First post, by DarkMatter
I have a Pentium IV 1800 system and i am trying to run Star Fleet 1: The War Begins by Interstel (a 1986 dos text-graphic space simulator - think mainframe). I have tried running this game 3 different ways.
Attempt 1 (running the game executable from a shortcut in Win XP)
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The game crashes when the player is promoted (after the first 2 missions are completed).
Attempt 2 (booting from a dos 6.22 game disk floppy)
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Success!
The game will only run properly from the A: Drive (must be on a floppy disk) and a "real dos" environment to run without crashes. If these 2 requirements are not met, the game will crash out when the player is promoted (ie from Cadet to the Lt. JG after the first 2 missions are completed).
I have successfully played the game by first booting an old Dos 6.22 game disk, then running SF1 from a second floppy disk. When the player is promoted the game saves the "service record" info properly and no crashes occur.
But I dont want to have to use an old Dos 6.22 BOOT DISK! I would much rather have the convenience of DosBox running the game! 😀
Attempt 3: (Using DosBox 0.60)
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Unfortunately, DosBox 0.60 crashes as soon as 1 mission is completed. SF1 complains that a file on line 1622 (or something approx to this) isn't found.... *sigh*
I have DosBox running with the following config file alterations:
Fullscreen=true
and in the autoexec lines:
mount a c:\Games\SF1 .............<--virtual a: drive floppy
a: ............................................<-switching to the virtual a: drive
begin .......................................<-game executable for SF1
Can anyone help me out here? DosBox is the most unstable attempt yet, crashing after 1 mission (I dont even get a chance to complete a second mission for promotion).
Am I setting something up wrong? Would changing/configuring any additional parameters in "dosbox.conf" help the game run more stable? Or is Star Fleet 1: The War Begins one of those games that is "broken".?
Now that I think of it would using DosBox to play straight from the a: drive floppy work, instead of playing from a virtual drive?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
DarkMatter
