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the riddle of master lu: No HASH!

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First post, by skwatter

Posted on 2008-03-07, 22:46

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this game just doesn't want to work.
i do everything. i follow your guide. i follow other people's guides. nothing works.
i install the game.
i mount my drives and i type install. i click "easy" install. it copies the files to my disk. i setup my working sound drivers. everything's great.

i play it using masterlu.bat in dosbox. the game runs perfectly.
however, if i want to run it again after quiting dosbox, i can't.
i do the exact same thing to play the game.
i mount my c drive (mount c c:\dosgames\riddle)
i mount my cd drive (mount d j:\ -t cdrom -ioctl) my cd drive is j:\
i type at the z prompt "C:"
i am in "C:\>"
i type "masterlu"
pauses then crashes with an error.
says this:

FATAL ERROR ENCOUNTERED:
FILE NOT FOUND

ERROR CODE: 0x0800
CODE FOUND IN: MASTER.M4E
OFFENDING EXE: RIDDLE.EXE
SOURCE CODE INDEX: ..\FILEIO\F_SYSFIL.CPP:519
PATH TO EXE: C:\
DESCRIPTION:
HASH FILE NOT FOUND: C:\RIDDLE\RIPLEY.HAS

but i DO have the hash file. that exact one in the directory of my installed masterlu (riddle).
what is this? can anyone help me?

Reply 1 of 7, by MiniMax

Posted on 2008-03-07, 23:04

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skwatter wrote:
i do the exact same thing to play the game.

I highly doubt that. HIGHLY.

What do note 2 in my guide say?
60 seconds guide to getting your game to run in DOSBox

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Reply 2 of 7, by TeaRex

Posted on 2008-03-07, 23:31

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skwatter wrote:
i mount my c drive (mount c c:\dosgames\riddle)

This one is the culprit. During install it seems you did

mount c c:\dosgames

which is correct. Use the same (WITHOUT "\riddle" that is!!) when you want to play.

tearex

Reply 3 of 7, by MiniMax

Posted on 2008-03-07, 23:35

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Now you went and spoiled all the fun TR

Reply 4 of 7, by skwatter

Posted on 2008-03-08, 05:27

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but the riddle in the dosgames\riddle is the folder where i installed the game.
is that a problem?

Reply 5 of 7, by Dominus

Posted on 2008-03-08, 07:36

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yes. Don't EVER mount the folder you installed to directly. ALWAYS use the exact same mount for playing as the mount you did for installing.

Windows 3.1x guide for DOSBox
60 seconds guide to DOSBox
DOSBox SVN snapshot for macOS (10.4-11.x ppc/intel 32/64bit) notarized for gatekeeper

Reply 6 of 7, by ADDiCT

Posted on 2008-03-08, 08:05

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With a little bit of brainwork, it's very easy to understand why the error comes up, too. Just look at the error message:

HASH FILE NOT FOUND: C:\RIDDLE\RIPLEY.HAS

The game can't find that file, of course, because the way you've mounted your c:\ drive, there is no "c:\riddle\" directory at all. Just do what Dominus said, and everything will be allright.

Reply 7 of 7, by skwatter

Posted on 2008-03-08, 23:29

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😒
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😦

all this time...

my problem...

was clear as day...

i didn't have the cd in the drive. d'oh, haha. 😀

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