Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness + Expansion [DOS-Carey]

Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness & Beyond The Dark Portal THE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED IN THIS TORRENT ARE WRITTEN FOR INEXPERIENCED USERS. IF YOU FEEL THAT THESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE BEYOND YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BARE IN MIND WHY IT IS WRITTEN IN LAYMAN'S TERMS. In the torrent: 2 folder, 1 file Folders: Game (contains game content). DOSBox 0.74 (contains installer for DOSBox) File: Installation Instructions Download Instructions: 1. Extract the files from the "Warcraft II.7z" file using file extracting sofware such as WinRAR or 7-Zip. Alternatively you can right click the file and click "Extract all" if using Vista or Windows 7 2. Open the "Installation Instructions" file and follow the instructions. IF YOU LIKED THIS TORRENT AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OLD GAMES POSTED AND OPTIMIZED FOR THE INEXPERIENCED USER PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT AND RATE MY TORRENT. IF YOU REQUIRE FURTHER ASSISTANCE, PLEASE E-MAIL ME AT: [email protected] /* */ THANKS! =) Note: This version of the game is genuinely the original "Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness" with it's expansion "Beyond The Dark Portal" with full content of it's original release. I take no credit for the creation or distribution of the contents of the "Game" or "DOSBox 0.74" folder. I take full credit for the creation and distribution of this torrent and the "Installation Instructions" file within it.

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udp://exodus.desync.com:6969

joolet88 (2010-08-21)

Thank you! This work perfectly!

Jacob_blade (2010-09-14)

Absolutely perfect job! "Copy paste this here and it will work". How perfect; thank you so much! PLEASE continue to bring us the good oldies back!

Jacob_blade (2010-09-14)

Absolutely perfect job! "Copy paste here and you're done"! You made it super easy for anyone to enjoy a prize of a game that is difficult to find anymore. PLEASE continue to bring back the good oldies!

fishcorn (2010-09-27)

Thank you, very quick and easy. Highly recommended for Vista and 7 users since the Battle.net Edition runs horribly on those systems.

lemming8907 (2010-10-24)

For Windows 7 (and possibly Vista) users. I had to tamper slightly with the target copy paste that Careyfleet put in to make sure you get the DOSBox and the game running just from double clicking so keep in mind that if your normal folder is different like mine is [Program Files (x86)], then you will have to change the target copy and paste as well. Thanks for the step by step for this Carey maybe I can get it to work for some of my other games I need to run DOSBox for! Appreciate it. :)

Benjibee (2010-10-31)

Hey, I followed the guide (very helpful!) but I'm still having a problem. When I double click, Dosbox opens but the game doesn't run. Any suggestions?

S.M.F. (2010-11-04)

When i click on the warcraft II icon on the desktop dosbox opens so how to play the game...i have windovs vista gamer edition

jnailz54 (2010-11-11)

im running windows xp and I got the DOSbox running without the game too.

domgrillo17 (2010-11-17)

Careyfleet,
I cannot get the game to work. I have windows vista. I did everything right except I do no know where to paste that link to war2edit. I cannot find a "target box" is. Can you please help me.
thank you,
Dom

domgrillo17 (2010-11-17)

Does anyone know is "target box" is?/

domgrillo17 (2010-11-17)

Does anybody know where this "target box" is? I cannot find in anywhere under properties in the waredit file after I drag it to the desktop

majikmovez (2010-11-29)

Best instructions anyone has ever written, however I am slightly confused on how to use the map editor. I can open it and create and save a map but then when I choose custom scenario it does not locate the PUD files. I think it's a mounting issue. Do you know what I am talking about? Do you know how to fix?

RaySoul (2010-12-21)

A bunch of people are asking where's the Target box thing and no one's replied yet. I'm pretty clueless too,I'd appreciate some help

Marunka (2011-01-06)

To RailSoul: it must be on shortcut! You have to CREATE shortcut from WAR2EDIT and then there is "target".
And I thank you very much, CAREYFLEET, for very detailed instruction!

Marunka (2011-01-06)

Sorry - RaySoul is your nick:-)

blombardo (2011-01-07)

Thanks - I own the original game... it works decent on my pc but I can't find a NOCD... Thought I'd try this - but guess what - I found a better one: Thanks though.

lkorbel (2011-01-25)

I downloaded this torrent, and the game has been working perfectly for me. I am on the final act, and now all of a sudden, the game is asking me for the CD in order to play a single player game. It was working fine for days, and now all of a sudden it is asking me for a CD? Has anyone else experienced this?

lkorbel (2011-01-25)

I've spent two hours researching the problem regarding the program asking me for the CD, and I have yet to find a solution. I reinstalled warcraft to another directory, and the game is working, but I want to play my saved game that was almost completed. It seems that warcraft uses .sav files, but I cannot find one of those anywhere, nor can I find anything that remotely looks like a saved file. Does anyone know what the saved games save to?

jaredk85 (2011-01-28)

Hey there - I was having troubles getting the game to work, and I noticed you have the link to the Google account for an updated version. But when I try to login using the info you provided, it says it has sent an SMS text message to your cell phone with a verification number to verify identity. I know you probably don't like getting these messages if that's still your phone, so I'm hoping you can help me out here... I want to play this game so bad, it's killing my soul!

charliebrowne (2011-02-18)

ok, this happens to me all the time, everytime i download games, all it is is a blank white page? and i click on it then sais windows cant open this, does that mean i need to install winzip or something.
i know shit all about piracy, but wanting to learn
charlie-browne@hotmail.com if you know how to resolve this
cheers in advance

drunkjoker333 (2011-03-12)

followed installation instructions to every word and still nothing, just a prompt screen comes up and that's it

21clg (2011-05-18)

Ok, in your instructions you say:
...8. In the "target" box, copy and paste this exactly:
"C:\Program Files\DOSBox-0.74\DOSBox.exe" "C:\Program Files\warcraftii\war2.exe" -conf "c:\Program Files\warcraftii\DOSBox 0.74 Options" -exit -fullscreen"
9. Click change icon and browse to C:\Program Files\warcraftii.....
But the problem is is what part of that whole thing in quotes do I paste into the target box??? it keeps saying its an invalid path. I tried it with the two outermost quote marks, aswell as without. I dont get it. Please clarify.

21clg (2011-05-18)

Ok, I figured it out. The path to DOSbox was incorrect. My DOSbox is installed in the ProgramFiles(x86), so I just had to change that in the target path accordingly

Deathsky22 (2011-06-26)

Probably should of guess that this would be difficult being on a mac. *sigh* didnt get what i expected the file to be. thats besides the point though ... anyone there to help me out here? ive actually never seen a mds file and what it does. i seen converting and things like that but … i sincerely have no idea. vie dug around, downloaded 3 different failed versions of WC2 ToD and im actually kind of frustrated. any help is appreciated.

-Crank- (2011-07-23)

Thxxx careyfleet works fine as long as you follow the instuctions .... this game bings bac sum old memories :D!

Spongebobsquarepants (2011-09-25)

Ok sorry for this question but im not yet used to this but this aint the original game is it -.-?

Nagrom-ORIGINAL (2011-10-31)

THIS TORRENT IS A MASSIVE HEAD ACHE! If your not a CS major or if you've never touched a computer before 1995 don't download this, sure it's a quick download but there are other, easier to install, downloads. apparently there is a link to fix it but the account expired or something. Pity really, everyone here who's gotten it working seems thrilled.

frumplin (2012-01-27)

hello sir! first of all, I would like to say this is my first GAME DL. and i must say bro...KUDOS... works perfect except for one thing. it isnt running in fullscreen. for some reason its windowed, and i noticed the target window "copy paste" thing has the words "fullscreen" at the end. i was wondering if there was a way to run it in fullscreen... any help would be appriciated. no complaints other than i can literally only see like 6 building in the window...lol... GREAT DL BRO !!!!

NoahDFA (2012-02-11)

Worked great. Very fast download as well.

GantZ69 (2012-03-14)

Works Great Carey, any clue to how to connect to battlenet. pls advice TQ =)

dre48 (2012-03-30)

THIS IS A VIRUS!!! FUCK YOU CAREYFLEET MY PC WON'T EVEN LOG IN TO MY ACCOUNT ANYMORE! I HOPE YOU GET KICKED IN THE TEETH BY A HORSE! DO NOT DOWNLOAD!!!!

unoto (2012-04-07)

So i followed the instructions to a t but i still can't get it to work. When i use the shortcut, dosbox opens but not the game. What do i do?

Schwa7 (2012-05-22)

Works great. Thanks!

ribbedlol (2012-05-27)

I get to the "target" part of the instructions in the properties but I don't see anything to put in. I have General, Compatibility, Security, Details, and Previous Versions. Where do I put that in?

Revonn (2012-06-04)

Had the same problem as 21clg, thanks for the help. :)

Toneai (2012-08-21)

Thanks, it works like a charm on DOS, just if you could tell me how to to turn it into full screen I'd be eternally in your debt. so Zug-Zug :)

tikan55 (2012-10-13)

Hey man thanks for the upload.
So iv done everything until I go to open the dosbox and nothing happens?

lingonpung (2012-10-23)

Hey guys
Perhaps someone here can help me. The game runs perfectly and all that but I cant play any of the "custom scenarios". Only the regular ones "Built in scenarios". It seems like theres something wrong with the map editor as well since I cant save/make and play scenarios Ive built on my own.
Can It be fixed somehow?
//
Lingon

asdfqwertzui (2012-12-31)

This torrent is exactly what it says, a Dosbox installer plus a working copy of the game. Works fine for me, although I've been using Dosbox for a while.
One more info: There's another (Hybrid) release around, in which network play doesn't work. With this release, I managed to get it work in dosbox, all you need is two extra commands in dosbox before starting war2:
ipxnet startserver (this will be the server)
ipxnet connect xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (on each client, where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the ip address or domain name of the server)
After this, even IPX network play will work. If you want to play it over internet, that's also possible. But if the server is behind a router, then use the external IP of the server on each client, and make port forward to the port 213.

mauxie (2013-11-09)

an easier way to use dos games is to install
dosbox, then navigate to your sendto folder:

windowssendto, right click on a blank area
and select new (options will include shortcut).
follow instructions and dosbox will be included
in your right click context menu (via sendto).
then all you have to do to launch a dos game
is to navigate to the exe, right click, sendto, dosbox. this torrent works fine this way.
cheers

mauxie (2013-11-09)

dont know what happened to my slashes
sendto path:

windowssendto

theq88 (2014-08-17)

excellent torrent. everything works fine. thank you sir
ps. if you find the installation too difficult, stop using the computer permanently