*** Moved to Windows ***

> I dont think putting DOSbox on such a small puter would be good.

No, it would not. The "switch to pure DOS" is not done from the boot screen with F8 I think. I think you need to choose it somewhere when you shut down Win95. Something like Reboot into MS-DOS.

Here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/138996

Oops, i forgot to mention its ROTT v1.2a.

I tried 3 different ways of booting it into DOS. The command prompt on the Win menu, Restarting it in MS-DOS mode, and Restarting it then F8-ing to the Windows Boot Menu. The first 2 would change the drive, and install would start, but as soon as it asked me the location for ROTT and i chose its default of C:\ROTT the program crashed.

Have you tried the windows port of ROTT?

Yes, you can find more info on the windows port on the link in my signature

Do you mean WinRott when you say port to Windows?

Is D: your CD-ROM drive or what?

I wouldn't use WinRott. It breaks most of the game's features and adds more quirks than ROTT should. It ruins the game. (it's also non-Free 🤣)

Stick to the DOS version, it should run straight under 95 without a problem (usually). Good chance it's your sound card being the bane of the problem.

Under a Windows shell running, its E: and if its in DOS i think its D:.

If its my sound card messing things up, would it crash before i even get to install or setup sound?

The Readme clearly states that this program will NOT run under any form of Windows, and MUST be installed by tapping F8, then choosing C:\> only in the Win Bootup Menu but it does say something about creating a boot disk.

Is there a way to figure out what version of DOS i have? I dont know what im doin wrong, so i dont know how to attack the problem or what i should be Googling for as far as info to install it.
If i could figure out why DOS will not let me change from the C:\> to D:\> im hoping then i can type INSTALL and the rest will be easy. Yes? 😀
Thanks for any help.

I wouldn't use WinRott. It breaks most of the game's features and adds more quirks than ROTT should. It ruins the game. (it's also non-Free Laughing Out Loud)

Stick to the DOS version, it should run straight under 95 without a problem (usually). Good chance it's your sound card being the bane of the problem.

There s/he goes again. Actually there's glrott , which is the succesor to winrott, which adds opengl support. Though it still has some bugs, it doesnt stray away from the game's original gameplay, and where do you get that it's non-free? The source code for both winrott and glrott are available under gpl.

not quite understanding what is happening is the game on a floppy ?
if so type a:
then install

No, its the Super Triad version (with the power pack or extras) and its on a cd.

Oops i screwed up and missed the link Minimax posted for help from Microsoft. After lookn there, i see 3 more things i can try! Thank you. 😀

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/138996

Suzette wrote:

The Readme clearly states that this program will NOT run under any form of Windows,

ROTT was released before Windows 95, so that warning is irrelevant

Ohh, ok. That makes more sense now, why the readme said what it did, it must have been referring to Win 3.1. Thank you!

Suzette wrote:

Under a Windows shell running, its E: and if its in DOS i think its D:.

This is getting confusing. I am thinking that you do not have DOS CD-ROM drivers loaded, but I cannot be sure from the information you have provided.

What drive letters do you have in Windows, and what drive letters do you have in DOS?

In Win the zip drive is D: and the cd drive is E:. I think that when ive installed the 1500 level Duke Nukem add-on i had to go into DOS to install a copy of Duke for that add-on to work. I noticed that the drive changed from E in windows to D in DOS.

Suzette wrote:

I noticed that the drive changed from E in windows to D in DOS.

WHAT DRIVE!? The Zip drive? Your hard drive? Your CD-ROM drive? Please be specific!

Jorhpo-That would be the CD Drive.

I tried the first 2 suggestions from MS about hiding windows from DOS, and choosing advanced properties to run it as DOS....both failed and the puter restarted back to Windows.

There is a third option, to manually configure your own config. and autoexec.bat files but i dont know how to do that. On pg. 17 of the RottHelp file is a sample config. and autoexec.bat file. Should i post that?

Is a bootdisk ruled out as a possible solution? Thanks for your help!

All right, perhaps a bootdisk would be a good idea. I rather like this one:
http://community.the-underdogs.org/pub/bootdisks/whive12.zip

That should allow you to access your CD-ROM drive from ordinary DOS without any Windows getting involved, hopefully allowing you to run the Install program.