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| Problem I'm having with an old DOS game. | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 14 2010, 10:53:39 PM (438 Views) | |
| F-14 Ace | Dec 14 2010, 10:53:39 PM Post #1 |
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Resident Ace Combat fanatic!
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Ok, I recently downloaded a couple of old DOS games and started playing them on my laptop suing the DOSbox emulator. The first game I downloaded was the original Oregon Trail, which runs just fine. The second game I downloaded was an old flight simulator called US Navy Fighters. This game kinda works. I can create custom missions and play quick missions but when I try to start a campaign, I get a message saying that it can't find the CD. Let me clarify that I DO NOT have the CD for this game anymore. I used to have it years ago but I got rid of it along with my old Windows 95 computer. I had to download this copy off one of the many abandonware sites on the internet. Anyway, according to Dosbox's help file, you can emulate a virtual CD ROM drive by adding "-t cdrom" to the name of the drive when mounting it. I did this and I still got the game to load. Once again, I can do quick missions and custom missions. However, this time when I tried to start campaign mode, I got a message telling me that there wasn't enough space on the disk to start a campaign. I downloaded a second copy of the game from a different website and I am still having the same problem so I know it isn't just damaged files. Does anybody know what the problem might be and how to fix it? I found a copy of the game for sale on Ebay but before I go and buy it, I want to see if I can get the copy I already have to work right. |
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| Mumbling | Dec 15 2010, 01:11:40 AM Post #2 |
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If you run the game, does it make you install it in a directory? If so, you also have to mount a certain directory. I myself for example have got a folder named 'C:\oldgames' in which I put all save files from dos games. All you have to do then is mount the CD, like Dosbox told you on any drive, for example D: Then go like Mount C C:\oldgames Then if you switch back to D: and run the setup (if it's there) make sure to install in the C: folder (C:\oldgames). Dosbox itself does not create any space, so you had to mount it yourself. http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Basic_Setup_and...#Running_a_game That might be useful too
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| landbeforetimelover | Dec 15 2010, 02:28:33 AM Post #3 |
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Littlefoot
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If you're not using XP then either dual boot with XP or run XP in a virtual machine. Windows XP can still play most MSDOS based games and it's stable. DOSbox absolutely sucks. It's unstable and overall just a huge pain in the ass. |
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| Mumbling | Dec 15 2010, 02:24:34 PM Post #4 |
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Rawr.
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No idea where you got that information from. No DOS game has ever worked on any XP computer of mine. |
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| landbeforetimelover | Dec 15 2010, 04:35:44 PM Post #5 |
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Littlefoot
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The only MSDOS games I haven't been able to run were the really old ones on the 5.25" disks. I was even able to run this one:![]() I don't know what the problem could be on your end. I've never had a real problem. Just pop it in and go. Now Vista/7 can't run those older games like that. And if you're running a 64 bit copy of XP you'd probably have some problems too. But a normal copy of XP Pro 32 bit should be able to play almost any MSDOS game just fine. |
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