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Posted November 01, 2013
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tinyE: Thanks for having a sense of humor about that. :P
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reaver894: yours is a sawn off no?
No, it's not a shotgun. It's a bazooka.
Posted November 01, 2013
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reaver894: yours is a sawn off no?
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tinyE: No, it's not a shotgun. It's a bazooka.
Ah, I see, very sensitive and prone to going off early.
Posted November 01, 2013
By the way, the installer wants to install by default under Program Files, just like GOG installers did earlier. Wasn't that considered a no-no, in case you want to change something in the game directory yourself manually (like the sound settings from the awful default Adlib OPL-2 music, to Roland Sound Canvas)?

Anyways, I changed the installer directory by old habit to point to C:\Games\... instead.
Posted November 01, 2013
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timppu: By the way, the installer wants to install by default under Program Files, just like GOG installers did earlier. Wasn't that considered a no-no, in case you want to change something in the game directory yourself manually (like the sound settings from the awful default Adlib OPL-2 music, to Roland Sound Canvas)?

Anyways, I changed the installer directory by old habit to point to C:\Games\... instead.
Up until relatively recently they all did that. Anything released from Win 95 up until probably Vista did that.
Posted November 01, 2013
Hmm, apparently this version is missing the setup.exe to change the music soundcard? :(

EDIT: Now I am totally confused. When I first installed and played this Blizzard Classics version, it seemed to be playing the inferior Adlib FM-synthesis music.

Then I played a bit with my separate Blackthorne which is running in my local DOSBox installation, playing it with General MIDI. Now when I afterwards play the Blizzard Classics version, it suddenly seems to play General MIDI music too?

Can anyone confirm if this version Blizzard Classics version is playing General MIDI music for them by default? I think it may be playing General MIDI by default after all, which is goooood.
Post edited November 01, 2013 by timppu
Posted November 01, 2013
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tinyE: No, it's not a shotgun. It's a bazooka.
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reaver894: Ah, I see, very sensitive and prone to going off early.
Oh, so I guess my reputation proceeds me. :D
Post edited November 01, 2013 by tinyE
Posted November 01, 2013
No Blackthorne :( Guess it's because I'm not from the US. I did enter my account from the US link ...
Posted November 01, 2013
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Licurg: No Blackthorne :( Guess it's because I'm not from the US. I did enter my account from the US link ...
You are welcome to come over and play it here any time.
Posted November 01, 2013
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Licurg: No Blackthorne :( Guess it's because I'm not from the US. I did enter my account from the US link ...
Didn't this direct link earlier in this thread work for you?

https://us.battle.net/account/download/?show=classic

That's where I got it, just clicked on the Windows logo and got the installer, without logging into any account or anything.
Posted November 01, 2013
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Licurg: No Blackthorne :( Guess it's because I'm not from the US. I did enter my account from the US link ...
I don't think it's US-exclusive, seeing as the OP is from the UK and other people from Europe seem to have downloaded it too.
Posted November 01, 2013
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timppu: Can anyone confirm if this version Blizzard Classics version is playing General MIDI music for them by default? I think it may be playing General MIDI by default after all, which is goooood.
I get a nice GM in-game music in Blackthorne

Why Blizzard give away sth they could sell here ? Not that I'm complaining but still .....
Post edited November 01, 2013 by tburger
Posted November 01, 2013
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Licurg: No Blackthorne :( Guess it's because I'm not from the US. I did enter my account from the US link ...
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spindown: I don't think it's US-exclusive, seeing as the OP is from the UK and other people from Europe seem to have downloaded it too.
I got it from here too.
Posted November 01, 2013
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timppu: Didn't this direct link earlier in this thread work for you?

https://us.battle.net/account/download/?show=classic

That's where I got it, just clicked on the Windows logo and got the installer, without logging into any account or anything.
That worked ! I don't know why it didn't before, but it works now !
Posted November 01, 2013
Just download Blackthorne. Never played it, but it looks cool.
Posted November 01, 2013
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timppu: Can anyone confirm if this version Blizzard Classics version is playing General MIDI music for them by default? I think it may be playing General MIDI by default after all, which is goooood.
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tburger: I get a nice GM in-game music in Blackthorne

Why Blizzard give away sth they could sell here ? Not that I'm complaining but still .....
That's actually a good point. I for one would pay for a game like Blackthorn. For a game like Lost Vikings I'd pay A LOT. I hope we don't screw this up. :P
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