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Sapiens - divide error

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First post, by exofreeze

Posted on 2012-08-15, 20:37

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I am trying to get a game called Sapiens by loriciel (1987) running in dosbox 0.74.

When the game starts, a title screen pops up and seems to hold. After about 30 seconds it returns a divide error.

I have tried 0.74 with a standard conf as well as the SVN build. In the debug version I see this message at the divide error:

INT10:writechar used without attribute in non-textmode D 44

It seems this is a video mode error, however changing the video modes to other types gives me the same error. I have tried pcjr, cga, vgaonly, and svga_s3. Any ideas?

Reply 1 of 4, by peterferrie

Posted on 2012-08-15, 23:34

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your cycle count is too high. you need to run with a smaller value (50000 or whatever).

Reply 2 of 4, by exofreeze

Posted on 2012-08-16, 01:48

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um... it is running at 3,000 right now. well below 50,000.

Reply 3 of 4, by ripsaw8080

Posted on 2012-08-16, 01:55

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Well, we are talking about 1987... try 1000 cycles. 😉

BTW, please check the compatibility list for solutions to problems.
http://www.dosbox.com/comp_list.php?showID=1910

Reply 4 of 4, by exofreeze

Posted on 2012-08-16, 02:03

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i generally do check the compatibility list. generally you type in the name of a game and dosbox into google and the compatibility list is the first link. didn't come up for me today when I searched.

I'll give the cycle setting a shot tomorrow and see if that works.

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