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First post, by mvsawyer

Posted on 2007-08-22, 03:16

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Trying to get Darklands (v.483.07) to run on my Win XP machine with DosBox 0.63. Get to the screen to "play game" and I get an error reading "Printing null. Align printer and press OK". My printer is connected by USB not the LPT port which I think is the issue. What should I do to resolve the printer problem?

I have heard all the horror stories of sound problems and pray to the VOGONS gods that this is the only snag I come across.

By the way. I've tried using the VDMSound (v2.0.4) and get the "the system file is not suitable for running in MS-Dos..." error

Reply 1 of 11, by Jorpho

Posted on 2007-08-22, 04:28

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Is DOSBox 0.71 not working for some reason?

As for the "system file is not suitable" error, it is easily fixed.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?sci … 7&Product=winxp
http://www.tech-forums.net/computer/topic/29806.html

Reply 2 of 11, by wd

Posted on 2007-08-22, 08:11

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with DosBox 0.63

YEEEHAW! Congratulations to using an ancient dosbox version!

Reply 3 of 11, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2007-08-22, 09:35

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MicroProse's Darklands works fine for me using DOSBox 0.72

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Reply 4 of 11, by DosFreak

Posted on 2007-08-22, 10:56

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I think we should add a notice to the DosBox Game Compat list on the website in Big Red Flashing Letters to use the LATEST VERSION OF DOSBOX.

You'd think it would be obvious but obviously not.

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Reply 5 of 11, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2007-08-22, 14:39

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[Moved, by the way]

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Reply 6 of 11, by kruwi

Posted on 2007-08-22, 16:17

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El Pusher has said:

MicroProse's Darklands works fine for me using DOSBox 0.72

Where have you found dosbox 0.72? 😳

Visit the end of the internet: www.groskreutz.de

Reply 7 of 11, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2007-08-22, 19:53

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Hmm. It could be an internal release so far. Just a few adjustments over 0.71 🤣

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Reply 8 of 11, by wd

Posted on 2007-08-22, 20:52

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I guess you cannot access the "Announcements" section of the forum.

Maybe don't mention it in the public forums then.

Reply 9 of 11, by mvsawyer

Posted on 2007-08-23, 00:24

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Ah Ha, thanks for the tip. I got v0.71 and replaced those windows file and can play the game yipee! But......

I did get the sound problems. I know there's plenty of posts already so I'll not bother the MODS on this issue. Thanks for the help!

Reply 10 of 11, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2007-08-23, 08:47

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Hmm. How did you configure sound? I think I have it configured for Roland MT32 and it sounded right.

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Reply 11 of 11, by mvsawyer

Posted on 2007-08-23, 13:16

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After getting the game to load I reconfig'd my sound settings to "Sound Blaster (orig.) and got that to work. Also I used Dosbox to run the game, not VDMSound. Thanks so much everyone for your help.

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