Heroes of M&M 3-only PC

Discussion in 'Gaming' started by thenemo, Apr 24, 2012.

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Am I retarded for loving this game so much?

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yeah 1 vote(s) 33.3%
nope 2 vote(s) 66.7%

  1. thenemo Bronze Member

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    Okay. This is probably gonna sound crazy, but bear with me.



    I had an idea and I wish to fulfill it. I want a Windows XP installation that will run 3 applications:
    • Heroes of Might & Magic 3 with HD mod installed
    • GameRanger
    • Some simple, silent firewall that will only allow GameRanger to use the internet.
    Here's the twist. I don't want to ever see the Windows Start bar, button, anything. I want to see as little DOS or Windows boot stuff as absolutely possible. I don't want to see explorer.exe at all at startup, I just want Heroes and Gameranger to run at startup.

    The PC will be connected to a touchscreen monitor I will have built into my coffee table.

    Furthermore, I want Heroes to run in full screen at 1920*1080 and I want a two-finger tap to bring GameRanger to the top, but keeping Heroes 3 visible in the background while it's open. Two-finger tap should minimize GameRanger again.

    I can imagine I'll have to use nLite or something to tweak XP, but I'm not sure it's enough to get what I want. Also, I have no idea where to post this, so I'm posting under Gaming. If this belongs in Windows XP or a third subforum, please move it.


    Thank you for your time.
    thenemo, Apr 24, 2012
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  2. Kedar Geek

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    I don't think all this is possible.

    Firstly, you need a tablet version of XP(touch capable) that sadly, isn't sold separately. And you can't just have GameRanger and your program run at startup, there are a lot of services and processes essential to the running of Windows, can't just skip that.

    A media center PC with a touchscreen monitor may be able to do all that.
    Kedar, Apr 25, 2012
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  3. thenemo Bronze Member

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    Oh. Well. You sure? Touch capable absolutely has to be integrated into the OS?
    I know a lot of hidden processes have to run, the point is more that I want to hide as much of Windows as possible.
    thenemo, Apr 25, 2012
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    Kedar, Apr 25, 2012
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  6. thenemo Bronze Member

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    Well it seems KEYTEC inc. has touch screens for XP.

    My coffee table will be epic.
    thenemo, Apr 25, 2012
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  7. Kedar Geek

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    Maybe, let me know if you need further assistance.
    Kedar, Apr 26, 2012
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Heroes of M&M 3-only PC

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