Re: Breakthrough with MechWarrior 2 Mercs!

Posted on 2005-09-20, 21:47

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by DosFreak

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Unmounting temporarily? Not sure what you mean??? The way I see it: Mercs.exe loads mw2shell.exe (Menu system) loads mw2.exe (The actual game) Yup, using latest Daum Cafe, the one before that, and the 9-4 build, also tried the 8-16-2005 build from AEP forums. All of 'em worked. It's gotta be your …

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Re: Help me put togeter a 386dx system for DOS gaming

Posted on 2005-09-20, 21:05

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by DosFreak

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I don't know of a site that differentiates between different versions of VESA. Here's all of the VESA games identified by MobyGames: http://www.mobygames.com/attribute/sheet/attributeId,11/p,2/ I suppose you could find out when VESA 2.0 was ratified and then "ASS-U-ME" that most games after that …

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Re: Amerzone (and others) on Windows XP

Posted on 2005-09-20, 20:55

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by DosFreak

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Weird, there's no NTVDM.EXE in your dllcache directory. (This would replace the NTVDM.EXE in your SYSTEM32 directory if it was corrupted). Also the NTVDM.EXE in your SYSTEM32 directory has been renamed to NTVDM.EXG. Your NTVDM is also not the same size as mine. Are you using XP with no Service Packs …

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Re: Breakthrough with MechWarrior 2 Mercs!

Posted on 2005-09-20, 18:16

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by DosFreak

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I've been using v1.0, didn't bother with the patches before. I applied 1.05 last night and the mission loaded right up and the instructor voice activated. (I also checked the filesizes and they matched yours once I apllied the patch..just in case the patch wasn't being applied). Also patched to 1.06 …

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Re: Translating instead of emulating ?

Posted on 2005-09-20, 14:17

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by DosFreak

in DOSBox General

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Dynamic Recompilation is already used (only for x86). It's very hard to get working correctly, which is proven by the fact that it's the least compatible option of all of the DosBox cores. Look in your DosBox.conf for CORE= and choose dynamic core.

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Re: Breakthrough with MechWarrior 2 Mercs!

Posted on 2005-09-19, 22:47

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by DosFreak

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Odd that your MW2.exe is so small. Only way I can see it can be that small is if it was UPX compressed. I just compressed my MW2.EXE with upx --best and reduced it to: 347,494 bytes. I was going to suggest mabye the 4GW stub wasn't included but the stub isn't that big....sooo: 1. We are using …

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Re: Breakthrough with MechWarrior 2 Mercs!

Posted on 2005-09-19, 22:11

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by DosFreak

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My executables are size/dates: MERCS.EXE = 31,989 Date: 9-11-96 MW2.EXE = 944,149 Date: 9-16-96 MW2SHELL.EXE = 962,175 Date: 9-16-96 Oh yeah, make sure the contents of your .CUE match mine above. Dunno if different MERCS CD's have different Audio tracks.

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Re: Breakthrough with MechWarrior 2 Mercs!

Posted on 2005-09-19, 21:17

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by DosFreak

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Hmmm, I do remember performing a Minimal install. Also IIRC, I used SB16. Tho I doubt the game needs sound support to start....although it does check the audio tracks when starting the mission. I would test it right now but my Mercs image is on my external HD which is connected via USB1 to a 400mhz …

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Re: Breakthrough with MechWarrior 2 Mercs!

Posted on 2005-09-19, 20:59

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by DosFreak

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Odd, I'll check it again tonight. I didn't install the patch either or do anything else which. Just mounted the image, mounted the C: drive, installed, ran setup, and played. Tested Instant Action and the Missions.

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Re: Amerzone (and others) on Windows XP

Posted on 2005-09-19, 20:54

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by DosFreak

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Yep! That's the error message you should receive if NTVDM is "missing". See it differes from a normal error message when you run a program that is not in your path: Normal 'hello' is not recognized as an operable program or batch file. Missing NTVDM the system cannot find the file c:\windows\ …

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Re: Amerzone (and others) on Windows XP

Posted on 2005-09-19, 20:42

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by DosFreak

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Depends, NTVDM is a protected file but I'm not sure if SFC just yanks the files out of dllcache or if it requires you to insert the CD and it checks that too (I seem to remember it doing that....). Considering that XP automagically replaces files that have changed using dllcache...it probably does …

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Re: Amerzone (and others) on Windows XP

Posted on 2005-09-19, 20:19

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by DosFreak

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Hmmm, go to a command prompt and type "edit". If your NTVDM.exe is missing then you should get an error message saying that the file could not be found. If Edit works then NTVDM is working.

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Re: doom on XP

Posted on 2005-09-19, 20:15

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by DosFreak

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Go to any Walmart, BestBuy, CompUSA, etc....or search around on ebay. Check UnderDogs too...they probably have links to places where you can buy it. I got my copies from the good ol' Quake Shareware CD. Man, I love that thing! Too bad ID learned from their mistakes and never released anything else …

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Re: doom on XP

Posted on 2005-09-19, 20:09

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by DosFreak

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Doom isn't free, although the source code is. (Well...kinda). It doesn't matter how long a game has been out if the company still owns the IP. Heck, the original Zork isn't free and that's been out forever! You can use the DoomsDay Engine: http://www.doomsdayhq.com/ or any other port for better …

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Re: Das Amt (Need Help!)

Posted on 2005-09-19, 17:26

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by DosFreak

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heh. the -label "labelname" is the actual label used by the CD that you are mounting. So with the CD in the drive, open up a command prompt in windows, change to the CD drive, type "VOL" and it'll show the label. Then that's the label that you use in DosBox.

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Re: Breakthrough with MechWarrior 2 Mercs!

Posted on 2005-09-19, 12:55

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by DosFreak

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Which CVS did you use and from where? How did you mount the image? Hopefully this is a PBKAC problem and not a DosBox problem. 😀 It shouldn't matter which CVS was used but try this one: http://ykhwong.x-y.net/page.htm

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Re: Amerzone (and others) on Windows XP

Posted on 2005-09-18, 16:05

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by DosFreak

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This can happen if NTVDM is broken. When NTVDM is "missing", whenever you run a 16bit program Windows will complain that it cannot "find" it. :rolleyes: I don't have a list of all of the NTVDM files with me at the moment but to confirm that this is the issue. Try running a DOS game in Windows XP and …

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Re: Windows Vista editions 'by the bucket load'

Posted on 2005-09-18, 15:05

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by DosFreak

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IIRC, there are just as many XP versions. Users won't really care.....they'll just use whatever comes with their computers. The only time they'll get confused is when they say....go to a computer ordering website and they go to the OS box and notice a couple of versions there. Assuming that DRM/ …

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Re: Sam 'n Max 2

Posted on 2005-09-18, 07:34

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by DosFreak

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uhhh, yes they do think. They think the kiddies of today will just rebuy their copies or buy whatever the latest and greatest is and forget about the older games....sadly they are right. 🙁

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Re: Breakthrough with MechWarrior 2 Mercs!

Posted on 2005-09-18, 07:32

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by DosFreak

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Dunno about conversion of .NRG to .CUE, but Alcohol/CDRWIN support creation of .CUE directly. So assuming that .NRG has all of the Audio/Data info, you could simply use Daemon Tools to mount the .NRG and then use either tools to create the .CUE image.

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