Hey there Vogonites!

I'm having a bit of trouble here. I'm attempting to create a potentially 'universal' file/folder structure for running DOS games via DOSbox. Have to give credit to 3D Realms for helping me figure a lot of this out using examples of their .bat and .conf files they use in the 3D Realms Anthology.

So, I'm working with Commander Keen - Goodbye Galaxy .conf. I've added entries for the user-created games: Keen7, Keen8, Keen9, and Keen10. Unfortunately, they run using their own .BAT files. When these files are run through the .BAT file used to run each game using a sort of GUI created in the .conf file under the Autoexec entry, DOSbox seems to ignore the 'exit' (and 'cls') command. I'll give examples of the batch and conf files I'm using to clear up any confusion...

The file/folder structure looks like this:

.\3D Realms Anthology\
-Commander Keen - Galaxy folder
-Commander Keen - Galaxy.BAT

Commander Keen - Galaxy\
-Keen7 folder
-Keen8 folder
-Keen9 folder
-Keen10 folder
-Keen4 files
-Keen5 files
-Keen6 files
-Keen Galaxy.conf
-joystick mapper file.map

Inside each Keen folder (for 7, 8, 9, and 10) there is a KeenX.bat file that applies a patch to the game and then calls the executable to make it run. The games do run, but upon exiting the game, it is left at the DOS prompt and does not exit on it's own with the provided 'exit' command which works for Keen4, 5 and 6 because DOSbox is calling to run their EXE files.

Here is the autoexec info located in the "Keen Galaxy.conf"
I removed the brackets around autoexec to avoid any problems with forum coding.

• autoexec
  # Lines in this section will be run at startup.
  # You can put your MOUNT lines here.
  
  @echo off
  Mount C ".."
  C:
  cls
  
  echo.
  echo [29;1m Commander Keen in: Goodbye Galaxy!
  echo [30;1m by Apogee
  echo.
  echo [32;1m 1. Part 4 - Secret of the Oracle
  echo [36;1m 2. Part 5 - The Armageddon Machine
  echo [31;1m 3. Part 6 - Aliens Ate My Babysitter
  echo [35;1m 4. Part 7 - The Keys of Krodacia
  echo [33;1m 5. Part 8 - Dead In the Desert
  echo [34;1m 6. Part 9 - Battle of the Brains
  echo [38;1m 7. Part 10 - Mirror Menace
  echo [37;1m 8. Exit
  echo.
  echo [30;1m NOTE: To switch between windowed and full-screen press ALT+ENTER
  echo [0m
  choice /c12345678 /s Choose your episode: /n
  echo.
  
  if errorlevel == 8 goto exit
  
  if errorlevel == 7 goto e7
  if errorlevel == 6 goto e6
  if errorlevel == 5 goto e5
  if errorlevel == 4 goto e4
  if errorlevel == 3 goto e3
  if errorlevel == 2 goto e2
  if errorlevel == 1 goto e1
  :e1
  KEEN4E.exe
  exit
  
  :e2
  KEEN5E.exe
  exit
  
  :e3
  cd Keen6
  Keen6.exe
  exit
  
  :e4
  cd Keen7
  Keen7.bat -noconsole -exit
  exit
  
  :e5
  cd Keen8
  Keen8.bat
  cls
  exit
  
  :e6
  cd Keen9
  Keen9.bat
  cls
  exit
  
  :e7
  cd Keen10
  Keen10.bat
  cls
  exit
  
  :exit
  exit

I added the cls command because I had read that sometimes you don't even need the 'exit' command; 'cls' will prompt DOSbox to exit for some reason or other.
EDIT: I also added the '-noconsole -exit' commands to the end of Keen7.bat as seen above and DOSbox ignored that. Upon ending the game, I was still stuck at the cmd prompt with an image left over from the game exiting.

Here is an example of Keen7.bat

• ck4patch KEEN7.PAT

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It calls ck4patch.exe and then tells it the patch to apply is named 'KEEN7.PAT'
I assume the exe file then calls upon Keen4.exe? Because the game does run.

I've also read that applying the '-noconsole -exit' commands help batch files to exit, but I'm not sure where to apply the commands. I've tried placing them at the end of what's contained in Keen7.bat, but that did not work.

Any help would be highly appreciated and would be a nice reference for others looking for this information.
Thanks!!