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could not load config data? (strategy game called "Clash" from Longsoft)

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First post, by max-seb

Posted on 2012-04-05, 23:34

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hi DOS-BOX community!!

Lately I found the great opportunity to play my lovely old dos games on my Mac! Games like Keen or SkyRoads are working fine, but there's a strategy game called Clash (by Longsoft / Software 2000) which I can't play or start at all. 😖

It says "could not load config data" and that's it.
(I added a screenshot of it.)

I have really no idea what kind of data that is... I'm really new to this DOS emulating system.

Can anyone help me out? I don't know what to do. 😒

Thanks in advance!! 😀
(and sorry for my weird English... I'm not native.)

Reply 1 of 6, by DosFreak

Posted on 2012-04-05, 23:58

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Looks like the mounting may be wrong if so the game would be looking in the wrong place for the config.

Are you sure the game goes in C:\Crash\Crash if it is installed from the original disks?

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Reply 2 of 6, by max-seb

Posted on 2012-04-06, 11:41

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I really appreciate your support DosFreak!!

Well, I have the data on my harddisk instead of a CD.
May it solve the problem, if I burn the data (which is normally on a CD) onto a CD?

The game is installed in the folder "C.harddisk". The CD (which isn't actually a CD, just another folder on my hd) is in the folder "D Clash Folder.cdrom". So how can I tell the program to use the .cdrom-folder? Is there any command to type in?

Or... how can I check which folder or files the program uses to start up? Or maybe any other commands I could try?

Thanks! 😀

Reply 3 of 6, by max-seb

Posted on 2012-04-06, 11:48

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I just added another screenshot. I think the mounting is okay. Maybe, the program can't find a config data within the .cdrom-folder? But where to get a config data out of nowhere!? 😒

(I could be completely wrong. I don't know. )

Reply 4 of 6, by dada

Posted on 2012-04-06, 13:44

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max-seb wrote:
I just added another screenshot. I think the mounting is okay. Maybe, the program can't find a config data within the .cdrom-folder? But where to get a config data out of nowhere!? 😒

(I could be completely wrong. I don't know. )

You're really gonna have to give us more information on what's going wrong.
A mounted CD drive is different from a mounted HD drive.

Try the following mount commands:

1mount c "C.harddisk"
2mount d -t cdrom "D Clash Folder.cdrom"

Maybe you need to run setup/setsound or something like that before you can run the game itself.

Reply 5 of 6, by kolano

Posted on 2012-04-06, 17:42

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There should be a file "CLASH.CFG" in the "longsoft\clash" folder (or "clash/clash" I guess in your install). It's created by the "setup.exe" installer on the CD during it's last step when a sound card is selected. Both the game, and post install setup will fail as described with that file missing.

Reply 6 of 6, by Dominus

Posted on 2012-04-06, 18:28

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you are using Boxer and thus you should ask Boxer for help.

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