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(Took several posts on win7 installation from forums and condensed here to make it easy.)
 
(Its version specific and outdated. Redirected and moved documentation to a more general page. alternatively the info can be moved to its own vX.Y:instaltion.)
 
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'''Important!''' ''Make sure you read these instructions carefully and follow them exactly.''
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Aurora is written in an old language and therefore uses an installation program from the late 1990s. If you don't follow the instructions  you will end up with a series of errors, usually 3061 then 3265 then a series of 91s. If that happens, uninstall and re-install and follow the instructions carefully.
 
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1) Download AuroraInstall554.zip from here http://www.pentarch.org/steve/AuroraInstall554.zip and unzip it. You will have four files called    Aurora.CAB, Setup.exe, Setup.LST and AuroraUpdate554.zip
 
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2) Run Setup.exe. This will run a standard (but old) Microsoft install program. Change the installation path to myDocuments or Desktop (ex.
 
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C:\Users\yourUsername\Desktop\Aurora).
 
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'''Important:''' ''If you are asked about overwriting any existing files with older files, make sure you KEEP the existing files''
 
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3) Unzip AuroraUpdate554.zip into the same directory and answer yes to overwriting Aurora.exe and Stevefire.mdb.
 
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4) If you live in a country where the decimal separator is a comma, change your regional settings to either UK or US (where the decimal separator is a period) when playing Aurora. If you don't change this, you will get a LOT of errors.
 
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5) Download the 6.21 update from http://www.pentarch.org/steve/Aurora620.zip and place the files from the .zip to the following folders:
 
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a) Stevefire.mdb and Aurora.exe into the installation directory, overwriting the existing files with the same names
 
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b) a11.jpg, b20.jpg and M24.jpg into the Planetjpeg sub-directory
 
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c) flag0390.jpg and flag0391.jpg into the Flags sub-directory
 
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6) ('''OPTIONAL''') Download http://www.pentarch.org/steve/UpdatedRaces.zip (29MB) and overwrite the races in the Race directory. This updates the racial pictures and prevents errors when viewing the sample game Steve included.
 
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7) You will need to install the program from this website http://www.pcwintech.com/simple-shutdown-timer to safely get some missing .dlls that you will need. You can uninstall the program immediately after if you want.
 
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8) You're all done and ready for your first game! Check the Tutorial section on the wiki for help getting started or visit the official Aurora4x forums.
 
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This information taken nearly verbatim from several forum posts and compiled here to be in one place for ease of access.
 

Latest revision as of 07:28, 15 December 2015

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