Thanks lads, I had a go at installing this today. It seemed to go well, all according to plan, I even managed to follow the instructions laid out in the instillation section but when I tried to play Aurora I got some error messages - (Error 3265 was generated by DAO. Fields items not found in this collection please report your inability to work things properly to Steve, yadda-yadda). *sigh* I later got another in the Galactic map that froze the game so I've been looking on the site for a clue since. It doesn't follow what I have found so far in the tutorial section. But, I'm working on it to correct the problem, I may need to re-do. It'll be operator error due to my inability to comprehend computers without the aid of a hammer. Anyway, if you have any suggestions please keep them low tech. Yes, I'm a ludite freek. o_0
If you are missing fields in the database, the usual reason is that the executable file and the database don't match. Just check that you did the following:
1) Download AuroraInstall and unzip it. You will have four files called Aurora.CAB, Setup.exe, Setup.LST and AuroraUpdate.zip
2) Run Setup.exe. This should run a standard Microsoft install program, installing to the default C:\Program Files\Aurora directory
3) Unzip AuroraUpdate.zip into the same directory and answer yes to overwriting two files.
You then have the basic game. There are also two patches, one for data and the other for the exe.
1) Download the DBUpdate101.exe, place it in your v4.2 installation directory and run it.
2) Download the v4.26 patch and unzip it into the installation directory, overwriting the existing Aurora.exe.
Steve