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Shadowcaster Cutscene Problem Write Protection

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First post, by Caine

Posted on 2007-08-17, 10:04

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hi guys & girls !

i have a problem with shadowcaster, i wanted to finally play this game after well 10 years i bought it?:)

ok everytime the intro or first cutscene begins it lasts only about 5 seconds and fails to load any further ! then a normal dos window appears and tells me something like "cd error 100 dev req: write protection error" this game is original from ea cd-rom classics.
i can continue the game after the mesage but i really want to see the cutscenes too.

thanks !

Reply 1 of 11, by MiniMax

Posted on 2007-08-17, 12:21

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Operating system?
DOSBox version?
Drive mounting in DOSBox?
Command to start Shadowcaster?

It is not like kind of information is top-secret....

Reply 2 of 11, by Caine

Posted on 2007-08-17, 12:28

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it is no secret....................

windows xp pro
latest dosbox version
c mounted for dosgames
d mounted for dvd-rom drive
shadow is the command

Reply 3 of 11, by DosFreak

Posted on 2007-08-17, 12:31

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Wow. Then your problem with the game must not be a secret either and should be easily fixable correct?

How about posting some detailed information?

Your OS and Service Pack Level
What version of DosBox you are using.
The EXACT mount commands you are using for your HD and CD.

It sounds to me like your running the game off the cdrom.

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Reply 4 of 11, by Caine

Posted on 2007-08-17, 12:50

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OS:

Windows XP Pro SP2
Intel Core 2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40 GHz
2.00 GB RAM

Dosbox Version:

0.71

mount:

the standard setting + at the end the automatic orders:

mount C f:\dosgames
C:

mount D "D:\" -t cdrom -ioctl

THX !!!!!

Reply 5 of 11, by MiniMax

Posted on 2007-08-17, 15:44

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Hmm, looks perfectly okay to me.

Did you install the game from inside DOSBox? From the D: prompt in DOSBox?

Reply 6 of 11, by Caine

Posted on 2007-08-17, 15:45

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yepp directly in dosbox with mounted cd rom 😀.

Reply 7 of 11, by wd

Posted on 2007-08-17, 16:13

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Try it with a cue/bin pair, and if it still happens please post a screenshot.

Reply 8 of 11, by red_avatar

Posted on 2007-08-19, 08:26

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Here's some potential help=

http://www.jellofishi.com/gamewiki/index.php? … wcaster_-_CDROM

Reply 9 of 11, by Caine

Posted on 2007-08-19, 10:41

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with which freeware program am i able to create bin/cue?

thanks very much

Reply 10 of 11, by red_avatar

Posted on 2007-08-19, 11:45

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Hmm good question - I use UltraISO myself but you'll need to find a crack or buy it.

Reply 11 of 11, by Og

Posted on 2007-08-19, 13:11

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The free version of ISOBuster can do that, although occasionally it doesn't detect the ISO mode correctly, and then you have to open the cue file and manually change "MODE2/2352" to "MODE1/2352" or vice versa.

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