Re: How to find correct path of a mounted drive

Posted on 2009-07-23, 20:38

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by ripsaw8080

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I downloaded the game in shareware form (v1.2), and it's using FindFirst rather than getting the attributes directly. A bit twistier, but can still work around it. The game will open and read the reg file with the modified TSR that I've attached, but without valid contents, I can't say for sure if …

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Re: How to find correct path of a mounted drive

Posted on 2009-07-23, 17:51

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by ripsaw8080

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When I use ATTRIB.EXE from MSDOS 5 or 6 to check the flags in DOSBox, any file with an extension of .REG shows as hidden when the TSR is loaded. Not sure why the one you're using would be any different. As for it not working for the game, it was a shot in the dark. The game may look for more than …

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Re: How to find correct path of a mounted drive

Posted on 2009-07-23, 12:21

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by ripsaw8080

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That TSR was rather specific to Global Conquest; another one for Elite is more suitable under the circumstances: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=19646 It applied attributes to files with a particular extension (.CDR), but can easily change it to .REG (it is case-sensitive, so might need …

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Re: Crusader: No Remorse, DOSBOS Issue

Posted on 2009-07-21, 09:59

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by ripsaw8080

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Using the patched version of the game (v1.21) and the save file from the linked thread, there is some problem that occurs. It happens with DOSBox 0.72 and 0.73, but there isn't much to suggest that DOSBox is causing the problem; it may be a game bug. An error message is displayed by the game that …

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Re: Ripper won't run on certain places...

Posted on 2009-07-17, 23:00

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by ripsaw8080

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Could be game bugs. Since I didn't see a mention of version, or patching in your installation steps, are you running v1.05?

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Re: Keyboard speed

Posted on 2009-07-16, 00:52

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Wasn't sure from your description if it was just slow to repeat, or something else. Does this sound similar to what you're experiencing?

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Re: General Midi in Xcom games.

Posted on 2009-07-15, 19:56

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Yep, the .CAT file format changed in 1.4, and Mythos/Microprose forgot to include a new ROLAND.CAT in the update .zip file, or they didn't make a new one, and the old format causes the game to choke. I painstakingly converted the file to the new format (seriously, it was quite a process) so I could …

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Re: Keyboard speed

Posted on 2009-07-15, 18:52

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by ripsaw8080

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Sounds like it might be the keyboard typematic delay, which has an effect in some games. See this thread for a possible solution. Might be something else, but could at least rule out the delay being the issue.

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Re: FPU problem with Dosbox

Posted on 2009-07-15, 13:35

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by ripsaw8080

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Does the problem disappear if you use dynamic core (which has more FPU precision)?

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Re: General Midi in Xcom games.

Posted on 2009-07-15, 00:50

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XCom is one of the few games I play with DOSBox, and I've never had a problem using GM music with the default memsize. The GM music was added in the patch to version 1.4 (which was really just copying some new files from a .zip). I have the US version (aka UFO Defense), but maybe the memsize thing …

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Re: Error: File is not a VDX file (while trying to run The 7th Guest in DosBox)

Posted on 2009-07-11, 22:17

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by ripsaw8080

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The installer can hang at the end of the installation due to poor programming that relies on the existence of AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files (which DOSBox doesn't ordinarily need), however the installation is quite useable if you just restart DOSBox. The "File is not a VDX file" error has been …

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Re: GUS and DosBox questions

Posted on 2009-07-11, 21:56

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There seem to be some issues with the HMI drivers for GUS digital and MIDI with Daggerfall. The digital sound is oddly distorted (sounds better at some specific cycles, but doesn't completely clear up), and the MIDI driver won't load at all. I tried pre-loading patches by running "ultramid -c" in …

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Re: Running Borland C++ 3.1 on dosbox

Posted on 2009-07-10, 03:11

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by ripsaw8080

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Sure, in the [autoexec] section of the DOSBox conf file, put the commands to start up any program, and then at the end of those commands put an "exit" command. DOSBox will close when the top-level command shell is exited.

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Re: Running Borland C++ 3.1 on dosbox

Posted on 2009-07-10, 03:02

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by ripsaw8080

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Well, I get the same message if I save more than once in the same session; it doesn't complain on the first save. I can't find an option to stop it from doing that in the environment settings. I can see from log messages in the DOSBox debugger that it is definitely trying to change the date/time …

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Re: Running Borland C++ 3.1 on dosbox

Posted on 2009-07-10, 02:34

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by ripsaw8080

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How are you mounting your pendrive in DOSBox? I don't get the warning messages you do, but I have TC++ 3.0, not exactly the same version. It sounds like your angry-looking workbench might be trying to change the date/time stamps on files, and complaining because they haven't really been changed. …

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Re: Running Borland C++ 3.1 on dosbox

Posted on 2009-07-10, 02:02

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by ripsaw8080

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So, you want to use 50-line text with a program you're writing in Borland C? DOSBox supports that, you just have to switch to that type of text mode. This isn't really a programming forum, but maybe this example code will help you: #include "CONIO.H" int main(void) { textmode(C4350); cprintf("Hello, …

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Re: How do you switch to CGA Composite Mode? (Fooblitzky)

Posted on 2009-07-08, 02:32

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by ripsaw8080

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Would that really make a grey dragon green? The author of the blog I linked (who also made some related comments in an old thread ) specifically mentions how certain colors can be confused at a lower sample rate. However, DOSBox's current algorithm may not be entirely applicable to mode 4 for other …

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Re: How do you switch to CGA Composite Mode? (Fooblitzky)

Posted on 2009-07-07, 04:38

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by ripsaw8080

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After examining the DOSBox code, I learned that it isn't necessary to switch mode 4 to mode 6 to get composite decoding; just need another port write to generate the composite palette. The attached TSR program will enable the color burst while staying in mode 4, which has the advantage of correct 40 …

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Re: Tass Times in Tonetown not running correctly

Posted on 2009-07-05, 00:58

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by ripsaw8080

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It's a bug in the DOS conversion of the game that isn't present in the original booter. When you press enter at an empty command prompt, it switches between full-screen text and mixed graphics/text. Just press space or some key other than enter to clear the intro screen. You can always press enter …

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Re: Debug log display issue with COMMAND.COM /C

Posted on 2009-07-03, 23:30

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by ripsaw8080

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Looked into what trim() does, and logging the command string after it's been cleaned up seems more targetted to the source of the problem: void DOS_Shell::ParseLine(char * line) { - LOG(LOG_EXEC,LOG_ERROR)("Parsing command line: %s",line); /* Check for a leading @ */ if (line[0] == '@') line[0] = ' …

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