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First post, by grampa

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Hello there! SOLUTION IN COMMENTS!

Today I figured out how to play "Harvester" with "DOSBox" and I played it till I faced this problem:

harvester_insert_disk_2.png

I know that there are many tutorials for this but I just can't get it to work...
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO HELP ME:

  • *I have installed DOSBox 0.74
  • *My first disc is mounted on drive E:
  • *I have already installed the game to this location shown below using the first disc:
  • oldgames_loaction.png
  • *In the same image above you can see that there's is a .conf file.
    I've edited it like this (in the field below) to make my game run from a shortcut
    the [sdl] section isn't meaningful that's why I'll add it just here and not further
  • [autoexec]
    # Lines in this section will be run at startup.
    mount c c:\oldgames -freesize 1000
    mount d e:\ -t cdrom -label Harvest
    c:
    cd\harvest
    harvest

    [sdl]
    fullscreen=false
    fulldouble=false
    fullresolution=900x675
    windowresolution=900x675
    output=opengl
    hwscale=2.00
    autolock=true
    sensitivity=100
    waitonerror=true
    priority=higher,normal
    mapperfile=mapper.txt
    usescancodes=true
  • *And this down below is what I wrote in to DOSBox shortcut Properties in the Target section:
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\DOSBox-0.74\DOSBox.exe" -noconsole -conf c:\oldgames\harvest\harvest.conf “c:\oldgames\harvest\harvest.exe”
  • *And for no misunderstandings that's here in the image below:
    harvest_properties.png
  • And YEAH it runs BUT still I can't continue to play my game beacuse I don't know how to change the disc.

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AND OF COURSE I TRIED THIS but it didn't wen't well...

  • I tried to change the .conf file to this but it didn't work
  • [autoexec]
    # Lines in this section will be run at startup.
    mount c c:\oldgames\harvest -t dir -freesize 400
    imgmount d c:\oldgames\d1harvester.iso c:\oldgames\d2harvester.iso c:\oldgames\d3harvester.iso -t cdrom
    c:
    cd\harvest
    harvest

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  • AND I ALSO TRIED TO CHANGE THESE LITTLE "BITS" IN IT
  • -t cdrom to -t iso
  • imgmount d c: to imgmount e c:
  • and even -freesize 400 to -freesize 1000 but I don't really know the meaning of this one!

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And after these tryout modifications it always ends up like below:

  • dosbox_screenshot.png

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If you know how to help then you would not only help me but many other people who find it hard to mount multiple images. I've searched many forums where people are searching for answers about the same thing and there's no precise answer which works! So please be friendly and help for the love of gamers! I love this game and I really want to finish it on DOSBox!

P.s. And if I get a working fix from someone then maybe I could make a real easy, detailed explanation thread of this problem.

Last edited by grampa on 2014-11-07, 02:44. Edited 2 times in total.

Reply 2 of 5, by grampa

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I don't have the real discs.
So isn't it possible without the real discs?

I forgot to mention that my E: drive is a Virtual Drive mounted using SlySoft VCD.

EDIT: I just realised that I maybe posted this to the wrong section
if I'm right then can someone please move it to DOSBox General

I would delete and repost myself if that would be possible.

Reply 4 of 5, by grampa

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SOLVED!!!

I don't believe it but I figured out how to mount them myself with the help of looking at the the same tutorials again and reading them again and again!

*I moved my .iso files in to C:\oldgames folder and then wrote this in to DOSBox

  • mount c c:\oldgames -t dir -freesize 400
    imgmount d c:\d1harvester.iso c:\d2harvester.iso c:\d3harvester.iso -t cdrom
    c:
    cd harvest
    harvest

*And to autorun just saved this in to my .conf file

  • [autoexec]
    mount c c:\oldgames -t dir -freesize 400
    imgmount d c:\d1harvester.iso c:\d2harvester.iso c:\d3harvester.iso -t cdrom
    c:
    cd harvest
    harvest

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Some other day when I have time I will turn this in to a tutorial for other newbies like me if no-one is against my idea!