Computer Gurus! Help me get an oldie DOS-only game on track.

Az · July 1, 2003, 14:27

Thanks for tuning in.

I've recently put my dirty claws on a game I saw a very long time ago at a friend's house. The game is called "Crusader: No Regret". Some of you may be familiar with the game, an action game, with lots and lots of fun.

Of course, things cannot go that smoothly. The game doesn't launch in Win9x. It actually fails to compile or something, 'because I get some sort of compiler error on a *.c file. So, I say, OK, you're one classy game, you deserve the respect. I am going to actually honour you, and launch the PC through the command prompt for you.

Now of course, this raises a ~~shitload~~ myriad of problems.

As I remember, in MS-DOS noone can hear you scream. You need all sorts of gismos like expanded memory managers, Extended memory managers, and god knows what else. The fun part is that I never understood what those two memories meant, but that's not everything. In that sense, I need a healthy MS-DOS enviroment. What I also need, is a working sound card. This is another black hole for me, because it seems that for some reason, the oldie-card emulator doesn't work well in windows, meaning, it works for some games, and, ahem, doesn't exist for others. DOS drivers for my card are out of the question, since it's "only" 3 years old. I know there is that whole "set blaster=Axxx Ix Dx and crap. you also need a similar "set midi" line or something. Maybe I am completely wrong, and it won't help. In either case, please instruct me.

I want to thank in advance all of you, and to say that I really appreciate the effort.

raghar · July 1, 2003, 15:23

It might help to first run setup.

Or set sound or something in this game directory.
device=EMM386.EXE AUTO in your config.sys could help.

BTW better is NOREMORSE

Az · July 1, 2003, 15:29

maybe DEVICEHIGH, to load it into the upper memory?

raghar · July 1, 2003, 15:34

Sure, but dont forget to load Himem.sys first.
And you could look in ini files of this game.

Az · July 1, 2003, 15:40

ok, I've placed the HIMEM.SYS, and EMM386.exe AUTO.

Also, I've placed:

Code:

SET BLASTER= A220 I5 D1 H7 P330 T6
SET SBPCI= C:\SBPCI\

I've slightly altered the first line so it would have IRQ=5, instead of 5. I have no Idea why. attempting to launch.

Solver · July 1, 2003, 15:43

Good luck, and mention who got you the software

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Az · July 1, 2003, 17:22

You know who you are.

In any way, this still doesn't work!!

Hueij · July 1, 2003, 17:27

Can't you make a DOS boot floppy?

Az · July 1, 2003, 17:30

And what it would run at startup? ( That's the whole damn question! )

raghar · July 1, 2003, 17:34

What is the error message exactly?

Az · July 1, 2003, 17:47

No error message now. It just hangs.

blackice · July 1, 2003, 17:50

right click the *.exe file in win98 that starts the dos program. Then follow the bouncing ball so to speak.
Not sure what to do go to help and type in "running dos games in windows"

Az · July 1, 2003, 17:53

When I run it in Win 98, it gives me a compilation error.

Atahualpa · July 1, 2003, 17:54

maybe it works with freedos or something like that

Az · July 1, 2003, 17:55

I have the strangest feeling that the SB is to blame.

raghar · July 1, 2003, 17:59

Old games are often in needs of setup of sound. Autoexec isn't enough. Try to run other exe in directory.

What is the text of the compilation error?

Az · July 1, 2003, 18:15

The game doesn't run on win9x, period. Noone has been able to make it run on win 9x. I've tried sound setup, but it crashes.

Skanky Burns · July 1, 2003, 19:12

Set it to run with no sound. Then try running it in DOS.
Success will mean it is your soundcard settings causing problems and you can then focus on fixing that.

Az · July 1, 2003, 19:15

a Solid Plan

. I'll report back tomorrow.

Urban Ranger · July 1, 2003, 23:32

Get a copy of MS-DOS 6.22. Then start messing with config.sys and autoexec.bat