Installation and first launch · Wiki

Grab the installer, point it at your own CDs, wait — what happens during that and where the files end up.

What you need

The two original CDs of Akte Europa — in the drive or as folders on disk (an existing installation works too).
Windows. Builds for other systems are not set up yet.

Without the discs the game will not run. The program ships no game content: the bundled .pck is about 200 KB and carries nothing from 1997.

Installing

Download the installer from the releases page and run it. On first launch the program asks for the discs or an installation folder and derives the content from them. This takes a few minutes.

The derived files go into your user profile. The program directory stays untouched, so reinstalling the game does not throw the derived data away.

What the first launch derives


Maps	44, baked up to 10160 × 5285 pixels
Game states	44 — units, buildings, objectives, deposits, rail lines
Unit pictures	4307, composed out of `ROBO.CWR`
Tables	12, from the map files and `GAME.EXE`
Interface	original typeface, side panel, effects, mission briefings

Importing without the interface

If you would rather trigger the import without a window — to check or repeat it — you can go through Godot directly:

godot --path . --headless -- --import-cd          # discs in the drive
godot --path . --headless -- --import=<folder>    # or from an installation

When something goes wrong

The import is where problems surface: files missing from the disc, a drive that is not passed through, an incompletely copied installation. Report such cases in the repository — it helps to name the exact path you pointed at and what the program reported.