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First post, by droz

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hey fellas. I'm able to get to the installation portion of swotl for hte CD-ROM, however, it just quits as it starts to install, and everytime i try to go back to it, nothing happens. it just immediately quits out and closes dosbox.

Any help at all would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Reply 1 of 3, by JavaJiver

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When I found out about this program I was really happy...
I so miss playing SWOTL but I also cannot get it to run.
I think it has something to do with the program not being able to recognize any of the drives as "datadisks"

Possibly because it is looking for a certain type of formatting which is no longer used...

Reply 2 of 3, by dvwjr

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I run the old SWOTL all the time with DOSBOX v0.63 and the DFEND version 2.0.62.42 front-end all the time. Here is what you need to do:

My target system is a 3.2GHz Pentium 4 system. Your milage may vary...

Directory Structure:

C:\DosGames\Lucas
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C:\DosGames\Lucas\DosUtils (the following three files must be present)
C:\DosGames\Lucas\DosUtils\Append.exe
C:\DosGames\Lucas\DosUtils\Join.exe
C:\DosGames\Lucas\DosUtils\Subst.exe


C:\DosGames\Lucas\SWOTL\
C:\DosGames\Lucas\SWOTL\AC
C:\DosGames\Lucas\SWOTL\AIRWARID
C:\DosGames\Lucas\SWOTL\CM
C:\DosGames\Lucas\SWOTL\CP
C:\DosGames\Lucas\SWOTL\EMPTY
C:\DosGames\Lucas\SWOTL\EMPTY\TEST
C:\DosGames\Lucas\SWOTL\FE
C:\DosGames\Lucas\SWOTL\FX
C:\DosGames\Lucas\SWOTL\HF
C:\DosGames\Lucas\SWOTL\MIS
C:\DosGames\Lucas\SWOTL\old_ovls

The File C:\DosGames\Lucas\DOSSPATH.DAT contains:
Line #1: C:\LUCAS\DOSUTILS
Line #2: 6.22
-end of file-

This path in Line #1 above, the "C:\LUCAS\DOSUTILS" works because using the DFEND front-end for DOSBOX v0.63 the C:\DosGames\Lucas" is mounted as "Drive C:\" so the \LUCAS sub-directory appears to be directly off the root of drive C:\

Batch File: C:\DosGames\Lucas\Swotl\Runswotl.bat contains:
Line #1: @echo off
Line #2: rem Maximum buffer size is 248!!!
Line #3: SWOTL.EXE V S 5 Y Y Y 248
Line #4: SET APPEND=
-end of file-

The file C:\DosGames\Lucas\Swotl\SW.CFG contains:
Line #1: SWOTL V S 5 Y Y Y 248
-end of file-

The profile for the DFEND front-end version 2.0.62.42 is as follows:

[Extra]
CloseOnExit=1
CustomSettings=
SyncUpDown=0
Setup=
Exe=C:\DosGames\LUCAS\SWOTL\RUNSWOTL.BAT
Loadhigh=0
autoexec=
GameParameters=
SetupParameters=
LoadFixVal=64

[sdl]
fullscreen=false
fulldouble=true
fullfixed=false
fullresolution=Default
output=surface
hwscale=1.00
autolock=true
sensitivity=90
waitonerror=true
priority=higher,normal
mapperfile=mapper.txt

[dosbox]
language=
machine=vga
memsize=2

[render]
frameskip=0
aspect=false
scaler=advmame3x

[cpu]
core=normal
cycles=4000
cycleup=500
cycledown=20

[mixer]
nosound=false
rate=22050
blocksize=2048
prebuffer=10

[midi]
mpu401=false
intelligent=false
device=default
config=

[sblaster]
type=sb1
base=220
irq=7
dma=1
hdma=5
mixer=true
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oplmode=auto
oplrate=22050

[gus]
gus=false
rate=22050
base=240
irq1=5
irq2=5
dma1=1
dma2=1
ultradir=C:\ULTRASND

[speaker]
pcspeaker=false
pcrate=22050
tandyrate=22050
disney=false

[dos]
xms=false
ems=true

[modem]
modem=false
listenport=23
comport=COM2

[directserial]
directserial=false
Comport=COM1
realport=1
defaultbps=1200
parity=N
bytesize=8
stopbit=1

[ipx]
ipx=false

[ExtraInfo]
Genre=Air Combat WWII
Developer=Lawrence Holland
Publisher=LucasArts Entertainment
Year=1991
Notes=Works with JoyStick

[Export]
notes=
profilename=Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe

You might want to check out this web site about SWOTL for further information about addons/patches for SWOTL. Has the way to get rid of the need for the CD-ROM when playing the SWOTL game.

Hope this helps,

dvwjr

Reply 3 of 3, by retrogav

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To add some more info , if you want to install Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe CD version on to your hard drive, you do need the three dos utilities.
The utilities are not part of DOSBOX. You can get the utilities from -
http://www.freedos.org/software/?prog=swsubst
download the programs append and swsubst from the base section.

Run the lucas install first so it creates the empty directory structure under \LUCAS and quits.
Then unzip append and put it in \LUCAS\DOSUTILS (create the subdir if it's not there).
unzip swsubst and make a copy of swsubst.exe. then rename both files to the filenames join.exe and subst.exe respectively. Then also put them into \LUCAS\DOSUTILS.
Run the lucas install again and this time it should find the utils and complete the install on to your hard drive ok.

Then to stop the game from hanging on the splash screen, follow dvwjr's post above about creating a batch file Lucas\Swotl\Runswotl.bat and modifying Lucas\Swotl\SW.CFG

More information used to be on http://swotl.home.comcast.net/home.htm but the website is gone now.
To retrieve an archive of the site use the Internet Wayback machine. For example https://web.archive.org/web/20050207042833/ht … st.net/home.htm
Pay particular attention to the "SWOTL CD FAQ!" they have there.

Hope this helps.