Need For Speed 1 SE Win7 DosBox 0.74

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Need For Speed 1 SE Win7 DosBox 0.74

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hi there, ive got a problem to run nfs 1 se, i just normally installed it via dosbox mounted .iso, and instalation was succesful but when i try to run the game it just write the normal text :

DOS/4WG Protected mode runtime version 1.97
Copyright... etc.

and then nothing else happens.. i tried to mount image and then run the game and nothing changed..

Do some of u guys have an expirience with this matter please? I really would like to play Special edition ;) never knew it even exists and now i cant try it :\ btw normal version of NFS1 runs great with dosbox so thats why im confused and dunno what to do..

Thanx for any advices. ^^
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Post by dosraider »

Game runs fine in dosbox. (Special Edition)

So, gonna need some info from you.

Dosbox ver is 0.74, that's one.
Next ones:
Did you alter something in dosbox config?
Your mount lines? (All of them, detailed please)
Install choices?
Inputs to launch the game?
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Post by satanicas »

umm ill try to write down my steps.. so :

1. mount c: c:\
mount d: e:\ -t cdrom
2. after that ive instaled it and instalation run fine.
3. c:\cd old\cd nfsse\nfs
and it writes what i wrote in first thread.. and about my changes in config i did some changes. I read it somewhere so ive changed :

core : dynamic
machine : svga_et4000
memsize : 32

and ive put some file named UNIVBE to folder with NFS SE.

I hope i said everything important :)
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Post by dosraider »

CD mount is ok .... but didn't you say
satanicas wrote:...it via dosbox mounted .iso....
ISO? So if I understand you swell you have a CD image, an ISO, why don't you mount it directly in dosbox with imgmount ???? Works much better then an extra virtual drive.

Next
satanicas wrote: 1. mount c: c:\
Is always completely wrong, and even more completely wrong in Win7....
please read and apply this:
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13511
Will work much better in Win7, really.

Now reinstall the game, accept nfsse (the default dir)

To launch the game you must see c:\nfsse> as prompt, for this:
run dosbox, mount or imgmount the CD as D again and input:

cd nfsse
nfs

That is if you followed the link to install-run dosbox correctly with a proper virtual C: mounted.

Launching the game with your c:\cd old\cd nfsse\nfs is asking for all kinds of problems, that's NOT the way to do things, even if it works for some games, most games won't run that way.
A lot of dosgames need to be launched from their own folder ( prompt on C:\name> )as they need a specific dir (folder) structure, they can only work with absolute paths, not with relative paths (as most windows games), and thus can not be launched directly from c:\ as you tried.

OK?

Should you don't know the syntax for "imgmount", it is:
imgmount d "x:\path\name.iso" -t cdrom

Works also fine with BIN/CUE CD images
imgmount d "x:\path\name.cue" -t cdrom

You can eventually put them imgmount lines in a batch file saved on your virtual C, name it something as nfssecd.bat or something that you easily can remember.

UNIVBE should not be needed for NFSSE, but I'm not 100% sure of that as you set "svga_et4000", should you have graph glitches reset to "svga_s3".
Mem 32MB isn't also needed, the default 16 MB will do fine for 99% of the games, NFSSE included.

[Edit]
Sound should be set to SB16/AWE when installing the game.
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