Re: X-Wing (Floppy) Control Patch?

Posted on 2023-02-05, 15:18

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by FeedingDragon

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I haven't done anything with it since shortly after the last post (2014.) I've since added a WCS to my setup, and have stopped using the this loader completely. As for your issue, I'd assume it would have to do with the differences between a 486 and Pentium, Freedos & MS-DOS, or EMM386 & JEMM386. I …

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Future Magic & Hard Nova (Sentinel Worlds) batch fix

Posted on 2022-05-29, 12:36

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by FeedingDragon

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Ran into a problem when I imaged and tried to install these 2 games. It seems the packaged installer for Future Magic uses wildcard patterns that DOSBox doesn't suport. One work around is to install with a DOS 6.22 (or equivelent) boot, then copy the files over. But I found it easier (for future …

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Re: Install DOS in DOSBox

Posted on 2022-05-28, 22:01

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by FeedingDragon

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Well, if it can't be done, then it can't be done 😀 I'll live....

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Re: Install DOS in DOSBox

Posted on 2022-05-28, 12:21

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by FeedingDragon

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A quick note, then a couple of question: No need for a boot disk, just add "-l c" to the end of the boot command. "boot disk-1.ima disk-2.ims -l c" and it will boot to the imgmount(ed) C drive with your disks lined up and ready to go (with the ctrl-f4 switching,) for installing. That's assuming you …

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Re: Falcon 3.0 floppy install

Posted on 2022-05-27, 06:15

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by FeedingDragon

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OK, now it works :) Thanks!! Wish the reboot worked. Probably a reason why it doesn't, but was a "slight" hastle having to type everything in again. But I can live with that. A lot easier than trying to do everything in another emulator. Every one I've tried is either slow as or too much trouble to …

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Re: Falcon 3.0 floppy install

Posted on 2022-05-27, 05:26

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by FeedingDragon

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Sorry, next question: How did you create the image with bximage? I downloaded it (well, I downloaded bochs and extracted the utility,) and used the following command: bximage -q -func=create -hd=20M -imgmode=flat HD20.img This reported a CHS of 40/16/63 So I used the following command in DOSBox ( …

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Re: Falcon 3.0 floppy install

Posted on 2022-05-26, 10:46

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by FeedingDragon

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OK, maybe I'm using the wrong tool to create the HD20.img file, then. I'm using WinImage custom format, specifying 512 byte sectors, 32 sectors/track, 2 heads, and total size of 40960 sectors (thats' 640 tracks) for a total size of about 20 MB (thus the HD20.img name I'm assuming.) I cleared out …

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Re: Falcon 3.0 floppy install

Posted on 2022-05-26, 02:54

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by FeedingDragon

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OK, an issue arose with your solution. The C: drive disapears when I boot to the floppies. I tried both 0.74 and a more recent (though not the most recent,) development build. Is the ability to keep previous mounts something relatively new?

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Re: Falcon 3.0 floppy install

Posted on 2022-05-26, 02:08

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by FeedingDragon

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Thank you, for both answers. It seems I forgot to thank you for Dark Seed, sorry about that 🙁

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Falcon 3.0 floppy install

Posted on 2022-05-25, 09:52

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by FeedingDragon

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I'm trying to install the floppy version of "Falcon 3.0" I used my Kryoflux to make img files for all 5 disks (didn't appear to be any bad sectors or such,) and then mounted them in sequence (disk-1, disk-2, etc...) using imgmount. When I then (from the A:\> prompt) type install, it gives me "Boot …

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Re: Star Fleet I Problem :(

Posted on 2021-02-23, 18:32

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by FeedingDragon

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Probably has the same issue with floppy access that a lot of other games have. If I manually build a "boot" disk like the SETUP.BAT file tries to do, it will work just fine with the BOOT command in DOSBox. Have to use DOS 3.0 or earlier, as there just isn't room on the 360 K disk the game comes on. …

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Re: Star Fleet I Problem :(

Posted on 2021-02-23, 18:12

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by FeedingDragon

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OK, that allows me to bypass the problem. Still wondering what the exact problem is. BEGINS.EXE & BEGIN.EXE do the exact some thing if I play from disk, instead of copying the files onto the HDD. So, if CYGNUS.COM didn't force A: Drive, it might work as well. But the BATCH file accomplishes the same …

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Re: Star Fleet I Problem :(

Posted on 2021-02-23, 15:10

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by FeedingDragon

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Hmmm... Which SVN? I'm currently using 4057. Still, this is also a fresh install, and I cannot even get to save game creation

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Star Fleet I Problem :(

Posted on 2021-02-23, 11:01

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by FeedingDragon

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Cannot get it to even start now. Though I don't remember if I had it running before, or not, in DOSBox. The setup program on the disk doesn't work... I seem to recall it didn't work back when either. There's not room on the disk, and the backup batch never worked either. That being said, I got …

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Re: DOSBox VS2013 & Error I can't get rid of :(

Posted on 2021-02-21, 11:48

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by FeedingDragon

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1. I am building a custom DOSBox. 2. Yes, I remembered (earlier today,) that I had forgotten to add the file to my project after patch created it. Been fighting with it ever since. After adding the file, I now get a large number of LNK2038 errors (Mismatched values.) I had it working before, it was …

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DOSBox VS2013 & Error I can't get rid of :(

Posted on 2021-02-20, 22:56

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by FeedingDragon

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First the steps I took: 1: unpacked the source package. 2: Ran Cmake and pointed it to Projects\munt-2.4.0\mt32emu directory as the source & Projects\mt32emu as the destination. 3: cleared the "SHARE" selection box to make a static library and hit generate 4: Opened ALL_BUILD.vcxproj with VS2013, …

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Re: Metal & Lace cannot execute command.com

Posted on 2021-02-09, 19:59

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by FeedingDragon

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I already have it installing in DOSBox. Put the fix in my first post. The small COM file probably does something that allows the installer to change the file names. My only issue now, is it won't play (regardless of how I install it.) I tried copying COMMAND.COM from Z:\ to C:\, To the Game …

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Metal & Lace cannot execute command.com

Posted on 2021-02-09, 15:33

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by FeedingDragon

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OK, looking for yet another fix :( Still waiting to find the install fix, so I don't have work so hard, but for now, I just fully installed the game in another emulator, then moved the directory over for mounting in DOSBox. Only now it says "Cannot execute COMMAND.COM" when I try to run it. Gotta …

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Dark Seed Installation

Posted on 2021-01-22, 00:44

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by FeedingDragon

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Got to another game that gives me issues during install :( It will not recognize Disk 2 in the physical drive or as an image with imgmount. The disks work fine in another emulator, and the game runs (though very poorly.) I tried copying the install directory (before running it after install,) but it …

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Re: "Master of Magic" cannot get install started

Posted on 2021-01-15, 13:27

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by FeedingDragon

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I didn't know that... It used to be, I had to do that for it to recognize a disk change (CD or FLoppy) in a physical drive. Or so I thought. Maybe it's just images (I always make images of CD's as they are much faster.)

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