trouble with Alien Legacy \ VOGONS

trouble with Alien Legacy

Topic actions

Post a reply

First post, by scottydu81

Posted on 2011-01-20, 09:23

scottydu81 Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 20
Joined: 2011-01-20, 09:18

am running the disc from dosbox. i have run other games on dosbox, so i know i have the right folders and drives mounted. in fact, i run the disc and i install it, and it goes all the way through the install procedure, but when i type "AL" to start the game, it tells me to put the disc in the drive even though it is.

im sure about two of you have played this game, but i really liked it when i was younger, so id like tp get it to work. any help will be greatly appreciated

Reply 1 of 39, by Mau1wurf1977

Posted on 2011-01-20, 09:31

Mau1wurf1977 Offline

Rank l33t++

Rank: l33t++
Posts: 7652
Joined: 2010-08-27, 04:15
Location: Western Australia

Disc copy protection maybe?

My website with reviews, demos, drivers, tutorials and more...
My YouTube channel

Reply 2 of 39, by SKARDAVNELNATE

Posted on 2011-01-20, 10:29

SKARDAVNELNATE Offline

Rank Oldbie

Rank: Oldbie
Posts: 1183
Joined: 2006-10-28, 15:51

See this topic.
Alien Legacy CD version and DosBox 0.72 - SOLVED

Reply 3 of 39, by scottydu81

Posted on 2011-01-20, 22:18

scottydu81 Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 20
Joined: 2011-01-20, 09:18

thank you, that thread was sort of helpful. so, i should change the cd's "label"? how do i do that?

Reply 4 of 39, by Dominus

Posted on 2011-01-20, 22:29

Dominus Offline

Rank DOSBox Moderator

Rank: DOSBox Moderator
Posts: 9150
Joined: 2002-10-03, 09:54
Location: Ludwigsburg

The readme tells you

Windows 3.1x guide for DOSBox
60 seconds guide to DOSBox
DOSBox SVN snapshot for macOS (10.4-11.x ppc/intel 32/64bit) notarized for gatekeeper

Reply 5 of 39, by scottydu81

Posted on 2011-01-20, 22:47

scottydu81 Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 20
Joined: 2011-01-20, 09:18

i looked in the readme file but i idnt see anything about changing labels

Reply 6 of 39, by wd

Posted on 2011-01-20, 23:03

wd Offline

Rank DOSBox Author

Rank: DOSBox Author
Posts: 10813
Joined: 2003-12-03, 21:23

Search again.

Reply 7 of 39, by scottydu81

Posted on 2011-01-20, 23:09

scottydu81 Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 20
Joined: 2011-01-20, 09:18

i just noticed that the top of the window, the disk is named "al_cd_v110". so i guess thats not the problem 🙁

Reply 8 of 39, by scottydu81

Posted on 2011-01-20, 23:22

scottydu81 Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 20
Joined: 2011-01-20, 09:18

by the way, i was reading the README file from the AL disk, not for dosbox 🤣. no wonder i couldnt find it

Reply 9 of 39, by scottydu81

Posted on 2011-01-20, 23:54

scottydu81 Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 20
Joined: 2011-01-20, 09:18

you know, looking over the readme, i still dont quite understand how to change the label. whats the command procedure?

Reply 10 of 39, by collector

Posted on 2011-01-21, 00:42

collector Offline

Rank l33t

Rank: l33t
Posts: 4490
Joined: 2003-01-15, 10:39

http://www.dosbox.com/DOSBoxManual.html#CantFindCD

The Sierra Help Pages -- New Sierra Game Installers -- Sierra Game Patches -- New Non-Sierra Game Installers

Reply 11 of 39, by scottydu81

Posted on 2011-01-21, 01:02

scottydu81 Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 20
Joined: 2011-01-20, 09:18

so, i go to my e: file (my cd drive) and type this-
e: -label al_cd_v110 and it responds with this-
E:\>

does that mean the label worked? because it still didnt find the cd

Reply 12 of 39, by Jorpho

Posted on 2011-01-21, 14:00

Jorpho Offline

Rank l33t++

Rank: l33t++
Posts: 8168
Joined: 2003-02-14, 19:50
Location: Canada

That won't do anything. You can only set the label when you're using the "mount" command (along with -t cdrom).

Reply 13 of 39, by scottydu81

Posted on 2011-01-21, 15:56

scottydu81 Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 20
Joined: 2011-01-20, 09:18

do you mean:
mount e e:\ -t cdrom -label al_cd_v110

Reply 14 of 39, by Dominus

Posted on 2011-01-21, 17:30

Dominus Offline

Rank DOSBox Moderator

Rank: DOSBox Moderator
Posts: 9150
Joined: 2002-10-03, 09:54
Location: Ludwigsburg

For example but you should mount d not mount e...

Windows 3.1x guide for DOSBox
60 seconds guide to DOSBox
DOSBox SVN snapshot for macOS (10.4-11.x ppc/intel 32/64bit) notarized for gatekeeper

Reply 15 of 39, by SKARDAVNELNATE

Posted on 2011-01-21, 17:41

SKARDAVNELNATE Offline

Rank Oldbie

Rank: Oldbie
Posts: 1183
Joined: 2006-10-28, 15:51

With mine the first letter is capitalized. See if "Al_cd_v110" makes a difference.

Reply 16 of 39, by scottydu81

Posted on 2011-01-21, 20:14

scottydu81 Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 20
Joined: 2011-01-20, 09:18

i typed-
mount e e:\ -t cdrom -label Al_cd_v110

it replied
MSCDEX: Failure: Drive-letters of multiple CDRom-drives have to be continuous

Reply 17 of 39, by SKARDAVNELNATE

Posted on 2011-01-21, 20:27

SKARDAVNELNATE Offline

Rank Oldbie

Rank: Oldbie
Posts: 1183
Joined: 2006-10-28, 15:51

1) Use "mount d" instead of "mount e".
2) It sounds like you already mounted something as a cdrom. See that the the autoexec section in DOSBox Settings doesn't already have a mounting.

Reply 18 of 39, by scottydu81

Posted on 2011-01-21, 20:28

scottydu81 Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 20
Joined: 2011-01-20, 09:18

the e drive is my cd drive

Reply 19 of 39, by scottydu81

Posted on 2011-01-21, 20:36

scottydu81 Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 20
Joined: 2011-01-20, 09:18

i went into my autoexec and deleted the MOUNT section. i opened dosbox, then typed
mount e e:\ -t cdrom -label Al_cd_v110 (the e drive is my cd drive, and it works on my other dos game)

i tried to run it and it still wont read. im beginning to think i wont be able to play this game. and i really appreciate you guys helping me out, thank you for your help so far.

Go to top of page Go to top of page

Back to DOSBox Games/Apps

Main menu

Common searches