Re: Can't Get Wibarm To Run - Details provided this time.

Posted on 2009-10-07, 15:50

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by ripsaw8080

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You need to remake the game disk (just delete the WIBARM.DAT folder and run the game again) when you change the machine type in DOSBox, because the copied files are system-specific, and you will get various problems like HunterZ ran into if you don't. I get the insufficient memory error with machine …

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Re: Can't Get Wibarm To Run - Details provided this time.

Posted on 2009-10-06, 18:34

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by ripsaw8080

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If you haven't already done so, try machine=tandy with the game; much nicer music than the PC speaker... Something about it reminds me of the NES more than other game music I've heard for the Tandy.

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Re: Can't Get Wibarm To Run - Details provided this time.

Posted on 2009-10-06, 16:16

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This game is a bit of pain to set up. Here's how I did it: make 2 folders under your WIBARM folder called DISKA and DISKC. Put the game in a WIBARM folder under DISKC, and run these commands: mount c c:\dosgames\wibarm\diskc mount a c:\dosgames\wibarm\diska -t floppy c: cd wibarm wibarm It will ask …

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Re: Capture thread on second CPU ?

Posted on 2009-09-19, 04:39

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by ripsaw8080

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Multithreaded video capturing

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Re: A.G.E. under DOSBOX?

Posted on 2009-09-13, 18:42

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There is a string of beeps during a blank screen that I believe is part of the copy protection which has been hacked out. I don't know for sure if the game's hang/crash problem is related to the crack or not, but I suspect it is not because of the relationship to the RTC stuff going on after …

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Re: Jurassic Park (Ocean)

Posted on 2009-09-12, 15:35

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There is a bug in the installer when the highest drive letter is Z. Also happens in real DOS if you set LASTDRIVE=Z in the CONFIG.SYS file. If INT 21/0E returns less than 26 drives, the bug doesn't occur. I think there is a patch made by Qbix to change the Z: drive in DOSBox to something else, which …

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Re: A.G.E. under DOSBOX?

Posted on 2009-09-10, 21:57

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A.G.E. is working in CVS builds. The DOSBox devs may be interested to know that the Rocket Science RTC fix (Loadstar, Wing Nuts, etc.) is also fixing this game. In 0.73 there is a longish pause after selecting the language in the game while some timing is worked out with the RTC, and then the game …

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Re: Booter games compatibility overview

Posted on 2009-09-10, 16:14

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Thanks; patching isn't needed for a PC/XT/Clone, but would be nice if it worked for either. Probably shouldn't have added all this discussion to a sticky thread, but perhaps a mod will do a cleanup.

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Re: Booter games compatibility overview

Posted on 2009-09-10, 14:39

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Does that system have an 8088 or a V20? Can you dial it down to 4.77mhz from 12mhz? Only reason I ask is because the game does exhibit some sensitivity to CPU speed (in DOSBox as well) with regards to how and where the plane hits the ground during the demo.

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Re: The Adventures of Down Under Dan, run time error 005 on install

Posted on 2009-09-07, 08:48

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Small change in dos_programs.cpp to support it, but is it really that useful? std::string type="dir"; - cmd->FindString("-t",type,true); + if (!cmd->FindString("-t",type,true)) cmd->FindString("-type",type,true); bool iscdrom = (type =="cdrom"); //Used for mscdex bug cdrom label name emulation if ( …

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Re: The Adventures of Down Under Dan, run time error 005 on install

Posted on 2009-09-06, 10:24

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Just noticed another little problem with your mount command, should be: mount d e:\ -t cdrom There is no -type parameter, and it's silently ignored. You should see a message about MSCDEX being installed after mounting the first CDROM device in DOSBox. Could explain why the installer/game is confused …

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Re: The Adventures of Down Under Dan, run time error 005 on install

Posted on 2009-09-05, 23:25

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Try sticking more to conventions: mount c c:\games\retro mount d e:\ -type cdrom d: install namely, mount the CDROM as drive D, and make that the default drive before running the install.

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Re: Can't get Noctis to run on Dosbox. Will thank the person who fixes this problem

Posted on 2009-09-05, 14:11

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by ripsaw8080

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I said the game appears to need a lot of cycles, you said it needs "much cycles". Sounds pretty redundant to me. Attack? Thief? I said you were reiterating my instructions. Do you suffer from a persecution complex or something?

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Re: Can't get Noctis to run on Dosbox. Will thank the person who fixes this problem

Posted on 2009-09-05, 13:49

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by ripsaw8080

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Linking to the game on the author's page for it would have made its status more clear from the beginning instead of something the OP had recently uploaded on 4shared. And NOCTIS.EXE is in MODULES, not in DATA. You're basically just reiterating my instructions, but with incorrect information.

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Re: Can't get Noctis to run on Dosbox. Will thank the person who fixes this problem

Posted on 2009-09-05, 04:14

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It has a win32 launcher program, but it only runs the game AFAICT. According to Mobygames the game was released in 2001, which may explain why there's a win32 launcher for a DOS game. You can do the same thing by running "MODULES\NOCTIS.EXE" from the same folder where the launcher program is located …

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Re: Booter games compatibility overview

Posted on 2009-09-03, 06:21

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I think a more interesting test would be to see if MSFS 1.05 works on either CPU when patched with the 2.13 divide handler. And by "works" I mean that the operation of the game remains consistent on either CPU, not just that the hang condition is avoided. I don't have systems to test it on, but …

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Re: Booter games compatibility overview

Posted on 2009-09-03, 00:08

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As I noted elsewhere about hacking the FS 2.13 divide handler into FS 1.05, and the patch I made to do just that, not trying to re-execute the failing divide is the prominent feature of the 2.13 handler. Fixing up the return address doesn't seem backward-compatible, though, so it makes me wonder how …

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Re: MSCDEX mounted subdirectory limited support????

Posted on 2009-09-02, 20:37

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-label Daggerfall Capital D. It's amazing how much trouble that has caused... there should be a warning IN CAPS on their instructions about that.

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Re: VGA problem with a Sharp MZ-700 emulator

Posted on 2009-08-26, 20:15

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by ripsaw8080

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A practical result of not resetting that data when setting the mode is that the selected number of lines (200/350/400) will persist unless specifically changed. Whether that is seen as a good or bad thing is subjective...

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Re: VGA problem with a Sharp MZ-700 emulator

Posted on 2009-08-26, 17:29

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It's almost crazy how far people have gone with text mode "graphics" in MegaZeux...

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