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Re: Games that work well with DosBox

First and foremost, thank you for the reply.

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Originally Posted by Addison (Post 264425)

Hey there BrentDC.

Whether you're a newb or not, you really need to install Rubybox first and foremost.

Yes, I actually did get that installed. I remember trying to install it back when I first bought my tablet a year ago, and failed miserably. (the tablet was my first linux device). But the second time around, it wasn't so tough ;)

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I would try to help you do that myself but it took quite some time for me to figure it all out, and when I finally got it working, I forgot what I did in the first place since it took so long. :(

Ukki should really post his own topic on this project, including a sure fire way of getting it installed, along with all of the dependencies required for it, how it works, and how to set up the configurations to download extra content and custom user contributions to his front end loader for all newcomers.

For someone who hasn't followed his work, I'm sure it might be a little overwhelming at first.

The problem is, when I run it through RubyBox, it doesn't work either. Maybe there is some advanced setting in it to allow you to change the path...but I didn't see one (DGATE always wants to run itself off the cd-rom).

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Until then, easiest thing to do is to install the game from CD onto your computer and then transfer all of that junk to your memory card.

If you're having any troubles installing, look inside the CD and read any text file that might have came with it. Most games have information to make the setup process much easier for those who are completely new to it all.

For Dosbox, here's a good read:
Dosbox basic setup

But really, just get yourself Rubybox and it will handle all of the mind numbing confusion that comes with Dosbox for you. :)

Post back if you have any luck.

That's the real problem; I don't actually have a CD of DG, just a .zip of all the files, and there is no 'ReadMe'. I'll see what I can come up with.

Re: Games that work well with DosBox

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That's the real problem; I don't actually have a CD of DG, just a .zip of all the files, and there is no 'ReadMe'. I'll see what I can come up with.

Okay, not sure what you have on your end.

Most likely, after you unzipped it all, you probably should run setup.exe in case it also compressed the graphics as well.

Follow that up with running install.exe and choosing no music since it will chunk up the speed of the game.

Once you have it running through Dosbox on your computer, it should be the same when you transfer it to your tablet.

One nice little feature that would be great for Rubybox is for it to state exactly where Dosbox should think it's running from instead of always thinking that it's coming from the C: drive.

Like right now, there's a game I'm working on that has to run from c:\infogram\shadow.cd and nothing else.

I was going to problem solve for this over the weekend.

I believe it's just a matter of writing a simple .bat file that changes the way it's being mounted and having Rubybox point to that instead.

I'll try to post back on this much later tonight if I can find time to duck away from the wife.

Should be an easy fix though. :)

Re: Games that work well with DosBox

Hey, if you haven't already figured it out, which I'm sure you have, try doing the following.

Open up Notepad on your Windows computer and type in the following:
MOUNT D C:\media\mmc1\Dgate -t cdrom
d:
dgate

Save that document something like Dgate.bat making sure to change "save as type" from Text Documents (*.txt) to "All files"

Then place that Dgate.bat file into your folder for Death Gate.

When you run Rubybox, have it point to Dgate.bat that you just made.

Should work.

Post back if you got it running.

Cheers!

Re: Games that work well with DosBox

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Originally Posted by Addison (Post 264599)

Hey, I just got it working tonight with this:

Code:

mount D: /media/mmc1/OS's/DOS/

D:

cd dgate

dgate

And that worked! I have no idea why, but it did. Thanks for your help, though. Really very much appreciated!

Re: Games that work well with DosBox

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Hey, I just got it working tonight with this:

Good to hear!

So you've got speech and you were able to upload the configuration okay through Rubybox?

Anyway, this topic has been dead as of late, so if you have anything to contribute, make sure to post for it.

Cheers! :D

Re: Games that work well with DosBox

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Originally Posted by Addison (Post 264618)

I didn't try speech, because it was late and didn't want to wake anyone up! ;) I'm not a big sound person when it comes to games anyhow.

I haven't been able to get it to work through Rubybox; those commands I did right through the DosBox prompt. I suppose if I write a .bat file it'll work...ugh, I haven't written a .bat file in a long time, I can hardly remember how to. (if it is anything other than Python I'm writing, I'm a real dud).

Re: Games that work well with DosBox

Been really trying to get the CD version of Shannara up and running with the best settings possible.

Right now I've basically stripped it all the way down to having no voices, sound or background music.

I'm perfectly fine with having the game silent but does anyone know the highest settings and removed features to push Dosbox as far as it can go?

Here's a pic of the game:

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/214...1704090wr2.png

Re: Games that work well with DosBox

Prince of Persia 4D:
http://www.dosgamesarchive.com/download/game/158

Captain Comic - Episode I: Planet of Death
http://www.dosgamesarchive.com/download/game/136

Both games are running smoothly.

Re: Games that work well with DosBox

Thanks ioan for the info. Keep 'em coming! :)

Re: Games that work well with DosBox

Fritz 2.51

Available for free at this site:
Zarkon Fischer's Free Chess Programs

I found out something kind of neat when editing the settings for this today.

If you have CPU cycles anything greater than 1500 then the cursor isn't placed correctly on the screen making it less playable.

So if there were any other games or applications that had this similar mouse trouble, try to lower the speed down a bit and see what happens from there. :)

Anyway, I exported the configuration file for easy download.

Here's a screenshot:
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/2086/fritzpm2.png