Re: an Elder Scrolls Battlespire crashes when atempt to talk to NPC

Posted on 2023-11-11, 05:33

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by dougdahl

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Not IT, and while I would like to think I'm smart, the evidence seems to be to the contrary. Just had some experience with problems with games, linux, dosbox, and various combinations of the above, and once I have some glimmer of what seems to be the problem, it's usually so unique that google is …

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Re: an Elder Scrolls Battlespire crashes when atempt to talk to NPC

Posted on 2023-11-10, 07:06

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by dougdahl

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Worked fine for me last night once I made some fixes. I combined dosbox_battlespire.conf with dosbox_battlespire_single.conf to create dosbox.conf, and changed the mount c to point to where the game actually was, because it was trying to point a directory lower based on how I was starting …

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Re: an Elder Scrolls Battlespire crashes when atempt to talk to NPC

Posted on 2023-11-09, 07:59

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by dougdahl

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(I'm assuming that you're using the game.ins file to imgmount the game.) In trying the game, I found that the game.ins uses the windows method to mount the files. You're going to need to open it up and change the case, as well as the directory symbol to match what it should be for linux. For me, as …

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Re: Missing libcaca.so.0:

Posted on 2023-05-14, 04:49

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by dougdahl

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texashuman wrote on 2023-05-13, 20:05: dougdahl wrote on 2023-04-29, 07:28: So when you try to use […] Show full quote So when you try to use sudo apt-get install libcaca0 (note the last letter is a zero) the libcaca.so.0 doesn't work? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HjF7p_o8Q_qe … ?usp=share_link …

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Re: Missing libcaca.so.0:

Posted on 2023-04-29, 07:28

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by dougdahl

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So when you try to use sudo apt-get install libcaca0 (note the last letter is a zero) the libcaca.so.0 doesn't work?

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Re: FICTIONAL STARSHIPS Size COMPARISON

Posted on 2020-10-14, 05:33

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by dougdahl

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Actually there's a Columbia class from Battlestar Galactica 1978 just to the right of the Dune Heighliner. Presume that's the class name for Galactica. And the Lexx is just a bit above the City Destroyer from Independence Day. (With the Silent Running just below the Lexx. And I think the Comet is …

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Re: FICTIONAL STARSHIPS Size COMPARISON

Posted on 2020-10-12, 08:03

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by dougdahl

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A bit more static than the video, and only for ships about 100-24,000 m but there's something I've always liked at DeviantArt. https://www.deviantart.com/dirkloechel/art/Size-Comparison-Science-Fiction-Spaceships-398790051 (Hope I'm not wasting people's time by telling them about something they …

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Re: Program has a file reading problem (DOSbox linux), while in DOSbox windows work OK.

Posted on 2020-08-12, 05:47

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by dougdahl

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Actually I think you may have found the problem. If I remember correctly Linux doesn't interpret Carriage Return the same as Windows. So in this case I suspect under Linux it's being read as 1 instead. Perhaps if you tried creating a config file in Linux instead and see if it gets read correctly? Or …

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Re: Program has a file reading problem (DOSbox linux), while in DOSbox windows work OK.

Posted on 2020-08-11, 08:29

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by dougdahl

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Is it a matter of not finding the file or finding it but not reading from the file? If the first I wonder if it could be some problem with case sensitivity in either the filename or directory, especially while mounting the directory. Or even some character that isn't interpreted the same way in …

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Re: Adventure remakes poll

Posted on 2019-12-26, 10:09

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by dougdahl

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Parser will always be superior to modern mouse interface. Adventure games died because of the loss of the parser. Personally I tend to think that games like Doom and Myst were more likely to be the cause. If a game company could make (at the time) a 3D shooter for less, to make more money, why …

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Re: Can't install Quake 1 from CD in DOSBox

Posted on 2019-06-12, 05:46

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by dougdahl

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Did you mount the cd with "-t cdrom"? Some games check that they're being installed from what they think is a cd drive and won't run from what they think is a hard drive.

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Re: Looking for original Glide OVL for Lands of Lore 2

Posted on 2018-06-08, 08:23

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by dougdahl

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Tried getting my original 4 CD version and installing it using dosbox. Not sure if my version is too old but I couldn't find that file anywhere. The install on the disc had ./LOLG: CACHEBAK.MIX HMIMDRV.386 LOLG.ICO README.EXE _SETUP.PIF CDCACHE.LS_ ICONS95.EXE LOLG.PIF README.TXT TEST1.HMI CDCACHE. …

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Re: Old games that had CD Audio tracks?

Posted on 2018-03-05, 07:17

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by dougdahl

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I remember Mechwarrior 2 had music on the CD. Don't remember for the other games in the series. And I seem to think Quake 1 used the CD because I remember preferring to play it with the music from Mechwarrior 2 CD.

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Re: USB Serial Adapter In Linux

Posted on 2018-01-10, 06:38

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by dougdahl

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(This should only help with the sudo chmod 666 /dev/ttyUSB0 part) At https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=135914 they mention that if you want to have access to that /dev file as a user after a reboot you need to run sudo adduser (your user name e.g USER in my case) dialout as that will give …

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Re: Games not working on Linux installation, but do work on Windows

Posted on 2017-07-15, 07:20

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by dougdahl

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Could it be a problem with case in the directory names and how they get mounted in dosbox? Because when using the autoexec in dosbox, that does make a difference. Either that or since a lot of games tend to use their config files for where to look for files, there could be a slight difference …

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Re: Getting back to full screen mode

Posted on 2017-04-04, 05:30

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by dougdahl

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Don't know if this anything related to the problem you're having, but in dosbox I used to have the problem that every so often when I was in full screen it would switch to a windowed mode and I couldn't switch back. Never figured out what was the problem, but I suspected something to do with SDL, …

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Re: imgmount not working from .conf file, working from command line

Posted on 2016-06-22, 05:58

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by dougdahl

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You might want to make sure that the case is the same for the file as it is in the .conf file. Unlike in Windows, in Linux case is important. So CD/xcom.cue is completely different from cd/xcom.cue

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Re: Most disappointing games?

Posted on 2016-01-04, 06:32

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by dougdahl

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Surprised it hasn't got here in five years, but for me, Star Control 3. Only game that playing the demo made me not want to buy. (Or is this one of the places that follows the strategy in https://xkcd.com/566/ and wonders why nobody ever made a sequel to Star Control 2?)

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Re: King's Quest 6 DOS CD-Rom Version

Posted on 2015-12-09, 06:08

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by dougdahl

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There were some tips at i can't get voice in King's Quest 6

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Re: Not a DOS, but console question.

Posted on 2015-12-02, 06:59

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by dougdahl

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Not sure about the debian version, or about using Voodoo, and most definitely not about using glide, but back about the time of Unreal Tournament, I was using the Linux port of it to run Unreal 1. A bit of work and there were some problems. (Some of which I heard were fixed. On the other hand that …

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