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First post, by Peterg1234

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Running Acer 1.8Ghz Celeron XP SP2 with 256 Mb RAM, SIS651 Video Card. When I run Warlords II comes up with "Out of Memory at 0; Conv: 37176; MaxBlock: 37176; Lock: 0; Bad Handle" error. I know 37176 is DOS MaxInt but I can't see the relevance. Can anyone help? ps. Used to run fine on a P3 300Mhz running XP SP2, so I assume it's the video card.

Last edited by Peterg1234 on 2008-12-20, 11:02. Edited 1 time in total.

Reply 3 of 16, by Qbix

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read the 60 seconds to dosbox guide in the DOSBox guides forum (just below this one)

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Reply 4 of 16, by Peterg1234

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Read that. Tried setting memory to 64 kb using loadfix. Allocated 64 kb but still same error as above. I don't THINK I'm stupid and I used to write databases but OS's have never been my forte. And 37176 is not maxint. A little (emphasised) bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Reply 7 of 16, by MiniMax

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Do this:

In Windows Explorer, create a C:\DOS-games folder.

Move your current C:\warlord2 into the DOS-games folder, so you get C:\DOS-games\warlord2.

In DOSBox, mount C:\DOS-games.
In DOSBox, do a cd warlord2

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Reply 11 of 16, by Peterg1234

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I have sound turned off. If I use the standard "War2" batch file, it will load the title screen and scroll through the credits, but if I hit a key (like the space key to fast forward) or the credits finish, then "Out of mem....".

I have just bought War2 deluxe from SSG. Would I have more chance of getting this to run? If so, I might stop annoying you until I see how it goes.