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Mechwarrior 2 imgmount problem

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First post, by LTKodiak

Posted on 2010-08-13, 08:14

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I am having considerable difficulties with the imgmount for the mechwarrior 2 cue/bin file with music. Each time I attempt to mount the file, I receive the following error message:

1Could not load image file: c:\oldgames\mwcue\MECH2.cue
2MSCDEX: Failure: Invalid file or unable to open.

I have searched the various help areas in the forum, beginners' guides, etc, and even attempted my luck in google, but I have not found a solution to this problem.

EDIT: Also, I currently use DOSBox 0.74

Also, here is the .cue file that I have for this:

1FILE "MECH2.bin" BINARY
2  TRACK 01 MODE1/2352
3    INDEX 01 00:00:00
4FILE ".\music\track2.ogg" MP3
5  TRACK 02 AUDIO
6    PREGAP 00:02:00
7    INDEX 01 00:00:00
8FILE ".\music\track3.ogg" MP3
9  TRACK 03 AUDIO
10    INDEX 01 00:00:00
11FILE ".\music\track4.ogg" MP3
12  TRACK 04 AUDIO
13    INDEX 01 00:00:00
14FILE "\music\track5.ogg" MP3
15  TRACK 05 AUDIO
16    INDEX 01 00:00:00
17FILE "\music\track6.ogg" MP3
18  TRACK 06 AUDIO
19    INDEX 01 00:00:00
20FILE "\music\track7.ogg" MP3
21  TRACK 07 AUDIO
22    INDEX 01 00:00:00
23FILE "\music\track8.ogg" MP3
24  TRACK 08 AUDIO
25    INDEX 01 00:00:00
26FILE "\music\track9.ogg" MP3
27  TRACK 09 AUDIO
28    INDEX 01 00:00:00
29FILE "\music\track10.ogg" MP3
30  TRACK 10 AUDIO
31    INDEX 01 00:00:00
32FILE "\music\track11.ogg" MP3
33  TRACK 11 AUDIO
34    INDEX 01 00:00:00
35FILE "\music\track12.ogg" MP3
36  TRACK 12 AUDIO
37    INDEX 01 00:00:00
38FILE "\music\track13.ogg" MP3
39  TRACK 13 AUDIO
40    INDEX 01 00:00:00
41FILE "\music\track14.ogg" MP3
42  TRACK 14 AUDIO
43    INDEX 01 00:00:00
44FILE "\music\track15.ogg" MP3
45  TRACK 15 AUDIO
46    INDEX 01 00:00:00
47FILE "\music\track16.ogg" MP3
48  TRACK 16 AUDIO
49    INDEX 01 00:00:00
50FILE "\music\track17.ogg" MP3
51  TRACK 17 AUDIO
52    INDEX 01 00:00:00
53FILE "\music\track18.ogg" MP3
54  TRACK 18 AUDIO
55    INDEX 01 00:00:00
56FILE "\music\track19.ogg" MP3
57  TRACK 19 AUDIO
58    INDEX 01 00:00:00
59FILE "\music\track20.ogg" MP3
60  TRACK 20 AUDIO

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61    INDEX 01 00:00:00
62FILE "\music\track21.ogg" MP3
63  TRACK 21 AUDIO
64    INDEX 01 00:00:00
65FILE "\music\track22.ogg" MP3
66  TRACK 22 AUDIO
67    INDEX 01 00:00:00
68FILE "\music\track23.ogg" MP3
69  TRACK 23 AUDIO
70    INDEX 01 00:00:00
71FILE "\music\track24.ogg" MP3
72  TRACK 24 AUDIO
73    INDEX 01 00:00:00
74FILE "\music\track25.ogg" MP3
75  TRACK 25 AUDIO
76    INDEX 01 00:00:00
77FILE "\music\track26.ogg" MP3
78  TRACK 26 AUDIO
79    INDEX 01 00:00:00
80FILE "\music\track27.ogg" MP3
81  TRACK 27 AUDIO
82    INDEX 01 00:00:00

Reply 1 of 4, by Qbix

Posted on 2010-08-13, 08:47

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which OS

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Reply 2 of 4, by ADDiCT

Posted on 2010-08-13, 08:54

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I didn't test images with encoded audio myself yet, but did you try moving the ogg files to the same directory the bin file is in, and removing the paths in the cue file?

Reply 3 of 4, by ripsaw8080

Posted on 2010-08-13, 09:27

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The paths to the first 3 audio tracks start with a dot, so they are relative pathed; and the rest do not have a dot, so they are absolute pathed. Nothing conclusively wrong about it, but it looks strange, and could be the source of your problem.

Reply 4 of 4, by LTKodiak

Posted on 2010-08-13, 15:36

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Pardon that omission,

I am using Windows Vista. However, I've gotten Mechwarrior 2 (DOS) running, just without the music. But, I am kind of a purist, and if I want MW2 DOS to work, I bloody well gotta have the tunes. I will however attempt addict's and ripsaw's fixes.

EDIT: I attempted both recommendations, placing all the .ogg files in the same folder as the bin/cue file, and also modifying the .cue file by adding dots to all the prompts as well as removing the dots, unfortunately with no success.

EDIT 2: I took a second look at addict's recommendation, and I noticed that I forgot to take out the pathways. That is done, and now the imgmount works, and the music is working ingame. Problem solved, thanks.

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