http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/comp_list.php?s … rch=Noctropolis

Should work.

MiniMax wrote:

http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/comp_list.php?s … rch=Noctropolis

Should work.

Thank you. If anyone knows of sound settings this game approves of, I would appreciate the info. I wasn't sure if the freezes on sound setup were due to incompatibility with 0.65, or whether I was choosing the wrong sound settings for this particular game. I'll experiment with the sound settings in 0.70.

In general try configuring the game with sound blaster 16 (addr=220, irq=7, dma=1)
for sound effects, and general midi (addr=330) for music.

If something doesn't work just disable sound and see if that's the culprit.

Will do. 😀 Those SB settings you mentioned caused a freeze/lockup in 0.65, but I'll try them again with 0.70. And I will keep the midi settings in mind. By the way, I also got the same freeze/lockup when I chose no sound at all, so I was thinking along the lines you mentioned.

I've got about eight old games so far running in DOSBox!! Life is good!! I sure love my old DOS games!! To the creators of DOSBox and the other folks around here who provide support---a great big THANK YOU!! 😀

To whom it may concern: i've just installed and played the game. I copied the CD contents to a subdirectory, and mounted that - no need for a "label" parameter. It's possible that i have a later version of the game, though - on the cd, there are also windows install files.

The install batchfile (ORIGIN.BAT) hangs at the end of the installation process, causing DOSBox to become unresponsive. This doesn't matter, as the settings will be saved. Just go through the install, select your soundcard settings (autodetect works fine), and close DOSBox after it hangs. Now restart DOSBox, and start the game with "DARK.EXE". If you want to change the config, start "INSTALN.EXE". The game works fine with dynamic core, and 25.000 cycles on my old P4/2Ghz. I was using the latest 0.70 AEP CVS build.

[quote="ADDiCT"] The install batchfile (ORIGIN.BAT) hangs at the end of the installation process, causing DOSBox to become unresponsive. This doesn't matter, as the settings will be saved.

Hey, I really appreciate this!! I was getting the same hang at the end of installation, but did it occur to me to see if the game would run anyway? Um....no. 😉

I just went back and tried to run the game, and it runs just great!!

NOTE TO SELF: The next time I get a hang at the end of an install, go back and see if the game runs anyway. Sheesh!! 🤣

Hi all, I can't get Noctropolis to work in any DOSBox. I install it but for some reason, I get a Path Not Found error which looks scrambled on the dosbox screen. Has anybody played this game yet?

It works perfectly. Read the above posts.

Did you install the game from an original CD? Are your mountings correct? Without further information, your post is just useless.

ok I did get it to work. when you played it, were you able to save the game? It gave me a path not found error when I tried to save the game.

Yes, i was able to save/restore. I'm confident you will be able to fix this, as well. (;