Changing topic title and moving to DOSBox Games/Apps

Regarding your post...

DOSBox should supply enough FILES handles for everyone. Some programs still complain though, so you could create a bogus CONFIG.SYS file at the root level of your mounted hard disk.

What ver of DosBox are you using?

he is using a broken version of Tie Fighter (the one without subfolders)

I tried a bogus config.sys at the mounted drive with "files=50" on it but no luck.
I'm using DosBox 0.63.
And yes, my TIE folder doesn't have any subfolders. Any tips how should I get a good version?

Thanks for the tips so far.
Leddago.

Buy it.

Also, since the error message mentions EMS, what are your settings in DOSBox for that?

I'd suggest Amazon.com, look for the newer 3D enhanced version of Tie Fighter, which works okay on Windows with much better graphics than the original game had. You can get it along with a 3D enhanced version of Xwing for around 20$, (It's called the Xwing collectors series, but look hard, as there is also a DOS version of Xwing called the same thing, look at the pictures on the products, you can tell which one has Tie Fighter by looking at the packaging), It's well worth the price! I just got the 3D enhanced Xwing from there for 10$ and am having a ball with it.

The 3D enhanced X-Wing&Tie Fighter are ok (I own both collector's DOS and enhanced win versions) with 1 big flaw - they changed that beautiful midi music with orchestral star wars cd audio, which is nice but it gets kinda boring when all star wars have pretty much the same music and midi was changing depending on the action in the game 😀

Yeah, I didn't so much mind the changed music, though I found it makes the game a bit more challenging with the new music, as you get no fanfare when allies or enemies enter the battle anymore, which means you must keep your eyes open for the enemy coming. I found that a plus. Only downside I found about the 3D enhanced version is, for some reason, Lucasarts removed the screen after mission briefings where you can pick your wingmen for missions. Kind of a bummer, since I have like 40 or so top ace pilots I used to like to fly with.
Still, given the choice, I play the enhanced version, it does rock. Oddly, though I read all the PC games 'zines, Lucasarts must not have advertised this re-release of Xwing and Tie Fighter in '98, because until this past month, I had no clue they existed. That's why I thought I'd mention the game here, figured perhaps others like me didn't even know the 3D enhanced versions were out there. 😀