First post, by Switchfoot55
Hello all,
I am new to the world of DosBox as a few days ago. I stumbled across it when i found the old Xcom games. I started by loading and installing Xcom1 (Ufo Defense). It immediately worked great with no issues. I exited the program, started it again, etc..., everything was working fine. The only issue i was having was the time in the geoscape going a little too fast. In order to correc that issue, I downloaded a patch that was said to fix the problem (located here: http://FastFreeFileHosting.com/file/8589/u...-03-28-zip.html ). Ever since then, I have been unable to launch the game without completely reinstalling from the beginning. When i go to start the game one of two things happen:
1. If loaded through Dosbox, i recieve the following messages:
Illegal command: D:ufoexe\black.
Illegal command: D:sound\sndstart.
Illegal command: D:intro.
Illegal command: D:ufoexe\black.
Illegal command: D:ufoexe\geoscape.
Illegal command: D:sound\sndend.
C:>
2. If loaded through Dosshell (a frontend), dosbox will open, attempt to start the game, and then will "freeze" or go into a state of "Not Responding"
These errors happen 100% of the time, without fail.
Anyone had a similar problem with this game or other games? Know what going on? How to fix it?
I am curious if something in my windows registry could cause these errors to come up? The only reason i mention it is because the previously mentioned patch i tried to install had me copy an exe file and an eut(???) file which looked as if it were a registry file. So, if that's the case, could a reg file in windows do something to prevent me opening up the game in dosbox?
Just some system specs. Dosbox v 0.72. I am running Windows Vista 32bit, an Intell Quad 2.40, 2gb RAM. e-Gforce 8600 GTS, with a MSI motherboard. Forget the specs on the sound card, but its a fairly new card too (within the last year).
Again, I had the game up and going without any issues and then it all happened at once.
Thoughts?