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First post, by smonk

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Hey guys,

Currently in the starting stages of planning out an episode pak for Quake in the style of "The Way Id Did"/within the limits of DOS Quake. As such, everything should be able to run via DOSBox/DOS on Quake 1.08. The pak itself will have a custom soundtrack and was wondering how to include this alongside the pak. When I play with Quake, I use the original bin/cue files I have in order to play with music on DOSBox. My questions are:

What would be the best way to prepare the bin/cue image? Would I need the Quake data/install included as it's technically Track1—and if so, could I just use the shareware version for the data? (As mounting the bin/cue on DOSBox just loads the music rather than running the game from the image)

Does anyone know of any programs where I would be able to make a bin/cue image without the need to burn to a CD (saving the trouble of having to hunt down some CDRs). (Alternatively—an ISO to bin/cue as I can make a folder to ISO image)

On macOS Catalina with regards to any program suggestions.

Thanks

Reply 1 of 3, by Azarien

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smonk wrote on 2022-10-19, 02:50:

What would be the best way to prepare the bin/cue image? Would I need the Quake data/install included as it's technically Track1

Any dummy Track 1, music or data, should be enough. The game will simply skip it.

Reply 3 of 3, by DosFreak

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Hoping this "pak" isn't about distributing copyrighted software

Can't remember if QDOS supports singleplayer or not but give it a try
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