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First post, by dneal

Posted on 2006-11-17, 17:49

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I am using DosBox to attempt to run X-Com UFO Defense. I have followed all of the steps according to this guide:
The Newbie's Pictorial Guide To DOSBox
However, once I try to run the application (the last part of step 2) I get an error that I have copied into a microsoft word file and attached here.

Another fact to add about this problem is that I'm having difficulty with this part of the FAQ:

NOTE: If you have problems with launching the game, unrecognizable errors being spit out, saving settings, or having the game drop out while running it, one thing to try is to make sure all the files are not set to Read Only. In Windows, select the folder of the game, right click and hit properties, uncheck Read Only if it is checked, and apply to all subfolders. (Thanks Dominus!)

I have unchecked the Read Only box and done this step, but when I open up Properties again the status has not changed; it is still Read Only. I have even gone to a Microsoft help site:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549
and followed these steps, yet I still get the same error.

Does anyone have an idea of what I should try to do next? Please let me know if you need more details about the problem.

Reply 1 of 6, by wd

Posted on 2006-11-17, 18:03

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Did you try it with sound disabled?

Reply 2 of 6, by dneal

Posted on 2006-11-17, 18:41

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I just tried changing sound effects and music to "none" through setup.exe and when I tried to run the game through DosBox I got the same error message.

Reply 3 of 6, by wd

Posted on 2006-11-17, 19:32

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How did you mount the drives, and how is dosbox set up?
Is this the original version of the game?

Try with fixed (and rather low) cycles, and set ems and xms to false.

Reply 4 of 6, by dneal

Posted on 2006-11-17, 22:57

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I mounted the drive exactly as it said to in that tutorial:

mount C C:\oldgames
(parent directory of old games)
then I go to xcom directory:
cd xcom
and try to load intro.exe, but get that error message that I previously posted.

I did a normal install of DosBox version v0.65, not sure what you're asking about when you ask how it is configured.

I have version 1.2 of the game, and I downloaded it in zip format from:
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Reply 5 of 6, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2006-11-17, 23:13

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Are you running intro.exe directly? Game is probably started using a different executable (or batch file). You should issue a DIR command in the XCOM directory.

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Reply 6 of 6, by wd

Posted on 2006-11-18, 11:53

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Usually you run go.com for ufo, but i don't know where you got the
read-only files from?? Try to open a command shell and use attrib
to remove the readonly flags (attrib *.* -r).

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