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Working game only works by dragging over dosbox.exe

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First post, by Marked.Question

Posted on 2024-10-05, 02:23

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I got a game that does work, but only by clicking & dragging it over to the dosbox.exe file. it does have its own runme.bat but again, it only works by clicking & drag. that file is written like this:

ECHO Off TYPE INCFO.INC PAUSE INCLOGO CHIPS ECHO INC'91: Crushing the Competition. […]
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ECHO Off
TYPE INCFO.INC
PAUSE
INCLOGO
CHIPS
ECHO INC'91: Crushing the Competition.

I tried my luck with my own version, but it does nothing at all. it looks like this:

@.\DOSBOX\DOSBOX.EXE game.exe

Everything is where they need to go for it all to work. But again, it will only play by clicking & dragging it over to the dosbox.exe will the game play. I can do it this way with both the games .exe file of the .bat file.

Reply 1 of 3, by jmarsh

Posted on 2024-10-05, 02:35

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You have to mount the directory holding the game's files.

Reply 2 of 3, by Marked.Question

Posted on 2024-10-05, 19:21

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up till now doing it like this: "@.\DOSBOX\DOSBOX.EXE game.exe" was enough. doing it like that is a bit new to me. but basically, I would need to do something like this: "@./folder/game/game.exe"?

Reply 3 of 3, by Marked.Question

Posted on 2024-10-06, 20:11

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well, i found someone to tell me all about how to:

mount the directory holding the game's files

I turned it all into a .txt file. so if you or anyone else is interested in it. here is the file. enjoy & I hope this can help others as well.

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