SimIsle need help

[BlackSun]

Hey guys, I'm trying to run SimIsle but just cannot get it to work! I'm pretty new to DosBox, only having played Warcraft and Settlers II.

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Okay, so my problem is I run the install but when I go to install it says "Cannot install SimIsle to the same directory you are installing from."

So here is what I tried:

I only have 1 drive, so I partitioned it and tried to install from one to the other - Failed
Loaded the files onto a flash drive and installed from there - Failed
Loaded onto a CD and installed from there - Failed
get the same message everytime

I have windows 7
I just drag the files from the download into dosbox.


I also tried running from D-fend and it installed successfully but when I went to run the game it opens briefly but then closes.

[The Fifth Horseman]

I just drag the files from the download into dosbox.As you can see yourself, the drag-and-drop method doesn't always work.
Please follow this tutorial to learn how to set up and use DOSBox correctly: http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=14406

when I go to install it says "Cannot install SimIsle to the same directory you are installing from."
First lesson: the drives in your PC and in DOSBox have nothing to do with each other.
For DOSBox to access your drives, you need to mount them first - and the way you do it doesn't have to have much with the actual drive letters on your system (you can - and should - mount a directory as your DOSBox C drive).

I only have 1 drive, so I partitioned it and tried to install from one to the other - Failed
Loaded the files onto a flash drive and installed from there - Failed
Loaded onto a CD and installed from there - Failed
get the same message everytimeDragging the executable onto DOSBox shortcut makes DOSBox mount that executable's directory as the C drive. Where you dragged it from is irrelevant.

[BlackSun]

Firstly, thank you very much for your help! I really appreciate it.

Okay, so I followed your beginner's guide and have Dosbox set up with Norton Commander. I still cannot get it to work... I just don't understand what I am doing wrong.

I played around with it for over an hour and couldn't get anywhere. So here I am again!

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[dosraider]

Depends on what you have downloaded ... can't you ask where you downed the game? They should know how to do this.

Anyway, I would say:
mount the folder with the install files as D: (cdrom)

mount d "x:\full path to folder\" -t cdrom

Install from D: on C: within dosbox.
(don't forget to mount your virtual C: )

Also: sure it needs to be installed or is it pre-installed? (ready to run in dosbox?)

[The Fifth Horseman]

Also: sure it needs to be installed or is it pre-installed? (ready to run in dosbox?)Needs to be installed, I checked.
Okay, so I followed your beginner's guide and have Dosbox set up with Norton Commander. I still cannot get it to work... I just don't understand what I am doing wrong.

I played around with it for over an hour and couldn't get anywhere. So here I am again!
Okay, first: You can't install anything to drive Z: . It's read-only (and I'm sure not without a good reason).
Second: In order for the installer to work, you need to have two mounted drives: one you are installing from and one you are installing to. We can solve that easily by using the subst command.
Start DOSBox, navigate to the directory where the installer is and enter this:
subst d .
d:
install
And yes, that is a period after d, with a space between the two. :)

[BlackSun]

Needs to be installed, I checked.

Okay, first: You can't install anything to drive Z: . It's read-only (and I'm sure not without a good reason).
Second: In order for the installer to work, you need to have two mounted drives: one you are installing from and one you are installing to. We can solve that easily by using the subst command.
Start DOSBox, navigate to the directory where the installer is and enter this:
subst d .
d:
install
And yes, that is a period after d, with a space between the two. :)

WOOHOO!!!! that's all it took! Thank you SO much for your help. I still don't understand fully what I actually did. I mounted the C drive then the subst d command mounted the d? I dunno... very cool thank you so much

[The Fifth Horseman]

SUBST is a DOS command. In DOSBox it's an alias for MOUNT.
What you did is mount the installation folder as the D partition, switched to it and then started the installer.