"Cossacks", like many similar games, can be attributed to the genre of strategies. The essence of the game is quite simple and standard for any similar game. But it is difficult to run on Windows 7 and Windows Vista operating systems, so the installation of this game should be performed in a strictly defined order.
Necessary
- - operating system Windows 7;
- - Internet connection.
Instructions
Step 1
If you do not have the installation disc for this game yet, you can download it from the official website or using peer-to-peer networks (p2p-network, torrent). The second option will save you a significant amount of time, but for its execution you will need to download a special utorrent program to your computer. To download it, go to utorrent.com in your browser and click the Free Download button.
Step 2
After starting the installation file, the utility will be installed on your computer. Run the program to bind the system associations for the torrent client files.
Step 3
Now you can start looking for the distribution of the game. Follow this link https://nnm-club.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?t=165084, click the Download button. If you are not registered in this project yet, go through the registration procedure
Step 4
After launching the downloaded torrent file, the utorrent program will open and prompt you to select a directory to save the game files. Select any directory and click the "Save" button in the dialog box, then the "OK" button.
Step 5
After the game is completely on your hard drive, you will see that the game files are in an unfamiliar format - these are virtual disk files. To play them, you need to download and install the Deamon Tools program. To download it, go to https://www.disc-tools.com/download/daemon and click the Download button
Step 6
After installing the program, run it. Right-click on the program icon in the tray and select "Virtual drives", then select the drive and click the "Mount" button. In the window that opens, specify the path to the folder with the "Cossacks" disk image.
Step 7
Now all that remains is to install the game and make changes to the parameters of the launched application. Open the drive with the game through "Explorer" (My Computer) and run its installation.
Step 8
Try to start the game, if it does not start, you need to change its launch parameters. Open any text editor and place the following lines in a new file: taskkill / f / im explorer.exe
dmcr.exe
start explorer.exe
Step 9
Click the top menu "File", then select "Save As." In the window that opens, select the save folder, it should be the directory where you installed the game. In the File Name field, enter dmcr.bat and click Save. It is worth noting that the game must be launched by double-clicking the left mouse button on this file, so it is best to display the shortcut to this file on the desktop.
