Any info?

Ok, this is how I start:

mount c c:\ -t cdrom

c:

install

starcom

Then the game starts up, and I play like I described in my first post. It says it does save progress, but it doesn't.=/

Also, I have tried the same thing, but first installing the game from the original CD-ROM, and copying the files from the CD-ROM to the C-Drive.

60 seconds guide to getting your game to run in DOSBox

Mount a c-drive (but NOT as cdrom, an empty, writeable directory), mount
a d-drive (the cdrom), install the game.

Wait, I thought it was working... and well, it pretty much does... the only thing is I can't do SETSOUND, otherwise when I start up the game it will say "can't find CD".
It does just normally work if I don't SETSOUND, though... any help?

This is what the SETSOUND file includes btw:

1@echo off
2cd drivers
3setsound.exe
4cd ..
5

1 more thing: I have removed the files from my harddrive, and installing again, and after it installs, DOSBOX says this:

1Illegal command: c:\setsound.bat.
2Illegal path.
3D:\>STARCOM>

I've tried the same thing, but on my C: drive, those 2 lines above don't how up anymore, though, the game will still say "can't find CD" when I try playing Campaign or Battle mode.
It does just normally work when I select No Audio, though.=/

Any help?

60 seconds guide to getting your game to run in DOSBox

Mount a c-drive (but NOT as cdrom, an empty, writeable directory), mount
a d-drive (the cdrom), install the game.

I said I did, and the game does work now, but only if I don't configure audio (which means no sounds & no music).

The game asks for CD if I do configure audio.
So yeah, the only problem I am having now is how to get the game to work after configuring audio.

This is what I selected for audio, but makes the game ask for CD:

1Creative Labs Sound Blaster or 100% compatible
2I/O Address: 220 H
3IRQ: 7
48-bit DMA channel: 1

I said I did

Then post your exact mounting, how you installed the game, how the mounting
looks like when you're running the game, how you're starting the game.

Setting the autoexec:

[autoexec] # Lines in this section will be run at startup. mount C "C:\STARCOM\" mount F "F:\" -t cdrom -usecd 0 -ioctl -label […]
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[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
mount C "C:\STARCOM\"
mount F "F:\" -t cdrom -usecd 0 -ioctl -label STARCOM

Installing the game:

Z:\>SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 Z:\>SET ULTRSND=240, 3, 3, 5, 5 Z:\>SET ULTRADIR=C:\ULTRASND Z:\>mount C "C:\STARCOM\" Drive […]
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Z:\>SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 H5 T6

Z:\>SET ULTRSND=240, 3, 3, 5, 5

Z:\>SET ULTRADIR=C:\ULTRASND

Z:\>mount C "C:\STARCOM\"
Drive C is mounted as local directory C:\STARCOM\

Z:\>mount F "F:\" -t cdrom -usecd 0 -ioctl -label STARCOM
MSCDEX intalled.
Drive F is mounted as CDRom F:\

Z:\>f:

F:\>install

*installs the game in c:\STARCOM (full installation)*

*SETSOUND.bat automatically opens*

Configuring sound:

Creative Labs Sound Blaster or 100% compatible I/O Address: 220 H IRQ: 7 8-bit DMA channel: 1 […]
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Creative Labs Sound Blaster or 100% compatible
I/O Address: 220 H
IRQ: 7
8-bit DMA channel: 1

After configuring sound I'm back in DOSBOX 0.72:

Type STARCOM to start game
C:\STARCOM\>starcom

Game starts just like normal, when I click Campaign or Battle mode it says "INSERT CD". The sound effects do work, the music does not.

When I do the same as I just wrote above, but skip the audio configuring it lets me play the game and doesn't give me the "INSERT CD" message.

Anything more you'd need to know?

Try D as cdrom (mount d f:\ -t cdrom -ioctl).

Nope, still ask for CD.>__>

I've been looking in the sound configuration file, which originally looks like this:

1;
2;Miles Sound System V3.50D of 14-Sep-96
3;
4
5DEVICE      ESS Technology ES1688, ES1788, ES1888 Enhanced FM Audio
6DRIVER      ESFM.MDI
7IO_ADDR     220h
8IRQ         -1
9DMA_8_BIT   -1
10DMA_16_BIT  -1

And after configuring the sound so that I have sound effects it looks like this:

1;
2;Miles Sound System V3.50D of 14-Sep-96
3;
4
5DEVICE      Creative Labs Sound Blaster or 100% compatible
6DRIVER      SBLASTER.DIG
7IO_ADDR     220h
8IRQ         5
9DMA_8_BIT   1
10DMA_16_BIT  -1

Yes, even though I select IRQ 7, it automatically goes back to 5...=/
Anyway, I noticed that the DRIVER's extension is changed to .DIG after configuring, and the DRIVER's extension is the only thing, when changed from its original extension, prevents the game from working.=/

hmm can you edit the file to read 7 ?
or you can edit dosbox.conf to mke dosbox its sound irq 5 (disable the gus in the case!)

Yes, I did edit to file to read 7, but it doesn't seem to make any difference.
Uhm, I did change it to IRQ 5 in the .conf file, but how do I disable the gus?

And I just tried something else:

1;
2;Miles Sound System V3.50D of 14-Sep-96
3;
4
5DEVICE      ESS Technology ES1688, ES1788, ES1888 Enhanced FM Audio
6DRIVER      ESFM.DIG
7IO_ADDR     220h
8IRQ         -1
9DMA_8_BIT   -1
10DMA_16_BIT  -1 

Even though I did change its extension to .DIG, the game still worked, without sound, though.
Changing the IRQ to 5 or 7 and DMA_8_BIT to 1 didn't seem to do anything with the above settings.

Btw, these are my current .conf file settings for:

sblaster:

1sbtype=sb16
2sbbase=220
3irq=5
4dma=1
5hdma=5
6mixer=true
7oplmode=auto
8oplrate=22050

gus:

1gus=true
2gusrate=22050
3gusbase=240
4irq1=5
5irq2=5
6dma1=1
7dma2=1
8ultradir=C:\ULTRASND

The sbtype in .conf file is set to sb16, but the soundblaster I configure in the SETSOUND only asks for 8-bit DMA.

I noticed something new, whenever I configure my audio it adds a .DIG file with this information:

1;
2;Miles Sound System V3.50D of 14-Sep-96
3;
4
5DEVICE      Creative Labs Sound Blaster or 100% compatible
6DRIVER      SBLASTER.DIG
7IO_ADDR     220h
8IRQ         5
9DMA_8_BIT   1
10DMA_16_BIT  -1

So, basically it's this .DIG file that makes this game ask for its CD.=/ But then again, it also makes me actually have sound in the game...
When I change configuring back to "no audio", it removes the .DIG file, but doesn't change a thing about the .MDI file, which stores the same information as the .DIG file after configuring, but doesn't seem to do anything.

Milennin wrote:

but how do I disable the gus?

gus=false

Thanks, I changed it. Nope, disabling the gus didn't seem to do anything.

Btw, added some info to my previous post.