Did you install the game from inside DOSBox?

With those mountings?

It might be that you need to add a -label something to the CD-ROM mount command, where something is the name of the CD, e.g. ACHTSPIT or something.

I usually try to run the programs from inside Dosbox.

I tried several combinations of using the label you spoke of.

mount c c:\ovrreich
mount d d:\ -t cdrom -label OVRREICH (or ACHTSPIT)
c:
cd otr

Hopefully this is the correct way to label and attempt to run the program in the way you spoke of.

Then, once again, I try the .exe files and get a message stating that the game must run under Win32.

I've tried getting into the program by using the shortcut in the game folder. I get the no cd found type message I wrote about earlier.

The directory that the game fall under are ACHTSPIT and OVRREICH, so I assumed that these were the correct labels.

I still plugging away at this!

If it says it must be run under WIN32 then it's a Windows programs an cannot be run in DOSBox (unless you install Windows 3.1 in DOSBox).

If your trying to run the game in Windows without DOSBox and it cannot find the CD then you can try changing your CDROM drive letter to D:\. (Alot of old games expect the CDROM to be on lower drive letters like D: or E:)

I suspected the games to be for Windows but didn't have the box to confirm that.

I guess this means Dosbox won't work for these games at all?

Also, my dvd drive is drive 'd' under My Computer. 😀

Any idea why DOSBox is called DOSBox and not winbox?

One forum off the NET suggested using a hex editor to change a couple of values in the .exe file to get the program to "think" that the cd was in the drive (which it is)...But that was a fix for Avalon Hill's, "D-Day: America Invades" which had the same problem of not finding the cd rom in the drive. I think one other person tried it for OTR and AS! and it didn't work.

I have no idea what hex editors are free and simple to use or I'd try it myself. I have some possible hex addresses to check (listed on that forum) and what values to change from and to. I have zero experience with hex editors although I understand hex from college.

It's hard to believe that this issue seems to be unresolveable for a seemingly simple problem.

@wd

I get that Dosbox is for DOS games but like I mentioned, I don't have the box to verify that it is in fact a Windows game and you guys do have threads for Windows games too, right? 😀

As it was, other forums out on the NET suggested Dosbox as a possible solution. I'm checking all possiblities for a solution.

Uhm if the game tells that it only runs under Win32, in what way do you
think it likes lying to you about that matter?

Be nice wd...my first post described the Win32 thing. If I'd known (for sure) that this was a 100% Windows thing, do you think I would've posted here? Not likely.

On the other hand, I had some old notes with my instruction manual for OTR that I wrote with the way to get the game running in DOS not Windows. I tried that path and it didn't work either.

Based on this and my earlier posts, you might see why I didn't know beyond the shadow of a doubt that this might be a Windows program.

Be nice wd

No.

Use google before posting and you'd have found out that the game is windows only,
for example http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/achtung-spitfire

I used Google extensively before I posted. I don't typically go to Moby Games when trying to troubleshoot programs.

I posted here as a last resort after posting in a few other forums with no success for a solution.

Dosbox is for DOS game...yes, I get that. I'm not sure why this forum has a section for Windows if that's the case.

Well, Dosfreak was decent about. Sorry to trouble you wd.

The dosbox forums don't have a windows section. There's a guide how
to install windows inside dosbox, but everything's explained there anyways.