Read my 60 Seconds Guide to DOSBox (and don't just read it - follow it too).

If that doesn't help, come back with details on how you mounted your C and D drives, how you did the install, how you configured sound, music etc.

I followed the 60 sec guide and got the same results as before. This is how I've been installing Hyper 3D Pinball.

z:\>mount f f:\ -t cdrom -usecd -ioctl
z:\>f:\
f:\install

After the installation is done I mount the game directory like this.

z:\>mount c c:\3dpinbal
z:\c:\
c:\3dpinbal.bat

I have not got far enough to configure sound yet. I think that is done after
the game is started.

Wrong!

MiniMax wrote:

(and don't just read it - follow it too).

Please mount the CD as drive D, and drop the -usecd -ioctl stuff. I sincerely hope you didn't find that crap in my guide?

Delete everything in that C:\3dpinbal directory and then do this:

mount C "C:\3DPinbal"
mount D "F:" -t cdrom
D:
install

And remember to use the same mount commands when you want to play the game. Don't change them!

> After the installation is done I mount the game directory like this.

And what do you mount as C for install?

Iv'e tried all the mount commands you suggested in the order you suggested followed your instructions carefully. I still get the error
message

couldn't load the sizes data file
ini file not present
ini file invalid

The sizes.ini file is in the 3dpinbal directory. When I open the file
with notepad it looks like chinese text. I looked at the sizes.ini file
on my win 98 pc and the text was numbers and various keyboard
symbols.

I found the setup file and ran it, sound works good.

port 220
dma 1
irq 7

Surprised to have found a thread on this game..

I followed the guide, installed fine, but this particular game seems like its requiring the CD. I'm on a netbook with no cd drive. I've copied the HYPER disc into My Docs. I've mounted C and D to the same location C:\Doc~...\hyper.

When running 3dpinbal.bat the error shows up as No Cd Found! This happens running from D:\, when from C:\ it wants me to install.

rlh, howd you get around this?

Make a bin/cue image of the CD, put that image on the netbook and use imgmount in dosbox.
Alcohol 120% makes good images.

Ok. wouldnt have thought of that, Ill give it a shot in the next couple days. thx.