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This is the second time I tried posting this question. First time, I hit the post button, it told me it would, a few hours later and it was still telling me it would, so I destroyed it.

Now, on to the question. There is one thing about MoM that kinda gets on my nerves. It has ONE history board, and the fact that I usually play impossible mode makes me lose all other scores. A long time ago, on an old computer (far far away), I set up multiple copies of the game so I could play one only in moderate form, another in hard and a third in impossible. Is it possible to copy paste the original folder for GOG: MoM, place it elsewhere, re-name it, and then paste it back right next to the original? Will GOG play the two different versions of the game? Or will there be some sort of problem with the start up in file two trying to play the game in file one? (I am sure that I have to go in there and edit its path so it goes to the right game. But that will only take altering a word or two.)
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JamesGreyWolf: This is the second time I tried posting this question. First time, I hit the post button, it told me it would, a few hours later and it was still telling me it would, so I destroyed it.

Now, on to the question. There is one thing about MoM that kinda gets on my nerves. It has ONE history board, and the fact that I usually play impossible mode makes me lose all other scores. A long time ago, on an old computer (far far away), I set up multiple copies of the game so I could play one only in moderate form, another in hard and a third in impossible. Is it possible to copy paste the original folder for GOG: MoM, place it elsewhere, re-name it, and then paste it back right next to the original? Will GOG play the two different versions of the game? Or will there be some sort of problem with the start up in file two trying to play the game in file one? (I am sure that I have to go in there and edit its path so it goes to the right game. But that will only take altering a word or two.)
I'd try just installing it a second , third, Xth time, and make it a different folder name each time. Each installation should create its own shortcut for you, too.

Your method should work as well, as long as you only rename the top level directory holding the game files.
I will try downloading.... couldn't hurt. 8-)
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JamesGreyWolf: I will try downloading.... couldn't hurt. 8-)
You should only need to download it once. Then just use the installer to install it multiple times, to a different directory each time.

After the installer starts, click the "Options" button in the bottom left of the installer window, and you can specify an installation file path.
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JamesGreyWolf: This is the second time I tried posting this question. First time, I hit the post button, it told me it would, a few hours later and it was still telling me it would, so I destroyed it.

Now, on to the question. There is one thing about MoM that kinda gets on my nerves. It has ONE history board, and the fact that I usually play impossible mode makes me lose all other scores. A long time ago, on an old computer (far far away), I set up multiple copies of the game so I could play one only in moderate form, another in hard and a third in impossible. Is it possible to copy paste the original folder for GOG: MoM, place it elsewhere, re-name it, and then paste it back right next to the original? Will GOG play the two different versions of the game? Or will there be some sort of problem with the start up in file two trying to play the game in file one? (I am sure that I have to go in there and edit its path so it goes to the right game. But that will only take altering a word or two.)
It sounds like you just want your old HOF data. That is easy. The file that stores HOF data is MAGIC.SET. Copy that from your legacy version to GOG's MOM directory. It should be fine. The file also stores the labels for saved games but not any data related to them... the actual saves are the files SAVE*.GAM where * = [1,9]. So by replacing MAGIC.SET, all your old save names will appear but they will load your newest saves.
Nah, old data is gone. This is a new computer and it doesn't have old copy of the game. Yes, I have had other versions of DosBoxMoM... Hell, I am sure there is a hard drive somewere in the universe that has my old dos version of the game. I have no idea where these hard drives are, so.... I am just going with what I have. 8-)


Oh, and I have been getting games off GoG for only the past month or so. I have had an account here for a while because a friend suggested it, but I didn't really have the funds to pick up games before recent history.
Post edited June 16, 2015 by JamesGreyWolf