What's your favorite American civil war game and why?

[Anguille]

ORIGINAL: H Gilmer

I couldn't get CWG2 to play on 64 bit win 7. Am I just out of luck?

There's a dll (not sure which one) you have to add (as it has been removed by Microsoft).

[RCHarmon]

You need XP to run CWG2. If you have an old computer around you would be good to go. I played hours of that game and played it online. There was a really good group who played it. They made a ton of player created scenarios. Its graphics are a bit rudimentary and online play was not at all stable once units started to rout, but it was a really good game with a good following.

Norbsoft Gettysburg:Scourge of War is the a great game. If you want to micromanage you can if you want to command army and let your brigadiers do the managing you have that option.

SP is really good and there is a group that plays MP where they have had up to 20 players in the same battle.

[Anguille]

CWG2 does run on Windows 7 but you need to add the dll.

armchairgeneral forum

CWG2 on Windows 7

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OK, to get CWG2 to run on Windows 7 you need wing32.dll. The wingding install provided by CWG2 sites doesn't work and you shouldn't need to run it since the game just requires wing32.dll.

Apparently, in older operating systems games ran differently and it was replaced by DirectX. Wing32 was part of this older system.

In order to get wing32.dll go to this site and download it.

I tried placing this file in the CWG2 folder but the game didn't run. The dll file was installed in the wrong place.

So I moved it to C:\Windows\System32. That didn't work either.

My Win 7 is 64 bit so I moved wing32.dll to C:\Windows\SysWOW64. I started the game and it worked.

I am not sure but I guess SysWOW64 is only on 64 bit Windows 7. If you have 32 bit Windows 7 wing32.dll will go in the C:\Windows\System32 folder.

The above will also probably work for Windows Vista 32 bit and 64 bit operating systems.

When you start CWG2 it will not start in full screen but it will later on. Just press space to skip the video introduction (if you wish), wait for the credits to roll and menu to fully appear.

[Gilmer]

Ok, thanks for the help!

[parusski]

ORIGINAL: H Gilmer

I couldn't get CWG2 to play on 64 bit win 7. Am I just out of luck?

It works, but you need to download the evaluation version of DLL-files.com fixer. Yes, you will be prompted to purchase the full version, but the evaluation copy will fix the .dll issue. Once you have the game running though, uninstall DLL-files fixer.

Here is the link, I used it a long time ago to get CWG2 to work with Win 7 64:

http://www.dll-files.com/fixer/

[Gilmer]

Ok, I'll try that because I did the other and it started up, then it asked for the disc to be inserted, so I pressed OK. Then it said it was missing terrfx.txt file and stopped.

[Gilmer]

It looks real interesting.

[parusski]

ORIGINAL: H Gilmer

It looks real interesting.

For those who like CWG2 there is a fun little strategy guide for the game:

http://willisnyc.tripod.com/civilwargeneralsiistrategyguide/index.html

[hck2cotsonika]

Scourge of War is a great game to play. I have played for hours on my laptop. Really wonderful action game.

http://pokemon.otavo.tv/ , http://naruto.otavo.tv/

[parusski]

ORIGINAL: hck2cotsonika

Scourge of War is a great game to play. I have played for hours on my laptop. Really wonderful action game.

http://pokemon.otavo.tv/ , http://naruto.otavo.tv/

Scourge of the forum, thanks.

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[a7v]

I won´t recommend my favorite game in this thread because it is really old, but I still play the good old "From Sumter to Appomattox" made by Frank Hunter in its upgraded exe from 2004. I can run it under Vista 64 without problems and it is also free. You can find it here:

http://www.thurb.com/games/acw/intro.htm

Best regards

Rainer

[Yogi the Great]

ORIGINAL: A7V_U

I won´t recommend my favorite game in this thread because it is really old, but I still play the good old "From Sumter to Appomattox" made by Frank Hunter in its upgraded exe from 2004. I can run it under Vista 64 without problems and it is also free. You can find it here:

http://www.thurb.com/games/acw/intro.htm

Best regards

Rainer

Actually, that was and is a good game.

[parusski]

ORIGINAL: A7V_U

I won´t recommend my favorite game in this thread because it is really old, but I still play the good old "From Sumter to Appomattox" made by Frank Hunter in its upgraded exe from 2004. I can run it under Vista 64 without problems and it is also free. You can find it here:

http://www.thurb.com/games/acw/intro.htm

Best regards

Rainer

WOW, I forgot this game. Loved it. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

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[Chijohnaok2]

The Civil War General 1 & 2 were my favorites.

[parusski]

ORIGINAL: jasonkorrey

ORIGINAL: A7V_U

I won´t recommend my favorite game in this thread because it is really old, but I still play the good old "From Sumter to Appomattox" made by Frank Hunter in its upgraded exe from 2004. I can run it under Vista 64 without problems and it is also free. You can find it here:

http://www.thurb.com/games/acw/intro.htm

Best regards

Rainer

You are right. This game is very nice one. For a long time someone has remembered this game to me, because I already forgot it. That's game I have enjoyed too much.

Someone has remembered me for short time, because I forgot her for long time. She is enjoyed much.

[rodney727]

I would like a game as easy as time if fury. Suggestions?

[Titanwarrior89]

This was the first computer game that I played. Seems like a million years ago. Up to this game I was only a long time boardgamer but now play both.

ORIGINAL: A7V_U

I won´t recommend my favorite game in this thread because it is really old, but I still play the good old "From Sumter to Appomattox" made by Frank Hunter in its upgraded exe from 2004. I can run it under Vista 64 without problems and it is also free. You can find it here:

http://www.thurb.com/games/acw/intro.htm

Best regards

Rainer

[Rosseau]

I read Landscape Turned Red while playing SSI's Battle of Antietam on the C64. It was a re-enactment in my head that freaked me out and has since cost me a lot of money in computer games [;)]