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[resolved]DOSbox help- config file not working.

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First post, by xeno killer

Posted on 2010-03-14, 20:33

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When I open DOSbox, I see :

Z:\SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 H5 T6

Z:\

The problem is that it will not mount to any game directory when I tell it to in the config file at the bottom like so:

[autoexec]:
mount c c:\games\alientrilogy
c:

I save it with this, but whenever I load Dosbox, the changes do not appear.
Any manual changes I make in Dosbox with commands also do not stay.

What can I do to fix this? I'm new to this, so I don't know too much about the program.

Last edited by xeno killer on 2010-03-14, 22:28. Edited 1 time in total.

Reply 1 of 7, by Qbix

Posted on 2010-03-14, 20:41

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how do you edit the configfile ?

btw there is no : after the [autoexec]

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Reply 2 of 7, by xeno killer

Posted on 2010-03-14, 21:20

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I might be using the wrong terminolgy.

Refer to this if needed:

http://www.glennsguides.com/2008/05/alien-tri … e-download.html

You type "config -writeconf dosbox.conf_" in Dosbox to make a new "dosbox CONF_file" which allows you to set a few things.

When I open it, I scroll to the very bottom to find "[autoexec]"
and then place this:
"mount c c:\games\alientrilogy
c:"
underneath it.
When you open DOSbox again, it should say that it's mounted to: c:\games\alientrilogy
but for me, it's not doing this like it's supposed to be. I need help fixing this. Uninstalling and reinstalling does nothing it seems.

Reply 3 of 7, by robertmo

Posted on 2010-03-14, 21:33

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"config -writeconf dosbox.conf"

Reply 4 of 7, by h-a-l-9000

Posted on 2010-03-14, 21:34

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Better guide: 60 seconds guide to getting your game to run in DOSBox

And you are sure that game is actually freeware?

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Reply 5 of 7, by Dominus

Posted on 2010-03-14, 21:36

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don't use that guid but use the dosbox.conf that comes with Dosbox. OR rename that dosbox.conf_ file to dosbox.conf. You didn't follow what the guide has written down but what you saw in the picture (the cursor behind dosbox.conf looks like a _ in the picture...)

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Reply 6 of 7, by xeno killer

Posted on 2010-03-14, 21:48

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The game worked fine (it just didn't have sound and the CPU cycles were too fast) so I set the sound to sound blaster (which worked) but after that, I couldn't change anything. Now that I figured out how to get Gravis ultrasound detected by dosbox (which is what i originally wanted to do), Dosbox isn't working right, and I can't change the settings and keep them at all.

Reply 7 of 7, by xeno killer

Posted on 2010-03-14, 21:52

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THANKS. Got it working.

I knew it was something simple...🤣 just a "_" made all the difference.

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