Warlords II Deluxe Problem
                                           
   Read this before you download the patch 
   
   The situation has arisen when Warlords II Deluxe will not run on any system
   faster than a Pentium P166. This is due to a timing loop in third party graphics
   code licensed by SSG. The problem was solved by Louis Kruger who patched the
   relevant .EXE files and put them on a web site. With his kind permission, we're
   happy to let users know about the patched files, and to make them available
   through our own site.
   
   Please note that this is not an official SSG patch, that the files are supplied
   as is, and at the user's own risk.
   
   Instructions.
   
   1. You only need this patch if your machine is faster than a Pentium 166, and
   cannot run Warlords II Deluxe.
   
   2. You will need Warlords II Deluxe V2.2.4 or later.
   
   3. If you cannot install the game, run the INSPROB program from the CD to do an
   emergency install of the program.
   
   4. Copy the patch file W2DPPRO.ZIP to a temporary directory, and unzip it with
   PKZIP or similar program.
   
   5. Copy all the new .EXE files to the \W2DELUXE directory, where they should
   replace the existing files.
   

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*** Frequently Asked Question:

  I visited your site and thought I could ask a question.  I downloaded
warlords II but it won't work.  The message says insufficent EMS.  Do you
know how I can get the program to work.   I have a PC with plenty of power
and ram to handle the game.  If not, do you have any suggestions?

*** Answer:

I think the answer is the same now as it was in 1997, although you might 
have to use some different tricks to get the same result:

Subject: Re: Warlords II Deluxe / Win'95 Problem
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 1997 10:20:00 -0500

In the old days, there were two ways to use more than 640K of memory with
DOS programs: XMS and EMS.  Warlords II uses EMS memory.  Under Windows
95, there is only XMS memory by default.  You have to enable EMS memory
in order to get Warlords II to work under windows 95.

Make a backup copy of your C:\CONFIG.SYS file.

To enable EMS memory, edit the C:\CONFIG.SYS file and add these two
lines to the top of the file:

DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE RAM

To check that EMS memory is active, go to the DOS prompt and type "mem"

You should see something like this:

Memory Type        Total       Used       Free
 ----------------  --------   --------   --------
Conventional          640K        68K       572K
Upper                   0K         0K         0K
Reserved              384K       384K         0K
Extended (XMS)     31,744K       336K    31,408K
 ----------------  --------   --------   --------
Total memory       32,768K       788K    31,980K

Total under 1 MB      640K        68K       572K

Total Expanded (EMS)                   31M (32,882,688 bytes)   <----- I
have EMS memory available for Warlords!! >

Free Expanded (EMS)                    16M (16,777,216 bytes)

Largest executable program size       572K (585,392 bytes)
Largest free upper memory block         0K       (0 bytes)
MS-DOS is resident in the high memory area.

Notes:
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	- If you already have a line with "HIMEM.SYS" in it, you don't need to
add the first line.

	- Make sure to put the "EMM386.EXE" line AFTER the "HIMEM.SYS" line.

	- If you have any problems rebooting, press the F8 key when the
"Starting Windows 95" message appears.  Then, select "Safe Mode Command
Prompt Only" from the menu.  From the command prompt, type "edit
config.sys" and remove the EMM386.EXE line.