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Gwendo

10-05-2012 12:55 PM

Hey!

I have problems starting the game.. I used DOSbox and Scumm (I used Scumm for Kyra1) but nothing works.

Has someone an idea?

The Fifth Horseman

11-05-2012 09:49 AM

Tell us what happens when you try to run it. Post screenshots of any error messages you get. Post your DOSBox configuration and mount lines.

jamesatighe

13-05-2012 07:59 PM

Never played this when it came out but downloaded the CD version a while back. Impressed how good it was.

The game is pretty good puzzle wise and the speech on the CD version really adds to the game I think. The voice for Xanthia and the subtle humor is pretty good.

Definitely recommend for any adventure game fans. Not quite in the Lucasfilm league but a solid point and click adventure!

sambuyaka

11-02-2013 12:57 AM

Please help

Hi, complete newbie here.

I am trying to mount the cd rom driver, and have input the following into dos box, as instructed on the download page:

mount d: c:/hofcd/cd -t cdrom -label MIKES

When I hit enter, however, dos box tells me "This operation is not permitted in secure mode."

I have spent quite a bit of time trying to find the answer on the web and on this site, but have had no luck.

Any suggestions?

Thanks so much. Please let me know if I should have posted this on the general troubleshooting thread, and I won't bother you here anymore.

The Fifth Horseman

11-02-2013 08:40 AM

Secure Mode is not enabled by default, only if you run DOSBox with the -securemode switch. Which happens to be the default behavior for D-Fend.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Qbix

don't use dfend reloaded.
secure mode is not default by dosbox.

sambuyaka

12-02-2013 12:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Fifth Horseman (Post 449506)

Secure Mode is not enabled by default, only if you run DOSBox with the -securemode switch. Which happens to be the default behavior for D-Fend.

Ah, so I need to run dos box without D-fend? I guess I didn't realize the two could be separated. When I downloaded dos box from CNet, they came together automatically.

Thanks for the tip!

The Fifth Horseman

12-02-2013 08:31 AM

D-Fend is nothing but a frontend - a piece of extra software that "helps" managing the software that does the real work (ie DOSBox). As you may have noticed, sometimes these things do more harm than good; in my personal opinion they're useless for anyone but new users (and it's better for them to learn to use DOSBox without a frontend... eventually they have to anyhow).
Get your copy from the official site: http://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1

sambuyaka

14-02-2013 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by The Fifth Horseman (Post 449544)

OK. I did that. It doesn't give me that message anymore. :) Now the problem seems to be that I don't have the CD image. I went to the ISO cellar and clicked on the link for this game, which took me to 7 different files. I downloaded them all, and dropped them into dosbox, but it's still not working. When I enter mount d: c:/hofcd/cd -t cdrom -label MIKES, as per instructions, it says, "Directory c:/hofcd/cd doesn't exist". I'm about ready to give up. :(

Thanks for your patience. I work in the medical field, so I don't know computers other than entering patient information....but I really loved these games growing up. ;)

The Fifth Horseman

14-02-2013 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by sambuyaka (Post 449631)

Now the problem seems to be that I don't have the CD image. I went to the ISO cellar and clicked on the link for this game, which took me to 7 different files. I downloaded them all, and dropped them into dosbox, but it's still not working.

DOSBox isn't plug and play like that. If you have not unpacked the disc image and mounted it with IMGMOUNT command, the files won't do anything by themselves.

Quote:

When I enter mount d: c:/hofcd/cd -t cdrom -label MIKES, as per instructions, it says, "Directory c:/hofcd/cd doesn't exist".

You may have noticed the archive you downloaded from Abandonia contained a directory named hofcd and a directory named cd inside that.
The instructions assume that you have unpacked it to the root of the real C drive on your machine.
You're getting the error because you instructed DOSBox to mount a directory that does not actually exist where you instructed it to check. Kind of like what you'd get if you tried searching for patient records under incorrect name.
The big question is where did you unpack the archive contents? You need the full path of that directory to use instead of just c:/ in the MOUNT commands. When you have that, you're done and can play the game. :)

sambuyaka

14-02-2013 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Fifth Horseman (Post 449633)

DOSBox isn't plug and play like that. If you have not unpacked the disc image and mounted it with IMGMOUNT command, the files won't do anything by themselves.

You may have noticed the archive you downloaded from Abandonia contained a directory named hofcd and a directory named cd inside that.
The instructions assume that you have unpacked it to the root of the real C drive on your machine.
You're getting the error because you instructed DOSBox to mount a directory that does not actually exist where you instructed it to check. Kind of like what you'd get if you tried searching for patient records under incorrect name.
The big question is where did you unpack the archive contents? You need the full path of that directory to use instead of just c:/ in the MOUNT commands. When you have that, you're done and can play the game. :)

Ok, so you're saying the directory called "cd" actually IS the cd image? So I don't have to download anything from the ISO archive? Currently all the contents have been unpacked into my "downloads" folder.

Thanks!

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