1[Autoexec]
2mount c machine\disk
3imgmount d machine\cdrom\xcom3mus.iso -t iso
4c:

Then the player needs to run install/setup. After that, they can edit the autoexec to have the game started instantly (and, possibly, have it to close when game ends).

robertmo wrote:

try D-Fend Reloaded

Sadist boar wrote:

[quote="rcblanke"][quote="HunterZ"]I'd really like to see a frontend that lets you create .conf's for individual games by starting with a generic template and just overriding the particular settings that need to be different for a particular game. That way you could also make changes globally by changing the template itself. Maybe I should try to write one sometime as an exercise in GUI programming.

This is _exactly_ what DBGL does.[/quote]Tried DBGL and disliked it...[/size][/color][/quote]
Same, something about it put me off, but it was too long ago to remember. I should probably take a second look.

HunterZ wrote:

Same, something about it put me off, but it was too long ago to remember. I should probably take a second look.

• A lot of options not capable to plain DOSBox I'm using, but even visible.
• The Mac port offering options not capable to Mac version of DOSBox.

> What I'd like to see is a simple tool where you just type in the game's path,
> get it's required PC stats off some game database, and save it as a .conf
> with those specifications and game's path mounted

Sorry to sound like a broken record by repeating what has already been said, but please at least try D-Fend Reloaded. I have only had to tweak a few of the many games I have because D-Fend has configs for many games in its database already. You can also download game information from various websites (think of an analogy to MP3 tags), and it has a handy shortcut interface like MAME. I open D-Fend, can sort by genre or whatever, and then double click on the nifty icon that was downloaded from Mobygames and off I go.

You can customize any options via the GUI that are available through the config file.

It is SUPER easy to configure. It took me all of 3 minutes to configure all 9 of my Ultima Games - and most of that time was spent figuring out the graphics options for the best display (do I want scanlines or not kind of things.)

keropi wrote:

that is a little more complex than what you think, since games need to run their OWN setup too , for soundcards etc...

Inner setup makes a file. So a branched batch can do it. If game's parameter file exists, run game's EXE. If it doesn't, run setup. That is how to do it all in a simple set. I have no examples of a pre-game (midway) batch like I described, but I have an example of a frontend batch - dosbox.bat

1@echo off
2echo 1 - Hercules Monochrome
3echo 2 - EGA
4echo 3 - exit
5SET /P M=type 1, 2 or 3 then press Enter:: 
6IF %M%==1 GOTO 1
7IF %M%==2 GOTO 2
8IF %M%==3 GOTO 3
9:1
10start dosbox.exe -conf herc.conf
11:2
12start dosbox.exe -conf EGA.conf
13:3
14exit

This can be used as a "menu" batch for a game, if you replace the start commands with the ones for the game's setup and start. There was even a Dizzy build somewhere, featuring a similar batch-menu.

Essentially, the frontend I'd like would be like D-box, only with the ability to determine the config based on Mobygames entry. 😀