gates007 - put my DB-INFO.BAT script in the same directory as Hard Nova, and run it please. Then post screenshots of the 3 pages here.

Link: http://www.jabba.dk/files/db-info.zip

Hi - I have attached the 3 pages screen capture (zipped) for your review. I appreciate any help you can provide.

I tried to Herc AMS in dosbox but it still run without sound or music. Thanks.!

Okay, there's several things you did "wrong".

First, ALWAYS use C as your drive for games. Some games won't work on any other drive letter - the same goes with CD drives - always mount those as D when possible.

Second, don't use subfolders. You have "games" and then hardnova. Just have c:/hardnova.

So try this first.

Thanks Red Avatar. The game is installed in C drive at my home computer - I have just showed what I have installed in my USB drive when I take the game on the go. The one installed at home in C drive has the same problem and does not work.

Re: I would respectfully disagree re: subfolder - at least in this case. Most, if not all games, have no problem with subfolders. The only games that I recall that required C: drive installation are Bane of Cosmic Forge and Sentinel Worlds. However, I don't think Hard Nova has this problem.

Red, can you please confirm you got Hard Nova worked on version 0.7 with Sound and Music?

I have got confirmation that it did NOT work in version 0.65 see threat below.

Thanks for your help

Help - Hard Nova - Sound not working in v0.65

I am not sure if I agree with red_avatar or not about the sub-folders. But keep the virtual drive letters to C and D if at all possible.

So do a mount C E:\Games (or when you are at home, mount C C:\Games). That way DOSBox will see your Games directory as its C-drive. Personally, I would create and use mount C C:\Games\HardNova\C-drive. And inside the C-drive, I (or the installation-program) would then create C:\HARDNOVA for the game to live in.

Hi MiniMax,

Yes - at home is mount C C:\Games\HardNova\C-drive. ie. The game is installed in c: drive called C:\games\hardnova [8 characters for the folder] and it is run and mount from c:\

not sure if this make sense. have you try to see if it runs with sound/music? I have tried many premutation / combination of sound conf but still did not get it to work.... thanks for your help again, MiniMax!

P.S. see my link re: v0.65 in my previous post. RCBlanke confirmed the sound/music did not work... Thanks.

gates - I think you are still misunderstanding me. I seems like you still do a

Z:\>mount C C:\

My recommendation is to do a

Z:\>mount C C:\Games\HardNova\C-drive

Okay, I will go home and try and report back. Thanks again for your help!

Okay - actually I copied my USB hardnova dir to the c drive under c:\games\hardnova and do a mount c c:\games\hardnova where the subdir is effectively c:\
I was able to start the game (like other instances) but again it has no sound or music.

Minimax, can you provide further recommendations? Many thanks!

gates

Hello,

I got it - Red Avatar is right about the MERC AMS file. However, I don't think it has to do with the subdir. I am mounting it on my e drive (usb drive) with sub dir and run the MERC file (with command line as AMS as the switch).

Thanks again for your help!

~Gates

Try a

Z:\>mount C C:\Games
Z:\>C:
C:\>cd HARDNOVA
C:\>HARDNOVA

Yes - I got it working with sound and music! Thank you!

MiniMax wrote:

I am not sure if I agree with red_avatar or not about the sub-folders. But keep the virtual drive letters to C and D if at all possible.

So do a mount C E:\Games (or when you are at home, mount C C:\Games). That way DOSBox will see your Games directory as its C-drive. Personally, I would create and use mount C C:\Games\HardNova\C-drive. And inside the C-drive, I (or the installation-program) would then create C:\HARDNOVA for the game to live in.

The reason I don't like subfolders is because they cause problems - people end up mounting those and the game paths get messed up.

I found a new problem with Hard Nova.

While the music and sound works, the game can not be saved. Normally, you would press F10 to get to the save menu. Under v0.7 this only work sporidically:

1) sometime the menu opened but can not select the "save" option; or
2) sometime it will not open
3) sometime it asks for the "pluto" disk...

and also after a short while the game freezes....

Anyone can confirm and have a solution?

Please assist... thanks!

Gates

Hi - I further tested this out and it seems it is a version 0.7 problem. V0.65 allows for load and save in a limited way, v0.7 can not even get into the save menu and crash after 5 to 10 min of play (where it will get stuck). I use VDMS as the baseline for comparison where you can:
1. get into the save menu;
2. chose from file slot A) to file slot H) to save (i.e. multiple save file slots)

version 0.65 - no file slot to choose from (only save in 1 slot) and version 0.70 is not even playable.

Any help, recommendation, assistance?

It appears to be some kind of in-game memory problem, similar to daggerfall or privateer 2....

Your suggestions are appreciated.

gates

Which cpu-core settings do you use? Try core=normal.

MM - yes it is normal. In fact, I have tried all other settings (full dynamic simple) and all of them exhibit the same problem as described. Any suggestions?

Gates

No suggestions right now. But a game that behaves worse in 0.70 than in 0.65 is always interesting for the developers, so I will add Hard Nova to the list of "Broken in 0.70". There is no gaurantee that HN will be fixed for 0.71 though - it really depends if some of the developers take an interest, and - more important - can get hold of the game for testing.

Thanks MM - I have the original disks - would it be helpful to shoot a copy over to the developers? Since it is the original game, it is not crack and I do not have a crack lying around. The version I use is somewhere I downloaded (cracked), may be from HOTU but not sure.

Also another bug for version 0.7 - when you go into the shop at the very, very beginning, inventory start disappearing on the screen right in front of your eyes (with repeated testing on various core and setting). This does not happen in 0.65 and VDMSound. Just another observation. Thanks.

~Gates