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I bought the series on GOG years ago, and also bought the floppy version of 2 and 3 much more earlier.
Today I fire up Ishar 3 and found out it is a CD-ROM version. Messing around a few minutes and it seems lack of wandering npc around the town.
I missed the intro video from the floppy, and I also want a lively town.
Would GOG bring back the floppy version of the game? Or give us an option to choose which version we would want to play?
Post edited July 25, 2023 by wongheiming
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wongheiming: I bought the series on GOG years ago, and also bought the floppy version of 2 and 3 much more earlier.
Today I fire up Ishar 3 and found out it is a CD-ROM version. Messing around a few minutes and it seems lack of wandering npc around the town.
I missed the intro video from the floppy, and I also want a lively town.
Would GOG bring back the floppy version of the game? Or give us an option to choose which version we would want to play?
I found on the "internet archive: https://archive org/ "Ishar Extended compilation" that contain english floppy version of ishar III, after installation simply copy files from "FLOPPY/EN" and "SHARED" folder into main directory of GOG version, these folders you can find in C:\GAMES
Post edited December 29, 2023 by madpalermo
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wongheiming: I bought the series on GOG years ago, and also bought the floppy version of 2 and 3 much more earlier.
Today I fire up Ishar 3 and found out it is a CD-ROM version. Messing around a few minutes and it seems lack of wandering npc around the town.
I missed the intro video from the floppy, and I also want a lively town.
Would GOG bring back the floppy version of the game? Or give us an option to choose which version we would want to play?
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madpalermo: I found on the "internet archive: https://archive org/ "Ishar Extended compilation" that contain english floppy version of ishar III, after installation simply copy files from "FLOPPY/EN" and "SHARED" folder into main directory of GOG version, these folders you can find in C:\GAMES
It seems the game is modified.
The text alignments are all wrong.
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madpalermo: I found on the "internet archive: https://archive org/ "Ishar Extended compilation" that contain english floppy version of ishar III, after installation simply copy files from "FLOPPY/EN" and "SHARED" folder into main directory of GOG version, these folders you can find in C:\GAMES
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wongheiming: It seems the game is modified.
The text alignments are all wrong.
Ok, i find out that you need copy only LOGO.IO, INTRO2.IO, INTRO3.IO, INTRO4.IO from SHARED folder, text align is normal now, this should enhance stability as well, because i experienced random crashes, and from FLOPPY folder copy only MAIN.IO there is no need to copy rest of files
Post edited December 30, 2023 by madpalermo
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wongheiming: It seems the game is modified.
The text alignments are all wrong.
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madpalermo: Ok, i find out that you need copy only LOGO.IO, INTRO2.IO, INTRO3.IO, INTRO4.IO from SHARED folder, text align is normal now, this should enhance stability as well, because i experienced random crashes, and from FLOPPY folder copy only MAIN.IO there is no need to copy rest of files
Is the special team under LOAD genuine?
I don't remember such a team in the floppy version.
And in a floppy version I found on the net (now removed) doesn't has that team.
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madpalermo: Ok, i find out that you need copy only LOGO.IO, INTRO2.IO, INTRO3.IO, INTRO4.IO from SHARED folder, text align is normal now, this should enhance stability as well, because i experienced random crashes, and from FLOPPY folder copy only MAIN.IO there is no need to copy rest of files
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wongheiming: Is the special team under LOAD genuine?
I don't remember such a team in the floppy version.
And in a floppy version I found on the net (now removed) doesn't has that team.
Special team comes with CD version only