When it's started I noticed the game actually runs in DosBox, which sounds somewhat silly - to run a game inside a DOS emulator which runs in a Windows emulator :-)
The natural instinct lead me to try to remove the unnecessary levels.
I used lnk-parser to find out what the HOMM2 Desktop link was actually doing:
$ lnk-parse-1.0/lnk-parse-1.0.pl /home/hajma/.wine/dosdevices/c\:/users/Public/Desktop/Heroes\ of\ Might\ and\ Magic\ 2\ Gold.lnk Link File: /home/hajma/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/Public/Desktop/Heroes of Might and Magic 2 Gold.lnk Link Flags: HAS SHELLIDLIST | POINTS TO FILE/DIR | NO DESCRIPTION | NO RELATIVE PATH STRING | HAS WORKING DIRECTORY | HAS CMD LINE ARGS | HAS CUSTOM ICON | File Attributes: Create Time: Mon Jan 01 1601 00:57:44 Last Accessed time: Mon Jan 01 1601 00:57:44 Last Modified Time: Mon Jan 01 1601 00:57:44 Target Length: 0 Icon Index: 0 ShowWnd: 1 SW_NORMAL HotKey: 0 Target is on local volume Volume Type: Fixed (Hard Disk) Volume Serial: 00000000 Vol Label: Base Path: C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Heroes of Might and Magic 2 Gold\dosbox.exe (App Path:) Remaining Path: Working Dir: C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Heroes of Might and Magic 2 Gold\ Command Line: -conf dosboxhomm2.conf -noconsole Icon filename: C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Heroes of Might and Magic 2 Gold\Icon.ico
but when I run
dosbox -conf ./dosboxhomm2.conf -noconsolethe game doe not run in full version, complaining about missing CD in the drive.
Here's the necessary change to the config file:
$ diff -u dosboxhomm2.conf.orig dosboxhomm2.conf --- dosboxhomm2.conf.orig 2015-05-01 00:38:24.937021111 +0200 +++ dosboxhomm2.conf 2015-05-01 01:05:30.530285702 +0200 @@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ @ECHO OFF mount C "." -imgmount d ".\homm2.inst" -t iso -fs iso c: +imgmount d "./homm2.inst" -t iso -fs iso cls heroes2.exe -exit \ No newline at end of file +exit
Thank you, thank you, thank you very much!!!
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