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bennithebeats
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 Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 5:49 am
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hello, ive downloaded DOSbox, and a copy of both discworld games (hav been on the hunt for monkey islnd 4 but no luck)
anyway, i can mount the folder with my old games in it, but i cant seem to launch any thing, i dont really know what im doing, but the tutorial and all that i find seeem to send me in circles.
do i need to extract files, or convert them. i dont see how something will launch through dos.
any info woud be great help and really apricated
ll the best
ben |
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dosraider
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 5:53 am
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Need .... more .... details .....
-> OS?
-> dosbox version?
-> All your mount lines.
-> full name + folders of your downloads.
-> ISOs ? |
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 6:28 am
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ok
dosbox 0.72 windows xp
game . discworld or discworld2 mortalitybytes.
mounting through a file on descktop made for oldgames (i tryd innitaly typeing in the txt but it seems i can drag and drop the folder, or downloaded file onto th dosbox shortcut
what is ISO?
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dosraider
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 7:42 am
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Oh my, one of those, expects a fully written detailed howto but isn't able to give some details ....
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| dosraider wrote: | Need .... more .... details .....
-> OS?
-> dosbox version?
-> All your mount lines.
-> full name + folders of your downloads.
-> ISOs ? |
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Add: file extension? ISO?RAR?ZIP?
If those questions are too hard to answer: buy a console to play games.
Certainly downloaded ones.
....... Or ask where you downloaded the game. |
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 7:57 am
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look,
ive downloaded DOSBox 0.72, the recomendd one for XP on the readme, read it, and followd instructions.
should i have extracted files or not?
the mounting line is now set to C:/> for old games> discworld.
am i right in thinking nothing comes for free?
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dosraider
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 8:06 am
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| dosraider wrote: |
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| dosraider wrote: | Need .... more .... details .....
-> All your mount lines.
-> full name + folders of your downloads.
-> ISOs ? |
[/echo]
Add: file extension? ISO?RAR?ZIP?
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Listen friend, I can't help you with anything if you don't answer those questions.
Post FULLY and CORRECTLY what your mount lines are.
What is the file+EXTENSION you downloaded?
If I ask those questions, it's for a reason.
I don't have a crystal bulb, and can't guess the answers.
And I need them to tell you how to proceed.
BTW, you say you use your desktop, that's bad to begin with.
You need a FOLDER, read AND APPLY the XP-dosbox readme.
Now in fact I have a crystal bulb, but it's full time connected to the female neighbour's bathroom. And NO Larry you won't get the channel, it's mine.
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BTW, ISO is a cd image file. Can also be a nrg, cue, ccd, whatever, I need to know.
Your download can be any of those, or a RAR, ZIP, EXE, whatever.
I NEED TO KNOW THE FILE EXTENSION, really.
AND YOUR DOSBOX MOUNT LINES.
READ AND APPLY THE XP DOSBOX README.
If you have problems:
Be so elaborate and precise as you can.
We only can help you if YOU give detailled info. |
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 8:31 am
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OK HERE GO'S, IM TRYING MAN.
ive got :
Z:/>MOUNT C "C:/docouments and settings/ben/desktop/oldgames/
Z:/>C :
C:/>
ive downloaded, DOSBox0.72-win32-installer.exe
and am trying to play, Discworld2-MortalityBytes.part1.rar (and part 2)
i have a trial version on winrar and winace but im not shure how they work, or what is needed with them are they convertors. i dont know what ISO is (apart from international standard of organisation) and i cant find any .exe file in the downloaded dicworld games, do i have to convert them?
sorry to hassle you so much on a bank holiday
cheers, enjoy the show |
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dosraider
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 8:42 am
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and am trying to play, Discworld2-MortalityBytes.part1.rar (and part 2) |
What happens when you double click on part1.rar?
Does WinRar opens and shows you what's inside the archive?
If yes:
Extract the contenue to
c:\oldgames\temp\
and post what file(s) you have in c:\oldgames\temp\.
->RAR files are archived-compressed files, you must uncompress them to be able to use them.
If you can't extract the file(s) in the archive you're screwed.
About dosbox: DO NOT USE DESKTOP.
Create whilst in windows:
c:\oldgames\
Your mount line in dosbox to mount your C will be:
mount c c:\oldgames\
c:
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WARNING!
If the file inside the RAR file is an ISO file DO NOT double click on the ISO file, but extract it as ONE (1) big file to c:\oldgames\temp\. |
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Larry Laffer
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 1:24 pm
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Bastard! Aw never mind, I always wanted to try crystal bulb hacking...
*hacks*
BASTARD! You never said your neighbour was a 50 years old woman! DAMNIT!  |
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dosraider
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 2:01 pm
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There seems to be a disturbance on my crystal bulb.....  |
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Larry Laffer
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 7:35 am
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Just a screenlogger, keep doing whatever you were doing, nothing fancy a-happenin'...  |
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