EoB2 - Swords of Dawn - DataDisk

Marcuz · 23 June 2002, 22:12

I've found this strange entry df a data disk for Eye of the Beholder 2 in Emuchina tosec. :bounce

after downloaded it i noticed that many files were corrupted and the Install feature does'not function.

I've tried to copy the files manually, some of them replace the original ones, but the whole thing hang up when loads the char gen screen.
Does someone have a better copy of it or a Eob2-hd complete of it?
...and/or knows what was involved in the dd anyway?
Tks

23 June 2002, 22:27

Strange. I've never heard of it though I have it. I'll try to upload it with my puny bandwidth

Does anyone know what this is all about?

Twistin'Ghost · 24 June 2002, 06:16

Yeah, I had it, too, but I can't say I have heard of it, either. Maybe it's a fake? At any rate, AmiSectorOne's A-Compendiums says this:

Quote:

Eye of the Beholder 2 - Swords of Dawn Datadisk by SSI / Westwood released in 199?. Further Information: Disk(s), Language En
Code by ; Graphics by ; Music and Sound by
Configuration: WinECS

I didn't find any other reference to this disk.

Marcuz · 24 June 2002, 14:05

I've cleaned the files corrupted with fixdisk and i've made a manual install/copy in the HDdir of eob2: some files i think they were the same of the originals except 5 "DAWNFOREST" files and a "LEVEL5.smthing".
Neither i'm sure that all went right: i've preserved the original files when they were the same lenght of the ones of the datadisk.

I've started the game and when i've entered the temple, the game was facing me the same forest instead of the interiors, except that the wolwes were using the soundset of the clerics of darkmoon!

So if this is'nt a fake, the use of the install executable is needed, but WBench does'nt allow me that:failed retourcode or something like that.
@ burseg: thank you for your upload, but the file, even if the tosec name is different, is the same and it has the same corrupted files

thx for the listening guys, but i think i can't get anything else out of that disk

Marcuz · 28 August 2003, 15:17

I was playing again the eob serie the other day and i thought to refresh the question about the data disk.
some of the recently acquired members knows about it?

Peanutuk · 28 August 2003, 19:08

Never heard of it myself. Perhaps it is a PD job?

Marcuz · 28 August 2003, 20:31

it is tosecized as
Eye of the Beholder II - Swords of Dawn (1992)(SSI)[h X-Trade][data disk].adf

Twistin'Ghost · 30 August 2003, 10:11

Maybe this was a PC data disk and someone just tried to make it work with the Amiga?

Steve · 30 August 2003, 11:59

Swords of Dawn is not official. It wasn't a PC data disk or an Amiga data disk. I'm sure of this as I own both. It certainly wasn't made by Westwood Studios. This has to be some sort of dodgy hack job and shouldn't really be in tosec.

Solo Kazuki · 18 September 2004, 00:42

I have disk image with not working (I don't know why? Probably because image is from disk with "checksum error") data disk to EoBII. It's called "Swords of Dawn" and it's probably unofficial data disk. Is there anybody who have this data installed? Or have working version of data disk?
I attach this image. If somebody run this image (with or without problems), let me know.

Peanutuk · 18 September 2004, 00:47

I think that someone has mentioned this before back in the gloomy memories of the EAB. Was it surmised that is was a PC only disk? Or as you say an unofficial disk.

Do a search of the EAB and have a look.

I'd certainly also be interested if there is a official disk of this game.

Solo Kazuki · 18 September 2004, 00:58

> I think that someone has mentioned this before back in the gloomy memories of the EAB.
>Was it surmised that is was a PC only disk?

I'm sure that it's not "PC Only" disk. It's bootable AmigaDOS disk with startup-sequence. Moreover, when you run disk, there's info to run this disk under WB. Saddly main file is not Amiga executable... but it's not MS-DOS/Win executable (it's probably damaged... or it's hoax)!

> Or as you say an unofficial disk.

So, there's still question who have this unofficial data installed succesfully.

Solo Kazuki · 18 September 2004, 01:09

Note: I just read first topic about this disk. But there is still question about working version (i think)... if there is any working version, of course.

Marcuz · 18 September 2004, 01:28

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?...ht=swords+dawn

Marcuz · 02 August 2009, 14:15

i've checked the CPS files of this disk with Vairn utility; all of them had simply the same graphics of the original game under a different name.
namely, the forest surrounding the darkmoon temple (dawnforest.cps) and the original title screen (swords.cps).

there is some different content in the INF files (of course: they call for other files that are now under different names)

i could not check the actual maze files to see if there were modifications in the dungeon structure, but even so i think that, at best, it was a botched tentative to add maybe some very minor tweak (maybe a weapon or something like that; i'm pretty sure there wasn't modifications in the palettes either) that failed due to some error in the implementation.

i don't think that the 2 broken Khelben.cps files contained different data from the original ones either.

of course one could even bother to try to make the installer work, but i tend to think this was simply a fake and that it never worked.

dlfrsilver · 02 August 2009, 14:36

Yes it's a hack. Don't bother with this. I even remember than there should be a virus on this disk too.

Don_Adan · 05 August 2009, 12:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by marco pedrana

i've checked the CPS files of this disk with Vairn utility; all of them had simply the same graphics of the original game under a different name.
namely, the forest surrounding the darkmoon temple (dawnforest.cps) and the original title screen (swords.cps).

there is some different content in the INF files (of course: they call for other files that are now under different names)

i could not check the actual maze files to see if there were modifications in the dungeon structure, but even so i think that, at best, it was a botched tentative to add maybe some very minor tweak (maybe a weapon or something like that; i'm pretty sure there wasn't modifications in the palettes either) that failed due to some error in the implementation.

i don't think that the 2 broken Khelben.cps files contained different data from the original ones either.

of course one could even bother to try to make the installer work, but i tend to think this was simply a fake and that it never worked.

I rebuilded this "installer" some years ago, and this is simply fake, made by any unknown/stupid group/person. If I remember right "installer" is any Workbench command.

Here is the link to rebuilded "Install":
http://wt.exotica.org.uk/files/Install

Marcuz · 05 August 2009, 12:50

well then this is final, thanks for the confirmation!

can also please a global mod merge this other thread with this?
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=15247

Marcuz · 05 August 2009, 13:09

Thanks Graham!

23 June 2002, 22:12	#1
Marcuz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: . Age: 48 Posts: 5,562	EoB2 - Swords of Dawn - DataDisk I've found this strange entry df a data disk for Eye of the Beholder 2 in Emuchina tosec. :bounce after downloaded it i noticed that many files were corrupted and the Install feature does'not function. I've tried to copy the files manually, some of them replace the original ones, but the whole thing hang up when loads the char gen screen. Does someone have a better copy of it or a Eob2-hd complete of it? ...and/or knows what was involved in the dd anyway? Tks

02 August 2009, 14:15	#15
Marcuz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: . Age: 48 Posts: 5,562	i've checked the CPS files of this disk with Vairn utility; all of them had simply the same graphics of the original game under a different name. namely, the forest surrounding the darkmoon temple (dawnforest.cps) and the original title screen (swords.cps). there is some different content in the INF files (of course: they call for other files that are now under different names) i could not check the actual maze files to see if there were modifications in the dungeon structure, but even so i think that, at best, it was a botched tentative to add maybe some very minor tweak (maybe a weapon or something like that; i'm pretty sure there wasn't modifications in the palettes either) that failed due to some error in the implementation. i don't think that the 2 broken Khelben.cps files contained different data from the original ones either. of course one could even bother to try to make the installer work, but i tend to think this was simply a fake and that it never worked. Last edited by Marcuz; 02 August 2009 at 14:21.

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23 June 2002, 22:27	#2
oldpx Posts: n/a	Strange. I've never heard of it though I have it. I'll try to upload it with my puny bandwidth Does anyone know what this is all about?

24 June 2002, 14:05	#4
Marcuz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: . Age: 48 Posts: 5,562	I've cleaned the files corrupted with fixdisk and i've made a manual install/copy in the HDdir of eob2: some files i think they were the same of the originals except 5 "DAWNFOREST" files and a "LEVEL5.smthing". Neither i'm sure that all went right: i've preserved the original files when they were the same lenght of the ones of the datadisk. I've started the game and when i've entered the temple, the game was facing me the same forest instead of the interiors, except that the wolwes were using the soundset of the clerics of darkmoon! So if this is'nt a fake, the use of the install executable is needed, but WBench does'nt allow me that:failed retourcode or something like that. @ burseg: thank you for your upload, but the file, even if the tosec name is different, is the same and it has the same corrupted files thx for the listening guys, but i think i can't get anything else out of that disk

28 August 2003, 15:17	#5
Marcuz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: . Age: 48 Posts: 5,562	I was playing again the eob serie the other day and i thought to refresh the question about the data disk. some of the recently acquired members knows about it?

28 August 2003, 19:08	#6
Peanutuk Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The North, UK Age: 44 Posts: 1,082	Never heard of it myself. Perhaps it is a PD job?

28 August 2003, 20:31	#7
Marcuz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: . Age: 48 Posts: 5,562	it is tosecized as Eye of the Beholder II - Swords of Dawn (1992)(SSI)[h X-Trade][data disk].adf

30 August 2003, 10:11	#8
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 33 Posts: 4,662	Maybe this was a PC data disk and someone just tried to make it work with the Amiga?

30 August 2003, 11:59	#9
Steve I Identify as an Ewok Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: North Lincolnshire Age: 45 Posts: 2,356	Swords of Dawn is not official. It wasn't a PC data disk or an Amiga data disk. I'm sure of this as I own both. It certainly wasn't made by Westwood Studios. This has to be some sort of dodgy hack job and shouldn't really be in tosec.

18 September 2004, 00:47	#11
Peanutuk Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The North, UK Age: 44 Posts: 1,082	I think that someone has mentioned this before back in the gloomy memories of the EAB. Was it surmised that is was a PC only disk? Or as you say an unofficial disk. Do a search of the EAB and have a look. I'd certainly also be interested if there is a official disk of this game.

18 September 2004, 00:58	#12
Solo Kazuki Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Poland Posts: 1,301	> I think that someone has mentioned this before back in the gloomy memories of the EAB. >Was it surmised that is was a PC only disk? I'm sure that it's not "PC Only" disk. It's bootable AmigaDOS disk with startup-sequence. Moreover, when you run disk, there's info to run this disk under WB. Saddly main file is not Amiga executable... but it's not MS-DOS/Win executable (it's probably damaged... or it's hoax)! > Or as you say an unofficial disk. So, there's still question who have this unofficial data installed succesfully.

18 September 2004, 01:09	#13
Solo Kazuki Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Poland Posts: 1,301	Note: I just read first topic about this disk. But there is still question about working version (i think)... if there is any working version, of course.

18 September 2004, 01:28	#14
Marcuz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: . Age: 48 Posts: 5,562	http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?...ht=swords+dawn

02 August 2009, 14:36	#16
dlfrsilver CaptainM68K-SPS France Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melun nearby Paris/France Age: 46 Posts: 10,412	Yes it's a hack. Don't bother with this. I even remember than there should be a virus on this disk too.

05 August 2009, 12:50	#18
Marcuz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: . Age: 48 Posts: 5,562	well then this is final, thanks for the confirmation! can also please a global mod merge this other thread with this? http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=15247

05 August 2009, 13:09	#19
Marcuz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: . Age: 48 Posts: 5,562	Thanks Graham!

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