[SOLVED] Jet Fighter 3 - DOSBox v 0.74 - consistant errors, starting any mission gives instant failure, and more... \ VOGONS

[SOLVED] Jet Fighter 3 - DOSBox v 0.74 - consistant errors, starting any mission gives instant failure, and more...

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First post, by Pirwzy

Posted on 2011-04-24, 00:24

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Motherboard: ASUS M2R32-MVP AM2+/AM2 AMD 580X CrossFire ATX AMD Motherboard
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600 Brisbane 2.9GHz Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor
Memory: 4GB DDR2 SDRAM
Video Card: GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) SSC+ 1GB 256-bit GDDR5
Sound board: ADI 1988A chipset, 8 channels (built into motherboard)
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Professional OEM
DOSBox version: 0.74
Game: Jet Fighter 3 version 1.22 (according to the game's README.txt, not sure if that means the game is 1.22 or the readme was 1.22)

Problems:
1. The in-game mouse icon will not appear immedately, I have to try a Free Flight (which instantly errors out like in the top half of the attached screenshot) before I can see the in-game cursor icons.
2. Main problem. Whenever I try to play a Mission, whether I start it by clicking the plane in the Hangar or by using the Top Menu buttons, the mission immediately fails and I see the error stuff that is shown in the top half of the attached screenshot. The game then goes to the Mission Failed screen and I can go back to walking around the Carrier.
3. Occasionally (not always) the game will throw me into Free Flight while I'm walking around the Carrier. No idea why it does this, either.
4. Also occasionally while walking around the Carrier the graphics go away and i see the error stuff in the DOSBox window as seen in the bottom half of the attached screenshot, then it will put me back in the game like it does after failing a mission.
5. I cannot view the Military Encyclopedia feature in the Carrier's Library. The screen goes black when I try and I have to hit ESC to go back to viewing the Library and the colors go all crazy for a second. This doesn't cause a crash of any kind, though.

Sound mode: Dunno, not sure how to check.
Video mode: Dunno, not sure how to check.
Steps already attempted to solve the problem: No idea where to even start. I'm not the biggest techie for this sort of stuff, I'm lucky I got the game going in the first place, honestly.

Last edited by Pirwzy on 2011-06-06, 11:06. Edited 1 time in total.

Reply 1 of 10, by h-a-l-9000

Posted on 2011-04-24, 06:54

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Try other cpu types like pentium_slow or 486_slow

1+1=10

Reply 2 of 10, by Pirwzy

Posted on 2011-04-24, 14:29

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I tried all of the cpu types, same errors. With the same letter/number combinations, even.

Have to leave for a while, but later tonight I'll try all of the combinations of core and cpu type and see if any combination does better.

Here's what was in the 'cw.err' file that it kept creating, if it helps:

1CauseWay DOS Extender v3.14 Copyright 1992-96 Michael Devore.
2All rights reserved.
3
4Exception: 0E, Error code: 0004
5
6EAX=013ABF48 EBX=00000000 ECX=00584C38 EDX=00EFFF10 ESI=00499327 
7EDI=00456EE4 EBP=004A04B0 ESP=004A04A0 EIP=0046A555 EFL=00003204 
8
9CS=01A7-FFBCA000 DS=01B7-FFBCA000 ES=01B7-FFBCA000 
10FS=0000-xxxxxxxx GS=01BF-xxxxxxxx SS=01B7-FFBCA000 
11
12CR0=00000000 CR2=00000000 CR3=00000000 TR=0000
13
14Info flags=00008040
15
16[there was a line of 'null (code=0) characters' here that I couldn't copy\paste]
17         55 F4 F0 00 00 00 8B 45 F8 8B 40 58 01 D0 80 48 
18         21 40 C7 45 FC 00 00 00 00 8B 45 FC C9 5F 5E 59 
19         5B C3 53 51 52 56 57 55 89 E5 81 EC 10 00 00 00 
20         89 45 F0 8B 45 F0 C1 E0 02 8B 80 5C 8F 48 00 89 
21         45 F4 83 7D F4 00 75 09 C7 45 FC 0A 00 00 00 EB 
22         38 C7 45 F8 00 00 00 00 8B 45 F8 8B 55 F4 3B 42 
23         14 72 0A EB 1D 8B 45 F8 FF 45 F8 EB EB 69 55 F8 
24         F0 00 00 00 8B 45 F4 8B 40 58 01 D0 80 48 21 40 
25         EB E3 C7 45 FC 00 00 00 00 8B 45 FC C9 5F 5E 5A 
26         59 5B C3 53 51 52 56 57 55 89 E5 81 EC 00 00 00 
27         00 5D 5F 5E 5A 59 5B C3 53 51 52 56 57 55 89 E5 
28         81 EC 00 00 00 00 5D 5F 5E 5A 59 5B C3 53 51 52 
29         56 57 55 89 E5 81 EC 0C 00 00 00 89 45 F4 8B 45 
30         F4 C1 E0 02 8B 80 5C 8F 48 00 89 45 F8 83 7D F8 
31         00 75 09 C7 45 FC 0A 00 00 00 EB 09 8B 45 F8 8B 
32         
33
34SS:ESP > 00 00 00 00 FF FF 00 00 08 4D 49 00 78 00 00 00 
35         C8 04 4A 00 E4 6E 45 00 27 93 49 00 38 4C 58 00 
36         00 00 00 00 17 96 45 00 44 0B 4A 00 80 29 0A 00 
37         78 00 00 00 59 AF 44 00 E0 04 4A 00 00 00 00 00 
38         77 00 00 00 7F 02 00 00 DF 01 00 00 80 02 00 00 
39         69 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 
40         04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 68 55 46 00 00 00 00 00 
41         0F 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 77 00 00 00 7F 02 00 00 
42         DF 01 00 00 38 00 00 00 1D 00 00 00 94 00 00 00 
43         38 00 00 00 5D 00 00 00 1C 00 00 00 C8 3A 49 00 
44         01 00 00 00 2D 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
45         68 55 46 00 3C 54 46 00 77 01 00 00 38 00 00 00 
46         1D 00 00 00 94 00 00 00 38 00 00 00 A4 00 00 00 
47         1D 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 38 00 00 00 5D 00 00 00 
48         1C 00 00 00 C8 3A 49 00 01 00 00 00 2E 00 00 00 
49         05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 68 55 46 00 3C 54 46 00 
50         
51
52         16 30 10 00 B7 01 1A 0D 08 00 C3 00 63 3D 00 00 
53         C6 14 46 00 80 02 00 00 B7 01 4A 00 E4 21 00 00 
54         01 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 B7 01 00 00 4F 01 00 00 
55         16 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 00 00 00 00 22 
56         01 D4 00 00 BF 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 B7 01 00 00 
57         B7 01 00 00 14 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 E9 29 00 00 
58         44 14 47 00 A7 01 00 00 C6 14 46 00 B7 01 00 00 
59         5C 04 4A 00 B7 01 00 00 48 04 4A 00 B7 01 00 00 
60         5C 04 4A 00 A7 AF 46 00 78 04 4A 00 05 4F 00 00

…Show last 175 lines

61         01 00 00 00 90 AF 46 00 B7 01 A7 01 B7 01 B7 01 
62         00 00 BF 01 00 00 00 00 00 81 46 00 4F 01 00 00 
63         01 00 00 00 B7 01 00 00 01 00 00 00 80 02 00 00 
64         C6 14 46 00 00 00 00 00 98 04 4A 00 80 29 0A 00 
65         98 04 4A 00 01 00 00 00 B7 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 
66         48 BF 3A 01 35 06 00 00 27 01 00 00 04 32 00 00 
67         00 00 00 00 FF FF 00 00 08 4D 49 00 78 00 00 00 
68SS:EBP > C8 04 4A 00 E4 6E 45 00 27 93 49 00 38 4C 58 00 
69         00 00 00 00 17 96 45 00 44 0B 4A 00 80 29 0A 00 
70         78 00 00 00 59 AF 44 00 E0 04 4A 00 00 00 00 00 
71         77 00 00 00 7F 02 00 00 DF 01 00 00 80 02 00 00 
72         69 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 
73         04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 68 55 46 00 00 00 00 00 
74         0F 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 77 00 00 00 7F 02 00 00 
75         DF 01 00 00 38 00 00 00 1D 00 00 00 94 00 00 00 
76         38 00 00 00 5D 00 00 00 1C 00 00 00 C8 3A 49 00 
77         01 00 00 00 2D 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
78         68 55 46 00 3C 54 46 00 77 01 00 00 38 00 00 00 
79         1D 00 00 00 94 00 00 00 38 00 00 00 A4 00 00 00 
80         1D 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 38 00 00 00 5D 00 00 00 
81         1C 00 00 00 C8 3A 49 00 01 00 00 00 2E 00 00 00 
82         05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 68 55 46 00 3C 54 46 00 
83         77 01 00 00 A4 00 00 00 1D 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 
84         
85
86
87   Application resource tracking details   
88===========================================
89
90
91Selectors
92=========
93
94 sel   base     limit  type D mem count
95----------------------------------------
96018F 00431000 00004000 DATA 32 Y xxxx
97019F 00431AEC 00000149 DATA 32 Y xxxx
9801A7 00000000 FFFFFFFF CODE 32 N 0001
9901AF 00000000 FFFFFFFF DATA 32 N 0002
10001B7 00000000 FFFFFFFF DATA 32 N 0003
10101BF 00431C40 00000043 DATA 32 Y xxxx
102
103Total selectors: 0006
104
105
106Linear memory blocks
107====================
108
109 handle    base    length 
110--------------------------
11100436000 00436000 0006C000 
11200431AEC 00431AEC 0000014C 
11300431C40 00431C40 00000044 
114
115Total Linear memory: 0006C190 (00070000) in 00000003 blocks
116
117
118Linear memory locked
119====================
120
121  base    length 
122-----------------
12300470198 00000103 
124004702B0 0000009B 
1250046A60D 00000695 
12600475C4D 00000C82 
127004768E4 0000003F 
12800469218 000009F2 
1290046FEC1 000002C2 
1300046F7B3 000006F9 
1310046A37D 0000027B 
1320046908A 000000AE 
13300469C1F 00000749 
13400470360 000007E3 
13500471044 000002A1 
13600470B6C 000004D4 
13700476938 00001F41 
1380047887C 00000969 
13900488E54 00000564 
14000489CE4 000000F6 
14100489E30 00002038 
14200489DE0 0000004C 
143004AB000 0000088C 
144004AC038 00001E00 
145004ADE3C 00004000 
14600470198 00000103 
147004702B0 0000009B 
1480046A60D 00000695 
14900475C4D 00000C82 
150004768E4 0000003F 
15100469218 000009F2 
1520046FEC1 000002C2 
1530046F7B3 000006F9 
1540046A37D 0000027B 
1550046908A 000000AE 
15600469C1F 00000749 
15700470360 000007E3 
15800471044 000002A1 
15900470B6C 000004D4 
16000476938 00001F41 
1610047887C 00000969 
16200488E54 00000564 
16300489CE4 000000F6 
16400489E30 00002038 
16500489DE0 0000004C 
1660047A4CF 00000450 
167004749D5 000000D7 
1680047510D 00000A14 
16900472221 0000017E 
170004723B4 00000DB5 
171004741D5 0000008B 
17200479981 00000B10 
1730047317E 00001042 
1740046DA07 00000847 
1750046E263 0000013F 
17600474C97 000002F2 
1770047444D 00000573 
17800479817 00000155 
17900475B36 000000F7 
1800046E5E6 00000105 
1810046E3B7 0000021A 
18200475046 000000B2 
1830046C809 000008BD 
1840046D747 000002AB 
1850046EB2F 00000401 
18600471E18 000003F4 
1870046E700 0000041A 
18800474FA0 000000A5 
1890048BF80 000010FE 
190004BC000 000002AB 
191004B3814 00000241 
192004B87FC 00001200 
193004A2F88 0000001F 
194004BA654 00001200 
195004A2FAC 0000001A 
196
197
198DOS memory blocks
199=================
200
201 sel   base    length 
202----------------------
203
204
205Protected mode interrupt vectors
206================================
207
208No sel   offset 
209----------------
21008 01A7 00471045 
21109 01A7 004601B8 
21210 01A7 0046EFF1 
21323 01A7 004608A4 
21424 01A7 0046B4C4 
215
216
217Protected mode exception vectors
218================================
219
220No sel   offset 
221----------------
222
223
224Real mode interrupt vectors
225===========================
226
227No seg offset
228-------------
229
230
231Call-Backs
232==========
233
234  real        target
235-----------------------

Reply 3 of 10, by Pirwzy

Posted on 2011-04-26, 06:06

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Still nothing. I've tried with versions 0.73 and 0.72 and they give the exact same results.

Reply 4 of 10, by Pirwzy

Posted on 2011-04-26, 12:00

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It seems that the files I have for the game are simply bad. I'm getting the same error, character for character in Windows 98 albeit with the absolute memory address missing.

Gonna just repurchase the game on eBay and see if having the actual disc will make any difference.

Reply 5 of 10, by Pirwzy

Posted on 2011-06-06, 11:05

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I did get Jetfighter III working in DOSBox after a while. I had to purchase the actual game disk off eBay (of course including the game manual :] ) and use the install commands I found on a YouTube instructional video for installing a DOS game that had a CD.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkMiTm7Yb_c
- it gets to the relevant instructions at around the 7:16 mark of the video

Using this video as a reference I was able to install and then run the game fine. I also think the files for JF3 files that I'd found online previously were incomplete, which probably didn't help either.

After installing I learned I could edit the dosbox-0.74.conf file to have DOSBox automatically run some commands when it starts up, so I added these lines so that JF3 will just come up automatically upon running DOSBox.

1[autoexec]
2# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
3# You can put your MOUNT lines here.
4mount d f:\ -t cdrom
5mount c e:\josh\games\dos\jf3
6c:
7jf3

Now I just have to learn to watch for and dispense countermeasures for the enemy missiles! I've already died alot more in this game than I ever did when I was younger, lulz.

Reply 6 of 10, by leileilol

Posted on 2011-06-06, 14:53

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Glad you got it working by legal means. There's an important lesson to be learned from this thread.

long live PCem

Reply 7 of 10, by sam81

Posted on 2014-10-30, 02:10

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Pirwzy wrote:
I did get Jetfighter III working in DOSBox after a while. I had to purchase the actual game disk off eBay (of course including t […]
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I did get Jetfighter III working in DOSBox after a while. I had to purchase the actual game disk off eBay (of course including the game manual :] ) and use the install commands I found on a YouTube instructional video for installing a DOS game that had a CD.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkMiTm7Yb_c
- it gets to the relevant instructions at around the 7:16 mark of the video

Using this video as a reference I was able to install and then run the game fine. I also think the files for JF3 files that I'd found online previously were incomplete, which probably didn't help either.

After installing I learned I could edit the dosbox-0.74.conf file to have DOSBox automatically run some commands when it starts up, so I added these lines so that JF3 will just come up automatically upon running DOSBox.
1[autoexec]
2# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
3# You can put your MOUNT lines here.
4mount d f:\ -t cdrom
5mount c e:\josh\games\dos\jf3
6c:
7jf3
Now I just have to learn to watch for and dispense countermeasures for the enemy missiles! I've already died alot more in this game than I ever did when I was younger, lulz.

Pirwzy,

Using your method, I too was able to finally reinstall JF3 after over a decade, thanks!

My only problem now is that I can't seem to get my joystick working on it. I tried the Logitech joysticks in the Install procedure but they didn't work. I tried a few others but no luck. Any suggestions? And how do I make it full screen?

Reply 8 of 10, by sam81

Posted on 2014-10-30, 02:42

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OK update, I've got the joystick working but my rudder and throttle are reversed in the game, 🤣. I've disabled them for now. Any idea how to make the throttle control the throttle, and same with rudder?