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First post, by Onsympatico

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When trying the IPX network of dosbox, I noticed it's not run with the good old lsl.com en ipxodi.com drivers. though, I am very happy with the work you put in the tunneling service, it's just not good enough for most games (spoiled brats as they are 😉 ) and when I try my old files (lsl and ipxodi) it complains about not finding a lsl.msg file.
So, is there way to adjust the socket number or load a ipx network like we did in the dos days? Anything that might make IPX more direct instead of the tunnel?

P.S.: I worked with IPX in the old days but I'm just guessing why a game like c&c crashes when you start multiplayer, so feel free to correct my assumptions.

Reply 3 of 11, by h-a-l-9000

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If you're also interested in directly using IPX, look here:
Native IPX support

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Reply 4 of 11, by Onsympatico

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I tried that CVS version,dosfreak, but it seems to crash on dos4gw. But Ipx looked fine, so that experimental patch should be what I need (Thx Hal 9000).
Experimenting with it as we speak.

Reply 6 of 11, by Onsympatico

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It's a game, c&c to be precise. It works ok on dosbox 0.63 but ipx don't and for CVS it's the other way around.
So I'am looking for a CVS version that does not differ from dosbox 0.63, so I can apply that ipx patch. Unless you have a better Idea.

Reply 7 of 11, by Onsympatico

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Hmm, How do I activate dos32A for a game? Is there an other way to just deactivate whatever is causing the pagefile error? I there a clean cvs build so I can only use the ipxnative patch? I noticed you can't patch dosbox 0.63 with it.(don't hit me for that 😉 )
Anyway, thank you for the help you guys already provided but I can't be the first one with this probs but when I visited the cvs forum,it seems I am.

Reply 8 of 11, by h-a-l-9000

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dos32a game.dat
in the c&c directory after you copied dos32a.exe to it.

dos32a game.dat -cdcdrom
in case you have the contents of the cd in a subfolder "cdrom" in the c&c directory.

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Reply 9 of 11, by Onsympatico

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MY GOD, they put it in the game.dat! I was searching my ass off finding that dos4gw stub or file. Thx!

Reply 10 of 11, by Onsympatico

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Well, C&C works under CVS now, but doesn't detect ipx. Anyway, I'll continue this thread under the link HALL9000 provided because it has become a game problem now.