We've Added The Ultimate Feature to Real-Time Strategy... Star Trek®.
It's time to leave the vastness of space behind and play out your destiny in the biggest land battle this universe has ever known. In Star Trek® New Worlds’, you'll experience this classic universe as never seen before - on land in full 3D.
- An advanced 3D engine takes you right into the action on the planet's surface with a fully rotatable and zoomable landscape
- Command a vast fleet of powerful combat vehicles and colony units
- Construct your colonies from a variety of structures including The Hydroponics Lab, Photon Artillery Launchers and many more
- Choose to play as an officer in the Federation, as an honorable Klingon warrior or as a centurion of the Romulan Star Empire, and develop or destroy the frontier in over 42 unique missions
- Each crewmember has a unique name and visual identity and will evolve and grow with each experience making them one of your most valuable resources of all
- Encounter 3 new alien races from the Quadrant's past
- Explore, Exploit, Expand and Extinguish natural resources to develop your colony
- Experience intense multiplayer combat for up to 3 players.
~ from the back of the box
Review coming soon.
To download the game, follow the link below. This exclusive installer runs natively on Windows. Manual included. By default, the Movies folder must be installed to the root of the C: drive. Read the ChamberNotes.txt for instructions on how to move it to the root of another drive as well as more detailed information. Must be installed on a drive formatted to NTFS. Tested on Windows 10.
09.10.2021 Ver.2 - Videos now install to the correct folder. This fixes the No CD error.
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Review, Cover Design and Installer created by me
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Star Trek: New Worlds is © Paramount Pictures & Interplay Entertainment Corp
Star Trek (the TV shows and movies) are © Paramount Pictures
Review, Cover Design and Installer created by me
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As you start it up its asking to install the New Worlds CD, also at the end of the install its asking to view the STNW.reg file but when you do it advises not to add it because it may cause issues on your system, do you know why it asks to view the .reg file?
ReplyDeleteFollowed the notes and noticed theres no Movies folder in the C drive as stated, it just seems to just dump the files directly in the C drive, also I get message saying it needs CD when you start the game when I try to start it, isn't there a no CD patch for this game?
ReplyDeleteSame happens to me every time i try to install it. I tried with the original cd in drive and putting all the movie files in a by me created Movie folder in the root of my C drive. Still no success :-( Wolud love to play this game again.
DeleteHopefully it gets sorted, I know it was mentioned in the comments for Dominion Wars and on their Facebook, I tired to manually create a Movies folder and no success, I just hope theres a solution to why it keeps asking for CD when you try to play it, in the reg file it just has a cdrom value and is default to C but tried different drive letters and nothing
DeleteDid anybody have some luck on the issue with the CD issue ?
ReplyDeleteNo its still an issue, I know Biffman said on comments on the facebook page he will look into it when he has the time but yeah I can't get it to work still.
DeleteTheres an updated installer that should fix the issue with the Movies folder and the noCD issue but now I'm at a point where if I start a mission it just has a black screen and nothing happens
DeleteSorry guys, I made an error in the installer. The six .bik movie files, "BINKPLAY.EXE" and "KAPROMO.EXE" install to the root of the C: drive by mistake and not c:\MOVIES. You can manually create the MOVIES folder and move these over. I'm working on a 2nd revision now.
ReplyDeleteThere isn't a NoCD patch out there, but the game uses the registry to determine where the CD drive is. This must be imported to the registry otherwise it will come up with a NoCD error. More details are found in the chamber notes.
Importing any registry string from a .reg file will always give you that warning, regardless of its origin, but I've tried to be open and honest with what it does in the Chamber Notes and how you can check it yourself. Hopefully this will give you confidence to run it.
I've tried it again and still get the CD issue, When I open the reg file in Notepad it shows it as this;
DeleteWindows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Interplay\StarTrekNewWorlds\1.0.0]
"CDRom"="C:\\"
I've changed the letter to D as I have the game installed on that drive, not sure if anything else needs filling out, I saved it then ran the file and it updated and put the details in regedit but still get the CD message
I've got a little further, the MOVIES folder is in the game directory but when I load it says it can't open the video files even though they've been moved, I get to main menu and select a mission and then it just goes to black screen and says not responding on the task manager and crashes
DeleteThe MOVIES folder needs to be placed at the root of whatever drive is in the registry (default is C:\, in your case D:\). The MOVIES folder cannot be in any other location than the root of the drive specified in the registry. Where the game itself is installed makes no difference; you can copy and paste the game install directory anywhere and it should run as long as the MOVIES folder is where the registry says it is.
DeleteI can't say I've got any hang ups in the game itself. My first thought would be to run as administrator, but the location of the MOVIES folder may also be confusing the program.
Done a fresh install, left it as C on the reg file, it loaded the video files fine, got to main menu but still as soon as I select a mission it goes to not responding and get a black screen and crashes even when running it as Administrator
DeleteI can't say for sure as I have no way to test it, but I did notice on PCGaming Wiki that the game won't run from a drive formatted in FAT32. Try copying the install files to a USB or another drive formatted to NTFS to see it that works (no need to reinstall). I suspect this only affects the game install and not the MOVIES folder, which can likely stay where it is.
Deletehttps://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_New_Worlds
The D drive is already an NTFS drive i do have a USB stick which I will test. I also have an external drive so will try it on those and let you know
DeleteTried it, same issue, USB is NTFS and external drive is NTFS and still does the same thing
DeleteI just found out about an unofficial patch that's available through the TrekCore website. I'll supply the link below. There's also a file for bonus missions too.
ReplyDeleteI downloaded and installed patch, but when I tried to run the game, I got a prompt to install the CD again. So do you think you could incorporate this patch into your version?
http://gaming.trekcore.com/newworlds/downloads.html
Also, the game will randomly crash, with the interface becoming unresponsive for a while before the screen goes black, though I can still hear sound. ALT-TABbing doesn't work, so I have to sign out and sign back in again. Could you look into this as well?
ReplyDeleteAny updates on this, was their a solution to why the game would crash when starting any mission or the issue Lord Slithor has mentioned?
ReplyDeleteI found a fix for the random crashes, and probably the crashing when you start missions. If it's linked to runtime errors, the you need to get different Wine3D files.
DeleteGo to this website: https://fdossena.com/?p=wined3d/index.frag
Download the pre-Vulkan Wine3D files version 4.5 and copy "ddraw.dll," "libwine.dll," and "wine3d.dll" into the STAR TREK - NEW WORLDS folder, replacing the ones that are there. Then rename the "ddraw.dll" file to "ddra2.dll." (There may already be a file there by that name. Just remove it.)
Go and run the game. It should now operate crash free!
It still doesn't work I'm afraid. Did you downlaod the latest version of pre-Vulkan or the old version?
DeleteIt should be the pre-Vulkan 4.5 staging. Did you get rid of the "ddra2.dll" file in the original installation? Replace that with the "ddraw.dll" file from the pre-Vulkan 4.5 and rename *that* "ddra2.dll."
DeleteDont know how but that seems to be now working thanks
DeleteBiffman, if you're reading this, It looks like the solution Lord Slithor mentioned seems to have resolved the issue with missions not loading, could it be something that could be added in an updated installer?
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DeleteDone everything correctly:
ReplyDeleteThe Movie move, the wine, the registry and the NTFS format...
Now I am getting the stnw.exe "ordinal" not found error when trying to run as administrator.
The exact error is:
"The ordinal 2 could not be located in the dynamic link library: G:\ABANDONEDware\STNW.exe"
Not much I can find online about it -though my tech brain thinks its something dealing with a no-cd patch in relation to Windows 10 1909 -Enterprise.
I have the source code for the game. Anyone got the talent to put it together?
ReplyDeleteHave you reached out to GOG? I'm sure they'd be interested in doing a release that fixes the bugs and supports higher resolutions.
Deletedid this ever work for anyone
ReplyDeleteI don't think so. Based on accounts I've read in the making of the game, it was rushed out the door and the developers weren't given enough time to fix the bugs. And Interplay dissolved the development team shortly thereafter, so there was no continued support for it.
DeleteBest we can hope for is a remaster/remake. Someone upthread claims to have the source code. So hopefully some enterprising fan can get into it and make it the game it was supposed to be, while adding some modern support at the same time.
Have gotten as far as loading to a black screen with a large white box (approx 1/3 screen space) on the bottom right and the white cursor switching to the ingame bronze cursor. Music plays as does the briefing (I've missed the music score so much!)
ReplyDelete- Installed per instructions though found that the reg file only worked once the STNW.reg entry was changed to:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Interplay\StarTrekNewWorlds\1.0.0]
"CDRom"="C:\" (The default file displays "C:\\ so remove one slash)
- Followed the Wine3D instructions from further up the page here + the ChamberNotes instructions for using a Hex Editor to change any reference in the renamed "ddra2.dll" file of "ddraw.dll" to "ddra2.dll"
Have any further fixes been found thusfar?
I think i Have found the problem, after install i kept getting please insert CD i looked in reg and i found that the WOW6432Node was in the WOW6432Node
ReplyDeleteHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\WOW6432Node\Interplay\StarTrekNewWorlds\1.0.0
I uninstalled the game, removed the reg entry then reinstalled the game and now working.
I've managed to get past the NoCD error with the NoCD patch found here: https://www.myabandonware.com/game/star-trek-new-worlds-ck3#download
ReplyDeleteRunning it with the WineD3D .dll drivers for DirectX 7 has helped to reduce the video glitches. However, the game will become non-responsive when loading a scenario.
Problem solved! First step is to create new partition on your hard drive and format it as FAT32. For some reason, the game doesn't like NTFS, so stay away from that.
ReplyDeleteSecond step, install the game onto the newly created partition. (I just used the file from collection chamber. No other patches or drivers.)
Third Step: Start the game and skip through the opening scenes to the menu. (Or watch them if you want to.) Once you're at the main menu, alt+tab to another program and open the task manager. Click "More Details" if you haven't already, go to the details tab and scroll down to stnw.exe. Right click on it, Set Priority > Low. Right click on it again, Set Affinity>Uncheck All Processors>Check only 1 processor. The game runs better on only 1 processor. Having all the processors enabled over processes the game and causes problems.
Happy gaming!
Just adding to my previous comment, I have spent hours already playing the game using that method with no problems. It's been field tested and proven to work.
DeleteWho has the source code, contact me, I have someone who may help. They currently working on SFC2 OP but this would make an excellent side project as well.
DeleteHey. I do. What are your socials?
DeleteI guess you never got around to actually writing/posting a review LOL
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ReplyDeleteon windows 11... black screen (i get the audio to play but nothing else...) help?
ReplyDeletei had the same problem until i did the pre-vulkan install 4.5 staging further up this topic. it works now but after loading into like the 3rd or 4th mission the game randomly crashes
Deleteanother solution to fix alot of the crashes would be to download
Deletehttps://ntcore.com/4gb-patch/
download that and use it to patch the STNW.exe file and it should help with the crash