Im Dumb I Cant Get The Program To Run

[Guest_john]

i downloaded police quest and im not sure how to install the program

[Guest_JOHN]

SORRY I HAVE WINXP AS MY OS..PLEASE HELP

[Eagle of Fire]

You should Look Here First (http://www.abandonia.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2743) and I will be happy to answer any question you would have after reading that.

Please also tell us your OS and your computer specs so we can help you better.

[Guest_JOHN]

I HAVE A PENTIUM 1.3 GHZ WITH 512 MEMORY RUNNING ON WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL

[Wired]

Maybe your broken keyboard is the reason you can't get the game to work?

[JJXB]

Im Dumb I Cant Get The Program To Run perfect self description :roflol: now will you stop shouting and give the relevant information asked for by eagle and wired

[BUFFY]

You guys are so cheeky! :P

John, first of all which Police Quest is it... generally all you have to do is extract the files using Winzip, (http://www.abandonia.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2687&st=15&#entry52156) and then some programs require you to run the setup file.

Once this is done use DosBox to play the game (executable file). Easy way of using DosBox is shown HERE. (http://www.abandonia.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2696)

I haven't downloaded those games so Im not sure of the file structure, but there is usually a file which will be quite obvious.... eg. install.exe (set's up stuff, doesn't usually acutally install) or setup.exe, if this isn't present then don't worry just skip straight to DosBox. DosBox should sort out most issues....

Post back with more details of the game etc, and specifically what the problem you have is, and im sure these guys will help - just dont use caps, its a sensitive issue :D

[Guest_john]

thank you i will give that a try and sorry about the caps ill let you know how it works

[Kon-Tiki]

Also, if it's Police Quest 1, the easiest thing to do, is to download Enclosure as well and extract PQ1 into a subfolder of Enclosure. To run the game, run Enclosure and select PQ1.

If it's Police Quest 2 or higher, there're several choices: DosBox, VMDsound or FreeSCI. DosBox and VMDsound can be found on the main page of Abandonia, under Programs. FreeSCI can be found here (http://freesci.linuxgames.com/).

[Guest_john]

ive downloaded the dosbox but cannot find the executable in the folder to start the program

[Guest_john]

im sorry it is police quest one

[Wired]

It's SIERRA.COM

[Guest_john]

sorry guys i had it working once but now when i but the file in dosbox it says cant find agi file...any answers

[xoopx]

c`mon guys we were all newbies at stuff once!

[Kon-Tiki]

Easiest way's still to extract the files from the Police Quest zip to the folder of Enclosure. That way's designed to work under XP.