Constructor

[navarro]

off-topic: I'm not much of a soccer (football) fan! :)

[Guest]

right i am stuck now i am on http://www.abandonia.com/main.php?nav=games&FAQ=1 and everything has worked fine, i have used constructor instead of flash. everything has worked fine until i got to the part where you type install, when i do that it says illegal command: install, then when i do setup it says illegal command setup. when i do config it says:

C:\CONST\config
config tool :
Use -writeconf filename to write the current config.
Use -writelang filename to write the current language strings.


p.s i just wanted to know what team u supported because my team Middlesbrough F.C knocked out steaue in the semi-final of the uefa cup and all the rapid fans were happy

[Guest]

There is still an error if you set the animation off ... Error: can't find the movie or something like that =\

[Guest]

Animations are little movies that are played in the game's toolbar screen on the upper-right, movies are played full screen mode. If the movie files are missing and are "called for" the game crashes.

[navarro]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Aug 19 2006, 06:29 AM) 249573</div>
Animations are little movies that are played in the game's toolbar screen on the upper-right, movies are played full screen mode. If the movie files are missing and are "called for" the game crashes.
[/b]

That was me posting above, I wasn't logged in. Sorry.

[Guest]

I have lag when a factory is on my screen. who knows how fo to fix that? I have read this entire thread. I use D-fend and have changed the settings ( memsize/cycles/fullscreen ). When I don't have a factory on my screen the game runs as it should.

[Elwood]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Aug 21 2006, 09:30 PM) 250074</div>
I have lag when a factory is on my screen. who knows how fo to fix that? I have read this entire thread. I use D-fend and have changed the settings ( memsize/cycles/fullscreen ). When I don't have a factory on my screen the game runs as it should.
[/b]

The problem went away for me when I set Cycles to 13000.


The problem I'm getting is that hitting Alt+Enter doesn't full-screen it, just presents it the same size with a gert black border around it.


Other than that, all is well under WinXP and Dosbox!

[Guest]

I fund out, if you want to play Network in this game, type in DOSBOX:

IPXnet startserver - The server

Test: In my version after this, Network is working :sneaky:

IPXnet connect - for client

For help: IPXnet help

Thats is :-)

[Guest]

could someone please tell me what i have to do to play this stupid game. there are so many different threads with very little help.they tell u a small bit of information. i have downloaded the game and wen i go to play it, it goes full screen and then dies. I just downloaded DOSBOX but havnt got a clue what you need to type in where and when in order to play. Thanks!:)

[The Fifth Horseman]

Dosbox: Basic Setup and Installation (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?page=Basic+Setup+and+Installation+of+Dos Box)

There are several other FAQ's on the subject, one on main Abandonia site and some threads on this very subject in Troubleshooting forum. I'm too busy to go looking after them for you, but... well, I think you can find them yourself without much problem.

[Elwood]

Assuming you now have DOSBox installed...

Step 1: Download and Install D-Fend from HERE (http://members.home.nl/mabus/dfend.htm).

Step 2: Using the D-Fend wizard, browse to the constructor GAME.EXE file where it says Game EXE. You don't need anything in the setup box. Type "Constructor" as the profile name. Go to the next page (Button marked >>)

Step 3: On the next page, choose 15000 under the cycles dropdown box. Default settings work fine for the rest of this page. Click next.

Step 4: Click Auto Create, and go to the next page.

Step 5: Click next FOUR times, to get to the memory requirements page; use the dropdown box to set 63mb.

Step 6: Click next, then click finish. You will return to the D-Fend main screen.

Step 7: Right-click Constructor in the D-Fend window, and choose Run Game.

Step 8: Once you're in the main window, be sure to navigate to Game settings and change "Display all video animations" to 'No'

Step 9: You can hit Alt + Enter when the game is the active window to fullscreen it. The same key combination will drop out of fullscreen when you're done. You may want to lower your desktop resolution temporarily to 800x600 or so to view it best.

Step 10: Henjoy. Great game, but devilishly hard.

[navarro]

Edited by Horseman: triple-post merged

[Sarahroo]

I have a problem. I'm fine with lag and all that junk, but whent he game is open in dosbox through D-fend (won't work without it) if I click on different things the game just shuts itself off?? Any ideas??

[Guest]

Please don't shout at me! In the space of 3hrs I have carefully read this thread and followed intructions but still can't get this game to work.

So far I have downloaded the game downloaded dosbox 0.65 and downloaded d-fend. It's saying my dosbox isn't configued and won't run dfend. I have found the idiots guide to dosbox but still can't configue it please can someone email me a step by step guide on how to get this game running. I will remove all downloads and start again if ness. removed.ok

Many thanx

Scooby :ok:

[The Fifth Horseman]

You might want to check out the official DosBox FAQ (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php), and particularly this part of it. (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?page=Basic+Setup+and+Installation+of+Dos Box) It is quite helpful for users unfamiliar with DosBox.

[Guest_Saint_*]

Is it possible to play this game with windows XP?

[The Fifth Horseman]

As far as I know. You might need some tweaking to get it run well, though.

If it doesn't work for you, try using VDMSound or DosBox (both downloadable from Abandonia's programs and utilities page (http://www.abandonia.com/main.php?nav=programs)).

[Guest]

been through all the helpful hints and still no joy. tried to install it thru dosbox also but comes up with cd required but the cd is in the drive. I give up! Fooking computers nothing will ever beat the simplicity of the Spektrum +2 48k of raw power! LOAD, PLAY simple BERRRRRRR BIPPPPPPPPP!

Scooby :ok:

[JimiFloyd]

Hey you constructor fans!..

I'm just letting everyone know, that i bought a copy of CONSTRUCTOR FOR XP.. On ebay....

type it up, and have fun :)

of course it cost money, but not hassle..

[Jimi Floyd]

Here's the Link Fellas..

I'm not making any money off this...

I'm just trying to solve some problems...

and if you can buy it for XP..

maybe one of you smart guys out there can figure out how to rip it..

http://cgi.ebay.com/Constructor-Classic-Re...1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.com/Constructor-Classic-Retro-Strategy-Game-Now-On-XP_W0QQitemZ330030728752QQihZ014QQcategoryZ11053QQ ssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

The Guys Handle is:

xp_retro_gaming

[Guest]

thanks mate

[Phonic]

Hi i downloaded the game in bout 5mins but i unzipd it and cant figure out how to play/install it..... any clues?

[The Fifth Horseman]

DosBox (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net).

[General JaX2Milz]

First of all, if you guys (or girls) are still having trouble i've seen most of the posts of which people are having trouble with so here’s what I did...

First of all download Dosbox in one of the above posts and the game itself either from your connection but if it’s too crappy then someone else’s.

Once the Dosbox is done downloading I remember in one of the posts some one said to change the dosbox config and replace some of the text well for you noobs here's how you do it...

Right click on dosbox.cfg file (I don’t think the format letters are correct) and click on properties and once the properties box pops up then click on change where it says | Opens with: dosbox (CHANGE...) | then click on note pad.

Open up the dosbox which should open up note pad and look for the part where it says [cpu] and replace what ever the other guy said and this should fix the lag problem a bit.

Next actually opening the game

Before that you must set up the sound so this is how you do it. You click and drag the file SETSOUND to the dosbox file as in this...| SETSOUND | --DRAG--> | DOSBOX| as the icons (You will also have to do this in most of the games you download from this website if its dosbox is needed...) for all the sound types (MIDI and others you must select AUTO DETECT in which will find the dosbox's emulated sound cards and once your done test the sounds to see if they are working, for the Digital you should hear a old man saying "Hello this is constructor are you receiving??" and for the MIDI you should hear a crappy sci-fi sorta music.

To run constructor do the same thing as SETSOUND but instead do it with the file GAME

Some of the stuff in Constructor are missing (trust me I once had the game) so in Game Settings (in the game) where it says "Display all video animations = Yes) Change it to NO so it wont crash again saying that this and that is missing

This is all I could remember from all your problems but if there are any unsolved ones please email me jax1506@hotmail.com

I will be finding other downloads and seeing if they have all the stuff there since you guys might be annoyed at the fact that your probably thinking that your missing a lot of cool stuff from the animations but your not really…

Try it out, have fun and look out for me!

[msimm]

This is my configuration of the Dosbox (0.65 version), it work well LOL
[sdl]
fullscreen=true
fulldouble=false
fullresolution=original
windowresolution=original
output=surface
autolock=true
sensitivity=100
waitonerror=false
priority=higher,lowest
mapperfile=mapper.txt
usescancodes=false

[dosbox]
language=
machine=vga
captures=capture
memsize=63

[render]
frameskip=0
aspect=false
scaler=normal2x

[cpu]
core=dynamic
cycles=auto
cycleup=500
cycledown=10

[mixer]
nosound=false
rate=22050
blocksize=2048
prebuffer=10

[midi]
mpu401=intelligent
device=default
config=

[sblaster]
sbtype=sb16
sbbase=220
irq=7
dma=1
hdma=5
mixer=true
oplmode=auto
oplrate=22050

[gus]
gus=true
gusrate=22050
gusbase=240
irq1=5
irq2=5
dma1=3
dma2=3
ultradir=C:\ULTRASND

[speaker]
pcspeaker=true
pcrate=22050
tandy=auto
tandyrate=22050
disney=true


joysticktype=none

[serial]
serial1=dummy
serial2=dummy
serial3=disabled
serial4=disabled

[dos]
xms=true
ems=true
umb=true

[ipx]
ipx=false

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
mount C "E:\jogos\Emuladores\dos\jogos\Constructor"
C:
cls
GAME.EXE
# End DOSShell code

Attention for these two lines in the section [cpu]
core=dynamic
cycles=auto

This config work well for the most games.

[Ángel]

Hi everyone! I've had the same problem you all have: I coudn't play either Constructor or Street Wars (the name of Mob Wars here in Spain and Europe) because I used Windows XP. I really love those games, so I spent a whole week looking for solutions and trying different ways. Finally I heard about Virtual PC. You can download it free from Microsoft, I think (it is also very easy to download from eMule). It's an awsome program that emulates any computer you want, and very easy to use (much more easy and efficient than Dos Box). The only think you need is to create a virtual hard drive and then install the MSDOS (you can find it looking for it in emule, very easy to install too) or download a hard drive with MSDOS (extension .vhd). If you want, you can contact me and I'll send you my virtual hard drive. ([BEEEP]@hotmail.com) The experience was great!! The game works exactly the same as the original (no need to adjust speed), the sound was correct, as well as the graphics. I haven't tried playing Street Wars yet (I'm downloading Windows 95) but I suppose it will run OK. Well, I hope this was useful and you can play them without problems, because they are some awsome game and it's a pity they are no longer played. If you need something just mail me. See u and good luck! :ok:

[IcenFlame]

Hi All
I'm trying to run construtor on a XP machine. I cannot find a solution to the error I'm getting. When i use DosBox to mount the game etc and run the game.exe

I get the following Error

Error = Error reading INSTALL.DAT for PATHS

[anettemk]

Hi! I'm running the game in DOSBox, but the graphics isn's working? I cant read the letters or see anything?? I'm running DOSBox on a Machintosh laptop (iBook G4). Do you know what could be wrong?

[The Fifth Horseman]

Been discussed. Read this thread or search the Troubleshooting forum for more details.

[Guest_Fenix_*]

this forum is from long time ago.. so i dont spect any answer.. but when i try to excecute.. game.exe.. its like it starts with DOS mode.. but automaticaly.. goes to windows deskop again.. dont know why is that.. i have Gforce 4.. 64mhz. Win XP platform.. any help ?

[The Fifth Horseman]

Use DosBox (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net) to run the game. You can download it here (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/download.php?main=1).

And as a side note, learn what is the _real_ speeed of your CPU. Because I'm pretty damn sure it's not 64 mhz.

[gamer25]

I can fully download it, but when I go to try to play it, it cuts out of the program.

[vishinator]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(doma @ Dec 26 2004, 10:27 PM) 41870</div>
bump.
Anyone know what to do about the Lag problem related to building stuff.
the game cannot be played with it , thats for sure
[/b]


The game runs laggy on a too fast machine. my machine has an AMD 4200+ which lags a lot and is super choppy at times

[Zero_kunoichi]

People that don't know how to configure dosbox....

I found a similar solution to the problem by running virtual pc 2007.

You need a win 98 iso or the actual cd and install it on virtual pc.
I have the original constuctor iso also and it works perfect on virtal pc 2007.
The network play works also and it has all the cinematics and animations on it.

If someone can tell me where I can upload this 450mb iso I'd be happy to share the full thing and include steps on how to run it on virtual pc 2007.

Virtual pc 2007 is free and you can get a win98 iso easy.

EDIT: NVM I just found out that the full installation of 400mb doesn't even include computers in the network play.
The one that is posted on this site has network ability with computers.
The only problem I have now is sound problems where I get a stutter sound that runs until I close the game. Any help?

[The Fifth Horseman]

You can split the archive into several parts and upload to Rapidshare or a similar service.

Once you get a sufficient postcount (I think it's somwhere between 5 an 20 posts... this has been subject to frequent changes ever since it's been put into place), you will be able to access the ISO Cellar forum, which is used specifically for such purposes.

[Zero_kunoichi]

Yeah I was thinking about breaking it down and putting it up on some ftp site but I was hoping someone was having a ftp server where you don't have to have limits on it.

I also found out that the CD includes a win_95 run and a dos function which both are full with movies.
The DOS version has computers included in the multiplayer but the win_95 version doesn't.

[Daniel]

I have original CD. Been trying to get this game to work for years, checking back every so often to see if someone has made a patch. So why dosnt someone make a patch. Is it not possible to adapt the games Win95 capability for use with xp. With out using dosbox.

With dosbox people who own original have problems with error message cant find cd. The game isnt that old compared to similar games/older ones. Games that have been adapted for xp. Without understanding the deep complexities I cannot truely comment on this.

Its a pain!

[Joel]

[i]<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Braindead @ Dec 26 2004, 10:38 PM) 41878</div>
have you tried playing the game without DosBox?
[/b]
I have tried, actually i cant use DosBox, have to read the manual. <_<
I have got a different problem, when i'll get "fired" or whatever it's called the game closes and a dos screen pops up and says, cannot find video, i also dont have any sound, and im running Win98SE, help?
Please?
/
Joel

[Dojan5]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Zero @ Mar 16 2007, 07:51 PM) 283892</div>
Yeah I was thinking about breaking it down and putting it up on some ftp site but I was hoping someone was having a ftp server where you don't have to have limits on it.

I also found out that the CD includes a win_95 run and a dos function which both are full with movies.
The DOS version has computers included in the multiplayer but the win_95 version doesn't.
[/b]

At my website i have got a server with a limit of 2500 mg, is that enough?

[Storm]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Joel @ Mar 19 2007, 07:18 AM) 284166</div>
[i]I have tried, actually i cant use DosBox, have to read the manual. <_<
I have got a different problem, when i'll get "fired" or whatever it's called the game closes and a dos screen pops up and says, cannot find video, i also dont have any sound, and im running Win98SE, help?
Please?
/
Joel
[/b]
As far as I know, not all the movie files are included within the download. I always figured this was just the building movie files though...

[Guest]

@Daniel
same problem, place CD in Cd station :(.
Looked on the internet several times, couldn't find any patch

[Guest]

I mount the .ISO as drive H:\
Then i open DOSBox.. mount drive H:\ as D:\
open D:\ and then i try to open game.exe
but all i get is the text "Error = Constructor cd must be in drive"...

WHAT TO DO ???

[The Fifth Horseman]

First of all... never, NEVER use an external image mounting program with DosBox. Use Dosbox' internal IMGMOUNT utility instead.
Second, you may have to mess with low-level support and labels... Here's how to do it. (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?page=Internal+Programs%2FMount#CDROM)

[Guest_carlo_*]

where can i download this game??
i want to play it :sos:
thank you :kosta:

[_r.u.s.s.]

umm.. click 'get it'=P
(this is the first time i see that somebody noticed little letters "Discuss this game" sooner than the download link)

[The Fifth Horseman]

Oh, it's happened quite a few times before... vide some of the "cleanups" moved to HoS. :P:

[Guest_carlo_*]

WoW i jUsT noticed that this topic start in dec 21 2004. and i just post now and still active
unbelievable!!!

btw thank you for the answers im downloading the files now...

sorry in my poor english.. im a Filipino..

THANK YOU :kosta:

[Guest_carlo_*]

i download the game and the dos box..

im using windows xp..

what should i do next to play the game??

im noob about this..
sorry..

[Guest_carlo_*]

i can play now...

but theres no sound what should i do??

[The Fifth Horseman]

First of all, are you running it in DosBox?
Second, did you run the game's sound configuration program?

[Guest_carlo_*]

its alright now i can play but its so lag...

so im playing no sound..


btw how can i level my tenants??

[The Fifth Horseman]

its alright now i can play but its so lag...[/b]
Set core=dynamic in DosBox.conf.
Increase frameskip
Increase cycles until the CPU usage is 100% (in FULLSCREEN mode - the windowed mode uses more CPU power)

[constructor player]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Daniel @ Mar 17 2007, 09:12 PM) 284032</div>
I have original CD. Been trying to get this game to work for years, checking back every so often to see if someone has made a patch. So why dosnt someone make a patch. Is it not possible to adapt the games Win95 capability for use with xp. With out using dosbox.

With dosbox people who own original have problems with error message cant find cd. The game isnt that old compared to similar games/older ones. Games that have been adapted for xp. Without understanding the deep complexities I cannot truely comment on this.

Its a pain!
[/b]


Hello
I have original CD too and it works!
You first have to download DOSBox (I have version 0.70)
Don't install the game, you'll have to install it through the DOSBox.
Once you've downloaded the DOSBox, install it.
Put your CD in your cdrom drive.
Open the DOSBox.
Then you must mount your cdrom drive (let's say it's called F:\) so that you can open it in the DOSBox.
You can give this drive another name in your DOSBox but let's say you give it the same letter (f).

But first of all, you have to find out (before mounting your cdrom drive in the DOSBox) what is the number of your cdrom drive, by typing mount -cd + ENTER. This command will tell you the numbers of each of your cdrom drives, either the real ones and the virtual ones.
Once you know the number of the cdrom drive in which you placed your CD, you can type (for windows xp):
mount f F:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -ioctl + ENTER.

Explanation:
f = the name of the cdrom drive in the DOSBox
F = the real name of your cdrom drive in your PC
0 (or 1 or 2 or ...) = The number of the cdrom drive, reported by mount -cd
ioctl = for win2k/xp/linux

Once you've typed this, DOSBox tells you "Drive F is mounted as CDRom F:\"
Then you type f: + ENTER
Now you can install your game:
The file in your cd that can install the game is "install.exe"
So you type install.exe + ENTER

You follow the instructions for the installation of your CD.
I had created a folder, BEFORE doing the installation, on my hard drive called "OldGames" and thus I installed the game into this folder.

Once your game is installed, you'll have to mount your folder as a drive in the DOSBox.
Let's take my example: My game is installed in E:\OldGame. Thus, the "game.exe" finds itself in E:\OldGame\ACCLAIM\CN\GAME.EXE

In the DOSBox, once my game was installed, I typed: mount c E:\OldGame + ENTER
Now, E:\OldGame is the drive C:\ in the DOSBox.

NOTE: I think that each time you want to command directly to the DOSBox (like mount your cdrom drive or "mount -cd" or things like that), you have to return to Z:\

Thus to go into my "OldGame" folder, I type: c: +ENTER

Then, each time you want to go further in your folders, you have to type cd "The name of the folder" + ENTER.

So then I type: cd ACCLAIM + ENTER
Then I type: cd CN + ENTER
Then I type: GAME.EXE + ENTER

And my game runs.
And I'm happy :brain:

NOTE: To have fullscreen: ALT + ENTER. And to quit the fullscreen and return to a windowsize: ALT + ENTER.

Each time you'll want to play, you'll have to open your DOSBox, first mount your cdrom drive and then mount your folder where you installed the game, and finally follow the same procedure.

So I hope it will work with you too!!!
Good luck!

P.S.: Sorry for my english, I did the best I could...

[Magnum]

@constructionplayer

I tried your instructions but it still says i need the cd in my drive (and i have the original disc in)
I'm cornfuzzled

[constructor player]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Magnum @ May 14 2007, 08:14 PM) 290279</div>
@constructionplayer

I tried your instructions but it still says i need the cd in my drive (and i have the original disc in)
I'm cornfuzzled
[/b]


Did you try to mount your cdrom drive again when you get this message?

[constructor player]

Maybe once you've installed the game through the Dosbox is it better to start again from the beginning
and mount your cdrom drive and then mount your game folder... I don't know why it doesn't work
with you.

[Guest]

I get the error "Unable to create Config file directory" when using DosBox. Any help?

[Guest]

CAN ANYONE HELP!
i have downloaded msdos box and constructor but i cant get into the game anyone help please
im a SAD panda

[Mighty Midget]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ May 26 2007, 12:24 AM) 291381</div>
I get the error "Unable to create Config file directory" when using DosBox. Any help?
[/b]

Is this your first game using DOSBox, or did other games work before that?


<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Jun 4 2007, 11:04 PM) 292932</div>
CAN ANYONE HELP!
i have downloaded msdos box and constructor but i cant get into the game anyone help please
im a SAD panda
[/b]

More info, PLEASE! Like:

Give an as exact description of the problem as possible.

[Guest]

BOK PIPLČI,VOC AP JEL VAM BORING IL NOPE? POSIBLI VAM JE BORING! MENI JE TERIBL BORING! AE TALKAJTE SAMTING NA HRVATSKOM A NE NA FAKERSKOM ENGLESKOM............IL GOVAJTE HOMU SVOME U BED I SLIPAJTE DO BESVJESTI ENGLENZINE JETNE! A D BEST VAM JE DA SI TOMATOM BLOVATE OFF GLAVU - :tomato: I ONDA COLAJTE MENE DA VAM HELPAM :sos: JESTE VI OKEY U HADSI SVOJOJ? PA JA VAM DONT HELPALA....E I AKO MI INTKO UBACI SOMTING REPLIKU JA ĆU MU HEDSU ODKATAT :titan: PA BU SE PREJAL :kosta: SVOME.........DONOV KOME......GOVAM JA NAV A VI SE KILAJTE! JESTE ME ANDERSTEND IL VAM HEFTU HANDRID TAJM TALKAT?

[The Fifth Horseman]

Repost that question in English, please. We don't speak Czech here.

[Tulac]

Hm well this person is talking a mix of Croatian and English that's barely readable, something along the lines of "I'm bored so I'm writing this etc." deletable spam, yes sir.

[Mala]

Hi...can anyone help me? ;p
I'm getting this message: 'Unable to find Movie File'....but in the game setting there is only the option "display all video animation'...but it doesnt work...and I always get the same message
what do I do? ;x
thanks

[_r.u.s.s.]

i set the 'display all video animation' to no and it works just fine

[Guest]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(constructor player @ May 16 2007, 03:17 PM) 290498</div>
Maybe once you've installed the game through the Dosbox is it better to start again from the beginning
and mount your cdrom drive and then mount your game folder... I don't know why it doesn't work
with you.
[/b]

it's the same with me. i made what u said but it keeps saying constructor cd must be in drive

[Guest]

I read post 261, p.18 by Elwood, which was incredibly helpful. It works as stated and I think it confirms I have configured both DOS Box and D-Fend correctly. However, I get the exact same problem as IcenFlame (post 277, p. 19 - sorry I don't know how to do quotes on this forum):

Hi All
I'm trying to run construtor on a XP machine. I cannot find a solution to the error I'm getting. When i use DosBox to mount the game etc and run the game.exe

I get the following Error

Error = Error reading INSTALL.DAT for PATHS

Does anyone have any idea what this is about?

[The Fifth Horseman]

You need to edit Install.dat to include correct paths to where the game directory is located in DOSBox

[FuN]

i don't want to be rude or sth... but why can't just sbdy up the .iso of that game?:[
i already wanted to pay it but i can't find one with a price below 40~ euros...
also this game wont make any trouble being uploaded, because its already that old... plsss. =)

[Mighty Midget]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(FuN @ Jul 16 2007, 08:45 PM) 299722</div>
i don't want to be rude or sth... but why can't just sbdy up the .iso of that game?:[
i already wanted to pay it but i can't find one with a price below 40~ euros...
also this game wont make any trouble being uploaded, because its already that old... plsss. =)
[/b]

Ok, ISOs is an "issue" here in the sense they are usually too huge for AB. BUT: Register as a member, post helpful posts for guests and other members to enjoy, and who knows what will come out of it ;)

[The Fifth Horseman]

What Midget meant is: We've got an ISO of it in what we call the ISO Cellar. However, that is only accessible for registered users with 20 or more posts.

[Guest]

oh :] sry... didn't know that...
gogo register! ^.^

[The Fifth Horseman]

Just one thing... don't try spamming to get that postcount in one day.
It shouldn't be a problem to get 20 posts over a period of three to five days. Just take a look on what discussions are going on and participate. Look around, try to help with something if you can - for example, that sorting project we've got going in the Requests forum is a perfect opportunity to rack in some easy posts.

PS. Remember that posts made in 3xBlah don't increase your postcount.

[_r.u.s.s.]

niether competition/games btw

[hoverowski]

MISSION PROBLEM:

I`ve been playing for a while and I`ve been given a task to build 4 MOCK TUDOR houses on one estate with a greenhouse and trees. The problem is I can build only 3 mock tudor houses. I`ve tried to solve this problem by capturing my enemy`s tudor house with sorroundig buildings (to destroy them) and build my 3 tudor houses. The problem is that computer makes so small gardens in all his tudor houses that I CANT put a geenhouse in it.

Anyone help?

[Its0nlyFuN]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hoverowski @ Jul 17 2007, 05:30 PM) 299891</div>
MISSION PROBLEM:

I`ve been playing for a while and I`ve been given a task to build 4 MOCK TUDOR houses on one estate with a greenhouse and trees. The problem is I can build only 3 mock tudor houses. I`ve tried to solve this problem by capturing my enemy`s tudor house with sorroundig buildings (to destroy them) and build my 3 tudor houses. The problem is that computer makes so small gardens in all his tudor houses that I CANT put a geenhouse in it.

Anyone help?
[/b]


Mhm... can't you just destroy the computers mock tudor houses? I mean just take over his "mock Tudor" houses and then destroy them. Now you should be able to build more than 3 because there is a maximum number of houses that can be build of one type!
greetz Its0nlyFun

[hoverowski]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Its0nlyFuN @ Jul 17 2007, 07:39 PM) 299927</div>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hoverowski @ Jul 17 2007, 05:30 PM) 299891
MISSION PROBLEM:

I`ve been playing for a while and I`ve been given a task to build 4 MOCK TUDOR houses on one estate with a greenhouse and trees. The problem is I can build only 3 mock tudor houses. I`ve tried to solve this problem by capturing my enemy`s tudor house with sorroundig buildings (to destroy them) and build my 3 tudor houses. The problem is that computer makes so small gardens in all his tudor houses that I CANT put a geenhouse in it.

Anyone help?
[/b]


Mhm... can't you just destroy the computers mock tudor houses? I mean just take over his "mock Tudor" houses and then destroy them. Now you should be able to build more than 3 because there is a maximum number of houses that can be build of one type!
greetz Its0nlyFun
[/b][/quote]

That did the trick. Thanks! :)

[Killgroup]

Hmmm...i have a problem with water leakage, well, basically the house starts leaking water, and i couldn't find a way to stop it, so i say, "what the hell" and destroy the house, little do i know its spreads to all the rest of the houses on the estate, i had too much stress with it i just quit :P

So, my question is, how do you fix leaking water in houses?

[Guest]

Hi guys!
I had this game long time ago, so I decided to download it and try to play it.
I installed the Windows Version and tried to play it with the Compatibility Windows 95 on Windows XP.
But when I run it it asks me for CD. Anyone has a solution?

[_r.u.s.s.]

well, the game should be run in dosbox and dont forget to disable 'display all animations' in the menu

[Guest]

Well, but dosbox seems to be a pain in the behind to configure.
All I need is to find a way to pass by the problem of not having a CD in the drive (or a pirate one, as I lost the original). Would be easier, wouldn't be? As there isn't a crack (or I didn't find one), someone knows any other way?
Would appreciate some help.

[_r.u.s.s.]

its not realy a pain=) just run it and it took me 1 minute to mount drive. after downloading dosbox (there are default configs already) just type in "intro" in to console and everything is explained in there.. and if you still dont get it then there are step-by-step walkthroughs on the site

btw the game is cracked already, its issue with your NT operation system

[Mighty Midget]

Well, if you need a crack, then you're out of luck here I'm afraid.

About DOSBox: It isn't all that hard to configure. The most important thing is to read the DOSBox "walkthrough":

http://www.abandonia.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=14913

and be patient about it. You will get the hang of it, and if there are problems, search our forums and then ask for help if you still need it.

[Guest]

Bom, eu corri o game.exe com o dosbox, mas continua-me a pedir por CD no drive!
Configurei como está num post na pag. 4.

Alguém sabe a solução?

[Guest]

I already configured it like in the link you gave me, but it stills asks for CD!
Do you know how to solve this?
Thanks

[_r.u.s.s.]

well.. can you please give us list of commands you used, your pc specs and version of dosbox? its not that easy to hack in to your computer and watch for what have you done

[Guest]

My PC is a Pentium IV, 3Ghz, 512MB RAM, 115GB Disk Space...

The rest, I did exactly like in the tutorial, except, of course, the part to "install and run" the Constructor game. I even used the same paths and directory names, just to be easier.

DOSBox is 0.70.

[Guest]

Windows XP Home by the way! Forgot to mention it.

[Dumblor]

Hi all. I just saw this game and spoted that IT IS street wars prequel. Does somebody know where to get that ? I REALLY loved Streed wars : Construction Underworld....

[The Fifth Horseman]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Jul 26 2007, 07:22 PM) 301477</div>
Windows XP Home by the way! Forgot to mention it.
[/b]
Try to mount the game's directory itself as a fake CD-ROM drive (MOUNT it with a -t cdrom switch)

[_r.u.s.s.]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Jul 26 2007, 07:21 PM) 301475</div>
My PC is a Pentium IV, 3Ghz, 512MB RAM, 115GB Disk Space...

The rest, I did exactly like in the tutorial, except, of course, the part to "install and run" the Constructor game. I even used the same paths and directory names, just to be easier.

DOSBox is 0.70.
[/b]
tutorial is tutorial, but you could still use different directories to mount the drive

[Guest]

hello

would someone please tell how to change my dos-box from windowed mode to fullscreen

i'm playing at the moment in a tiny window on my huge monitor and it's hard to see the details...

i have the latest dos box version and use windows XP home edition...

i just installed dos box and mounted the game... it works perfect... i have sound and everything... it only lags at one moment when i upgrade for the first time the rooms, after that it's perfect :D

so.. how to change to fullscreen??

thanks for the reply

[Mighty Midget]

To toggle between full screen and window mode, press Alt + Enter

[Guest]

now how stupid am i not to notice it????? :/

it works

thanks for the fast reply :)

[Guest]

Well I'm able to play the game on my laptop. It's weird, because in the other, I did the same thing and didn't work. Anyway, thanks for help!

[Guest]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hoverowski @ Jul 19 2007, 05:33 PM) 300222</div>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Its0nlyFuN @ Jul 17 2007, 07:39 PM) 299927
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hoverowski @ Jul 17 2007, 05:30 PM) 299891
MISSION PROBLEM:

I`ve been playing for a while and I`ve been given a task to build 4 MOCK TUDOR houses on one estate with a greenhouse and trees. The problem is I can build only 3 mock tudor houses. I`ve tried to solve this problem by capturing my enemy`s tudor house with sorroundig buildings (to destroy them) and build my 3 tudor houses. The problem is that computer makes so small gardens in all his tudor houses that I CANT put a geenhouse in it.

Anyone help?
[/b]


Mhm... can't you just destroy the computers mock tudor houses? I mean just take over his "mock Tudor" houses and then destroy them. Now you should be able to build more than 3 because there is a maximum number of houses that can be build of one type!
greetz Its0nlyFun
[/b][/quote]

That did the trick. Thanks! :)
[/b][/quote]


And the next mission??? The 5 houses of 3 plants???

I don't know the solution.

What is necessary to do?? Complements??

[Mattias]

Hi!

I've downloaded the .iso version of this game, and got it working when i replaced the existing game.exe with the one from Abandonia-version. I run the game trough VDM Sound with the NOFLB.com / Game.exe .bat file. It seems to work great except for the lack of sound :S. When i run setsound in regular windows mode it works perfect and is able to play the test sounds etc. But when i run setsound through VDM there's no sound att all.
What am i doing wrong?

[Guest]

I've attempted the advice given in page 3 of this thread but am unable to get rid of the lag.

[kbutcher5]

This was one of my favorites as a young one, i longed for this game, but only got it a few years after it was released, still awesome game though :)

[Guest]

It is a great game, but these is a bug in this archive. When I finish first level by earning 1000000 dollars the game crashes and I get the message like this: "Couldnt find a video file..." Please, help me solving this problem.

[The Fifth Horseman]

Turn off the videos... this has been discussed a dozen times already, dammit!

[NAV]

iv downloaded constructor but it doesnt seem to work i click on the game and a black screen comes up then it says sum stuff then just closes again but the game doesnt start or anything. can someone help me please as iv been looking for this game for agessss. thanks. :sos:

[NAV]

iv got it workin on xp!!!!!!!!!

you just download "dosbox" then drag and drop constructor "game" file onto the dosbox file itself (open the dosbox progrom folder and drag and drop constructor game file on the dosbox main file and it will automatically open up dosbox and run fine :ok: ) it works perfectly no lagging or sound problem and the graphics are A1. i love this game hope my dodgy info helped some troubled souls out there for this wikid game. :w00t:

[guest2323]

lost movie file... cannot play
*meep* that

[NAV]

i also keep geting lost movie file error,

and theres no where on this forum somebody actually explains where to get theis file so we all can play this game propley,

if i come accross how to resolve this il post it up.

ITS ANNOYING :titan: :wallbash:

[Guest]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(NAV @ Sep 4 2007, 11:18 PM) 308874</div>
i also keep geting lost movie file error,

and theres no where on this forum somebody actually explains where to get theis file so we all can play this game propley,

if i come accross how to resolve this il post it up.

ITS ANNOYING :titan: :wallbash:
[/b]
The movie file is on the original CDROM only. Back in 1997 that's how game companies distributed stuff for copyright protection. The download would get just too big with the movie file.
Can anyone help me with houses that are flooding. I tried maintenance men and upgrades but I can't stop the flood.

[Feodor]

Hi @ all

I´ve downloaded this great game from this great site, but it does´nt run very well. Everytime I click any building I get kicked out with: "Error = Unable to spool file .\flics\HSEHOMEB.FLC" in the dos-screen.

What the ....?

Are there any solutions for this? :sos:

[Guest_Steve_*]

Hey, I still have my original CD but cannot get it to play. Whats the easiest way of getting it to work on XP?

[The Fifth Horseman]

DOSBox.

[Guest]

Umm, ok. I have downloaded DOSbox and have installed Constructor to my C:. When I am in DOSbox and try to load the GAME.EXE file from either C: or off the CD in D: it says CD is not in drive.

[_r.u.s.s.]

if you want to use cd, you need to mount your cdrom as well.
mount [virtual_drive_letter] [real_drive_patch] -t cdrom

by the way, if you have the full cd version you could host us an image=P

[Guest]

post an image of what?

I have mounted both drives and installed through dos box. If I load from the CD or the HDD I still get the message Error = Constructor CD must be in drive.

[_r.u.s.s.]

image of the game. use wikipedia to find out what a cd image is

[Guest]

I tried to do what a unregistered person said at May 12 2007, 01:53 PM
and it really works!!!!!! thanks for that!! i tried it for hours to play the game and with that unregistered person i get it to work! if someone has a question, perhaps i can help someone with my experiences! e-mail: [BEEEP]@hotmail.de

[Guest]

Just read the above post and I agree. This way really works!! So unbelieveably happy now!!!!

[Jorgen]

I cant make it work :(
Im useing windows XP, is it some other way to make it work ? :cry: remember i played this..:D

[The Fifth Horseman]

DOSBox.

[Guest]

for those of u havin troubles with getting the game on you just get dos-box and drag the game on to dos-boz icon let go and it runs instantly :ok:

[seraph]

when i mount cd drve and then from the c: drive it says unabe to locate system.ini file, could anyone help

[knarfatsoc]

in order to solve the

Error = Unable to find moviefile


what should be done?

how can i disable the movies?

[_r.u.s.s.]

in game options

[RaviN]

I've found myself addicted to this game but yea, I've gone through the whole game now. :love: :(

Thought it would be fun to play against another hume instead of the com all
the time, but no way to enable network play? :wondering:

[zoolooau]

Hey all, I dunno if anyone has answered this already, i was gona look thru all 300 or so posts but 99% of them were about getting the game to work. So my question is, I know how to put trees etc. into yards.... but how do u take them out again if they complain about them?
Thanx :)

[Hotel Detective]

It's been a while since I played but from what I remember...

Under the map/TV monitor on your screen, there should be an icon for gadgets. I think it's shaped like a christmas tree, though that might be the factory production screen.
Once you've figured out which button to use, click on it to send out a delivery man to place the object.
(Pro tip: Put a subway station on each estate, and put one right outside the entry to your gadget factory to speed up delivery.)

Some gadets, like PCs and Burglar alarms must be put inside houses. You can either direct tenants to go collect them or, from the gadget factory screen, you can have them delivered to your tenants.

To remove gadgets, send a foreman to demolish them.

[Hotel Detective]

For the benefit of (near) future readers, here's the two bits of advice which helped me out.

I ran it with Dosbox (My version is 0.69, I don't know if it's been updated) and I ran it on my Windows XP machine.

I don't consider myself any kind of computer wiz, so this should be in the reach of a casual user.

Hi people! Get ready to kiss your build-related lag goodbye :bye:

1. Go into your C:\Program Files\DOSBox-0.63\dosbox.conf

2. Look for the following:

[cpu]
# core -- CPU Core used in emulation: simple,normal,full,dynamic.
# cycles -- Amount of instructions dosbox tries to emulate each millisecond.
# Setting this higher than your machine can handle is bad!
# cycleup -- Amount of cycles to increase/decrease with keycombo.
# cycledown Setting it lower than 100 will be a percentage.

core=normal
cycles=3000
cycleup=500
cycledown=20

3. Change cycles to 10000 like I did.

4. Play now or keep reading to see some more tweaks I've done......

5. Noone enjoys playing in a box, even if that is what its called

fullscreen=false

becomes
fullscreen=true

6. Bump DOSbox's allocated memory from 16MB to the max of 63MB

memsize=16

becomes
memsize=63

Happy constructing
:cheers:

If you experience lag problems using dosbox, which i did, you can speed up the fps using ctrl+F12, you'll see on the title bar of dosbox how quick you made it, 12000 works well, and i use crtl+8 for frameskip and set that to 3.. goodluck!

So, thanks to those two guys!

Even with this, the game crashed when it tried to play the "winning" movie, but from that I remember, it wasn't that interesting anyway.

Thanks to the Abandonia folks for having this game around. I've got 3 copies of the game sitting around somewhere (Original shortly after it was released, Bargin Bin Windows 95 version and a PSX version I got as a gift) but I just couldn't get the Win95 version to work on my PC.

[The Fifth Horseman]

My version is 0.69, I don't know if it's been updated
It has. The latest is 0.73, and the one I'm using right now is 0.72. Much faster than 0.6x.

[rossunia]

I've got a problem. I'm using dosbox 0,72 and it works well. But sudenly I see message:

Error = Unable to find movie file

In game settings there is an option:
display all videos animations. I changed value to "no", but it didn't help.

Could you hepl me? please.

[Hotel Detective]

Since you're in the game and fiddling with the options, I assume it's starting up okay and running alright.

Basically, to keep the bandwidth demands down the Opening Sequence, Lose Movie and Win Movie have been cut from the game. You're probably seeing those messages when you either win the game (Based on the win conditions you chose at the start) or you lose.

(You can lose by accumulating 100 black marks by failing to address tenant complaints, failing to complete special council missions or from having your homebase destroyed by gangsters.)

The game would have ended itself if the win or lose movie played, so you're not missing out on gamplay either way.

I think you can find all three movies (intro, win, lose) on YouTube, if you're desperate to see them.

[CONSTRUCTR1]

The videos that show at the start of Constructor, when you lose or when you win.
These were located in a folder called WINDATA in the Constructor game folder (when installed from CD) and on the CD.

CONINTRO.AVI
CONLOSE.AVI
CONWIN.AVI


Constructor AVIs (http://files.filefront.com/CONSTRUCTORAVIs7z/;11641302;/fileinfo.html)

[CONSTRUCTR1]

DATA.FIL file located in FLICS folder on CD and in Constructor game folder when installed from CD.
Extract FLICS folder to Constructor game folder, default:
C:/ACCLAIM/CN
Contains all the video animations. Includes intro, win and lose videos within DATA.FIL.
You can now select Display All Video Animations : YES

CONSTRUCTOR FLICS DATA.FIL (http://files.filefront.com/CONSTRUCTORFLICSDATAFIL7z/;11668914;/fileinfo.html)

[kledson silva]

Hi guys I just downloaded the constructor zip file and the dosbox 0.72 and when put the file game.exe appears the following message:

error: unable to create a config file directory

What I need to do?

[angry axe]

i have this game on PS1, its graphics are bright like all pc-play station converted games of that time and it is near impossible to play as you quickly run out of money, i hope the pc version is better

[Sociopathic]

i have this game on PS1, its graphics are bright like all pc-play station converted games of that time and it is near impossible to play as you quickly run out of money, i hope the pc version is better

I've just been recently playing around with this game... There are a few "must do" things before you can go to the next level, but all in all, the game is pretty intuitive (P.S.: be sure to indicate if "unplayable" refers to gameplay or tech issues! ;) ).

Actually, I find this like many of the "Sim" games from Maxis. Doesn't have a huge learning curve but for the things needed to make "next level" items, like tennants, etc. In fact, I find it has the hallmark of most games that I admire/enjoy; that it frustrates you just enough to make you want to keep going =P

I've run into a couple of bugs though: One is that at the point where you seem to fail hard enough to lose, it tries to start an animation that makes the game crash back to DOSBox, and second, the factory that makes things like trees, computers, double glazing... doesn't seem to want to deliver, even though it appears that it should.

Edit: Ok, I found how to get the double glazing (and other gadgets) installed for the tennants... Apparently, you can get them to pick it up themselves! Click on the house that needs the gadget, select the gadget screen, select the gaget to be installed and hit the "sell" button... the tenant wil go to the gadget factory and pick it up.

[CaesarJunior]

Hi all!
Can anybody help me?
I am just playing this game,without "enemy" just build and build,and i have a mission: You have developed several stunning properties and have earned a reputation as the best building corporation in town.Therefore you now must complete a luxury development of three level 5 houses which occupy all of an estate .each are must have top of the range rooms with asbours and garden furniture.
I tired it,but i always die!I tried build thee house level 5 on the same estate,after each one different state,i put 2 asbours in all garden with garden furniture,and i upgraded all rooms to the best level,but i allways die!
What should i do?what is my mistake?
Please somebody help me!
Thanks

[riccso]

The videos that show at the start of Constructor, when you lose or when you win.
These were located in a folder called WINDATA in the Constructor game folder (when installed from CD) and on the CD.

CONINTRO.AVI
CONLOSE.AVI
CONWIN.AVI


Constructor AVIs
(http://files.filefront.com/CONSTRUCTORAVIs7z/;11641302;/fileinfo.html)
DATA.FIL file located in FLICS folder on CD and in Constructor game folder when installed from CD.
Extract FLICS folder to Constructor game folder, default:
C:/ACCLAIM/CN
Contains all the video animations. Includes intro, win and lose videos within DATA.FIL.
You can now select Display All Video Animations : YES

CONSTRUCTOR FLICS DATA.FIL

The links are dead :o

[KevinRussel666]

when i will start the game there comes only
ERROR = UNABLE TO SET BANKED GAPHICS MODE

what can i do???

[hahajejeje]

Y remeber having this game,but y think y errased :oh: and y cant remeber why.....:(

[Luchsen]

Only entry not down. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=BR&hl=pt&v=Idk4mp0dLvE)

[DigitalBath]

I know this is kinda old. But i loved this game so i've been trying to play in on windows XP. (What an headache to make it work >.<!! )

I used dosbox and started playing. But everytime i do something, an error comes up something like "Unable to spool file ..."

A few hours ago i found the solution in a brazilian forum here: http://www.600ml.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=11941

Just needed to download those two files :
Parte1 - http://www.mediafire.com/?ditfyw0u0fd
Parte2 - http://www.mediafire.com/?bzgoxyyxczn

Unzip them and then add them to the FLICS file in the Constructor File. Works Perfectly.

Hope it helps

[_r.u.s.s.]

the reason you got the error message is that this game is a rip and it tries to look for video animations. most of people just disabled the video animations, but having them in here is nice as well, if the size weren't this big we could put it on the main site

[riccso]

A few hours ago i found the solution

http://www.selfknowledge.org/whoweare/thanks.jpg

[Unregistered01]

I need help with DOSbox my computer alwas does a > when I try to type a :

How do I change it?
Have try but it Don't works for me:(..

[The Fifth Horseman]

You probably need to switch it to a different keyboard layout or remap the inputs using its built-in remapper.

[Luchsen]

I would say Ö (Shift+ö), but when you came as far as when you need a colon, then you have your backslash at the right key, so your keyboard can't be German.

[Wicky]

or you can simply open dosbox.conf in notepad, and add the command "keyb gr" at the end then your keyboard is switched to german

[DeathRockBoy]

Guys, hello.
Well,
I m an italian boy, and I hope you will help me because on italian s forum there s nothing about it. I wrote also on a Russian forum after this, but nobody could help me.
I saw in this topic that so many players had my problem with construcotor.

I start the game with Dosbox, and I play it.
Now the game works, but when I click on a home or on the QG apperas me this error : constructor unable to spool file .\flics\hsehomeb.flc
I saw you upload some files that are not online.
Well, In italy it s the 3 00 am, and I m desperate, I hope you will help me.
Please, please, please.
Make it for pizza and spaghetti, su su.
Sorry for the apostrof, but after I used dosbox i change my keybord from the italian to the english one, and now I m not able to retrive it XD

Ciao e grazie.

[DeathRockBoy]

ehi,
nobody remember how play this game?

[Wakk0]

LOVE constructor, i grew up playin this game constantly! Downloaded ok, unzipped ok, but everytime i open game.exe it loads through the dos box and then goes back to windows like nothin happened? anyone shed any light on this for me?

[The Fifth Horseman]

http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=14406

[mormat]

2 DeathRockBoy and others

If you have any problems with the *.flc (video) files, you should just start the game, go to the Settings menu, and TURN OFF the "Display All Video Animations" option.

OR you can seek for the video files on the internet, they've got a size of ~150mb.

[Needleheart.com]

Okay, I have had ALL of the issues with running the game mentioned on pages 1 through 25 or so. (I grew tired of reading mass "HALP! I CAN HAZ CONSTRAXTOR IN XP??!!" posts, so skipped the last pages)...

...but this is how I got it to work:

First of all, I have a pentium 4 2.4GHz with 1.5GB RAM, and some sort of semi-decent graphics card from 2001 or so. And I run Windows XP.

Second, I _USED_ to run win98 SE back in the day, so I still have my product key and backup of the disc.

I know my way around in DOSbox, but this game would either get choppy sound when I increased the CPU cycles too much, or it would lag terribly or hang completely when placing buildings over large areas when I decreased the CPU cycles to where the sound would be acceptable (but still choppy).

I simply downloaded the microsoft virtual machine trial (google it) and set up a win98 virtual, then installed from my CD backup. Shared my oldgames folder on the network, and made sure the virtual machine was in the same workgroup.

Now, I could access constructor in my virtual machine window, and simply double-click "game.exe" to run the game without lag, and with perfect sound!

The game still crashed the first time I tried, but setting "display all video animations" to "no" in the game options seems to have resolved this completely, as I have now built my brick yard, and still haven't had problems.

--- See below for gameplay hints that I remember from playing before ---

[Needleheart.com]

Okay, so you're having gameplay trouble? Read on.

Starting out, it's good to disable the computer opponent, so that you can learn the build order, and how to get around to do stuff in the game. This will disable some missions, like the "get rid of troublesome tenant at blablabla estate". (That can be resolved by having a foreman take over his house, BUT! That will lead to enemy foremen constantly bugging you trying to return the favour.)

Now, to start out, you just build the wood yard, as close as possible to your HQ. It can be good to add a little extra space inside the fences to put a dog house there later. (Dogs chase away enemy foremen trying to take over your factory). You will have two foremen, each with 3 workers assigned to him. To assign the two additional workers you have, select one of the foremen, and add the workers with no "[ ]" on them, then select the "reunite team" button.

When the wood yard is completed, build one house of each kind available to you, but leave space for the cement yard on that same estate. (This will save you time when the three residents on that estate starts complaining about noise; you just move the team in one factory to the other factory, which leads to a short, but adequate pause in the noise).

Rent the houses to the "wife abuser" couples (these pay less, but make kids faster). Have one couple producing lvl 1 tenants, and the other two produce workers. If you feel it's taking too long, upgrade their bedrooms.

When your cement yard is complete, immediately buy another estate (preferrably close to your starting one), and build one of each new house. Don't bother with giving them any space, because you'll sell them as soon as you have your brick yard. When the brick yard is available, build it on the same estate, and sell the lvl 2 houses. You only got the brick yard to gain access to building a school anyway.

When you have the school (on that same estate), use ALL of the remaining space there to build a final lvl 1 house. That should make for a pretty huge garden for that house. Fully upgrade the bedroom, and have that lvl 1 couple start producing lvl 2 tenants. You'll need a lot of them. If you lack funds, then build lvl 2 houses and sell them right away. They'll get blown up anyway, so you don't loose estate space.

When you have messed around a little in the game (built a gadget factory, and got your residents set up with trees and other stuff they might demand), buy a large piece of land. This will be your milk cow for the rest of the game. Set it up as follows:

One BIG lvl 2 house in the middle, with TWO of the smaller lvl 2 houses on each side. In the middle one, place a "hippie" couple. In all of the other four, place punks. Give the hippies a hedge (they'll demand one pretty fast if you don't) and the punks their white picket fences. Have the hippies make police cadets, or have them make lvl 3 tenants for later use. The punks should ALL be set to pay rent.

This will very soon lead to the punks growing angry with the hippies hedge. They'll demand drastically lowered rates, or else they'll give you 100 black marks (bad). However, solving this situation will reward you with 20 white marks (good), and multiply that with four punk couples, that's 80 white marks... each month or so! 100 white marks can be cashed in for 10 000$.

So now, all you have to do is: When the punks complain, go to their house (you can do that from the complaint letter) and switch them to making a kid instead of paying rent. They'll stop complaining, so now you can switch them right back to paying rent, which will lead to another complaint next month. Rinse and repeat with all of them, and you'll be set with money for the rest of the game. Black marks aren't a problem either, since white marks will cancel them.

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That's how far I've gotten yet. A few tips:
- Police cadets can be set to patrol enemy territory. Right outside an enemy pawn shop, for instance. (Solves the enemy thief mission).
- Some gadgets in the gadget factory requires you to upgrade your wood/cement/brick/etc yards to factories.
- Some gadgets can be collected by the tenants themselves (double glasses, alarms, etc) which saves time for your delivery guy, of which you'll only ever have ONE.
- You can set up more than one hippie/punk estates if you like to keep busy, and could use a lot of cash
- Don't buy ANYTHING to tenants unless they require it in written form. I once bought a garden gnome to one of four tenants in a lvl 4 tenant estate, and INSTANTLY got four complaints. Three couples wondered why their neighbour had gotten something THEY didn't get, and the last one wanted that ugly gnome removed...
- When the park mission arrives, make SURE you manufacture the pond and the trees right away, but before placing them, make SURE to put a subway entrance right on the entrance to the park FIRST. This will save a lot of time for the delivery dude.
- Make sure to have around 4-6 of each lvl tenant in your HQ at all times. Not more than that, since it will lead to overcrowding missions, but preferrably not less, because tenants die from time to time, and if you can't refill their houses, they'll get infested.
- Repair guys will NOT repair non-residental buildings when set to auto-repair. You have to turn it off, and manually order them to the building that needs repair.
- Gangsters gain new weapons from killing stuff. Build a hospital to heal them up faster, and watch over them. If they kill a building, make sure to get them out of there before the building blows up, else they die in the explosion.

Hope I helped :)

[OuterSpaceBuddy]

I use DosBox 0.72 to run Constructor, turn off "Display All Video" option and the game works pretty good.
However, some times Constructor crashes and shows this annoying message:

Error = Unable to find movie file

I know that the reason is some files in FLIC folder are missing. I've read this topic, and found some links to download them but unluckily, links were dead.
Please show me how to find those files on the Internet.

Thank you.

[Luchsen]

Show how to find files on the internet? :mhh:

Google (http://www.google.com/)?

[OuterSpaceBuddy]

Show how to find files on the internet? :mhh:

Google (http://www.google.com/)?

Yes. Having those files in FLIC folder, the error will go. :-)

[ashdevils]

finally there is a solution for the missing flics file...
refer to page 39...
thanks...

[alibulibadaha]

A few hours ago i found the solution in a brazilian forum
[...]
Unzip them and then add them to the FLICS file in the Constructor File. Works Perfectly.

Hope it helps
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Now I can enjoy this game 100% fully.
It was annoying when it crashed - "Did I win...? Did I lose?!"

Now it works perfectly! :)

[guest Raziel]

So I have on my hard drive (found via torrents) an MSI version of the full game released by Classic Gaming. If interested I can put it on a rapid share or something. [BEEEP]@gmail.com

[The Fifth Horseman]

"Classic Gaming" is nothing but one big scam. I wouldn't trust ANY software from them.

[guest Raziel]

I'm not one to disagree, from what I can tell, all it really does is install dosbox, and the game, then starts the game with a dosbox script. The one bonus is it DOES have all the animations

[The Fifth Horseman]

If you were registered on the forum, you'd know we have a copy of Constructor in the "ISO Cellar"...

[leechh]

I can't put lvl 2 tenants or higher in the houses :S I've already built everything, bought all the items, upgraded all the rooms, and lvl 2 tenants still appear as gray :S

[guest]

Hello,

since yesterday I'm playing constructor, it's a funny game :)
But i've ran into a problem: in a house is the fence broken by an enemy, so i've sent a worker party with a foreman to it and construct a new fence. But they never start! The whole time on 0% construction. Is this a bug or what I'm doing wrong? Usually it works...

[guest#1]

anyone know how to assign f1, f2, etc. to a workgroup in the game ??

[wynandvanstaden]

Feel free to comment and discuss this game here. Also, if you have any useful tips or tricks don't hesitate to share them with the others! Thanks!

Review & Download (http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/369)
Does any one know were can i get this game download because i bought it and borrowed it for a friend never got it back my email is [EDITED]

[DarthHelmet86]

On the game page, the link you posted, the Buy It button will take you to GoG to buy the game. Here is the direct link just in case http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/constructor .

We do not host games that are being sold or protected and we do not help people get the games that we don't host.

[prozyrex]

http://www.selfknowledge.org/whoweare/thanks.jpg
where i can download flics file in constructor ???????

[The Fifth Horseman]

The game is sold. If you want it - or any media content it contained, such as the video files - you have to buy it.

[prozyrex]

The game is sold. If you want it - or any media content it contained, such as the video files - you have to buy it.
no ! i can get free. you must download contructor.ISO in google and copy folder flics and folder windata from constructor.iso . So you can
[FLAGS]
AlwaysShowFlic=Yes

CDFlics=Yes

[prozyrex]

no ! i can get free. you must download contructor.ISO in google and copy folder flics and folder windata from constructor.iso . So you can
[FLAGS]
AlwaysShowFlic=Yes

CDFlics=Yes
download here

[LINK REMOVED]

thaks

by

[EDITED]

[The Fifth Horseman]

Achievement unlocked: broke the forum rules. Would you like an IP ban with that?
:rules: (http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/announcement.php?a=3)
2. Do not link to, offer or ask for warez, oldwarez or console ROMs. Do not link to warez sites.
a) If a game is marked on the main site as "Sold" or "ESA Protected", any download link for it is considered oldwarez.

The rules are there for a reason - and part of it is to protect the site from being shut down. Abandonia is not a warez site. Downloads of any games that are still sold are warez. Do the math before I hit you with a brick.

[prozyrex]

Achievement unlocked: broke the forum rules. Would you like an IP ban with that?
:rules: (http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/announcement.php?a=3)


The rules are there for a reason - and part of it is to protect the site from being shut down. Abandonia is not a warez site. Downloads of any games that are still sold are warez. Do the math before I hit you with a brick.
hmmmm
up to you
So i'm sorry.....
But i just want to download flics.....
Okey Not link

[guest]

Hello,

since yesterday I'm playing constructor, it's a funny game :)
But i've ran into a problem: in a house is the fence broken by an enemy, so i've sent a worker party with a foreman to it and construct a new fence. But they never start! The whole time on 0% construction. Is this a bug or what I'm doing wrong? Usually it works...

That happens to me as well on occassion but this is the only trace I could find of it happening to anyone else on the internet! Sometimes it is because there is something on it's way to the house (normally a psycho) and they won't build until he has been and gone. Sadly though it sometime has no clear reason and the only thing you can do is sell the house. This is a real pain, espcially in the sort of mid-game stages when all the estates are full and you can't just rebuild. So I say glitch / bug with no clear fix.

And to set the function keys to groups, select who you want in your group, hold CTRL and push the key. If you are using DOSBOX you'll need to change the key map, infact if you want to make life a little easier you can remap the function keys to CTRL and the key to save holding CTRL and then remap the normal numbers to the function keys so you can use F1 to assign a group and 1 to select it ;) I'd also move the arrows to ASDW and some other keys around to make life even easier (every little helps in this game!)

[madmatt667]

Hey all, if any of you are unsure about what type of game Constructor is, or you are thinking of buying it, but want to see more gameplay footage, head on over to youtube and search for madmatt667 - I have a few dos games that I record, so please take a look.
Most games are recorded using dosbox and other capture software - my Constructor ones work fine in Windows XP

Thanks

madmatt667

[Smellymax]

Hmmm...i have a problem with water leakage, well, basically the house starts leaking water, and i couldn't find a way to stop it, so i say, "what the hell" and destroy the house, little do i know its spreads to all the rest of the houses on the estate, i had too much stress with it i just quit :P

So, my question is, how do you fix leaking water in houses?
You have to click on the house and fix it manually . This will cost you money but its the only way to fix the house . Get police on the estate .

[Constructorbuilder]

Hi all!
Can anybody help me?
I am just playing this game,without "enemy" just build and build,and i have a mission: You have developed several stunning properties and have earned a reputation as the best building corporation in town.Therefore you now must complete a luxury development of three level 5 houses which occupy all of an estate .each are must have top of the range rooms with asbours and garden furniture.
I tired it,but i always die!I tried build thee house level 5 on the same estate,after each one different state,i put 2 asbours in all garden with garden furniture,and i upgraded all rooms to the best level,but i allways die!
What should i do?what is my mistake?
Please somebody help me!
Thanks


Hi! I have the same problem as stated above, but nobody seems to have paid attention to this question. How do you complete this mission? I built three level five houses, each filling an entire state, renovated the rooms to the max and put an arbour and garden furniture in each garden, but nada, nothing. I'm playing the version that's downloadable from psn on my ps3. It is ported and has a few glitches, it might be that, but hope it's not a game breaking one. Anyone know a way to finish it or perhaps go around it?

[bart70]

Gog have stopped doing it or it's been removed for some reason....

I've searched everywhere for this game, I loved playing it back in the day and really want to renew my passion for it lol

Any pointers apart from ebay etc...

Download would be best and yes i'm happy to pay.

[UnregisteredGuest]

If there's anyone out there still playing this and interested in playing some multiplayer, come on hamachi network gogconstructor password 123

[patryckslasher]

Hi! I have the same problem as stated above, but nobody seems to have paid attention to this question. How do you complete this mission? I built three level five houses, each filling an entire state, renovated the rooms to the max and put an arbour and garden furniture in each garden, but nada, nothing. I'm playing the version that's downloadable from psn on my ps3. It is ported and has a few glitches, it might be that, but hope it's not a game breaking one. Anyone know a way to finish it or perhaps go around it?
I can't believe I can help with that, as he could have discovered the answer months ago, but as how I got problems with the Park mission, I'll help.

I was playing it once and I got there. You have to place 3 houses (or as many it asks) for level 5 tenants (the level is the tenants level) and do what the mission says, be sure to get a big space to it as you'll need it for the outside furniture. Remember to put them INSIDE THE HOUSE! They must be living there. And take a look if it's not asking for a specific space, like the Park mission. For me it worked, some minutes later I got squashed by the computer AI, but I think I forgot to protect some things...

[Abandoned Witch]

Constructor's back on GOG, after two years of being removed. It is no longer abandonware.
https://www.gog.com/game/constructor