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First post, by BliggyBlop

Posted on 2020-04-25, 11:14

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I recently bought Mortal Kombat 1+2+3 from GOG. I put 1 and 2 on my Win98SE computer. 1 works perfectly, but 2 doesn’t. The PC somehow isn’t able to allocate enough conventional memory to run it. It needs at least 512 kB of conventional memory, and at the most the PC is able to give it 490, which doesn’t display the graphics other than a few odd things (like the health bar, and the shadow of a character) after the part in the beginning where the Probe logo morphs into the MK logo. I even tried making a shortcut and giving it enough conventional memory, but I either get a message saying that I need to “unload drivers, or stop conventional memory-using apps”, or I get much less memory than I set. Is there anything I can do to get this to work? Thanks!

The bliggiest blop.

Reply 1 of 110, by MAZter

Posted on 2020-04-25, 15:07

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make correct autoexec.bat and config.sys and run mk2 before windows

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Reply 2 of 110, by darry

Posted on 2020-04-25, 15:31

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Post your autoexec.bat and config.sys files here so we can possibly make some suggestions .

Reply 3 of 110, by BliggyBlop

Posted on 2020-04-25, 15:41

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Here:

The bliggiest blop.

Reply 4 of 110, by darry

Posted on 2020-04-25, 15:46

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I think you posted the autoexec.bat twice .

It would be easier for people to suggest changes if you posted text files rather than screenshots .

Reply 5 of 110, by BliggyBlop

Posted on 2020-04-25, 16:08

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Ok, sorry! This was my first topic post.

Anyway:
Autoexec.bat: (the first 3 lines under “c:\windows\cwcdata\cwcdos.exe“ are all 1 line)

REM [Header]
@ECHO OFF

REM [DVD-ROM Drive]
REM c:\windows\command\mscdex /d:gem001

REM [Miscellanious]

REM [Display]

REM [Sound, MIDI, or Video Capture Card]

REM [Mouse]

c:\windows\cwcdata\cwcdos.exe
TShoot: @SETCLASSPATH=C:\PROGRA~1\PHOTOD~1.1\ADOBEC~1
PATH %PATH% C:\SENSEMOU
SET LMOUSE=C:\SENSEMOU
C:\SENSEMOU\MOUSE DUAL

Config.sys:

REM [Header]

REM [DVD-ROM Drive]
Device=C:\cdrom\oakcdrom.sys /d:gem001

REM [Miscellaneous]

REM [SCSI Controllers]

REM [Display]

REM [Sound, Midi, or Video Capture Card]

REM [Mouse]
REM —————————

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Reply 6 of 110, by darry

Posted on 2020-04-25, 16:17

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Assuming himem.sys is where it is supposed to be on Windows 98 SE , add the following 2 lines to the beginning of config.sys :

DEVICE=C:\Windows\HIMEM.SYS DOS=HIGH,UMB

and reboot .

Reply 7 of 110, by BliggyBlop

Posted on 2020-04-25, 16:38

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Unfortunately, it still doesn’t work.

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Reply 8 of 110, by darry

Posted on 2020-04-25, 16:43

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BliggyBlop wrote on 2020-04-25, 16:38:

Unfortunately, it still doesn’t work.

How much free me now ?

Reply 9 of 110, by dr_st

Posted on 2020-04-25, 16:44

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You will probably have a much better experience if you run these games from DOSBox (which is always packaged with the GOG release) on your modern PC. Even if you run it from under Win98 SE and not in pure DOS, it will probably be better.

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Reply 10 of 110, by BliggyBlop

Posted on 2020-04-25, 16:45

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I have the same free memory, nothing has changed.
And, I am running it under Win98SE.

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The bliggiest blop.

Reply 11 of 110, by darry

Posted on 2020-04-25, 16:46

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Just to be sure, you only have Windows 98 SE installed on the machine not a dual boot with DOS and Windows 98 SE ?

Reply 12 of 110, by BliggyBlop

Posted on 2020-04-25, 16:46

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Yup, only Win98SE.

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Reply 13 of 110, by darry

Posted on 2020-04-25, 16:49

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Run
mem /c

And post output .

Reply 14 of 110, by BliggyBlop

Posted on 2020-04-25, 17:12

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Here you go:

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Reply 15 of 110, by darry

Posted on 2020-04-25, 17:24

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Well you have 572K conventional memory free, not less than 500K, so something changed .

Reply 16 of 110, by darry

Posted on 2020-04-25, 17:25

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The message reported by MK2 has not changed ?

Reply 17 of 110, by BliggyBlop

Posted on 2020-04-25, 17:28

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Nope

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Reply 18 of 110, by BliggyBlop

Posted on 2020-04-25, 17:31

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Here:
When I click a shortcut I made for MK2 (with 600 kB conventional memory), I get the whole “Total Conventional Memory is too high”, but when I lower it to 560 (which I can handle) The Dos4GW memory checker that runs before MK2 says I have 482. And when I run the .exe by itself, it says 490.

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Reply 19 of 110, by darry

Posted on 2020-04-25, 17:40

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I just remembered that I have that same gog combo pack, I juat never tried it . I will try it in Windows 98SE this evening and get back to you .

On another note maybe you could exit Windows to DOS mode and try it from there .

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