it helps ofcourse if you t yped what you typed in dosbox (which mounts)
and which game you tried to play.
As saving in general works.

I'm confused. What was that supposed to tell me?

Saving works for me.

Typical errors might pop up if you are trying to save to an NON WRITABLE MEDIUM (a.k.a. Write Protected) like a CD drive. Posting your mount commads here would make life easier for us.

Besides, you are posting at the wrong section. I don't think your post will relate with DOSBOX Development at all.

If you mean, implementing "save states" as in some emulators, you are out of luck. It's hard to code and it's not a priority in DOSBox developers agenda.

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Random Guy wrote:

I'm confused. What was that supposed to tell me?

I assume it means: Please say which game you're having this problem with. Hard to say what's wrong without that information.

Please tell us exactly, and completely, all the commands you used to mount, start the game. Again this is vital for understanding the problem.

Also: I'm not a mod so I hope I'm not exceeding my non-existing authority with this but: it might be a good idea to post a question like this into the "DOSBox General" forum next time if the problem is with multiple games, or into the "DOSBox Games/Apps" if its with one game only. Development this ain't.

Random Guy was posting as his namesake requires. Maybe he should make an account called Specific Guy and try again?

I assume it means: Please say which game you're having this problem with. Hard to say what's wrong without that information.

Please tell us exactly, and completely, all the commands you used to mount, start the game. Again this is vital for understanding the problem.

Also: I'm not a mod so I hope I'm not exceeding my non-existing authority with this but: it might be a good idea to post a question like this into the "DOSBox General" forum next time if the problem is with multiple games, or into the "DOSBox Games/Apps" if its with one game only. Development this ain't.

Well, First I write: "mount d d:\ -t cdrom" (I have most of my stuff at the D: drive)
then I write: "D:" so I could get to the D: drive
after that: "cd [next directory]" until i'm at the right directory where I write: "[game name].exe" so I could run the game. Was there anything that would mess up the saving system? Oh, and saving doesen't work in any game at all!

BTW, yea sorry about putting in wrong forum area, I was wondering myself because the area description said: Report bugs, [and something something something].

You can't save on a CD-ROM disc. You need to install the game.

Time for this again.....

Read my 60 Seconds Guide to DOSBox (and don't just read it - follow it too).

If that doesn't help, come back with details on how you mounted your C and D drives, how you did the install, how you configured sound, music etc.

Reading the aptly named README file will be a good idea too.

What about those games (like Keen 4 and 5 for example) what doesen't have any setup.exe? I just downloaded Keen 5 and it didn't had any setup. Only the KEEN5E.exe and the necessary files.

Then read the manual that came with your keen or whatever. This is not related to dosbox.

Time for this again.....

Read my 60 Seconds Guide to DOSBox (and don't just read it - follow it too).

If I follow your guide the cd command (going into folder/directory) goes dead and I can't get it to work. I tried your guide 3 times and the cd command still doesen't work.

Works for me just fine.

Actually, nvm of the whole thing. I used my own imagination and figured out how to save my game. Thx to everybody who tried to help anyway 😁

how you did it? might be useful to others!

Didn't you read? He is used his imagination. That doesn't convey well in written guides...

yes i did read, please forgive me , i've sinned! =PPP

Yeah well I just wrote: "mount d d:\" and then "D:" and used the cd command to get to the game folder and start playing.

If you add "-t cdrom" at the end of "mount d d:\" the saving will get messed up.

Thread closed.

To prevent further confusion in the future.

1. ONLY MOUNT GAMES TO THE C:\ (Unless of course some weird game wants another letter)
2. ALWAYS MOUNT THE CDROM TO D:\ (Unless of course some weird game wants another letter).
3. NEVER EXECUTE THE GAME FROM THE PHYSICAL CDROM OR THE CDROM DRIVE LETTER (Unless of course that's the way your supposed to play the game.