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First post, by old bubba

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I believe it is a DOS problem even though I am using DOSBOX 0.73. AS soon as I enter WG to start the game I get the message followed by:
FILENAME=..\..\DATA\MOUSE.SHP
LENGTH=0
POSITION=0
MODE=READ
There is no DATA directory in either WOG or DOSBOX so I'm just guessing that it is DOS related.
I apologize if this is a DOSBOX post instead of a DOS post. If it is in the wrong place please just help me out and put it where it belongs. I would really like to get that oldie going again.
Thanks from a newbie making his first post.

Reply 1 of 6, by MiniMax

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Moved.

0.73 ?

60 Seconds Guide to DOSBox.

If that doesn't help, come back with details on how you mounted your C and D drives, how you did the install, how you configured sound, music etc.

DOSBox 60 seconds guide | How to ask questions
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Reply 2 of 6, by Neville

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Wings of Glory is a bit hard to set up. I finally got it working as follows:

1) Set up "core=normal" and no EMS.

2) Rename your game folder to WINGS. Then the final section of the WC.CFG needs to look exactly like this:

#Each treefile must appear on a line with an = sign @C:\WINGS\flighthd.tre @C:\WINGS\flightcd.tre =C:\WINGS\wogdata1.tre =C:\WIN […]
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#Each treefile must appear on a line with an = sign
@C:\WINGS\flighthd.tre
@C:\WINGS\flightcd.tre
=C:\WINGS\wogdata1.tre
=C:\WINGS\wogdata2.tre
=C:\WINGS\wogdata3.tre

3) If any of the TRE files mentioned in the WC.CFG file are not in your game folder, copy them from the CD to the WINGS folder.

4) Mount the game folder accordingly. The game needs to find all those files at C:\WINGS or you'll get error messages like those you mentioned.

I did all this and the game now works like a charm.

Reply 3 of 6, by stes23

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I have tried what is suggested here and it still fails and gives error 1910.
Created folder WINGS in C dir
I installed the game by opening dosbox then typing mount c c:\wings
Mount d d:\ -t cdrom -ioctl
then went to d and installed it
All files are in the c:\wings dir including the tre

I have mounted the game to C:\WINGS

I have added the .tre files and Changed them to
@C:\WINGS\flighthd.tre
@C:\WINGS\flightcd.tre
=C:\WINGS\wogdata1.tre
=C:\WINGS\wogdata2.tre
=C:\WINGS\wogdata3.tre

I have set core=normal and also ems=false. I am not sure were the problem is occuring. If I make no changes the game loads but dos box then closes.

Reply 4 of 6, by wd

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All files are in the c:\wings dir including the tre

Then you did it wrong obviously.
Create a c:\oldstuff, mount that as c in dosbox,and install
the game WITHIN dosbox in c:\wings so you'll end up with
a c:\oldstuff\wings directory on your real disk.

Reply 5 of 6, by Neville

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I think your mounting instructions are wrong. You said you used:

mount c c:\wings

But then you're transforming c:\wings (real path) as c:\ inside DOSBox, and this way the program won't be able to find the TRE files.

Remember you told the game (by editing the WINGS.CFG) they're at C:\WINGS. But you just mounted C:\WINGS as C:\, which means Wings of Glory will look for them in C:\WINGS\WINGS

If your game folder outside DOSBox is C:\WINGS, the correct mounting instruction would be as follows:

mount c c:\

But it's not good idea to set C: as C: in DOSBox, so you'd better move your DOS games to C:\DOSGAMES, and then mount as follows:

mount c c:\dosgames

Hope that helps.

Reply 6 of 6, by talglazer82

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Any news with this?
I'm getting the same error in a pure DOS environment.
Tried it on various computers, using various installers and cd's...