Absolute Zero

[SpeechMan]

The game refuses to work through DosBox.

Problem is that the game has LASERLOK protection which causes problems with DosBox, namely CPU:GRP5: Illegal call 7 error.

I googled it and all I found was this old DosBox article, where someone has similar problems with Tomb Raider. http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?p=158626

Anyone have any ideas how to solve this? I've been looking for this game for years and would really like to be able to play it.

[dosraider]

Works fine here. :)

http://f.imagehost.org/t/0777/az001.jpg (http://f.imagehost.org/view/0777/az001) << click

http://i.imagehost.org/t/0724/az002.jpg (http://i.imagehost.org/view/0724/az002) << click

Replace dos4gw.exe in the game folder by dos32a.exe to avoid the laserlok copy protection. Simple as that.

BTW, thank you for the upload Ermuli.

[Peter]

or another dos4gw (from another game)

[dosraider]

or another dos4gw (from another game)
Possibly, but dos32a really speeds things up in dosbox.

Also, just tested, runs even perfect in dosbox 0.73/WinfW

Blast from the past, "PIF" editor.
http://i.imagehost.org/t/0697/az000win.jpg (http://i.imagehost.org/view/0697/az000win) < click

http://i.imagehost.org/t/0761/az001win.jpg (http://i.imagehost.org/view/0761/az001win) < click

http://i.imagehost.org/t/0766/az002win.jpg (http://i.imagehost.org/view/0766/az002win) < click

Additional tip, game uses a lot of space when doing a "full install", so you better set freesize to 500 or so ......

[Peter]

Possibly, but dos32a really speeds things up in dosbox.


Thought that speed benefit wasn't (that great) anymore in DOSBox 0.73, but didn't benchmark it.

[_r.u.s.s.]

on terrible dual processor notebooks like i have it is :(