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Hey i am having troubles with a game called LED wars. I am not sure if any of you have played or even heard of it before but if you have hopefully you can help me out. The problem is that i cant get it to run. i believe that this has something to do with the fact that i am running Windows xp. I have tried to find a patch but have been unsuccessful. If anyone knows anything about this or where i can get a patch from please tell me.
Thanks
bruce

Yippie! You got it! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" />

Edit: Would it be a problem for you to delete the other posts? Would be less confusing for the others...

I have heard of LED Wars, but have not played it. Have you tried XP's compatibility mode? IIRC, right click on the executable (or maybe also a shortcut) and select Properties, then Compatibility Mode (or maybe that is on the context menu directly). XP's help system would give a more detailed description.


Welcome to the forum. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />

I found the following on LED Wars patch

link 1 Fix #1

link 2 Fix #2

also check the Led site plus the distributors site.

yea heard about LEDwars?

http://www.larian.com/Site/english/ledwars/ledwars.html DOH!

If it wasn't for references to Larian's previous projects either here or in various interviews, I would not have heard of it at all. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

Thanks for those patches goldylocks. I was real excited when you posted them. Unfortunatly they didnt work. i couldnt get them to run for some reason. I looked at the read me files that came with them after that and none of the fixes had to do with compatibility issues. They will be nice to find anyway if i ever get the game working though. Raze that was a good idea as well. I tried it but it didnt work. Xp wasnt an option so i assumed that NT would be the compatability one and it still didnt open. I also just reinstalled it just in case, but it isnt working. I worte down the message i am getting here it is.

c:Program Files/Larian Studios/LED.EXE is not a valid win 32 application.

Hopefully that will give someone an idea. I think it means it wont work because of the version of windows i am using, if not correct me. Any other ideas i am still open to and would appritiate.
Thanks again
Bruce

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/question.gif" alt="" />Weird..i just found out i can get the map editor to work, just not the game. Why would that happen? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/question.gif" alt="" />

Usually the 'not a valid win 32 application' error is caused by a corrupt file (such as a broken download). Try uninstalling the game, re-boot, shut down all non-essential applications (especially anti-virus programs) and re-install. If that doesn't help, try installing it from a different optical drive, if possible.

If you have problems once you get the program to actually run, there should be an option for Windows 95 (or 98) in the compatibility settings. You set the options for what version of Windows the program is compatible with, and XP can compensate for some differences between Windows versions. Games are usually fairly independent, though, so changes in the registry, etc should not be a problem (compatibility mode would be worth trying, but not likely to help). DirectX is suppose to be backwards compatible, but it is possible for a game written for one version to have problems with a later version.

If you don't get the game to work, you can still enjoy the Larian crew's extraoridinary (I'd rather not say in which direction they excel) acting skills in the video briefings. Seeing Lar as an eco-terrorist and Kyrill as a Russian Scientist (or something like that) is just priceless. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
Hmm, I remember that about 2 years ago Lar said he'd make the game available for free download - wouldn't now be a good time? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

Sorry that I can't help you. I have the game, and it works, but I run Win98.

Wasn't he the LED "Guru" something? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

LED Wars, is a game by Larian <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

I never heard about this! Thought Divinity was the only game of the Larians which was released. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />

Me too. In fact I have never heard LED Wars. Now I want it. Even if I have XP. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/stupid.gif" alt="" />

Yes, it was our first game - and it was a lot of fun to develop it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
Click here for the Ledwars website.

And here are some music samples from the game, created by Kirill:

track 2
track 3
track 4
track 5
track 6
track 7

Enjoy!

thnx lynn. It seems interesting. Perhaps it is a good opportunity for me to have an idea about strategy games <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I like the graphics a lot <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" />

OOh I like track 4

Hmm i looked at his homepage, Kirill A rockstar?! sweet, even a metal-star <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" />

If I judge from the music from <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" /> he is a Goth star too <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" />

gonna listen to them tomorrow

And here (file size: 9,06 mb) is another music track - if I am not wrong, this was a bonus track for the German version of The Ledwars.

Enjoy!

Kirrils - Someday

I'm pretty sure I heard it somewhere else, and more than 1 time.