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future shock cd problem

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First post, by thetimecommando

Posted on 2006-08-05, 18:20

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hi. i've messed with terminator: future shock a lot and have followed a few of this forum's previous posts, but i can't even get the game to run because i always get a missing cd error.

because of this i went so far as to purchase the game. i did a full 38mb install with dosbox and i still run into the same problem. it's also the case with skynet, which i do not own. i have vdms installed and i've enabled its cdrom support to no avail. i also think i've used all applicable variations on the cd drive mount options in dosbox. regardless, even with the retail cd in my cdrom drive, i get the fatal error: unable to access future shock cd.

i have no ideas left. these are my system specs:

windows xp sp2 edition
amd 64 x2 4200+ processor
evga nforce4 sli edition motherboard
evga geforce 7800gt videocard
2gb gskill ram
dvd-rw drive

i've tried the game with dosbox 0.63 and the latest version of vdms. any help would be appreciated.

Reply 1 of 5, by Freddo

Posted on 2006-08-05, 19:02

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I got this game cheap used last week and has been playing it a lot in DOSBox lately with no problems. Never had the problem you have, so I'm not sure how to avoid it.

But I do play the game with an ISO image of the CD and mount it with the IMGMOUNT command. Oh, and I do play with 0.65.

Reply 2 of 5, by thetimecommando

Posted on 2006-08-06, 04:55

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i forgot that there even was a new version of dosbox. but i just installed it and the same problem exists. maybe i should make an iso and try it your way, but in the meantime does anyone else have any ideas?

Reply 3 of 5, by baracus

Posted on 2006-08-17, 17:40

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hi
i had exactly the same problem- than i dug up the image file from the trash folder and tried it that way- still didn'T work. then deleted the game and via dosbox->img file-> install i reinstalled it (medium size installation)and just clicked OK in the setup audio screen w/o autodetection- and it worked

now my problem is it's running REALLY slow but i think there were some stuff about this in the readme files but anyway if anybody's got an idea...

Reply 4 of 5, by thetimecommando

Posted on 2006-08-19, 13:39

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i'll try that. as far as the slowdown, have you tried adjusting the cycle speed of dosbox manually? you can do this with ctrl-f12.

Reply 5 of 5, by thetimecommando

Posted on 2006-08-21, 11:13

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your method worked perfectly. thanks.

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