Here is a link I used to learn how to make DOSBox open in full screen mode:



I have not tried it yet but am confident it will work fine. If not, I'll come back and say so. CYA!

I'm trying to play warlords 2 right now in dos box on windows 10. All is good except no full screen. How do I get it to go full screen?

Hello wooger. Can any of your backup be restored here somehow? I recall posting all sorts of good stuff before everything was lost. Specifically, how to play WL-II on XP. If the forum is basically the same, I think the post should be able to be imported.

Either way, it is always good to see the original folks poking around.

I started Warlords II Deluxe. I selected to start a new scenario. I found one with 100 cities called Transylvania and set it to I am the greatest and hit start.

So I guess that is another difference then being the Deluxe version has these custom scenarios? It has tons of them too.

Here are some pictures...

Giant Bat:



Harpy:



Troll:

I'm not confused but do let me be clear. I am speaking of Warlords II Deluxe.

I know of DLR and I have beaten it before. It was very tough.

In this instance though I am speaking of Warlords II Deluxe. the Rats look they are standing up. The harpies look like giant boobs with wings. The trolls are just a green x with a head. the Giant Bat cost 2000gp to start production and I never built any because their strength still sucked. I can take a picture I guess and show you if you like.

I haven't played Walords III Dark Lords Rising in at least 3 years. I recall wishing the timing on the skeleton's voice would match the movements of his head. That also reminds me to ask another question about it. In the little video's where they show faces of soldiers are any of those people the creators of this game?

I think I prefer Warlords II Non-Deluxe as well. I lost my first round back badly beaten by the AI and the stacks I had were getting owned. Harpies, Trolls, Giant Rats and Giant Bats are a few of the new armies I saw. My hero was well armed and was nuked early in the game and I had view armies on. I had not asked the advisor as I usually don't but I usually win and never attack with a Hero unless I'm pretty sure the day will be won. Mine died way to easily for being so loaded with a good stack of armies and magic weapons and medals of valor and stuff for certain armies.

I also struggled to tell the Hero icon from a standard troop icon.

Is there a link for it here? I don't see any button here called WIKI.

I can now tell you it has several more scenarios and lots of different troops and such. The interface is a little different and the beginning video is lots different. Lots of flying around through mountains sticking out of water. I Like they offer 100 city scenarios.

I think Warlords II still feels and runs more crisply. I'm still checking it out though. Thanks!

Check out this page of downloads. It offers Warlords, Warlords II, Warlords II Deluxe and Warlords II Scenario Builder

I found this place where you can download a few of the Warlord Games:

Warlords II: www.myabandonware.com/game/warlords-ii-227
Warlords II Deluxe: www.myabandonware.com/game/warlords-ii-deluxe-2s7

Check out this page of stuff:
www.myabandonware.com/browse/name/W/page/2/

After goofing off with Warlords 2 for the last several hours trying to get it to run on Windows 7, 64 bit with either DOSBOX or Windows Virtual PC in Windows Virtual XP Mode I finally got it to work!

For the record it was in DOSBOX that I got it to work but it was full screen with voice and music! Everything was virtually perfect except that there is a little hiccup or stall at several occasions where the PC has to think like when it is the other player's turn or when you tell your army to move. There is this little delay that is bothersome to the person who knows how to play and likes to play fast.

So I just wanted to drop a line to say I got it to work! I even have a little DOSBOX shortcut that launches directly into the full screen mode of the intro screen of the game. Greetings Warlord! "Let the War begin!"

What is the difference between Warlords II and Warlords II Delux? I'm about to go online and buy one if not both but the question does arise. I am used to the one that starts with a picture of a boat and the masked warrior saying "Greetings Warlord"

If I recall the face then goes away and I pick a scenario. I don't recall how I ever started playing this game being I keep everything and I don't have the software or the box for this game so I have no idea how I originally got so hooked. For that reason I have no idea for sure which version I found first. I recall getting Warlords III and loving it too. I actually still have it.

Maybe you can help me even though I'm starting this topic up again almost 3 years later.

I'm now on a quad core pc running Win7 rig. I have installed DOSBOX and the game Warlord2 starts up and the masked guy says "Greetings Warlord" then the awesome music starts up. Awesome! The problem is my curser disappears and I can't play. I have to go to task manager just to shut it down. Can you help?

Maybe it is just me but I was thinking it would be nice if the index page listed the sub-forums in some sort of order. I was thinking something like:

General Area
Warlords
Warlords II
Warlords III
Warlords IV Warlords V

You know, something like that. I had to do a double take at first thinking that Warlords II actually wasn't listed. Aside from this babyish complaint I'm very glad to see the place is still here and active too! Kudos!

I think this was supposed to go in the Warlords II Delux section of this forum...

I contributed a lot here a long time ago. It was devastating to find that all of the old stuff on this forum was lost. All I can say is that it happens. I recalled suspecting as much might occur and one day I made a copy of what I thought was an important post I had made. Everything here is different now but maybe it will help or be moved into the right area of this forum. Here it is:

Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 8:38 pm Post subject: Final update for now...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I made a mistake in my previous post about my success. Don't get me wrong. I can play with full functionality basically! The mistake was naming the right OS. I was on a PC in my garage that was a:

Pentium III 733
512mb SDRAM
Voodoo 3 3500 AGP w/tv
Sound Blaster Live 5.1

This PC was set to dual boot so it could start up in WIN98SE or in WINXP. When I posted my results last time I had thought that I had gotten the game to work in WIN98SE when actually I was booted into WINXP. They both actually work with one difference. Under WIN98SE I can't seem to get the voice to work and if I have it set to work, the game either won't start period or will start and lock up at the talking head. See below for my work around.

The XP install was easy and works perfect. It went like this: Download the game from the downloads page here. Put it in any folder anywhere on your PC. Doubleclick the Install.exe file to start the Sound setup. Select Roland Canvas for "Music" and Sound Blaster 16 for "Sound Effects." Select the "Speech On" option too and exit the sound setup screen. Now double click the Warlord2.exe file. The game starts with no music. Set up your game scenerio and begin the game. Once the game has started, go up to settings option in the file menu and put an X in the box for "Music" and it will turn on and be running each time you start the game for now on.

The Win98SE install is basically the same except that in order for it to work and not lock up at the giant head part at the beginning, during the Install.exe step described above, select "SPEECH OFF" after you have selected Roland Canvas for "Music" and Sound Blaster 16 for "Sound Effects." Now when the game starts you will see the head with text under it that shows you what the he is saying. From that point you do everything else the same in order to get music to work as described above.

I did not have to use that DOS disk that is in the downloads section on either install for Win98SE or Win XP. Everything is all good. This game is still pretty great if you remember how much you liked playing it 10 years ago. Thanks everyone and take care.


So there you have it. I hope this old find and repost helps someone. Peace all!