOG's version. what?!?
Posted August 28, 2020
CoM and MoM are both DOS games run in the dosbox emulator. They have no system requirements, if you can run dosbox, you can run the games.

The installers and launcher Slitherine added though might require windows 8, I'm not sure.
CoM being "incompatible" is also some sort of an installer or DRM problem.
Once you manage to get past those problems, the game itself, with or without the mod, is portable and can be played on any computer that runs Dosbox.
Post edited August 28, 2020 by Seravy2
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