\s turn into {}s? \ VOGONS

\s turn into {}s?

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First post, by GhostPhriek

Posted on 2011-11-04, 04:15

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I downloaded DOSBox about a week ago to play The Elder Scrolls: Arena and Daggerfall, and haven't had any luck yet. The command to mount my C:/ drive should be:
z:\mount c c:\DOSBoxGames\
But it didn't work like that... I got:
z:\mount c c:]DOSBoxGames]
So I tried opening the Keymapper with CtrlF1 and chaning the BIND:Key, which caused the new:
z:\mount c c:[]DOSBoxGames[]

The thing is: the keyboard pictured in the keymapper is not my keyboard layout. I am using the standard QWERTY keyboard, while the one in the mapper looks like this:

I think this is the problem, but I can't find out how to fix it. Every time I try to change the BIND:KEY from ] to \ like it should be, I always just get another ], even when hitting the \ key. This happens when I try to change the BIND for other keys as well. And it only happens in DOSBox.

Any ideas on what I can do here? Daggerfall has been burning a hole in my hard drive for two weeks now. I need to play!
Thanks!

Reply 1 of 14, by bloodbat

Posted on 2011-11-04, 04:28

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Do it with a .conf file.

Reply 2 of 14, by GhostPhriek

Posted on 2011-11-04, 04:53

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How would I do that? I have the .conf file, but Windows keeps throwing a "Cannot Open File" message at me. Also, where in the file can I change the key settings?

Reply 3 of 14, by collector

Posted on 2011-11-04, 05:21

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Go to the "DOSBox-0.74" folder in your Start Menu, open the "Options" folder and run "DOSBox 0.74 Options".

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Reply 4 of 14, by ripsaw8080

Posted on 2011-11-04, 05:58

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I think the idea about using the conf file is to put the MOUNT command in the [autoexec] section instead of trying to type it at DOSBox's prompt, not to change keys.

As for the key issue, you might find a solution here:
Right-Shift / Backslash Keyboard Problems (SOLVED!)

Reply 5 of 14, by GhostPhriek

Posted on 2011-11-05, 04:42

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I was able to auto-mount the C:/ drive through the Options file, but now I'm trying to figure out how to play the game. Every time I try to use the "dir" command to open the contents of the DosBoxGames folder, I just get booted back to the Z:\ drive...

Reply 6 of 14, by collector

Posted on 2011-11-05, 06:19

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You realize that after you mount a drive, it will not automatically change to that drive.

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Reply 7 of 14, by GhostPhriek

Posted on 2011-11-05, 17:37

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Yes. But every time I type the: "z:\>C:" command, I get an Illegal Command Message.

Reply 8 of 14, by Dominus

Posted on 2011-11-05, 17:58

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Do you type "z:\>C:" or "c:" ( the latter is correct)

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Reply 9 of 14, by GhostPhriek

Posted on 2011-11-05, 19:35

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Just C:

Reply 10 of 14, by h-a-l-9000

Posted on 2011-11-05, 20:00

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Are you by any chance mistaking | for : ? Maybe post a screenshot of your attempts.

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Reply 11 of 14, by GhostPhriek

Posted on 2011-11-06, 00:46

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I've tried using C: as well as c:, with no luck.

Reply 12 of 14, by GhostPhriek

Posted on 2011-11-06, 00:48

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Oh, I see what's going on. The keymapper is seeing : as ; even when I hit shift. Let me see if I can actually change the bind key for this one.

EDIT: Can't change the bid... same deal as with the \ key. I added the C: command to the Options file, which auto-switched to the C:\ drive when I opened DOSBox/ Let's see if I can get to the game now! 😁

Reply 13 of 14, by GhostPhriek

Posted on 2011-11-06, 00:57

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Got it! Finally! Now I'm having sound problems, but I've seen a few guides on that. The screen is also a bit blurry. So I gotta work on that too. At least I'm getting there!

Reply 14 of 14, by GhostPhriek

Posted on 2011-11-09, 03:42

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I got sound! The picture is still a bit blurry, though.
There is an a.exe and an ARENA.exe file. You have to run ARENA in DOSBox to get sound.

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