HELP needed with ICR2 installation

Please take a moment to read this message - I'm pulling my hair out here over what might be a really simple problem... I've recently bought ICR2 and did a full installation on my PC at work. I was very impressed, but I don't really have time to get into at work <g>. I noticed that you don't need to access the CD during the game, so I thought I could copy it to my notebook PC so that I can play it at home. I got all the files across OK using Interlnk and ran the setup program to set the sound card, etc. The game seems to run fine at first - I get the intro sequnce with the speech, music and racing so the graphics / sound / memory / files / processor must be OK. BUT, when I go to the main menu and choose an option the text for that option just goes from red to gray, nothing else happens. It hasn't crashed because you can still move through the options and select them. Even the exit option doesn't work - the only way out is CTRL-ALT-DEL. I know that the box states that you need a CD-ROM drive for ICR2, but I can't believe I've got past all the file copying, setup and CD hurdles only to get stuck on the main meun! Can anyone please help? Replies via e-mail prefered - I'll post any useful conclusions to the group. BTW: My notebook PC is a 20MB 486DX4 running in VGA, and I'm using a boot disk. BTW: Before anyone starts flaming, I don't see a copyright problem here - I'm just transferring my copy of the game from one of my computers to another. Thanks in advance. - Conrad

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>I got all the files across OK using Interlnk and ran the setup program to set >the sound card, etc. The game seems to run fine at first - I get the intro >sequnce with the speech, music and racing so the graphics / sound / memory / >files / processor must be OK. BUT, when I go to the main menu and choose an >option the text for that option just goes from red to gray, nothing else >happens. It hasn't crashed because you can still move through the options and >select them. Even the exit option doesn't work - the only way out is >CTRL-ALT-DEL. >I know that the box states that you need a CD-ROM drive for ICR2, but I can't >believe I've got past all the file copying, setup and CD hurdles only to get >stuck on the main meun! Can anyone please help? Replies via e-mail >prefered - I'll post any useful conclusions to the group. >BTW: My notebook PC is a 20MB 486DX4 running in VGA, and I'm using a boot > disk. >BTW: Before anyone starts flaming, I don't see a copyright problem here - I'm > just transferring my copy of the game from one of my computers to > another. >Thanks in advance. >- Conrad

How are your controllers set? And actually, just because you got to the menu doesn't mean the rest is set correctly...<g> Try deleting or renaming the gameopt.cfg file(or something like that) and run it again... Eldred Pickett I am NOT paranoid. And why are you always watching me?!?

I tried that but still no luck. In fact I tried another method in which installation is done through the notebook PC as if the CD ROM were attatched to it: 0. Delete my original installation 1. Copy the whole of the CD to hard disk on my desktop PC 2. Run the install program on my notebook PC via interlink to the desktop PC 3. Run the setup program on the notebook PC Everything seemed fine, 'installation successful' message, start-up animation and music but then the same problem - it's impossible to select anything from the main menu! Either there is something odd about my notebook PC (unlikely) or Papyrus have a very strange anti-copying technique which only allows ICR2 to work if you have a CD-ROM drive in your machine (even more unlikely!). I suppose I'll just have to play ICR2 at work and do my work at home!

: 0. Delete my original installation : 1. Copy the whole of the CD to hard disk on my desktop PC : 2. Run the install program on my notebook PC via interlink to the desktop PC : 3. Run the setup program on the notebook PC : Everything seemed fine, 'installation successful' message, start-up animation : and music but then the same problem - it's impossible to select anything from : the main menu! : Either there is something odd about my notebook PC (unlikely) or Papyrus have : a very strange anti-copying technique which only allows ICR2 to work if you : have a CD-ROM drive in your machine (even more unlikely!). Check the file LIB.CFG in the ICR2 directory. This file points to the drive and directory where the program expects to find it supporting library of files. I have my CD in Drive H:, my LIB.CFG reads: H:\icr2 Just edit yours to point to the drive and directory where you have copied the full installation. This "could" do the trick. -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

>: Everything seemed fine, 'installation successful' message, start-up animation >: and music but then the same problem - it's impossible to select anything from >: the main menu! I had the same problem on my Pentium at work! I could never get it to work. Now I have a home computer so I quit trying to load it at work. I never did figure out what it was. Sorry this isn't much help, but maybe this is a bug that needs attention? Craig