Oil Imperium - problems with the Dos Box

Oil Imperium - problems with the Dos Box - does not run?

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First post, by air

Posted on 2004-12-29, 13:28

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Hallo, yesterday i have downloadet my favor game befor 13 years The
Oil Imperium. I didn't play it since '91. So i will be very happy to can play it this year. I have downloadet the dos box and when i open the dos box exe file it's runs till the messege set uu completed. So then i klick to the close botton bit nothings happends. So i can not understand how to open it that i can play the game. My computer have the following parameters;
Pentium 4 2.0 MZ, 256 DDR-RAM, 64 DDR-RAM grafik card and runs with
windows XP service pack 2.
I have downloaded the game once with the windows exe file and once
from the amiga game site. Booth of them does not started
I will be very happy if someone knows the cure of my problem.
I'am waiting like a small child to play Oil Imperium again 😊
Thak you for your help in advance

Reply 1 of 7, by Sparc

Posted on 2006-03-04, 02:25

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Hi,

I am in the same mood as you 2 years ago. 😊

Could anybody help me with the best dos box configuration?

WinXP, 2,4 GHz, 1 GB DDR-RAM, 533MHz Frontsidebus Mainboard.

Many thanks in advance!

Greetz,
Martin

Reply 2 of 7, by `Moe`

Posted on 2006-03-05, 14:22

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The game runs perfectly fine in DOSBox. Have a look at the guides forum for a newbie guide to dosbox. Make sure that you have the DOS version of Oil Imperium, not the C64 or Amiga version.

Reply 3 of 7, by Sparc

Posted on 2006-03-05, 18:44

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Hi,

now I have found out the right configuration but whether I choose I high speed or not, the newsticker is running too fast. It's impossible to read it. It's the same building the pipeplines for selling the oil. The system is too fast. No chance.

Reply 4 of 7, by wd

Posted on 2006-03-06, 08:10

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Set the cycles very low. For me that is 300 to 500. Works perfectly fine.

Reply 5 of 7, by Sparc

Posted on 2006-03-06, 14:43

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Indeed!!! Very strange, but it works! 😉

Reply 6 of 7, by wd

Posted on 2006-03-06, 15:03

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That's not strange, that's how old games worked. They didn't use the
timer to do their speed measuring. So if you set the cycles low, it'll
be slower (that is at the correct speed for those old games).

Reply 7 of 7, by Sparc

Posted on 2006-03-06, 15:09

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Yeah, I know. But I tried it with 20,000 cycles and it runs very slow (much slower than now, don't ask me why). I set dynamic, not normal, as usual (Master of Magic, Xcom,...).

Well, many thanks anyway. 😊

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