How Do I Play These Games Using Dosbox

[charyou]

actually i need help getting the sound to work

[Rogue]

Explain better what's the problem and what game are you tring to play.

[Yamcha]

And you're not an idiot just because u can't do something :ok:

[TaloN]

run DOSBox using VDMS.

[Data]

Originally posted by TaloN@Dec 2 2004, 04:09 PM
run DOSBox using VDMS.
not sure if we are talking about the same dosbox here.
running the dosbox on the site with vdmsound is a myth.

[TaloN]

Originally posted by Data+Dec 2 2004, 04:07 PM****</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Data @ Dec 2 2004, 04:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> ******QuoteBegin-TaloN@Dec 2 2004, 04:09 PM
run DOSBox using VDMS.
not sure if we are talking about the same dosbox here.
running the dosbox on the site with vdmsound is a myth. [/b][/quote]
i got my dosbox from their webby... it seems to run if u right click and cick run with VDMS...

[FreeFreddy]

Still you play the game with VDMS then, not DosBox. ;)

[Unknown Hero]

Or maybe with both??? :unsure:
Maybe TaloN's right!
I never tried this solution, so I don't know!

[FreeFreddy]

If you right-click on files and select "Run with VDMS", you run the game (or program :blink:) with VDMS only, it has nothing to do with DosBox. Only if you drag & drop files over a DosBox icon, they'll be run with it. ;)

[Unknown Hero]

Originally posted by TaloN@Dec 2 2004, 04:09 PM
run DOSBox using VDMS.
But what if you run DosBox using VDM, and then in DosBOx you run the game? :blink:

[Rogue]

Like running two emulation, one inside the other one. :blink:

Yo TaloN,
you should run DosBox by self, as this program supposed to get to work your sounds on XP/2K/NT OSes.

Or you can run games using VDMSound.

There is no need to run DOSBox with VDMSound.

[TaloN]

right basically i discovered this in faffing about with gettin fantasy general to work (all uploaded to site so over to kosta and tom now) :

using just VDMS - didnt work
using DOSBOX - had sound
using dosbox activated by running VDMS with it - had sound and graphics
ran aagain with DOSBOX- had sound and graphics :S

deinstalled, reinstalled and it worked fine in DOSBOX....

but then....

i tried running Discworld with Dosbox running under vmds as ive never got it running with sound and graphics before.

and guess wot? it worked!! and is the onl way i can get the sound to work and graphics. :kosta:

[Rogue]

Try to use D-Fend with DosBox (there is a link on DOSBox web site).

With this front end you can customize all settings per game.

All you have to do is start game, if sound does not work, exit it, change settings in D-Fend and try again...

[Eagle of Fire]

DOSBox already use VDMSound built in, so it's kind of useless to use it with DOSBox.

[charyou]

i am having trouble getting the sound to work on kings quest 5

and i cannot get the other games i have like leisure suit larry 5 and 6 and alone in the dark to play

it will not let me bring up the directory in dosbox, in the same way i brought up kq5



any help would be welcome

thanks to all of help so far

:help:

[Eagle of Fire]

and i cannot get the other games i have like leisure suit larry 5 and 6 and alone in the dark to play


Rename the directories of those games so they have 8 characters max and try to mount them again. And be sure not to put spaces in them.

[evilded]

No punctuation either. Just use basic, short names. For instance, if i was running settlers 2 gold, i extract to something like:
C:\S2G
Something like this wont work:
C:\documents and settings\administrator\desktop\bob's things\games\settlers 2 gold

[Hazardius]

I have graphic, but i haven't got sound... I tried use DOSBox, and VDMS. When I use VDMS i have error:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE("16-bit undersystem MS-DOS")</div>G:\...\Temp\~VLP14D3.PIF
G:\...\Temp\~VLP01C1.NT This system file is not prepared to use application systems MS-DOS or Microsoft Windows. Choose button "Close", to end work of application.[/b]*
What could it be?

*-I tried to translate this comunicate, because I have Windows in other Language version.

[Eagle of Fire]

First: do not resurect old threads from the death.

Second: your problem is not only not related at all to the thread you posted in, but you are requesting information on the most documented and most solved problem in this whole forum.

I am not quite amused...