VDMSPath hasn't taken effect. A reboot of the system may be required if you run Windows XP.

V.

Ok, it doesn't do that anymore, but now I get a "Insufficient Memory" error whenever I try to start a new game in Master of Magic. What's wrong?

I think MoM has been discussed before. Did you try SEARCHING the forums?

Yes. But I couldn't find anything related to this problem. I'm right-clicking on the Magic.exe file, hitting "Run with VDMSound," starting a new game, setting up my Wizard, but then I get the "Insufficient Memory" error. And it makes no sense because I've got 380 mb ram.

I guess you didn't have a PC when it was just DOS? The game is probably referring to a lack of conventional RAM (0-640K). Search the forum/web for details on this and how to configure your DOS environment to have as much as possible. VDMSound uses some of this RAM so it *might* be that the game will never fit though I don't have it and I don't feel like doing your legwork 🙄

Run "mem /c > 203.152.4.36memory.txt" using VDMSound and upload the text file.

How do I do that? You're talking to someone who has no knowledge of Windows command lines (except for things like SET PATH and CD and DIR). I've always used Unix Putty for my command line work on my website scripts. Could someone please give me detailed instructions on fixing this memory error? MoM is my favorite game, and I haven't been able to play it since upgrading to XP.

You open up Notepad, you paste in Snover's line (without the double-quotes), and save as "showmem.bat" (with the quotes around the file-name). Then you "Run with VDMS" this file, and see/attach the result file.

Cheers,
V.

I wasn't aware you could redirect things to an IP address, Everyday you learn something new. THANKS SNOVER!!! 😁

I made the batch file. I ran it. I got the text file on the desktop. I ran the batch file with VDMSound, and got a File Creation Error. MoM STILL won't work right!!! What am I doing wrong???

upload your file to here.

eL_PuSHeR wrote:

I wasn't aware you could redirect things to an IP address, Everyday you learn something new. THANKS SNOVER!!! 😁

He's *not* 😀 He's just creating a unique filename (probably the IP of the person who posted the message).

Thanks for the clarification 😊

Here's what the text file says:

Conventional Memory :

Name Size in Decimal Size in Hex
------------- --------------------- -------------
MSDOS 11968 ( 11.7K) 2EC0
KBD 3296 ( 3.2K) CE0
HIMEM 1248 ( 1.2K) 4E0
COMMAND 3776 ( 3.7K) EC0
FREE 112 ( 0.1K) 70
FREE 634784 (619.9K) 9AFA0

Total FREE : 634896 (620.0K)

Upper Memory :

Name Size in Decimal Size in Hex
------------- --------------------- -------------
SYSTEM 212976 (208.0K) 33FF0
MSCDEXNT 464 ( 0.5K) 1D0
REDIR 2672 ( 2.6K) A70
DOSX 34848 ( 34.0K) 8820
MOUSE 12528 ( 12.2K) 30F0
FREE 960 ( 0.9K) 3C0
FREE 26480 ( 25.9K) 6770
FREE 36576 ( 35.7K) 8EE0

Total FREE : 64016 ( 62.5K)

Total bytes available to programs (Conventional+Upper) : 698912 (682.5K)
Largest executable program size : 633808 (619.0K)
Largest available upper memory block : 36576 ( 35.7K)

1048576 bytes total contiguous extended memory
0 bytes available contiguous extended memory
941056 bytes available XMS memory
MS-DOS resident in High Memory Area

That's with VDMSound?

No. It's the text file I got when I ran the batch file. the batch file wouldn't run with VDMSound. How do I get MoM working??? You guys still haven't really helped me 🙁.

You probably need to delete the first text file that was created before running the batch file again with VDMSound. The new file likely can't be created if the old file is still there.

Just tried that. I get a "File Creation Error". What now?????

hmmm not sure. Mom is tricky I remember it doing sometimes weird things when I fixed some bugs withit in dosbox.

Remember that master of magic itself is quite bugged as well.