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First post, by tophoncho

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Hello, this is my first time using DOSBox (besides for a game on steam where it was done for me) and I was wondering if anyone could give me a hand.

I'm trying to run/install Ultimate Soccer Manager 2, a game I loved playing as a kid. I followed the instructions on how to mount a game from the DOSBox wiki but I'm still having some problems. (http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Basic_Setup_..._of_DosBox was the guide if anyone is curious to see the steps I followed, it was the running a game section)

I'm not sure if I've missed something or I've done something wrong. I originally wanted to run USM98 but decided to go for USM2 when I saw it was more compatible with DOS (USM98 isn't on any lists for it), I again followed the instructions and mounted it with no problems, I was a little concerned when the game didn't have a .exe file but I saw you can mount and run from a .bat file so I used that instead. (_USM2.bat)

It went okay, but when I go to run the file DOSBox created, it does nothing, the command prompt opens up for a split second then disappears and nothing happens. I have spent a while searching for a guide to follow or something that could tell me if I had chosen the wrong file or if there was something I missed but I couldn't find anything, and what I did find didn't explain it clearly and just confused matters.

I saw something about changing the CD.CFG file to run into compatibility mode and mounting that and something about changing a config.exe file (but I don't appear to have that file in the game).

I am running on Windows 7, using DOSBox 0.74.

If anyone has this game running from DOSBox or knows there way around DOSBox more than I do at the moment, I would appreciate some help.

**** Side note, if it helps:

Running the game normally, from _USM2.bat gives the message "The program or feature "\??\C:\oldgames\USM2\LEAGUE.EXE" cannot start or run due to incompatibity with 64-bit version of Windows. Please contact the software vendor to ask if a 64-bit Windows compatible version is available" with the same message for "\??\C:\oldgames\USM2\USM2G.exe" aswell.

Reply 1 of 4, by Dominus

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Best start over with the 60seconds guide in my signature. You are trying to run the bat in windows directly or on the command prompt but you need to do it in dosbox.

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 2 of 4, by tophoncho

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Thanks for the response, I started again and followed your guide but nothing happened. At all.

I think it may be the copy of the game I'm using, I downloaded it as abandonware, looking through the files there doesn't appear to be a install file of any kind. So I think i kind of got to a dead end around step 5, I can't use the dir command to look at the files and there isn't any setup or install files to use.

I must seem like a complete idiot right about now (feeling like one), i don't usually have these problems, never had to install a game via DOSBox.

I'll attach some screenprints of the files available incase theres something that could be missing or im using the wrong thing. I don't think there is a DOSBox problem, starting to think its a file thing.

Reply 3 of 4, by tophoncho

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Never mind, i am a complete idiot and got it working! thanks for the help!

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