is gen.dat marked as 'read only'?

I've run into the same crash other people have: a "memory allocation error, size -1" at a certain point in the game. The same install plays fine on a Windows 95 virtual machine so it's not an install error AND other people play it in dosbox without it crashing so I know it can be run on db, but how …

erm - this isn't the response you're looking for but i've gotten many old games to run by running them on a windows 95 virtual machine within vista - also have a win3.1 vm but havent bothered loading games on it. if i read your post right you're using db to load win3x to load games; why not skip db …

update: i have gotten carmav.exe to run in dos mode on a Windows 95 virtual machine; strange the game runs smoother on the vm (which is running on a vista machine) than through dosbox on the same machine! You might want to try that - the graphics look a little better with the carmav.exe executable. …

I finally got carma 1 to run in dosbox but i cant get glide to work. The db version from ykhwong.x-y.net almost works: a 3dfx logo displays but then the screen goes blank - the game is running (there are sounds and i can navigate the menus blindly) but no display. Same results on xp and vista pcs. …

i have carma working without the cd or an iso - copy the entire cd to the (installed) carma folder on hd, then you have to edit the paths.txt file in the \data folder so that it points to the carma hard drive folder as the location of the cd drive. the paths.txt is encrypted so you have to use this: …

ah - thanks for the info - though so far it seems like the best graphics i can get for carmageddon is to run it on a windows 95 vm. go figure.... Hey - the glide version works!! thanks!!

DBGL's glide button is greyed out - i have dbvoodoo and glidewrapper but i cant get carmageddon 1 to run under vista using carmav.exe - it does run with carma.exe. Or: does anyone know how to get the best display for Carmageddon using dosbox? 😀