mount e e:\

How many e do you see? Compare against the readme.

SKARDAVNELNATE wrote:

1) Use "mount d" instead of "mount e".

the mount works with other dos games. this is the one that doesnt work.

the e drive is my cd drive. with the mount i showed you, it works with other discs. just not this one.

scottydu81 wrote:

the e drive is my cd drive

Yes, I understand that. But that dosn't mean you have to mount it as e. If you type mount d e:\ -t cdrom then your physical drive E:\ will be referred to as D:\ within DOSBox.

You could also make an iso image of the disc and use it by typing, for example
imgmount d "C:\Path To Image\AL.iso" -t iso

i mounted it as D: instead, still same problem.

make an ISO? sounds a bit out of my league. how do i do that?

It only needs the -t cdrom switch. Start over.

Go to [autoexec] section of your dosbox.conf and add:

mount c c:\Sierra
mount d y:\ -t cdrom -ioctl

Reinstall the game; start DOSBox with that dosbox.conf. Change to the d: drive and type install. After the files are copied, the setsound utility will start. Choose the SB16 for both MIDI and digital audio. Type al to start the game. After the game is installed, you can add:

c:
cd sierra
cd alien
al

below your mountings in your autoexec section to start the game automatically every time you start DOSBox with that dosbox.conf.

And be aware that crashes/bugs (like shuttles stuck forever) are part of the game.

scottydu81 wrote:

make an ISO? sounds a bit out of my league. how do i do that?

Click Here
Download MagicISO and install it.
In MagicISO select make CD image file from CDROM.

h-a-l-9000 wrote:

And be aware that crashes/bugs (like shuttles stuck forever) are part of the game.

here is a patch, but it is only for version 1.00 to upgrade it to 1.01. He already has version 1.10.

im kind of getting lost here, but what i did was make an iso of the disc, did an imgmount like you posted, installed from the iso, and it is still doing the same thing.

i'd give up already if i havent invested all youse guys's time in this. thank you for being patient with a newb.

Try this:

http://sierrahelp.com/Patches-Updates/NewSier … tallers.html#AL

it says "directory listing denied"

Fixed the link on the page in the previous post.

it worked! beautiful! now to get back to remembering how to play 😀 i cant thank you guys enough!

i got my second colony up and running effeciently already!

If you have any issues with it later on, I can be contacted on the SHP forums.

blooogh! i had a third colony runnign well, then the biota attacked, destroyed every single colony,and then the friggin science officer assassinated me!

I made sure I had the female science officer when starting, maybe it was luck but there seemed to be less problems.

Which officer you get doesn't make a difference aside from which voice and face you have giving you dialog. If you send one officer to a planet the other will stand in for them with no change in personality.

The Biota attack is triggered when you exceed 29 habitats anywhere in the system. If you have less than 30 the attacks will begin on turn 2,000.

There are a number of things than can cause you to be assassinated.
SPOILERS

• You must always maintain 2 habitats on Gaea, perhaps the Biota destroyed one. If informed about the Tiptow Blood Filter you must invent it within a few turns. Also one emergency as a result of an error in the cryo-chambers will require you to make room for 250 colonists. If you fail to do these you'll be shot by one of your officers.

i know why i was assassinated, im just npot very good at RTS 🤣. i am having fun with it though