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Simple command to launch a game doesn't work !

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First post, by Héraès

Posted on 2022-09-18, 14:34

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I have DOSBox installed here : REMOVED
I have a game installed here : REMOVED

That game is from REMOVED. When launching it from REMOVED, it works well. But I tried to launch it through an other software, called Playnite, and it doesn't work.
So I attempted to perform a simple test with a .BAT file :

1@echo off
2
3REMOVED
4
5REMOVED
6
7echo.
8echo PAUSE
9pause

And unfortunately, it failed (same result as as in Playnite) : DOSBox launches, but close itself suddently as if it was unable to find the game.

Here's the content of the dosbox.conf from the game's path. Keep in mind that I don't know how REMOVED launches DOSBox and if there is optional parameters used during the command.

1# Config file for Dosbox-ECE r4230
2[sdl]
3fullscreen=false
4fulldouble=false
5fullresolution=0x0
6windowresolution=1280x960
7output=overlay
8mapperfile=mapper.map
9[dosbox]
10machine=svga_s3
11memsize=16
12[render]
13aspect=true
14scaler=normal2x
15[cpu]
16core=auto
17cputype=auto
18cycles=auto
19[pci]
20[mixer]
21rate=49716
22[midi]
23fluid.soundfont=.\mt32\SoundCanvas.sf2
24mt32.romdir=.\mt32
25[sblaster]
26oplmode=opl3
27oplemu=nuked
28oplrate=49716
29[gus]
30[speaker]
31[joystick]
32[serial]
33[dos]
34[ipx]
35[autoexec]
36cd ..
37cd ..
38mount c .
39c:
40@cd HexenBey
41@cls
42@call run
43exit

I give a screenshot of the CMD console launching DOSBox, in attachment.

Can someone help me to find why it isn't working ?

Last edited by DosFreak on 2022-09-18, 15:11. Edited 3 times in total.

Reply 1 of 3, by Giuliano

Posted on 2022-09-18, 14:50

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Hi Héraès,

I see, in line 42 above, you calling "run". Is "run" a batch file?

Reply 2 of 3, by Héraès

Posted on 2022-09-18, 14:59

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Giuliano wrote on 2022-09-18, 14:50:

in line 42 above, you calling "run". Is "run" a batch file?

Ah yeah. I forgot that file. So yeah, it's calling a batch inside the game's folder :

1:menu
2@echo off
3cls
4echo.
5echo Press 1 for Hexen: Beyond Heretic w/ SoundBlaster
6echo Press 2 for Hexen: Beyond Heretic w/ Sound Canvas
7echo Press 3 to Quit
8echo.
9choice /C:123 /N Please Choose:
10
11if errorlevel = 3 goto quit
12if errorlevel = 2 goto SC55
13if errorlevel = 1 goto SB16
14
15:SB16
16CONFIG -set "mididevice=default"
17del HEXEN.CFG
18copy .\sb16\*.*
19cls
20@HEXEN
21goto quit
22
23:SC55
24CONFIG -set "mididevice=fluidsynth"
25del HEXEN.CFG
26copy .\sc55\*.*
27cls
28@HEXEN
29goto quit
30
31:quit
32exit

Note that this doesn't cause any problem when launching DOSBox through REMOVED. This displays a menu in the DOSBox window.
Although, there's might be a "working directory" problem for relative paths, due to how files are launching each others (withe the source being REMOVED, or at the opposite my .BAT file).
I mean that depending on what file is started first, and launching the cascade of other files, that might cause problems with paths.