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Sorry but I have only one more question:
Did you edit any of the sound/voice files?
I don't know if you ever played this game, but there is no audio during the first campaign intro. All other sound effects (voices, music, etc.) are working.

Thank you again for your effort!

Edit: I find the missing file. The name is "pspeech.vol" and it has to be at the ".../SIERRA/MTECH/VOL" folder.
It must be missed in some of the "resource.xxx" files?!

As far as I know you need to get the CD version or buy the speech pack to have it.

That means if I have both, the expansion and the speech pack, I have to install the expansion first and than the speech pack?!

I don't have the speech pack, so I don't know if that would be necessary. You'll just have to experiment. The CD version is easy to find, so you may want to buy it and have everything.

I installed ES1 with your installer and I'm not hearing the speech during the briefings. It's the CD version so speech should be included right? I noticed the size of the installed folder (39mb) is much smaller than the size of the cd contents (168mb) so I'm wondering if it didn't install everything correctly? I also noticed right before the game loads while its still in the DOS prompt it says "Illegal command: mode"..

========================= Game Info =========================

Game : Earthsiege
Game Version : Unknown
Game Path : C:\Dynamix\Earthsiege CD
Installer Version : Not found
NSIS Version : v2.46
Start Menu Directory : Not found
UninstallString : Not found


================== Game Configuration File ==================

RESOURCE.CFG

[SoundFX]
Driver#=E015
DMA=1
IRQ=7
PortAddress=220
range=0
[Music]
Driver#=A002
PortAddress=388
[SoundSet]
pathSoundPlay=.\sset\
pathDrivers=.\SOS\
digiFile=.\sset\soundset.raw
digiName=On My Way
midiFile=.\sset\soundset.hmp
midiName=EarthSiege
[Language]
language=English

[FlicPlayer]
pathFlic=.\flic\


======================== DOSBox Info ========================

DOSBox is not installed in "C:\Program Files\DOSBox\DOSBox.exe". Please
reinstall and allow the installer to download and install the latest for you.
DOSBox version

======================== dosbox.conf ========================

[sdl]
output= overlay
fullresolution= 0x0
windowresolution= 800x600
autolock=false

[DOSBox]
machine= svga_s3
captures= C:\Users\AppData\Local\DOSBox\capture

[render]
aspect= true
scaler= normal3x

[cpu]
core= dynamic
cputype= auto
cycles= max
[autoexec]
cls
mount c "C:\Dynamix\Earthsiege CD"
c:
cd \
ES.BAT
exit


====================== Game Files List ======================

ES.ADV
ES.B50
Earthsiege.bat
ES.BAT
INSTALL.BAT
P.BAT
RESOURCE.CFG
GETKEY.COM
dosbox.conf
Conf.exe
DBSIM.EXE
DETECT.EXE
DiagnosticTool.exe
Earthsiege CD.exe
ESCD.EXE
FileList.exe
GO.EXE
PLAYFLIC.EXE
SOUNDSET.EXE
uninst.exe
EarthSiegeHR.ico
SOUNDSET.INI
Metaltech- Earthsiege CD.lnk
ES.M50
ESSR10-1.PDF
GAMEDAT.SHP
diagnostic_log.txt
ESPAT1_README.TXT
Installer License.txt
New Installer README.txt
PATCH.TXT
README.TXT
stderr.txt
stdout.txt
CD.VER
CAR\SM_INIT.DAT
CAR\SM_PLAY.GAM
CAR\NAMES.LOG
CAR\SM_PLAY.MEC
DATA\ADDR.BAT
DATA\EXIT.CFG
DATA\KEYJOY.CFG
DATA\PREFS.CFG
DATA\RESTORE.DAT
DATA\SCRIPT.DAT
DATA\PLAYER.MEC
DATA\OBJECT.STR
DATA\MISSION.VAR
FLIC\END.DFL
FLIC\INTRO3.DFL
FLIC\END.RAW
FLIC\INTROB3.RAW
INSTALL\ES.BAT
INSTALL\INSTALL.BAT
INSTALL\RESOURCE.CFG
INSTALL\ADDRES.EXE
INSTALL\INSTALL.HLP
INSTALL\INSTALL.SCR
INSTALL\INSTALL.TXT
SOS\HMIDET.386
SOS\HMIDRV.386
SOS\HMIMDRV.386
SOS\DRUM.BNK
SOS\MELODIC.BNK
SOS\DRUM32.DIG
SSET\SAMPLE1.EXE
SSET\SOUNDPLY.EXE
SSET\SOUNDSET.HMP
SSET\SOUNDSET.RAW
TAPES\KEYJOY.CFG
TAPES\PREFS.CFG
TAPES\DEMOLIST.STR
TAPES\DEMO1.TAP
TAPES\DEMO2.TAP
TAPES\DEMO3.TAP
TAPES\DEMO4.TAP
VOL\DETECT.VOL
VOL\PSHELL1.VOL
VOL\SHELL0.VOL
VOL\SIMPATCH.VOL
VOL\SIMSOUND.VOL
VOL\SIMVOICE.VOL
VOL\SIMVOL0.VOL
VOL\SPEECH.VOL
VOL\ZONES.VOL

It looks like you are missing some files in your FLIC and VOL folders. There is a demo of Aces of the Deep on the CD, in not just the AOD folder, but also the SIM and SOUND folders. It also has an Imagination Network installer. All of the files that are not part of ES total over 17 MB.

It looked like one of my speech files was corrupt so I installed the speech pack and I hear voices now. Hopefully the rest of the game will run fine. In any case can you tell me what files I was missing?

Missing files:

• FLIC\MECHVIC3.DFL
  FLIC\MI_INT1.DFL
  FLIC\VICTORY.RAW
  FLIC\XPINTROB.RAW
  
  VOL\PSHELL0.VOL
  VOL\PSHELL2.VOL
  VOL\PSPEECH.VOL
  VOL\PZONES.VOL
  VOL\PZONES1.VOL
  VOL\SIMLANG.VOL

Also, I noticed that you applied the pack to the CD version. I may be wrong, but I believe that the CD version already includes the expansion and speech packs. DPX may know for sure.

Actually I did not apply any patches or the exp pack (your installer wouldn't let me). Only recently did I replace that one speech file, but that file already existed, I was just updating it. I do have the expansion disc, and I found on there all those files you listed, and just now copied them over to the game's flic and vol folders, and now the game closes itself when I go to start a mission. Apparently the expansion disc is only for the floppy version but I figured it would be safe enough to copy those few files over but obviously not. I wouldn't normally do that but at this point I'm just experimenting. I don't understand why those files weren't there in the first place, maybe I have a different version of the cd from you. Are you sure those extra files are supposed to be included with the cd, and not just the floppy?

Well, as I said, it was based on the pack being applied to the floppy version, hence the file discrepancy.

I think there may be some confusion because I we're in a topic about the expansion pack. That was my mistake for replying to this topic, when I probably should have made a new one instead that was focused on the cd installer. I do have the floppy version and expansion, but I've only installed the cd version. I only took out the expansion disc after you listed those files and thought they might be included on it. And they were so only then did I try copying those specific files over to the already installed cd version. Anyway I've taken those exp files back out of the cd version game folder and the game runs fine again, so I think everything should be ok now.