Make an autorun.inf, load dosbox with a conf there and good 😉

sorry, whats an Autorun.INF?

and will it autorun when the CD is inserted into the computer?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autorun.inf

Autorun.inf is needed to make windows automagically start a program on loading a cd/dvd (as long as autoplay is not disabled - if that is then you can't do anything).

Okay, looks like everything is good to go except for 1 tiny thing.

I need to make it so that the Cycles are at 100 During the launch,

but drop to a fixed 2 or 3 during gameplay.

Stargunner always speeds up to rediculous speeds when activated, but it wont launch if i put it to fixed 2 right away.

You can't unfortunately. But you can try whetherit runs in another core at one fixed cycle amount. Or cpu...

Tried that, thanks.

Everything is perfect except for the Autorun.INF file, i havent gotten it just right so that DOSbox launches when the disc is inserted.

Can you post your results when you got it ready? For example what fixed your cycle problem, what the autorun looks like...

i have a small problem that whenever i try to put the disk into a new a computer (works fine on mine) the Autoexecute settings are not there, and my changes arent there either.

It seems that my particular settings are set onto my computer.

i'd like it so that the Configuration i made in the options in saved onto the cd, not onto my computer.

how can i do this?

What is your Autorun.inf starting? A batch file? Does it launch DOSBox if you execute it without using the Autorun? Also, you must have Autorun enabled in Windows as Dominus posted. Does the Autorun work with other discs?

Post the contents of your Autorun.inf and your batch file/[autoexec] section of your dosbox.conf you are using with this.

Autorun is starting DOSBOX.Exe itself and it does launch dosbox.exe as i want it to.

[autorun]
open=DOSBox.exe

thats how i have the .inf file set up.

and here are my autoexc settings.

Mount E E:\
E:\
STARGUN.EXE

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and here are my autoexc settings.

Mount E E:\
E:\
STARGUN.EXE

Unfortunately, there is no way to guarantee that the CD-ROM drive will be drive E on every computer.

I think you might be able to use "mount e ." (e space period) instead.

i just need it for a few computers.

but what i need it to do right now is look at the .conf file thats on the cd, not the .conf file on my computer.

how can i do that?

I need dosbox using THAT config file.

also, the above dosbox folder is empty.

First, I meant autorun.inf 😉

Second, does

Mount c .
C:
Stargun

In dosbox.conf autorun work?

yes but im using this on a cd, so i need E, not C.

You need to tell it what conf file to use (see the -conf switch in the README). Also, for the mounting, use relative paths. Mount the game's folder as on the C: drive, not E:. Keep in mind that many games have trouble running directly from the CD. Any files that it needs to write or change cannot be done on read only media. One solution to this would be to have the Autorun start a batch file to copy the game files to a temp folder and mount that as your C:. The batch could also start DOSBox and delete the game's temp folder on DOSBox exit.

No, you need c 😉
You do not need to match the drive you "create" for dosbox via mount to the existing real drive.
Just for future things you might do with dosbox, some games do expect to be on C.
Thus always start with mounting something to c.

1Mount c D:/dosgames
2(this mounts the folder dosgames on your D:/ drive to C:/ in Dosbox)

On your CD rename dosbox-0.74.conf to dosbox.conf and Dosbox should use that conf file without needing the -conf switch.

And, yes, collectoris right that running it on the CD will never allow a game to save progress or so.