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First post, by Mayiko

Posted on 2011-11-07, 23:04

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I am running DosBox 0.74. I am trying to get Wing Commander 2 running. I have read that I should use the LoadFix command. The problem is that whenever I use this command the program does not load. All I see is that memory was allocated, and then memory was freed. I put this under general because I am not sure if this is specific to the game, or if it is a DosBox problem.

Thanks for the help.

Reply 1 of 6, by DosFreak

Posted on 2011-11-07, 23:10

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is there a wc2.exe in the directory where you are trying to load it?

Also why are you trying to run WC2 from a CD?

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Reply 2 of 6, by Mayiko

Posted on 2011-11-07, 23:12

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There is a wc2.bat file in that folder that starts the game.

It is ran from the CD because it does not install runtime files on the computer.

Reply 3 of 6, by Mayiko

Posted on 2011-11-07, 23:46

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Nevermind. I found a workaround to get it to install correctly. I guess loadfix only works on exe's. Thanks for the help.

Reply 4 of 6, by Xelasarg

Posted on 2011-11-08, 09:38

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Why don't you just copy all files to your harddrive? You won't be able to save your game progress as long as you kepp running it from the CD.
Btw, loadfix doesn't have anything to do with .exe files, it's an internal DOSBox command. Simply type "loadfix", 64kb will be allocated & freed and WC2 will work like a charm afterwards.

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Reply 5 of 6, by h-a-l-9000

Posted on 2011-11-08, 19:37

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WC2 needs -20 to get around a certain level.

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Reply 6 of 6, by Xelasarg

Posted on 2011-11-09, 11:00

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h-a-l-9000 wrote:
WC2 needs -20 to get around a certain level.

Aah, now that makes perfect sense. 😊

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