ask the people who sold you dosbox turbo

I have sent them an email. But it's been a few days now and thought I'd ask around to see if anyone has been able to run it. And if so, how...

Come on, that's basic DOSBox knowledge. You run it exactly as you would do in the desktop version.

1. copy the game files to your phone, e.g. /sdcard/Games/LSL
2. open dosbox.conf (/sdcard)
3. set memsize=16
4. set cycles=max or whatever cycle speed you like; the S3 should be capable of 25000-30000 cycles, at least my Note 2 is.
5. scroll to the end of the file and modify the line that says "mount c: /sdcard/" to "mount c:/sdcard/games/" (without the quotes of course)
6. Start DOSBox Turbo, type "cd lsl" + [Enter]
7. run install (or setup, whatever it's called) to configure sound. DTurbo uses Sound Blaster 16 at IRQ7 by default.
8. Run the game.

If you want to add this to the launcher: create a new profile, long-press the profile icon, chose "Edit profile", go to DosBox Settings, tick "Manual Mode", chose config location (unless you want to overwrite your default dosbox.conf), and do the same steps as above 3. - 5., and add the lines to start the game in the [autoexec] section.

If it still doesn't work you're doing something wrong; DTurbo is based on quite recent SVN, and it's exactly as compatible as the Windows versiion.

Good luck...

Thank you for the reply. It's helped. But I'm still struggling. This is what ive entered in my autoexec:

mount c:/sdcard
c:
cd sierra
cd lsl7dos
lsl7does

But it returns this error:
Illegal command: CheckCD
Illegal command: vesatest
Illegal command: C:\sierra\lsl7dos\sier

Obviously I can't put the cd. Any suggestions on where I am going wrong?

I've now moved all the contents of the cd into the installed folder and I get this error:

Illegal command: CheckCD
illegal command: vesatest
MsgBox called before errorMgr initialised:
Error 28: Can't find audio driver 'DACPRO16.DRV
Please run INSTALL

When I do install the game it does come up with some errors saying it cant install certain files. Linked maybe?

Xelasarg instructions will not work. If you copy all of the files to the device, install will only work to configure audio hardware. There is more to installing the game than selecting audio hardware. Paths need to be set, too. Additionally, f you want to not to have to mount a CD, you will need to manually configure the game. If you cannot install it to the device, it is best to do what the DOSBox author said. Ask the people you bought it from. They are the one's that need to support their product, especially if they are charging for it. It is not for the DOSBox team to support something that they did not port.

Make an image of the cd, imgmount

Yep, my instructions were rather general because I don't own the game myself. That's why I said "do it like you would in Windows". It just seemed to me the OP had no idea at all how to operate DOSBox (@kakasuke: sorry if I was wrong btw 😉 ).
Anyway, the author of DTurbo should be able to help if you ask specifically enough, but as it's not an issue related to the port itself, you should be fine with the DOSBox readme.

You can install and configure the game on your PC, then copy everything to your phone. Just make sure you use the same mountings (i.e. game dir and imgmount cd drive letter) when you set up the profile.

Thanks for the comments thus far. I've still not been successful but I guess its a learning curve.

In regards to contacting the creator of the app. I have tried but am yet to hear back. I ask on these forums as I know that you all have valuable information and maybe ideas that could help.

Not only have I tried installing and playing it via my phone, i've also tried on my Mac with the same problem popping up! If I could find a way to install and indeed play the game on my Mac I would gladly move it all over to my phone and copy the process...

Follow the 60 seconds guide on the mac.

Maybe it's just a matter of a minor typo?

kakasuke wrote:

mount c:/sdcard

Should be more like:

1mount c /sdcard

I think it's a problem with installation maybe? I've tried installing another game via dosbox and have at least got the game to load up (although it makes my dosbox freeze)...

Yes, that's why we told you to first install on a desktop machine instead of a mobile one.

Thats what I'm having the problem with. On my Mac it has the same problem as it does on my mobile. Even when trying to work from the 60 second guide I've had no success...

Then please be more descriptive. Write down your mountings ehen you installed and later when you played. Also the game might need an image (bin/cue format) of the CD.

Ok, so on my Mac I've mounted my virtual drive as the C drive. To install I do as follows:

cd lsl7
install

When it asks if I want to perform hardware tests: NO
Install to what drive: C
Sound: Sound Blaster
Directory c:\dosgames\lsl7

I accept config and select a large installation so it installs as much as possible.
I got the following errors while installing:
Cant find input file:
c:..\music\22s16\2*.aud
c:..\music\22s16\3*.aud
c:..\music\22s16\1*.aud
c:..\music\22s16\4*.aud
c:..\music\22s16\5*.aud
c:..\drivers\*.drv
c:..\w*.bmp
c:..\sier.exe
c:l7check.bat
c:vesatest.exe
c:install.exe
c:install.scr
c:install.txt
c:install.hlp
c:*.drv
c:..\version
c:..\sierra.err

It then prompts me in order to play the game I need to be in this directory:
C:\dosgames\lsl7 and just to type LSL7dos.

To play I type this in Dosbox (pre mounted):

cd dosgames
cd lsl7
lsl7dos

It then returns with this:

Illegal command: CheckCD
Illegal command: vesatest
Illegal command: C:\dosgames\lsl7\sier

Give your exact mounting commands. What virtual drive do you mean.

It automatically mounts. But the command i used to do so is:
mount c ~/dosgames

Is that what you were asking for?

By virtual drive I meant the C drive that DosBox creates.

kakasuke wrote:

mount c ~/dosgames

if it asks for this folder, this is the one located in your user's folder (which ~ stands for) , so the result of ~/dosgames is
<Your username>/dosgames

Does this fldr exist?