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Dustbin89
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 Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:04 am
Post subject: Brand new to this, dont know whats going on |
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ok i downloaded bloodbowl from isohunt using a bitorrent. then i got isobox to play it. but im totaly confused. the game was zipped i extracted it and theres like 100 files like FLP LGE WAD FIP i dont know where the actual game is or if these collectivy are the game? anyway if i open dosbox all i can get is an intro nothing else. how am i meant to run these 100 files in dos? where is file open?? lol can anyone help?
| dustbin89 wrote: | | sorry "dosbox" not "isobox"??? |
| Anonymous wrote: | | hah one of the files was called install, probs solves it, n e ideas on what i may get stuck on would still be well apreciated |
| dustbin89 wrote: | | ahhh, ok install did nothing. it asked for an install directory where the game is saved, but there isnt enough room to type in the location? so much hassel! |
Warning: This is not juvinile.com blogsite. I have merged your posts, next time I'll simply delete them. Think before you post. ~dosraider. |
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dosraider
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| Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:57 am
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that page is reli good thanks but this bit -> In Windows create a c:\games\ im not entirely sure what this means. in local disk C in the folder WINDOWS create a folder called games? how can i find the adress of the folder where my dos games are kept. i know where that is but i dont know the command for the location?
| dustbin89 wrote: | ok if i open the folder i want to keep my games in, highlight something in there go file properties i can see the location of this and therefore the address of my games folder. however i copied this by select all and pasted it into the notpad.
[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
mount c C:\Documents and Settings\Justin\Start Menu\Programs\Games\Emulators\Dos\Games
c:
and dosbox says
directory C:\Documents doesn't exist.
how can this be i used copy and paste where is my mistake? |
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dosraider
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| Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:38 am
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[echo]
[/echo]
Where in the Vista howto you read:
mount c C:\Documents and Settings\Justin\Start Menu\Programs\Games\Emulators\Dos\Games ???
Can you point where you read that?
Please apply what's written in the howto.
When you're in Vista:
Rightclick your own user folder->create new folder->oldgames-> and mount that as described in the Vista howto.
Read and APPLY what's written in the howto, all you've done t'll now:
DELETE IT
Start from scratch. |
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dustbin89
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| Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:52 am
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i copied what was in the howto.
"mount c " then the location of my games folder
"c:" undernieth.
but it doesnt like the location, i copied and pasted the location of the folder from file properties, its XP. it says it doesnt exist? |
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dosraider
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| Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:03 pm
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-> In Windows create a c:\games\
-> double click in the dosbox start menu items on dosbox.conf,notepad will open,
** If not do it manually (means that your file associations have been altered).
Scroll down the whole way t'll you see:
[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
You need to add two command lines, so that dosbox will start with a virtual C:\ mounted.
This is how it must look:
[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
mount c c:\games\
c:
Save and exit.
Run dosbox, if you done it all correctly this is what you will see:
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This is what's in the XP howto,
NOT
mount c C:\Documents and Settings\Justin\Start Menu\Programs\Games\Emulators\Dos\Games
Follow the howto.
Your game must be in
c:\games\folder\ when you look in windows.
After you mount correctly c:\games\ as c: in dosbox as described in the howto, launch dosbox and
cd folder
Folder= the name of your games folder.
Must be shorter or equal to 8 characters.No spaces, no fancy stuff. |
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Dustbin89
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| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:02 am
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| woohoohoo yup that simpler address worked fine it looks just like that print screen. now for whatever is next...thanx a bunch ;-) |
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dosraider
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| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:35 am
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Yep, strange isn't it? That it works.....
First steps are taken.
Piece of cake now.
Sometimes I wonder, why?
It's written in the howto, but it seems impossible to read/understand/apply it, even if the link is given.
But when I copy/paste exactly the same that's written in the howto here, suddenly it's possible to read/understand/apply it.
Amazing. |
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