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First post, by guidovk

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Hello,

I'm trying to run the game WWII - Battles of the South Pacific in Dosbox. When I run it in an older version of Dosbox (0.62), the game runs but the graphics are somewhat garbled. The colors are wrong and text appears in other positions than it should.
When I try to run the game in newer DosBox versions (0.72) the graphics are ok. However, the game crashes as soon as I try to start giving orders.
In DosBox 0.70, the colors are also off, however, the text positions are ok. The game also crashes in exactly the same spot as in version 0.72.

My computer's specs are:
Mobo: Asus P4C800E Deluxe
Proc: intel P4 3.4GHz
Mem: 3GB DDR333
Video: ATI Radeon 9800Pro 128MB
Audo: Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2
OS: Windows XP Pro SP2
Game: WW2 - Battles of the South Pacific
Problem: See start of post
Sound Mode: various tried
Video: various tried
Steps tried: I've tried various combinatiions of parameters and different versions of DosBox (0.62, 0.70 and 0.72). The game only runs in version 0.62. The graphics are displayed correctly only in version 0.72.

Anyone have any idea?

Reply 1 of 4, by MiniMax

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Hmmm. Tried different cores? Like normal?

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Reply 2 of 4, by Qbix

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try loadfix -f or loadfix before the game.
memory layout is sometimes very important

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Reply 3 of 4, by eL_PuSHeR

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Reply 4 of 4, by guidovk

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Solved it. I reinstalled the game from the original floppies into the Dosbox environment and that solved it. It appears to have had something to do with the configuration of sound drivers during initial setup.