[Guide] Run Conquer.exe Directly

[toddw]

Hello everyone, i believe i saw this on these forums awhile ago but figured i would post this little trick for anyone who doesnt know.

To run Conquer.exe directly, its much much MUCH easier then editing the source in olly or anything. You simply need to pass the parameter "blacknull" to conquer.exe and it will run directly. This could be useful for any programmers out there that are trying to use CreateProcess (or similar functions) to start up conquer but cant get it to work because it tells you to run play.exe first.




For those that dont know how to create a shortcut on windows, here is a quick guide

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Right Click on your desktop (or where ever you want to make the shortcut) -> go to New -> choose Shortcut


Browse to where you installed Conquer and choose your Conquer.exe file. Then at the end of the path add "blacknull" (without the quotes around it)


Type in the name of your shortcut. So whatever you want it to say under the picture for your shortcut.


And there it is. This is your shortcut to running Conquer.exe directly, no more Play.exe or AutoPatch.exe

note: on windows 7 i have to run the shortcut as administrator otherwise it gives me the error "Failed to initiate game"

[CObotter]

Gonna try tonite, hope it works...
With this, I think it works for multiclient as well rite?
^^

[JobvdH]

Wow dude its like reinventing the weel!
This i already released like a million times..
A new copy pig, welcome and better go if you copy the work of others!