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Ok, reinstalled DOSBox and got the config file open. But I do not see anything like what was posted in previous posts. I can see no area where it addresses drives or the saves. I am sure I am missing something simple, but I just can't seem to get it.

Originally Posted by Ruggerbunny

Ok, reinstalled DOSBox and got the config file open. But I do not see anything like what was posted in previous posts. I can see no area where it addresses drives or the saves. I am sure I am missing something simple, but I just can't seem to get it.

Ok, I didn't mess with the config file, but I seem to have gotten it working. I changed the way I mounted in DOSBox. Instead of mounting C:\oldapps\dkk,
I changed to C:\oldapps. Then changed to C:\ and cd dkk. I will see if that works for the other games as well. Thanks for the help.

[Saccade]

Originally Posted by Ruggerbunny

Ok, I didn't mess with the config file, but I seem to have gotten it working. I changed the way I mounted in DOSBox. Instead of mounting C:\oldapps\dkk,
I changed to C:\oldapps. Then changed to C:\ and cd dkk. I will see if that works for the other games as well. Thanks for the help.

If it's working when you mount the games folder (which is how you should do it, changing to games directories as needed, instead of mounting the game's directory as root), you may have a few of the game files installed in c:\oldapps.
Or, it could be that the game is trying to use certain paths that do not exist when you mount the game's directory as the root.

(eg. c:\oldapps\dkk becomes c:\ and so the files wouldn't be in c:\ as they're actually in c:\dkk - if you get that..?)

This could account for it not working when you tried to run it with c:\ as c:\oldapps\dkk, as the \oldapps directory wouldn't exist for the purposes of Death Knights.

It is recommended that you ALWAYS mount Dosbox's c:\ as c:\oldapps and NOT as c:\oldapps\[game].
A few extra keystrokes - a few extra commands - isn't much to avoid little errors like this.
It may be an idea to read the FAQ's on Dosbox: http://www.abandonia.com/node/23854

[The Fifth Horseman]

Originally Posted by Ruggerbunny

Ok, reinstalled DOSBox and got the config file open. But I do not see anything like what was posted in previous posts. I can see no area where it addresses drives or the saves. I am sure I am missing something simple, but I just can't seem to get it.

What you are missing is that the previous posts talked about DKK's own config file, not DOSBox' config file.

[Saccade]

Originally Posted by The Fifth Horseman

What you are missing is that the previous posts talked about DKK's own config file, not DOSBox' config file.

That might be why mounting a different directory worked then 5th.
Rather than simply change the game's cfg file, surely it's easier to change the whole architecture of yr computer

help with the error as well

when i open dos box

i type:

mount f f:\
then
F:
then
F:\cd GameTrial
F:\GameTrial\cd Knight~1
F:\GameTrial\Knight~1\Dir
and it gives all the file names
To get this working right what do i need to put in the ddk.cfg file to save the characters? and what am i replacing?

[The Fifth Horseman]

F?
Knight~1?
LOL LOL LOL
Many old games won'l like being ran from a drive F with no existent drive C, D, E or F.
First rename the game directory to DKK. Then:
mount C f:\GameTrial
C:
cd DKK
start

[Volnar]

In every RPG from SSI you can delete the *.cfg file. Then start the game. Without the cfg file, the setup starts. There you can choose the graphics, sound, mouse or keybord control and finally the path for the savegames plus the path where to import the characters from previous game.

[DarthHelmet86]

It is possible that the game has been cracked try just pressing enter when it asks for a word without entering anything.

[SailorCallie]

Originally Posted by DarthHelmet86

It is possible that the game has been cracked try just pressing enter when it asks for a word without entering anything.

I did that, and... no dice albeit downloaded said game from this website.