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First post, by Dazhunt

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Hi!

I wanted to play Z and found the Dosbox somehow. I can start the game and i see the intro, but when I want to start a new game, it crashes and I recieve following message: "Commander Zod shoots Pirates at Dawn".
I read something about "requires protected mode" in the game list, but I don't know how to activate. Could you help me please?

Greetings
Dazhunt

Reply 1 of 8, by mirekluza

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The protected mode is implemented, no need to activate anything. Either there is a bug in DOSBOX or there is some copy protection problem with the game.
I do not have it, so it cannot tell more.

Mirek

Reply 4 of 8, by Qbix

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well try mounting the cdrom with
mount d d:\ -t cdrom -ioctl
where d:\ is your cdrom drive.
be sure to check the z.bat or so if it's cdrom drive is set to d

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Reply 5 of 8, by Dazhunt

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Thank you, that's it.
There's no need to type -ioctl, it works fine without.

Well, I've another question on "Z".
How is it possible to play it via LAN? I think I was able to play it under Win 98, but with the Dosbox it thinks theres no connection.
Is it required to load the IPX Protokoll with the Dosbox?

Reply 6 of 8, by mirekluza

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I do not know about Z. But generally for multiplayer in DOSBOX see DOSBOX Guides. But be warned that IPX support is not in 0.61! Wait for the next version or use CVS builds (search if you do not know what CVS is).

Mirek