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Pool of Radiance Disk 3 problem (not fixed with CFG fixes)

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First post, by Raezzor

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Hi all, long time DOSbox user, first time poster here. I have been trying to get PoR up and running again after a long time and have run into this "Insert disk 3" issue on character creation like so many others have. Unlike the rest, this hasn't been fixed by following the suggestions I have read here and other places about changing the POOL.CFG so I'm at a loss as to what is going on. My system is running Win 7 64 bit and the .74 version of dosbox. Using the Forgotten Realms Archive CDs from Interplay. Here's my files:

POOL.CFG

E
T
C:\POOLRAD\
C:\POOLRAD\SAVE\
N

POOL.conf

mount c e:\dosgames

and my shortcut using dosbox has these lines added to it:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\DOSBox-0.74\DOSBox.exe" -conf
"E:\dosgames\POOLRAD\POOL.CONF"
"E:\dosgames\POOLRAD\START.EXE"

Obviously, I have the game installed on the my E:\ drive in the dosgames folder. Any help would be appreciated as I'm really getting a hankering for this series. 😀

Reply 1 of 6, by Dominus

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instead of "E:\dosgames\POOLRAD\START.EXE" in the shortcut, add these lines to your pool.conf after the mount c e:\dosgames

c:
cd poolrad
start.exe

Not sure if that helps, but it's a try...

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Reply 2 of 6, by Raezzor

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Thanks for the reply! I just tried that and the game doesn't even load. DOSbox starts up doesn't even see drive c: as mounted now, almost like it's not loading the conf file at all which is odd considering the other window acknowledges it was loaded... hmmm

Edit: And oddly enough, doing this manually just now worked... which suggests the conf file isn't actually being loaded at all. Gonna have to play with this some more heh.... after I play the game some that is :p

Reply 3 of 6, by Dominus

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I think your " are wrong. Just use two, one at the beginning and one after the pool.conf.
Not using Windows for a long time now, though.

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Reply 4 of 6, by Jorpho

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Raezzor wrote:
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POOL.conf

mount c e:\dosgames

Wait, you're not saying that's the entirety of your POOL.conf, are you? Your .conf file should be identical to the standard DOSBox.conf, and only have extra lines after the [autoexec] line.

Otherwise, follow the instructions in Dominus's first post. Don't put START.EXE in your Windows shortcut at all.

Reply 5 of 6, by Raezzor

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Jorpho wrote:
Raezzor wrote:
POOL.conf […]
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POOL.conf

mount c e:\dosgames

Wait, you're not saying that's the entirety of your POOL.conf, are you? Your .conf file should be identical to the standard DOSBox.conf, and only have extra lines after the [autoexec] line.

Otherwise, follow the instructions in Dominus's first post. Don't put START.EXE in your Windows shortcut at all.

Gah, ya, that was it. Been a while since I had to make a conf for dosbox. Ah well, working now. THanks!

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