Baron von Beer

Thanks for all the advice everyone. However, for the last bit, think I was misunderstood. The trouble I had was that the installer itself would not run, ie: no install window opened up, no program installed. I had to do a surgical method of implanting it myself, but no matter, as it runs now. Also thanks for the instuctions for CMMods.com, grabbed a few more things from there as well.

Was at CMMods last night but didn't see where to get the CMMOS file, only the mods themselves. (Was nearly asleep when doing it, so probably just missed it.) Will try that, but got it working nevertheless, using less, conventional methods. I installed it on a relatives comp for his installation (we were planning on playing each other) and simply exported all the releavant registry entries, and copied the actual installation itself onto CD for transfer. Imported the registries and pasted the CMMOS fiels, and it appears to be running now. (haven't actaully tried using it though, but it did load up at least, which is a good sign.) I assume it is something with my comp, as I burned the mods and CMMOS onto disc for him, and they installed without a hitch on his comp. As to why they did not on mine, I have no clue whatsoever. Guess it pays to be a part time nerd sometimes.

Hoping someone can maybee nudge me in the right direction here. Trying to get CMBO set up with CMMOS. Downloaded the base files (4.03 IIRC), the rulesets, and mods. I go to launch the CMMOS core, it shows the files expanding to the temp directory, then, nothing. Same happens with the rule sets. (I know the core must be installed first, just tested to see if it was a problem with the installer itself) I notice in the task manager after launch, it still showed the CMMOS 4.03.exe, and also NTVDM.exe had appeared since the attempted launch. Tried multiple times, same result. Tried unpacking the file with winrar, and launching the setup.exe manually, but got the same result. I have since downloaded and reinstalled installshield in the hopes that would fix things, but no go. Any help, suggestions, etc will be much appreciated. Guess worst case I can unpack the zips but renaming all those files will be quite a chore. Needless to say, hoping to avoid "Plan B"