Mike's Enhanced Dune 2000 Trainer
I'm a sucker for this classic game. Originally the trainer stopped working after Windows 98SE, most likely due to the slight architecture differences between Win9x and WinNT (2000 and XP were based off NT.) I paid someone on RentACoder.com to patch up Razor's trainer so it would work under Windows XP, and he did a pretty good job. All of the features appear to work, except for "Show Map (F4)".
If you play multiplayer practice games, It appears that enabling Atreides = Player 1 (you), Ordos = Player 2 (computer), Harkonnen = Player 3 (computer) - the colors and units will not coordinate, but you can enable instant build for the other two players (which can be very fun, racing against the computer. It's almost impossible.)
Your Dune 2000 must be updated to version 1.06 - which is included below as well. It can be applied to the stock install without an issue.
Update: I am now hosting a neat collection of maps below thanks to the folks at FED2k/Dune2k.com. It appears their downloads are offline and I could not find any other place with them. Someone was nice enough to email them to me and I am hosting them here now for everyone to enjoy!
NOTICE: A lot of people claim this is a virus. I've ran multiple virus checkers and programs for years and have used this for years without a problem. I believe it is a false positive due to the fact that it is a program which alters the memory of another program - which is probably typical virus behavior. If anyone can identify what this supposed "virus" actually does I'll be more than happy to pay someone to investigate and fix it. However, I have never seen any malicious stuff on my system because of this, and if it was a true virus, it would be caught by all the major ones that I have used. So, don't use it if you're scared; it is no skin off my back. For the thousands of downloaders (including myself) who use it without being paranoid it's a virus - enjoy!
Downloads
- dune2000-maps.zip (3,795KB, 2008/11/29)
- mikes-enhanced-dune2000-trainer.exe (130KB, 2005/01/10)
- dune-2000-v1.06-update.exe (4.7MB, 1998/12/17)
Thank you so much for that trainer! It even works in "practice" under multiplayer. I am running Dune 2000 on Windows 7 64 bit. Since the game won't install from the disc, I went to this following website and downloaded the game legitimately. Here is the website:
http://forum.dune2k.com/index.php?topic=22419.0
P.S. The game file size is approximate 515 Mb and it comes with version 1.6. This file has been tested to work on Windows Vista and Windows 7.
this trainer appears to have a malware virus in it.. .shame..
@Frogga
I think it's a false positive. Probably because it has to alter another programs memory like a virus would.
This has been scanned by a ton of people and only specify programs report it. I've used it for years and nobody has complained yet about whatever this supposed virus inside of it does.
Do you send to me the dune2000 map editing program ?? please. . .
please send to me
my e-mail address : 0cic0@hanmail.net
@andy
Use Google dude
@mike
I have sent e-mail to you check it buddy.
Answer to me
@andy
I replied to any emails I got, please stop spamming my blog. I don't remember if I got one from you or not, but just Google it. It's easy enough.
@mike
sorry, I'm very very sorry
But, I had sent e-mail to you.
I know that mike503@gmail.com is your e-mail address, right ??
check it please ..
I want to talk with you so much
please . . .
@andy
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=dune+2000+map+editor
@mike
wow !! perpect !!
Thank you very much !!
VIRUS. Do not use.
@Lucian
It's not a virus. If it is, tell me what it does, please. I've ran it for years and hundreds of other people have too.
As I've said 100 times now, I believe certain virus scanners look at the signature in it and see that it messes with memory addresses, which looks trojan-y to it, and flags it.
Prove to me that it is making your machine a zombie, launching an attack on something, giving access to your private files - anything.
I just downloaded it myself, checked it with Microsoft Security Essentials and got no warnings. If it was a true virus it would have been confirmed by all the anti-virus software makers now.
i would say its not a virus.
It does change some memory locations inside the running game
many trainers i have are considered a virus by norton
most nocd mods are considered virus or hack tools
i have used this program for perhaps 5 years and had to download it again in that norton took it away.
i found this a few yrs after i got xp.
the razor trainer works fine with 98 0r 95
It's a shame how people use the worst antivirus that deletes files that are false positives... Antivirus like Norton and Mcafee and those, and if they get deleted directly think it is a virus, which it isn't in most cases. Anyway, thanks for the trainer, but I'm gonna use this(http://gruntmods.com/Projects/Downloads/Dune_2000/) install for now, seems to work with vista and windows 7, and it is v1.06
Hi, got dune2000 running fine under windows 7 64bit, however whenever i run alt-tab to load the trainer.. when i alt tab back to dune 2000 the screen is black (blank)
ive googled this but cant seem to find any reference anywhere.. any ideas ?
@Pete
I don't know if you'll ever be able to do that. Sometimes it would go a little weird on me even on 32-bit XP if I alt-tabbed out of it constantly.
The F1-F10 keys should work although if I recall the coder wasn't able to get one of them to work properly. But that was years ago - I have no idea.
The other suggestion I'd have is run it in a VM. Maybe use Microsoft Virtual PC / the XP Virtual Machine thing. That'd probably work better. It is an older game now
U are Great~!!! U Saved my WinXP ! Thanks a lot!!
I cannot get the trainer to do as it is advertising.
I am hitting F5 and no unlimited spice.
I hit F1 and no instant build.
Am i doing something wrong? I am somewhat new to this classic game, but love it.
Thanks for any info you can supply.
@Nyradd
I forget if the F keys work properly or not. I was lazy and just alt-tabbed to get out and hit the ones I wanted. It's been years since I had it worked on, but IIRC, he did get them working (at least in XP probably SP2 at the time) for most F keys. I think a couple didn't work (and I never knew why... he just couldn't reverse engineer it all 100% or something.)
Thanks ^^
Hi Mike,
I just wanted to thank you for your efforts you made for us,(actually I was thrilled to see that is working, especially that I am not a 20 year old person, and I also don`t have the time to play it without trainer
), to give us a nice possibility to play such a retro game. I have found only here the update and also the trainer for Windows 7 X32. There is no virus I can assure anyone, and if you pay just a minute attention what Mike is saying here, you`ll notice that everything is working perfect.
Thanks again for your concern regarding this game, and keep up the good work
Phill
This trainer works fine, after ive been messing about with other trainers on the internet, this one works brilliantly. Thanks man! It even worked with the abandonware versions of this game, as long as you updated it like it said above,.
mikes-enhanced-dune2000-trainer.exe
dune-2000-v1.06-update.exe
Norton won't let me download, both deleted as virus!
@Zanshin
It seems most anti-virus programs are finally considering this a trojan of some sorts. I haven't been able to figure out why. If anyone wants to try to reverse engineer it (the developer I paid used Delphi or something) and inspect as much as possible. I am quite sure that there is no actual threat, and the signature is just due to the way a trainer has to alter memory locations, typically what a lot of viruses do.
Note: I didn't develop this trainer. I took the trainer that originally was created by the "Razor 1911" group, and paid someone to make it work under Windows XP/NT architecture. That is all.
Dune is a best classic game of a strategy genre !
On win7 only works if changed to win98/me compatibility mode (like the game).
Everything works, map also works but don't won't show up in thingy up/right on the screen.
(last night awaken in testing........ he he he)
why do not word my trainer?
@dune 2000
What?