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First post, by snorg

Posted on 2011-05-30, 16:48

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Hello,

I am trying to get Pool of Darkness running in Dosbox, and I am using the D-fend frontend for it. I can get the game to start, it does the demo and I can get into character creation mode. However, when I try to create a character and save it, I get the error "Error - cannot locate POD directory".

I have (or rather had) installed the game to a directory called Intrplay\Darkness, so I renamed the directory to Intrplay\POD in the hopes that that would give the game the directory it is looking for - unfortunately, no luck. Is it expecting it to be in the root of the C: drive? What do I need to do to get this working?

Reply 1 of 9, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2011-05-30, 20:29

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Reply 2 of 9, by Miki Maus

Posted on 2011-05-30, 20:43

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Try reinstalling the game to C:\POD directory inside DOSBox.

Reply 3 of 9, by Jorpho

Posted on 2011-05-31, 18:08

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Does the game's directory have a subdirectory named "SAVE" ?

Reply 4 of 9, by snorg

Posted on 2011-06-07, 18:35

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Yes, there is a save directory in both the darkness and POD directories (I renamed darkness to POD in an attempt to get it to work).

But originally the path was intrplay\darkness\save

Reply 5 of 9, by snorg

Posted on 2011-06-07, 18:37

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Yes, there is a save directory in both the darkness and POD directories (I renamed darkness to POD in an attempt to get it to work).

But originally the path was intrplay\darkness\save

Reply 6 of 9, by Miki Maus

Posted on 2011-06-07, 19:18

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Delete POOL4.CFG.

Reply 7 of 9, by snorg

Posted on 2011-06-11, 03:39

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I deleted pool.cfg and tried rerunning the setup command, but still couldn't get it to work. Maybe I need to install it inside dosbox instead of outside?

Reply 8 of 9, by bloodbat

Posted on 2011-06-11, 06:14

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That should have been done from the start...so..yes, install it within DosBox.

Reply 9 of 9, by Xelasarg

Posted on 2011-06-11, 08:54

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..and, just to make sure: the file you have to delete is named pool4.cfg, not just pool.cfg.
After doing so, run start.bat. The settings dialogue will appear, allowing you to enter grahpics, sound and path settings.

Even though it's advisable to install everything from inside DOSBox, this shouldn't even be necessary for Pools of Darkness.

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