Talk:Playing Ecstatica II on Modern Systems/@comment-176.232.127.65-20170816181956/@comment-5404087-20180101114123

Sorry for the late reply. This error appears if you fail to provide the correct path in step 2, then the game is unable to find all necessary data and will ask for the CD. If you keep getting the error try putting the game in a simpler directory, i.e. one where no folder's name is longer than 8 characters and there are no spaces. I'm not sure but you may also have to write the directory in uppercase.

Complicated directory names that do not adhere to these rules were always a pain in the back in DOS times and I'm not sure if the game even interprets the path provided in CDPATH in accordance with DOS standards. You're best off just putting the game in a folder with a simple name like the one provided in the example (e.g. C:\GAMES\ECS2).

Anyway, thanks for the comment. I guess I will have to take a closer look at how the game handles directories and extend the article accordingly.