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  1. Ahhh...so that's why leaving the resolution window open works for some games. Cheers Master Xan. I've now successfully tried a VM (VirtualBox running XP sp2) to play Rebellion on and feel I can give a beginner's appraisal of the pros and cons for Virtual box as opposed to the Refreshed+Reloaded files. Pros: You know the game will install itself, patch easily and run on windows XP and previous versions, so minimal, if any, tinkering required. You can dynamically change the size of the window the VM is in (I find playing in 'windowed mode' without a VM is way too small and standard full screen stupidly large - especially on my widescreen monitor ) You can multi-task without the game auto pausing (good for multiplayer) Multiplayer games seem more stable/less prone to crashing Cons: You need an old version of windows to install on the VM You need GB's of disk space to accommodate the guest OS (it wanted 10GB for my XP) First time set up of a VM takes quite some time to install windows & some tinkering (there are a plethora of settings for the VM but I only needed to adjust 2: in 'Storage' add 'Host drive E' & in 'Network' select attached to: 'Bridged Adapter' -Big Up to Budious for that one! Cheers ) If intending mutliplayer internet access is required which can be a pain (I've been unable to update XP+internet explorer and wasn't able to install microsoft security essentials so am a bit concerned my VM is wide open to attack and how that might relate to my pc - any advice here would be much appreciated. I should note that once I got gameranger installed I haven't had any internet issues with actually playing the game - just browsing the internet) All in all I found using the refreshed & reloaded files quicker but slightly more involved technically. I do bemoan the loss of 10GB but... am I going to get rid of it?... No chance - I much prefer playing it on the VM but will keep both versions so as to be able to play more people multiplayer To get the game to run on my wiin7 pro 64 system I followed the following steps: Create new game folder: C/Program Files(x86)/LucasArts/Star Wars Rebellion. Copy the entire contents of the game CD to that folder. From the Refreshed & Reloaded files: copy in the d3drm file; replace the REBEXE.exe file with the one in the rebellion folder; use the Rebellion x64 registry file (right click merge). Disable graphics card and restart pc - Game Ready! The Rebed in the files works fine so long as you have the vcl30 file (which is in the download) Battle graphics are slightly jerky around fighter movements but nothing I can't live with
  2. @ budious - thanks for the download mirror: I hadn't seen that when I edited my post above. Also you make a good case for the VM - I'm gonna have to try one (last time I did I couldn't get it to connect the internet but sounds like things have got better since and that was at least a few years ago that I tried) @master xan - cheers for the post above, you've very well encapsulated the main suggestion on the link I posted. The other (for anyone having display issues on old games) was to simply leave the change resolution window open when starting an older game (sounds crazy I know but enough people have said it works to try it). Also anyone like me who has an AMD graphics card might want to try disabling it worked for me!
  3. If you're looking for multiplayer - download GameRanger - it's a free game matcher with many people still playing rebellion. An absolute must in my opinion P.S. - I won't get bored.
  4. You are the same budious! (REF post: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=28312&p=550416#p550416) Sorry, if I'd thought to look a little deeper, I could have found that out without asking the question. It's an absolute pleasure - I'm eternally grateful for the files in the first place - to think I can continue to have this game to play for at least another 5 years makes me unreasonably happy and it's all due to those files. Huge thanks to you and any who helped create them! And if I can help others get it working then I figure I'll have that many more people to play against multiplayer
  5. Cheers budious, good to know for future reference. Potentially though, sounds like that could be as technically taxing as making it work on win7 using the refreshed & reloaded package?
  6. @budious - Does a VM allow multiplayer over the internet? With GameRanger for example? I got it working on my win7 64 using the refreshed and reloaded x86/x64 package (Are you the same Budious who created that?) Personally I didn't think the steps to do that were overly taxing from a technical viewpoint (just copy all the CD files, add the d3drm file, replace the exe file, use the registry merge file and away you go) but that's only my opinion.
  7. Are you using the same updated versions of Rebed that are in the link I posted above? Afraid that's the last suggestion I have I have a win7 64 system and they work on here but also think they have a couple of extra files in them - try them is all I can suggest
  8. Do you have the movie files on your hard drive?
  9. I've never heard of that! That's a record if ever there was! - Didn't even think it could happen. Couple of questions: 1. Have they been left on planets with more enemy popular support than your own? 2. What system specs are you running it on? (just wondering if a 64bit system might possibly mess it up?)
  10. Hi Bandai - sorry for the delayed reply. Thanks for the offer but have managed to sort it - try the download in this link: http://www.filedropper.com/rebrefreshpackagebeta12withvcl30addedbyant Any problems email me at addict-ant@outlook.com. Hey Master Xan - I've now had 23 people request these files - I had no idea the game was still this popular Happy news if ever I heard it. P.S. - forget what I said above: I have since learnt what the vcl30 file is and included it in the rebed folders in the above download link
  11. Scratch what I said - I got it working finally with win7 64...the hurdle all along was my AMD graphics card, of all things disabling it sorted out the colours straight away! Though if anyone else has colour/display issues, this was a great resource (provided by Kristaps - who also clued me into filedropper - many, many thanks, sorry I forgot your name dude): http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-gaming/age-of-empires-2-on-windows-7-has-color-issues/a1763d12-11e2-498f-9b23-122792b14f74
  12. I could be wrong but I believe you need the file vcl30.dpl copied into the rebed folder which incidentally I've recently found and added to the refreshed+reloaded files available here: http://www.filedropper.com/rebrefreshpackagebeta12withvcl30addedbyant
  13. Hi All, After a couple of weeks away and many emails requesting these files, I've put them on a filedropper download (many thanks to the person who suggested it - my apologies I've forgotten your name already): http://www.filedropper.com/rebrefreshpackagebeta12withvcl30addedbyant as you may note I've found and added the file vcl30.dpl to the rebed folders (finally figured out what that was - makes rebed work on 64 systems...I think ) If for any reason the download isn't working, email me at addict-ant@outlook.com and I'll see what I can do. P.S. I've just got a windows 7 professional 64 system and whilst rebellion runs, the colours are all messed up (almost looks like it's running in 256 colour but not quite). I've tried all the compatibility settings and checking up to date graphics drivers etc but to no avail - if anyone has any suggestions I'd be eternally grateful. EDIT 11/08/2013: BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH FILEDROPPER.COM SO HAVE SET UP THIS AT OUTLOOK'S SKYDIVE: https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=B9BB0ECEEDB43135!108&authkey=!AATeErb0o3a47FM AGAIN, ANY PROBLEMS PLEASE EMAIL ME AS ABOVE
  14. You, Evaders... (anyone really). Ummm....... I don't wish to contradict you oh wise master....but... ...I think you're wrong about the time changing thing in multiplayer... ...or at least in every SWR game I've played, the game has gone at the slowest speed either player has set it to... or am I alone in experiencing that?
  15. Yes, definitely good luck with the job hunting - it can be damn tough out there for employment but it's a necessary evil Though from the sounds of it you both have education on your side so hopefully that should bear some fruit - I will keep my fingers crossed. Tex - I just realised: haha - you want rain... come to the UK! - it's always bloody raining over here! So much so, flash flooding's becoming a real issue in some areas. (yet somehow we still have hose pipe bans almost every summer - what the hell is that about?!?) - in fact our summer has only just got started - and we're not expecting it to hang around long (a month maybe...possibly two...if we're lucky). Then it'll be back to cloudy, windy and rainy...

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