Re: Storing /home/ directory in DOSBox via using a variable in GNU/Linux

Posted on 2025-06-15, 14:02

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by zirkoni

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The current user is stored in the $USER variable so this should work: Copy code to clipboard 1 dosbox -c "mount c /home/$USER/.dosbox" Another option is to use the $HOME variable: Copy code to clipboard 1 dosbox -c "mount c $HOME/.dosbox"

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Re: Dreams to reality bug

Posted on 2025-04-16, 14:58

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by zirkoni

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tried both dosbox x and staging it gives me error " UNABLE TO LOAD DLL" .. You need the "glide2x.ovl" file. You can find it from the game CD#1: 3dfx/grtvgr.exe => You can probably open this in 7-zip or some similar tool (I'm on Linux, Archive Manager worked for me). The file is in Glide/Drivers/ …

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Re: Dreams to reality bug

Posted on 2025-04-15, 15:00

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by zirkoni

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Don't use daum. It hasn't been updated in a long time. I think DOSBox Staging and DOSBox-x both have glide support. Try one or both of those.

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Re: is there a way to make CALL :subroutine with the Dosbox batch command?

Posted on 2025-01-31, 13:35

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by zirkoni

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Yes, just move the "AAAA" to the end of the last escape code: Copy code to clipboard 1 [1;33m 2 [2J 3 [HAAAA Or just a one-liner: Copy code to clipboard 1 [1;33m[2J[HAAAA

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Re: is there a way to make CALL :subroutine with the Dosbox batch command?

Posted on 2025-01-26, 10:33

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by zirkoni

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Also you could move the cursor with an escape code, like I wrote earlier: echo [2A

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Re: is there a way to make CALL :subroutine with the Dosbox batch command?

Posted on 2025-01-25, 13:51

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by zirkoni

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Why not just make a new batch script that only sets the color? Put it somewhere in the %PATH% and you can call it from anywhere. And you can move the cursor up if you don't want any empty lines. For example, put this in "red.bat" echo [31m echo [2A And then call it from your other scripts: …

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Re: WarCraft: Refurbished (unofficial MS-DOS patch)

Posted on 2025-01-17, 15:23

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by zirkoni

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Why is the binary stored in the git repo? https://github.com/joelek/wc-refurbished/tree/master/dist Generally you don't want to store binaries in git. The "releases" menu in github is for sharing the release binaries. Anyway, great work.

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Re: Can't start the editor for HOMM II under DOSBOX

Posted on 2024-12-01, 11:44

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by zirkoni

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Is it the GOG.com version or something? Why are you trying to run a config file? I don't quite understand what you're doing. Anyway, just run the "editor2.exe" in DOSBox. If it is the GOG.com version, they probably have a DOSBox shortcut for running it. Or is that exactly what is not working?

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Re: new dos games! (in development)

Posted on 2024-10-31, 15:18

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by zirkoni

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There are some commercial games listed on that site: https://www.doshaven.eu/licence/commercial/ Retro City Rampage and Planet X3 are probably the most well known of those.

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Re: Where can I download MS-DOS Editor?

Posted on 2024-10-20, 10:33

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by zirkoni

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The best text editor for DOS is of course Vim: https://www.vim.org/download.php#pc

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Re: How to run MUNT and Nuked SC-55 on Linux (Ubuntu)?

Posted on 2024-07-21, 07:01

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by zirkoni

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You probably have to compile both yourself, i.e. install a C++ compiler, cmake and all the development libraries that Munt/Nuked need for compilation. If you're going to use Munt only for DOSBox, you could just install some DOSBox fork that comes with Munt integrated (I think Staging and DOSBox-x …

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Re: Menzoberranzan - can't get it to play the MT-32 music via Munt

Posted on 2024-07-09, 07:27

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by zirkoni

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Did you run the game's sound setup program and configure it to use Roland SC for music?

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Re: turrican 2 (video-resolution issue

Posted on 2024-07-05, 07:30

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by zirkoni

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in DOSBox Games/Apps

It works with this C:\TURRICAN.CFG\TURRICAN.CFG ================================================== === SUN PROJECT CONFIG FILE FOR TURRICAN II PC === ================================================== ######################################################### SOUND SETUP ########## CardName=(O) …

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Re: what would be the doxbox's batch command syntax for color 1F and color 70?

Posted on 2024-06-28, 13:07

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by zirkoni

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Use ANSI escape sequences: https://www.robvanderwoude.com/ansi.php Copy code to clipboard 1 @echo off 2 echo [7m Reversed (black text, white background) 3 echo [0m Reset 4 echo [1;37;44m White text, blue background 5 echo [0m Reset

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Re: how to implement press Q to abort or any other key to continue. CHOICE cant do this.

Posted on 2024-06-25, 14:15

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by zirkoni

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I think this should work: @echo off cls choice /cabcdefghijklmnoprstuvwxyz0123456789q /n "Press Q to quit, any other key to continue" if errorlevel 36 goto quit :continue echo Pressed any key goto eof :quit echo Pressed Q :eof Of course this works only for the alphanumeric keys so space, alt, ctrl, …

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Re: Linux mapping VIDEO to SHIFT-CTRL-ALT-F5

Posted on 2024-02-29, 15:36

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by zirkoni

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Map only the F5 key to Video, then select all the modifier keys (mod1, mod2, mod3) from the bottom left corner. Ctrl + Alt + Fn changes the TTY on most Linux desktops, you might also want to change the modifier keys or use something like Ctrl + Shift + F5 (without Alt).

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Re: Dreams to Reality Glidos

Posted on 2024-02-09, 13:13

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by zirkoni

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You're trying to run the exe-file from the root of the emulated C-drive. That's probably the issue. When you installed the game it probably put the game in e.g. C:\DREAMS So change your mount command and in DOSBox cd into the game directory.

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Re: MOO2 - Ran fine for weeks, suddenly started having stuttering problems

Posted on 2024-01-15, 13:33

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by zirkoni

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I remember also having sound issues with MOO2. It could be fine for ~20 minutes, then suddenly the sound becomes garbled and it could stay like that or fix itself for a while until the same thing repeats again. I configured the game to use GUS for soundFX and MT-32 for music and I don't remember …

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Re: Things to do first after buying a laptop/notebook

Posted on 2024-01-15, 13:23

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by zirkoni

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BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on 2024-01-15, 08:53: I would want to know the first things I should do after buying it. Wipe out Windows and install Linux.

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Re: Intermittent sound

Posted on 2023-12-24, 07:31

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by zirkoni

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I have Linux Mint on my laptop and have no sound issues with either DOSBox SVN or DOSBox Staging. I even tested Screamer 2 (SVGA, non-Steam version) in fullscreen and sound was fine.

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