Are you capable of extracting zip files?

MiniMax wrote:

Instead of starting your game, can you copy the attached db-info.bat file to the game directory, and run that instead?

Then report back here with information on the SBlaster (Sound Blaster) settings?

You need to put DB-INFO.BAT (not DB-INFO.ZIP) in your Dynamx-folder.

When I open the zip file, the previously described DOS screen opens. It asks me to hit any key when ready. When I do that, it scrolls some information, too fast to read, then closes out and goes back to the folder icon in windows.

Where do I get the DB-INFO.BAT file from?

Open the Zip-file from Windows. Inside there should be a DB-INFO.BAT file. Drag/copy DB-INFO.BAT to your Dynamix folder.

Edit: If you can not get to the DB-INFO.BAT inside the Zip-file, I have included it here. Open Notepad, copy/past the text below into Notepad, and save it as DB-INFO.BAT in your Dynamx-folder.

1@	echo off
2
3	echo db-info 1.0.1 - Show essential DOSBox configuration info.
4	echo.
5	rem By MiniMax
6
7:Page1
8	echo +--------------------------------------------------
9	echo ! Page 1 - DOSBox version and mounts.
10	echo +--------------------------------------------------
11	echo.
12
13:Ver
14	if exist Z:\KEYB.COM ver
15	if exist Z:\KEYB.COM echo.
16
17:Mount
18	mount
19	echo.
20
21	pause
22	echo.
23
24:Page2
25	echo +--------------------------------------------------
26	echo ! Page 2 - DOSBox emulated hardware.
27	echo +--------------------------------------------------
28	echo.
29
30:SDL
31	config -get sdl output			> NUL:
32	echo SDL      output           = %CONFIG%
33	config -get sdl fullresolution		> NUL:
34	echo SDL      fullresolution   = %CONFIG%
35	config -get sdl windowresolution	> NUL:
36	echo SDL      windowresolution = %CONFIG%
37
38:Render
39	config -get render scaler		> NUL:
40	echo Render   scaler           = %CONFIG%
41
42:DOSBox
43	config -get dosbox machine		> NUL:
44	echo DOSBox   machine          = %CONFIG%
45	config -get dosbox memsize		> NUL:
46	echo DOSBox   memsize          = %CONFIG%
47
48:CPU
49	config -get cpu core			> NUL:
50	echo CPU      core             = %CONFIG%
51	config -get cpu cycles			> NUL:
52	echo CPU      cycles           = %CONFIG%
53
54:SBlaster
55	config -get sblaster sbtype		> NUL:
56	echo SBlaster sbtype           = %CONFIG%
57	if %CONFIG% == none goto GUS
58	echo SBlaster BLASTER          = %BLASTER%
59
60:GUS

61	config -get gus gus			> NUL:
62	echo GUS      gus              = %CONFIG%
63	if %CONFIG% == false goto DOS
64	echo GUS      ULTRASND         = %ULTRASND%
65	echo GUS      ULTRADIR         = %ULTRADIR%
66
67:Joyst
68	config -get joystick joysticktype	> NUL:
69	echo Joystick joysticktype     = %CONFIG%
70	config -get joystick timed		> NUL:
71	echo Joystick timed            = %CONFIG%
72	config -get joystick buttonwrap		> NUL:
73	echo Joystick buttonwrap       = %CONFIG%
74
75:DOS
76	config -get dos xms			> NUL:
77	echo DOS      xms              = %CONFIG%
78	config -get dos ems			> NUL:
79	echo DOS      ems              = %CONFIG%
80	config -get dos umb			> NUL:
81	echo DOS      umb              = %CONFIG%
82
83	echo.
84	pause
85
86:End

Success, its in my Dynamix folder. How do I get it to display without scrolling too fast and then closing on me?

Scrolling too fast? It should pause for every each section. First pause after the version- and mount-info, second pause after the emulated hardware section.

Closing on you? You mean that DOSBox is closing its windows? That must be something in your D-Fend setup. There must be a check-mark for Exit-after-game or something?

Maybe it should be noted (again) that you are supposed to run the
batch file inside dosbox (that is INSIDE DOSBOX to be precise).

I copied the text to Notepad and saved it in my Dynamix folder. When I click on it, it opens to the first DOS screen and says the version and to hit any key when ready. I do that and again, it scrolls super fast and then closes automatically. When i first click on it, there is no option to leave it open when finished, only to RUN or CANCEL.[/img]

Why do you completely ignore postings?

cptwagg wrote:

IWhen I click on it <snip>

Please, can you scroll back through the many postings here, and tell me - just once - where I have said anything about clicking on DB-INFO.BAT ??

And when you don't find that, instead please tell me what I *DID* ask you to do.

Whoa..take it easy. I told you up front that I was not good at this computer stuff. Getting excited doesn't help anybody. I understand you are frustrated and so am I but lets keep this forum professional.

I have tried the DB-INFO.bat from the c: and the X: and it continually tells me its an illegal command.

cptwagg wrote:

Whoa..take it easy. I told you up front that I was not good at this computer stuff. Getting excited doesn't help anybody. I understand you are frustrated and so am I but lets keep this forum professional.

I have tried the DB-INFO.bat from the c: and the X: and it continually tells me its an illegal command.

It is not about being good at computer stuff. It would be much better if you would shut your brain down and do EXACTLY as you are asked to do, instead of trying be inventive.

I will just keep repeating myself until you provide answers to the following questions:

MiniMax wrote:

MiniMax wrote:

Folder = Directory. Sounds to me like you have already saved it in the Dynamix directory. […]
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cptwagg wrote:

I put it in the Dynamix folder but I dont know how to save it in a directory and run it from there. Could you please explain this for dummies like me?

Folder = Directory. Sounds to me like you have already saved it in the Dynamix directory.

What happens if you type mount from the DOSBox prompt?

What happens if you type db-info from the DOSBox prompt?

Or maybe

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1c:\>mount X "Location-of-your\Dynamix-folder"
2Drive X is mounted as local directory "........................."
3X:db-info.bat

1. z:\>mount gives me:

Current mounted drives are:
Drive Z is mounted as Internal Virtual Drive

2. z:\>db-info gives me:

Illegal command: db-info.

I told you up front that I was not good at this computer stuff.

Try finding some person near you that knows a bit of computers to
lend you a hand. It leads to nothing this way.

I'm tempted to close this thread. Anyways it'll be left open in case you
finally understand mounting/your pc/computers in general. Feel free
to formulate precise questions then (not before) and post them here.

As I said earlier, just use a frontend.

Presuming you installed your game in C:\dynamix\aoe,

1. open dosbox.conf with notepad (inside your DOSBox folder, probably C:\dosbox or C:\programs\dosbox - well, you should know best where it is...)
2. scroll to the end (to the section [autoexec])
3. type the following:

mount c c:\dynamix\aoe
c:

4. save dosbox.conf (left corner of notepad: "File"-> "Save")
5. double-click dosbox.exe in your dosbox folder
6. type "db-info.bat" and hit enter OR simply type "aoe" and hit enter.

General piece of advice: read the readme.txt that comes with DOSBox, especially the part where it says "FAQ" and "Special Keys".

cptwagg wrote:

1. z:\>mount gives me:

Current mounted drives are:
Drive Z is mounted as Internal Virtual Drive

Weird!!??!! I could have sworn on my grandmothers grave.... Wait - let me check....

Yes, I found it:

cptwagg wrote:

I have installed ACES onto my c drive under the directory of DYNAMIX (this was done automatically when installing). I can "mount" DOSBOX to get a c drive.

And here is another quote by cptwagg:

cptwagg wrote:

I can mount my c drive and get the game running but its just the sound that is screwed up. When I get the c drive mounted <snip>

Isn't that weird??? You have mounted your C-drive, yet DOSBox tells you that only Z is mounted???

cptwagg wrote:

2. z:\>db-info gives me:

Illegal command: db-info.

And I repeat:

1c:\>mount X "Location-of-your\Dynamix-folder"
2Drive X is mounted as local directory "........................."
3X:db-info.bat

Let's try that in BIG LETTERS: X:db-info.bat
X - not Z.