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Thanks Predator. I hope someone could help me solve this problem. I really want to play this game.

Predator wrote:

authors are rude you should know

which part in my explanation on how to search was rude ?

Qbix, try to search for my topic and you'll know what I mean. You gave me a quick answer that is obviously of no use to me. What I don't get is why do I have to list all of those things and end up getting a seven-word-irrelevant answer. For anyone reading this, if you plan to reply to this topic, please PLEASE PLEASE give me something I can do to resolve my problem.

hi brepak,

i read your problem post and this also happened to me, fortunately i have a solution!

open dosbox
the following is based on my PC buyt you can ammend some details to reflect yours:
My Pc has:

d: as the cd-rom drive with harvester cdrom 1 in it.
c: as the hard drive where harvester is installed to c:\harvest

so i typed the following:

mount d d:\ -t cdrom (enter)
mount c c:\ (enter)
c: (enter)
cd harvest (enter)
harvest (enter)

that should run the game for you...now all i need to figure out is how to swap to disc 2!

if that doesn't work try swapping the commands around: ie: mount the c: drive first and then mount the cdrom drive afterwards!

hi brepak,

update: final fix including cd swapping!

open dosbox
the following is based on my PC buyt you can ammend some details to reflect yours:
My Pc has:

d: as the cd-rom drive with harvester cdrom 1 in it.
c: as the hard drive where harvester is installed to: c:\harvest

so i typed the following:

mount c c:\ (enter)
mount d d:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0(enter)
c: (enter)
cd harvest (enter)
harvest (enter)

that should run the game for you including to enable you to swap discs when prompted by the game.

Praise the lord! That's why I always ask my fellow gamers for help. Finally, i see the light. Thanks again Master333.

Actually, If you could help me to get it to start that would be great. I did as you suggested but it came up a screen with a background of a swirling bluish color and then it stops running. I tried to mount the drives either way but didn't get to play yet. But it's a start for me. Your continued input is much appreciated.

hi brepak,

i have some good news for you:

ok so, the bluish background that you are seeing is the introductionary company logo of the game. What this means is 2 things.

1. You have successfully loaded the game
2. I suspect the reason why you cannot get any further is because of your PC's RAM.

Let me explain, I have 1gb of memory RAM in my PC and the only thing that still runs really slowly is the beginning FMV of harvester* so in order to get past that and onto running the game at a respectable speed, I press ESC or SPACE bar to skip this so that you can begin the game without the PC crashing trying to load the most hardworking part of the game.

so i suggest that you run it again and when the bluish screen comes up try every typical keyboard command and mouse button press to skip it to go straight into the game.

if this doesnt work then you can do 1 of 3 things:
1.buy more RAM
2. wait for next version of DosBox
3.load up harvester on a Windows 95 machine

let me know what happens!

* (which you can see anyway by watching the making of AVI located on either disc1 or disc 3)

Thanks. You're da man!

master333 wrote:

1.buy more RAM

If this concerns running the game in DOSBOX, then it is nonsense. DOSBOX memory (up to 64 MB) is configurable in DOSBOX.CONF.
It does not matter whether you have physically 256 MB or 16 GB. 😀

Mirek

Hi,

Just so everyone who has the same problem I do. Here's the temporary solution so far. Follow Master333's instructions. It does work. However, the version of DosBox needs to be 0.61. Does NOT work in version 0.60. Also, the game works when I start with the commands:

mount c c:\harvest
then with mount e e:\ -t cdrom -usecd o(letter)

Just need to figure out a way so the game won't hang up with the loading of the movies and all. Thanks everyone.

Also, in addition, follow mirekluza's instruction in increasing memory if you need more. During gameplay, make sure to increase CPU cycles. Use ESC to skip the movie sequences.

Hi Guys I'm back:

It's kind of slow to run harvester off the CDs. Is there anyway to copy all three CDs onto the hard drive and run them from there? Your continued input is much appreciated.

yes you can copy the files into a directory and mount that directory
as a cdrom. use this:

mount e c:\dir -t cdrom

"e" is the cdrom drive, "c" is the harddisc, "dir" is the directory
were you copied the cd files into.

The only problem is that everytime I have to swap cd's the game just wont respond (I have this with "phantasmagoria)
take a look at my problem:
Mounting directiories as CD-ROMS

let me know if you find a solution, I have a copy of harvester too

press ctrl-f4 after the change.