Alien Incident

[wendymaree]

Feel free to comment and discuss this game here. Also, if you have any useful tips or tricks don't hesitate to share them with the others! Thanks!

Review and Download (if available) (http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/460)

[Sir Jxter]

:O
when I try to run the game, I type game.exe in DOS, then it says type AI to run the game. When I type AI, it gives me some information, but does not run the game :O :(

[e_hal]

Looks a nice game! :ok: Never heard of it before! :whistle:
However it should be good to learn new old games! :D

[wendymaree]

Game.exe isn't the right one to start the game. First you have to get into the directory where the file AI is, and then type AI to start the game. But before you can do this, you have to configure the game with setup.exe. I found that using dosbox, the soundblaster 16 option worked well. but I also made sure that the dosbox.conf is configured for soundblaster 16 as well.

[Jesper]

Originally posted by wendymaree@Apr 1 2005, 02:37 PM
Game.exe isn't the right one to start the game. First you have to get into the directory where the file AI is, and then type AI to start the game. But before you can do this, you have to configure the game with setup.exe. I found that using dosbox, the soundblaster 16 option worked well. but I also made sure that the dosbox.conf is configured for soundblaster 16 as well.
yeah i know, i've ran setup to configure my sound, then AI , but the game wont work :(

[wendymaree]

What are you using as an OS?

[Flop]

This game looks pretty good. Thanks.

[wendymaree]

It's one of the best I've played, Flop. Great fun.

[Flop]

I'm gonna get right on it, then.

[Kimmo]

When I try to run it with DosBox a message comes up that says: "No CD-ROM drives found" What should I do?

[wendymaree]

Hmmm...that could mean you haven't configured dosbox properly.

Do you have this entry at the end of the dosbox.conf:

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
mount C C:\DOS\CDrive
mount D D:\ -t cdrom
C:
CLS



'D' being your CD rom drive.

I promise you that when properly configured this game works beautifully in dosbox.

[Sebatianos]

I've no problem running the game (but then again I've added those lines in DOSBox some time ago).
Might be a different version of DOSBox (I've got .63), you can find the link on our site.

BTW Wendy - Excelent game and great work with updating (everything was prepared in such a short amount of time I couldn't have done it faster myself :ok: Great work!

[Guest_guest]

man this won't eork no matter what I do! I hear one note of music, then the get kicked out into the dosbox prompt with this: 'runtime error 005 at 11ed:06cc' Also says 'Oops. Something went wrong. Please run the game again.' :(

[_\Magus/_]

is it possible that the game introduction doesn't work?

wow this game looks reaaaly good :P i feel like when i first played Monkey island 1 :ok:

thank you again, abandonia :kosta:

[Braindead]

I think I already played the game, yet some of the screenshots look unknown to me, so I was probably not smart enough to get that far :D

cool game though :ok: (I think :whistle: )

[DeathDude]

Wow good to see another adventure game on the sight, I got to go get me and play this game.

[FinnBoy]

Hey this brings up memories from my childhood!
I played this when i was a little kid. My uncle bought it one day and i played it through almost on the same day. The greatest thing was that it was translated to Finnish.

:tnx: :tnx:

To the point:
One of the greatest games i've ever played! I Love it.

[Sean]

Looks very good ill be sure to download!

Ill probably be in need of a review at some point.. i cant remember if the review links to one.. if not could somebody post/write one for lil ol magic? :w00t:

[Dinz]

After I rescued the uncle and Yodle and got onto the escape pod, the screen goes "Please insert Alien Invasion CD back to drive and press enter." What should I do?

[rabadi]

Originally posted by Kimmo@Apr 1 2005, 04:33 PM
When I try to run it with DosBox a message comes up that says: "No CD-ROM drives found" What should I do?
Type "intro cdrom" in DOSBox and follow the instruction there.

[wendymaree]

Magic, if you pm me with your email address, I'll email you out a walkthrough.

[hoos]

Are you sure this game works with dos box 6.3

[Kon-Tiki]

Works fine here. Just setup first, do Autodetect, then start AI.com and select Start Game (Intro + Subtitles). It'll run smoothly then :ok:

[Guest]

hm still not working for me, getting that runtime error message....
had to mount the game as a cd.. hmmmm

[Guest_Chris]

Having the same problem as Dinz, get to rescue the uncle and grandfather.. and it gives an error message "Please insert Alien Invasion CD back to drive and press enter."

[wharammi]

I am not fortunate enough to have a degree in computer science. Can SOMEONE explain to me, step by step, how to run this game? I downloaded DOSbox, but it gives you no clue as to what to type. Alien Incident looks like an awesome game...Unfortunately, I have no idea as to how to make it work. I don't know how to write LINES OF CODE. Abandonia is a great site, but not everyone is a computer nerd.

[Kon-Tiki]

Abandonia's DosBox Basic Tutorial (http://www.abandonia.com/main.php?nav=index&FAQ=1)

[irritated]

Your site is such a tease. None of your F'N games function. Thanks for nothing.

[BeefontheBone]

Well clearly they do, since otherwise ahy would we all be here TELLING SOME GUY HOW TO MAKE THEM WORK? sheesh.

[Dreadlord]

Um, I've been playin games on this site for a few months now, every single one works.

Something is wrong with your system bag, now freakin' fix it before I contact this tire iron with your skull :bye: .

[bratprince]

from the walkthru's i've seen, once you get to the escape pod with two old guys...you're done the game

i'm guessing the "Please insert Alien Invasion CD back to drive and press enter" message indicates the "outro" is missing or something.

[Dinz]

Eep. Is that so? *sheepish smile* Then this is a pretty easy game to solve, isn't it? I wonder what about the saving the world bit... :blink:

[Guest]

Everything works fine for me .

If the user above hates the site , there are others but i dont think that will solve your problem , if you cant read the help files etc.

o well ... sucks for you . :max:

good job guys :ok:

[Darkness]

Hi all,

Well 1st post here so better say that this is simply an awesome site ! thanks for all the great classic games !

Ok to the point,

After spending some time trying to get the damn intro to work I noticed that the intro file has a size of 0 same with the outro.. so im guessing these were ripped ?? :(

Bugga, kinda wrecks the idea of playing to the end :(

Or am I missing something to get the intro to play ?

Thanks for any help.

Cheers.

[Guest]

Indeed, the game was also published in Finnish, under the name "Muukalaisten yö" ("The night of the aliens"). This propably had something to do with the game being developed by Housemarque, a Finnish game studio better known for Suppreme Snowboarding and later Transworld Snowboarding.

Just in case somebody was interested :whistle:

[wendymaree]

I'm afraid the opening movie has been ripped and, also, it appears that the closing movie has suffered the same fate to keep file sizes down.

[valkyr]

Eerm. I don't know what's going on but when I get to the spaceship and the place where they're keeping Ben's uncle and Yodle, the game gets much slower than usual... as in everything moves much slower but I don't think it affects the music. I don't understand it and it makes me want to stop playing this game. Yep yep. :/

[TheChosen]

Heh heh....i can be proud of this game, because it is made by finnish! :bleh:

[Timpsi]

I've got the original game right here. The missing movies (the intro and the final) are 110mb in size (88mb with RAR). If there's someone interested in them, drop me a PM.

EDIT: And all the Finns flocking in this thread; your help is needed in translating the site into Finnish. Start from this thread (http://www.abandonia.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=3026), and then drop me a line.

[_\Magus/_]

:cheers:
cheers Timpsi!!
:ok:


Max
:ph34r:

[Darkness]

Timpsy = Awesome !

Thanks heaps !

[Voktopus]

Hello there

I have exactly the same problem as described by several, even though I did configure DOSBOX the way it has been described...I have tried version 0.62 & 0.63 with the same result. Always the message comes up: "Runtime error 005 at 11ED:06CC" javascript:emoticon(':wall:')
smilie

[Guest]

need a hint here- I've put the fuse in and I have rope, a walknman, a hammer, a western movie,growth potion, a crowbar, moldy bread, matches, a small key,a remote control, and a stehoscope. What next?

[wendymaree]

You could try using the growth potion on one of the indoor plants. Also have you found the battery? It might prove useful in the remote control. :sneaky:

[The Dark Bunny]

...I may be the most inept adventurer ever. I have the same inventory the Guest up there did, sans remote and battery, and I've put the growth potion on the plant and gotten the pumpkin. Where do I go from there? Better yet, how do I open the glowing door?

[Napix]

So what differs this 9MB version from the CD version? I have a friend that has the CD but i havent checked if the size is different allthough it seem like it is.

Thank u

[Kon-Tiki]

The movies're missing, like the intro movie.

[Timpsi]

Only the intro and the outro (Alintro.cda (70,8mb) and Aliend.cda(39,1mb)) are missing. Both are pretty important in order to understand what's going on with the story.

[Guest]

Thanx, everyone! behind..where's the battery?

[Guest]

Oh.. and when everything's working again-could you pleeese put the intro and outro in the extras section?

[wendymaree]

Originally posted by The Dark Bunny@Apr 11 2005, 03:13 PM
...I may be the most inept adventurer ever. I have the same inventory the Guest up there did, sans remote and battery, and I've put the growth potion on the plant and gotten the pumpkin. Where do I go from there? Better yet, how do I open the glowing door?
The glowing door will only open with the remote control and the control will only work with the battery. To get the battery is a big jump from where you and Guest are now and would involve a lot of spoilers. I'll cut and paste from a walkthrough...but don't read if you don't want a lot of the game revealed.

WARNING SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
}Library:
---------
Benjamin tries the big key he found from the lab to the library door
and
hurray, it works. He enters the library and finds a bookshelf that's
locked
to the wall. He uses the small key to open the lock and pushes the
shelf
aside, unveiling a secret safe. Having seen a lot of movies he uses his
knowledge and unlocks the safe using the stethoscope!? Ben finds
two
disks and a key from the safe.

Ben walks to the window and uses the hammer to break it. He then
picks
up the piece of glass from the floor.

Ben decides to go and try the key he found from the safe to the
bedroom
closet.


}Bedroom:
---------
Benjamin uses the key from the safe to open the closet door. Inside
the closet he finds piles of brand new clothes, still wrapped in plastic
covers, as if they weren't even ment to be used at all. Ben finds this
a little bit weird but decides to forget about it and head for the
laboratory to try out the disks he found from the safe.


}Laboratory:
------------
Benjamin uses the floppy disk he found from the safe with the
floppy
toaster and the program starts to load. The machine then asks for a
password and Ben cleverly uses the password note he found from
the
trashcan. The password works and the program appears on the
screen.
Benjamin clicks the elevator to go up, and the computer starts to
process...

Ben suddenly remembers the neatly ironed, firmly folded, still
covered in
plastic clothes in the bedroom closet and decides to go and have
another
look...


}Bedroom:
---------
To Ben's amazement, the clothes in the closet are gone, and there's an
elevator booth in the closet instead. Not hesitating for a moment, Ben
jumps into the closet and the elevator starts to descent...


}Basement:
----------
Ben finds himself in a secret basement and notices a strange looking
apparatus. He sees an open hatch with a battery beside the
apparatus
and picks the battery up. Ben places the battery inside the remote
control.

Ben sees a deep looking shaft, which might come in handy later on,
when it's time to escape from the mansion...

Ben goes back to the elevator and heads upstairs.

[dragonladyohio]

I'm running win2000pro and trying to get alien incident to work. Installed dosbox for the first time and changed the dosbox.conf lines like it said in the tutorial to mount the directory the game is in. Then I dragged the ai.com icon onto the dosbox icon. It starts ok and asks if I want english, english with subtitles, etc. I select one and then it crashes, giving the error "Runtime error 002 at 11ed:00fa", and "Thank you for playing alien incident"! Uh, you're not welcome. What am I doing wrong?
Linda

[Timpsi]

From the review:

"Before you can play the game, you must first configure it with setup.exe. I found choosing the sound blaster 16 option worked well with doxbox. Then when the game is configured properly, you start it by selecting a file called AI. The game should start and play smoothly from then on."

Did you run the setup?

[dragonladyohio]

Timpsi, yes, I did run the setup and chose the same option you did. Any other ideas?
Linda

[MdaG]

*SPOILER*












I'm having a hard time understanding why there's laserbeams in the cemetary, and why the password is located on a runestone and is "Look, a blueberry!". I'm also wondering why there's an underground "village" behind the lasers...

Is this all explained in the intro????

Things just to be there for no apparent reason. :eeeeeh:

I'm not sure what to think of it. I think it's a good game for young newcomers to the genre, but I mainly just hung in there until the finish to see if it ever got better. Still Prisoner of Ice is a lot worse.

[Sebatianos]

Well the game seems to have a slightly mixed up story...
There are some things that just seem sensless, but are actually fun. But this is a wicked game: I mean you have to... *SPOILERS*


- blow up your freind's house
- poison a parrot
and
- set free a terrible alien monster that eats other aleins...

That's evil :twisted: , poor parrot!

[Kirsti]

Originally posted by wendymaree@Apr 1 2005, 04:47 PM
Hmmm...that could mean you haven't configured dosbox properly.

Do you have this entry at the end of the dosbox.conf:

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
mount C C:\DOS\CDrive
mount D D:\ -t cdrom
C:
CLS



'D' being your CD rom drive.

I promise you that when properly configured this game works beautifully in dosbox.
:wall: I'm also having truble running this game in dosbox. I added the lines to my config file, but I still get "No CD-rom drivers found". :cry: And I really really really want to play this game :cry:

[Guest]

In case the D drive is not your CD-ROM drive: you did change the *second* D?

I.e. when F is your CD-ROM drive, it should read

mount D F:\ -t cdrom

Otherwise, I don't know. Typing "intro cdrom" may provide some clues.

[Skarr]

same problem here....Not using dosbox, I just licked on setup.exe, did what everyone else did, clicked on AI, did what everyone else did.

RUNTIME ERROR 003 at 11ED:00FA
THANKS FOR PLAYING ALIEN INCIDENT!

^seriously, WTF? My system is not that lame, trust me, my PC can run other stuff perfectly, like Blood, Rise of the Dragon, Maniac Mansion Deluxe, Alone in the Dark.....Why not this??

Please help???? P.s. I am DOS illiterate, so you'll have to bear with me, LOL.

[Guest]

I guess i'll never get to play this then. What a shame.

[Tom Henrik]

Originally posted by Skarr@May 21 2005, 02:00 AM
same problem here....Not using dosbox, I just licked on setup.exe, did what everyone else did, clicked on AI, did what everyone else did.

RUNTIME ERROR 003 at 11ED:00FA
THANKS FOR PLAYING ALIEN INCIDENT!

^seriously, WTF? My system is not that lame, trust me, my PC can run other stuff perfectly, like Blood, Rise of the Dragon, Maniac Mansion Deluxe, Alone in the Dark.....Why not this??

Please help???? P.s. I am DOS illiterate, so you'll have to bear with me, LOL.
By looking at the compatibility for the game, I see only DOS and DOSBox. Trying to play it directly from Windows won't work. If you don't take the time to learn these programs, then yes. You won't be able to play this game ever.

[Fizban]

Hello all-

Having a great time with AI, but something...odd...happens after about 20-30 minutes of gameplay. Using DOSBox 0.63, game works fine, but after time the colors seem to go crazy for no apparent reason. Game continues to run just fine, but nothing is recognizable...changing locations doesn't help, I have to quit and reload. Not too annoying, but it seems odd. :crazy: Anyone have any ideas?

BTW, I have run numerous other games on this system (using DOSBox) with no problems whatsoever.

Thanks in advance!

Fizban aka Paladine

[little Rick]

Just to let some of you who are having trouble with this game and getting it to run, I had the same problems...not finding the cdrom drive etc etc. I am also pretty much a dos dummy...i am not familar with it at all. So I was usung a windows front to run dosbox...(robydosbox) it just makes it easier for dos dummies like me to use dosbox...however with this game the windows front wouldn't work...so i had to go into a raw dosbox and use dos commands to get it to work and i also added the commands in the dosbox config file the ones for the cdrom and that fixed my problems..so all you people who say it on't run if your using a windows front on your dosbox..try without and if your a dos dummy...well read the tutorials on abandonia they help..hope this helps some of you out. iron_of_isle @hotmail.com
lilrick

[CyberCat]

Hehe... I love game! :D

Did anyone else notice all the references to Starwars in the alien dialog sequences?

[glo]

I also had a problem running the game with DOSbox.
Apparently, the solution is to mount the folder twice: once with "-t cdrom" extension to one drive (type intro cdrom for more info), and once with no extension to another drive.
then use the latter mount to run the game by typing "ai"

note: the alien incident version I used was the one I downloaded from Abandonia, and DOSbox 0.63.

Also bear in mind the game crashed a few times while playing. fortunately theres a system to save the position just the moment it crashes, so you can load it up easily.

Hope this helps. cya around

[Guest_Grimsy]

I still have this magnificent piece of cra... I mean, art on a CD. :D

Did you know that the game was made by us finns? :ph34r:

And no, I'm not one of the people who made this. :whistle:

[Abnoy]

Hey if anyones interested with this games intro and outro, you can download the whole CD in Lost Treasures, burn it and copy the movie files to this sites version of the game. It works perfectly fine.

[HitEmUp]

Hey, i couldnt get it to work but using the info u guys put i finally have it running..im just wondering, is this supposed to be a talkie?

[caseman]

i went through all posts and tutorials and was still unable to get it to run then i found my problem, when mounting cdrom drive forgot to put space between MOUNT D D:\ and -T CDROM easy mistake. so check your spelling so to speak.
to start game: type in these commands ,like HELP . here goes............
c:\>DIR this gives you a directory of c drive.you should see ALIENI~1
c:\>CD ALIENI~1 this changes your directory to this game directory
c:\>SETUP this takes you to game setup choose SOUNDBLASTER16
BASE=220
IRQ=7
DMA=1
HDMA=5
OP RATE=22050
MODE="SAME AS TYPE OF SOUND BLASTER.......16" mono/stereo
c:\>ai this should take you to start up,screens for language,etc.

hope this helps someone............... :bye:

[Raistlin]

wow! :D tou can choose Suomi as language (Finnish) damn now i understand it too :bleh: Great game looks cool

[Guest]

Aggh! I've tried everything mentioned here... Nothing works! I don't get past the info screen... I've run setup... :wall: Please help!

[wendymaree]

Sorry to ask the obvious, but are you using Dosbox or Win98 to play this Dos only game?

[Guest]

Dosbox with d-fend...

[wendymaree]

I set up the game ages ago, when I updated it, and I vaguely remember I had a bit of a tussle to get it going, although it's working fine now. I'll go through the thread and read what was written earlier; but in the meantime, here's my dosbox config file. Do you have something like this?[sdl]
# fullscreen -- Start dosbox directly in fullscreen.
# fulldouble -- Use double buffering in fullscreen.
# fullfixed -- Don't resize the screen when in fullscreen.
# fullresolution -- What resolution to use for fullscreen, use together with fullfixed.
# output -- What to use for output: surface,overlay,opengl,openglnb,ddraw.
# hwscale -- Extra scaling of window if the output device supports hardware scaling.
# autolock -- Mouse will automatically lock, if you click on the screen.
# sensitiviy -- Mouse sensitivity.
# waitonerror -- Wait before closing the console if dosbox has an error.
# priority -- Priority levels for dosbox: lower,normal,higher,highest.
# Second entry behind the comma is for when dosbox is not focused/minimized.
# mapperfile -- File used to load/save the key/event mappings from.

fullscreen=true
fulldouble=false
fullfixed=false
fullresolution=1280x800
output=surface
hwscale=1.00
autolock=true
sensitivity=100
waitonerror=true
priority=higher,normal
mapperfile=mapper.txt

[dosbox]
# language -- Select another language file.
# memsize -- Amount of memory dosbox has in megabytes.
# machine -- The type of machine tries to emulate:hercules,cga,tandy,vga.
# captures -- Directory where things like wave,midi,screenshot get captured.

language=
machine=vga
captures=capture
memsize=32

[render]
# frameskip -- How many frames dosbox skips before drawing one.
# aspect -- Do aspect correction.
# scaler -- Scaler used to enlarge/enhance low resolution modes.
# Supported are none,normal2x,advmame2x,advmame3x,advinterp2x,inte rp2x,tv2x.

frameskip=0
aspect=false
scaler=normal2x

[cpu]
# core -- CPU Core used in emulation: simple,normal,full,dynamic.
# cycles -- Amount of instructions dosbox tries to emulate each millisecond.
# Setting this higher than your machine can handle is bad!
# cycleup -- Amount of cycles to increase/decrease with keycombo.
# cycledown Setting it lower than 100 will be a percentage.

core=dynamic
cycles=15000
cycleup=500
cycledown=20

[mixer]
# nosound -- Enable silent mode, sound is still emulated though.
# rate -- Mixer sample rate, setting any devices higher than this will
# probably lower their sound quality.
# blocksize -- Mixer block size, larger blocks might help sound stuttering
# but sound will also be more lagged.
# prebuffer -- How many milliseconds of data to keep on top of the blocksize.

nosound=false
rate=22050
blocksize=2048
prebuffer=10

[midi]
# mpu401 -- Enable MPU-401 Emulation.
# intelligent -- Operate in Intelligent mode.
# device -- Device that will receive the MIDI data from MPU-401.
# This can be default,alsa,oss,win32,coreaudio,none.
# config -- Special configuration options for the device.

mpu401=true
intelligent=true
device=default
config=

[sblaster]
# type -- Type of sblaster to emulate:none,sb1,sb2,sbpro1,sbpro2,sb16.
# base,irq,dma,hdma -- The IO/IRQ/DMA/High DMA address of the soundblaster.
# mixer -- Allow the soundblaster mixer to modify the dosbox mixer.
# oplmode -- Type of OPL emulation: auto,cms,opl2,dualopl2,opl3.
# On auto the mode is determined by sblaster type.
# oplrate -- Sample rate of OPL music emulation.

type=sb16
base=220
irq=7
dma=1
hdma=5
mixer=true
oplmode=auto
oplrate=22050

[gus]
# gus -- Enable the Gravis Ultrasound emulation.
# base,irq1,irq2,dma1,dma2 -- The IO/IRQ/DMA addresses of the
# Gravis Ultrasound. (Same IRQ's and DMA's are OK.)
# rate -- Sample rate of Ultrasound emulation.
# ultradir -- Path to Ultrasound directory. In this directory
# there should be a MIDI directory that contains
# the patch files for GUS playback. Patch sets used
# with Timidity should work fine.

gus=true
rate=22050
base=240
irq1=5
irq2=5
dma1=3
dma2=3
ultradir=C:\ULTRASND

[speaker]
# pcspeaker -- Enable PC-Speaker emulation.
# pcrate -- Sample rate of the PC-Speaker sound generation.
# tandyrate -- Sample rate of the Tandy 3-Voice generation.
# Tandysound emulation is present if machine is set to tandy.
# disney -- Enable Disney Sound Source emulation.

pcspeaker=false
pcrate=22050
tandyrate=22050
disney=true

[bios]
# Nothing to setup yet!


[dos]
# xms -- Enable XMS support.
# ems -- Enable EMS support.

xms=true
ems=true
[modem]
# modem -- Enable virtual modem emulation.
# comport -- COM Port modem is connected to.
# listenport -- TCP Port the modem listens on for incoming connections.

modem=false
comport=2
listenport=23

[directserial]
# directserial -- Enable serial passthrough support.
# comport -- COM Port inside DOSBox.
# realport -- COM Port on the Host.
# defaultbps -- Default BPS.
# parity -- Parity of the packets. This can be N, E or O.
# bytesize -- Size of each packet. This can be 5 or 8.
# stopbit -- The number of stopbits. This can be 1 or 2.

directserial=false
comport=1
realport=COM1
defaultbps=1200
parity=N
bytesize=8
stopbit=1

[ipx]
# ipx -- Enable ipx over UDP/IP emulation.

ipx=false

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
mount C C:\DOS\CDrive
mount D D:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -ioctl

C:
CLS

[Guest]

Yeah, that's it.

[Sonicfan37]

(I just signed up, I'm the guest who's trying to get the game to work...)

[Guest_David]

The walkthrough for the final part of the maze is wrong. When you are supposed to take a right after walking entering and walking "up, left, up, up, up" there is no right!! You can only go left, but to do that messes up the rest of the directions.

I am really frustrated now cause this is pretty much the only time I have needed to use the walkthrough and I have been stuck in this maze for an hour!

Has anyone got the REAL directions? It would be much appreciated. Thankyou.

[YinMu]

[/color][color=#6600CC]Ok, I tried entering those commands and it still didn't run, anymore suggestions?

[color=#330099]<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(wendymaree @ Apr 1 2005, 04:47 PM) 89024</div>
Hmmm...that could mean you haven't configured dosbox properly.

Do you have this entry at the end of the dosbox.conf:

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
mount C C:\DOS\CDrive
mount D D:\ -t cdrom
C:
CLS



'D' being your CD rom drive.

I promise you that when properly configured this game works beautifully in dosbox.
[/b]

[The Fifth Horseman]

Yes. Post a detailed description of your problem.

[Guest]

OK, it seems I missed the part where you put that pumpkin on your head when you get to the ship and got put in jail. Anyone know how get out of their 'cuz my only save is way in the beginning...

[Guest]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Abnoy @ Sep 21 2005, 02:10 PM) 159638</div>
Hey if anyones interested with this games intro and outro, you can download the whole CD in Lost Treasures, burn it and copy the movie files to this sites version of the game. It works perfectly fine.
[/b]

Excuse me friend but would you please be kind enough to tell me where are the Lost treasures so that i can download CD version of Alien Incident. want to see the intro and outro of the game....PLEEEEEEASE :sos:

[The Fifth Horseman]

Ever heard of Google?

[Guest]

Hm...
Originally posted by Google
Results 1 - 10 of about 1,090,000 for "Lost Treasures". (0.08 seconds)
Thanks for the tip though :ok:

[The Fifth Horseman]

^_^
"lost treasures" "alien incident"
124 results

"lost treasures" "alien incident" "download"
42 results

"lost treasures" "alien incident" "abandonware"
39 results

"lost treasures" "abandonware"
10 900 results but... did you check the first one?

[Guest]

You mean the french one I can't read? Yeah, I... couldn't read it ;)

Seriously, instead of being such a smartass, you might aswell just post a direct link.

[The Fifth Horseman]

I can't give you a direct link to the file, and I cannot link to that site because it hosts oldwarez (Duke 3D = textbook case), despite preaching otherwise (AW definition in their FAQ is more or less correct).

You might want to use Babelfish (http://babelfish.altavista.com/) to translate this site to a readable form.

[Now working]

I had that cd rom problem too but then i realized that you have to install games to "c:\dos\cdrive" directory.

and make sure that you have created these directories:

c:\dos\cdrive
c:\dos\downloads
c:\dos\files

part of my dosbox file: (i use dosbox 0.70)

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
mount C C:\DOS\CDrive
mount D E:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -ioctl
C:
CLS

[burkecd]

is it posible to download full iso image of alien incident? and where? (but english version, not the french one)

[The Fifth Horseman]

We don't have one in the ISO Cellar as far as I know.

[_r.u.s.s.]

maybe not working solution at all but you could try downloading french iso and then replacing only some language files..by guessing>_- well if i wanted it so badly, i d definately try

[Guest]

I got killed by klingons LOL

Remember playing this or a game like this years ago, think it came with pc gamer.

[Guest_Matsi_*]

Quite an enjoyable game, allthough most puzzles are a bit too easy. But i still managed to get stuck once i got aboard the spaceship. So I read the walkthrough (oh the shame!), and it mentions you need to disquise yourself. I have not done this and ended up in jail, in the cell next to my uncle and yodle. I still have 3 items in my inventory, but i just can't seem to figure out how to get out of jail, and since the walkthrough assumes you don't go there it doesn't mention how to get out.

So my question is wether it's actually possible to continue the game from there or if it's just a dead end. I just think i'm overlooking something, because afaik you can't get stuck in this game. I've got the scissors, the carved pumpkin and the note with the phone number btw.

[Guest]

Check out your shackles dude, by your feet.

[Guest]

Pity the intro and outro are missing. Was a fun game with logical puzzles.

btw here is the correct sequence for the second maze (wrong in the walkthrough):

U L U U R U U U U U U R R D

You end up in a dead end room. Walk back out and a new door will open.

[Abnaxus]

The intro is not working ?

[_r.u.s.s.]

its ripped

[normipäivä]

Still struggling with the game. I always get this runtime error message. Is there anyone who has possibly figured this out? I use DosBox 0.72 with D-Fend.

[_r.u.s.s.]

1. get rid of d-fend
2. be sure you are running AI.COM

[MegamanX90]

I had problems with game too.

Try killing the sound, or at least the speech. The speech won't work anyway, its hacked out.

[Timpsi]

The full ISO is now available at http://www.abandonia.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16550

[paradigm76]

Ok I cant get this game to work, i read the forum but im still having the same problem. I run setup and use the soundblaster 16, then i type in AI and i get all the info then i type in game and i get the thing that says type in ai to run the game and when i do i just get the system info again and thats it. I dont know what the hell to do. any ideas? thanks

oh ya im running this in dosbox and im using XP

[The Fifth Horseman]

Exact location of the game on your hard drive and the MOUNT command you're using, please.

[paradigm76]

C: drive, then in a file called dosbox, then in a file called alien incident.

mount c c:\dosbox
c:
cd alieni~1
then i go from there with the setup etc

[The Fifth Horseman]

IIRC, the game directory MUST be named AI for it to work. Try renaming it and running the game again.

[paradigm76]

I renamed the alien incident file on my c drive to AI and tried all the same steps and no go, i still get the message about the mouse being found but no cd rom drives found. this sucks lol

[dosraider]

The game needs a CDDrive, or it will not work.
Delete what you've done t'll now.
Start from scratch and do it the usual way:
Unzip the whole thing in (Also the subdirs!)
c:\oldgames\ai\
run dosbox and input:
mount c c:\oldgames\
mount d c:\oldgames\ -t cdrom
c:
cd ai
setup

Choose 'autodetect soundcard' , works fine.
Run game with ai

Next time you wanna play:
mount c c:\oldgames\
mount d c:\oldgames\ -t cdrom
c:
cd ai
ai


If you want more info about running some things a bit easier read:
A beginner's guide to DOSBox (http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=14406)

[Stinkin_Cheeze]

I'm having trouble, but I read your guide, and will try now

to dosraider, I'm a user with the same problem as paradigm.....I did what you said and holy shit, the game just worked, I can't thank you enough
*bows in gracious gratitude*

*squeals with utter joy* :nuts:

[Capo]

This game has been a big surprise to me: nice story,nice dialogue,nice sound and grapics and logical puzzle,the only bad aspect is that the game is very short.Anyway this adventure is absolutely recommended.

I give it a 4

[skite2001]

@dosraider

thanks for the config settings, now my Ai works.
i still got some speed probs but i think it can handle it.

[Stinkin_Cheeze]

Yea, just got to the climax of the game like the others said, and the damn thing said to "Please insert Alien Incident CD back to drive and press enter"

...oh come on! Man, it was going so good.

[techuser]

Like someone already said in this topic, you need the outro movie in order to see the end
get it in lost treasures site, the non-rip version

[rbaleksandar]

RUNNING THE GAME IN DOSBOX

Well, since I see that people keep asking about how to run the thing, here is a complete guide (thanks to the guys who wrote most of these things previously. Obviously some people don't like to read. Hope this solves all problems once and for all.:yawn:

First you have to check the dosbox.config file. It can be found in the main folder (no subfolders!) of dosbox.Open the file with whatever text editor you have (Notepad for example under Win OS).At the end of all the text in there, there should be something like that:
[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.

You just have to add the following, so that when DOSBox starts, it'll automatically detect your CD-ROM Drive, and you won't get this message about Missing CD-ROM drivers ;)

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
mount C C:\DOS\CDrive
mount D D:\ -t cdrom
C:
CLS

Replace D:\ with the letter of your CD-ROM drive letter.

Now you have to mount the game. Mount a drive with the folder of the game. Then run the SETUP.EXE to detect the soundcard (I used autodetection and it worked just fine). Then type AI and choose one of the options (Language, Subtitles etc.). The game will start (intro will be skipped, so if you didn't watch it, you'll probably ask yourself "What the hell is going on? Did I miss something?!", but more about the intro/outro read bellow).

INTRO AND OUTRO
Since the intro and outro of the game are missing (in ordere to keep the size of the download a lot smaller!) and they are - as a couple of guys wrote above me - very important (and cool I'll add :P), you can watch them seperatly on the Internet. I found only the intro, but I'm sure you'll finde the outro (would be nice if someone posts a link here ;)).
Intro:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep_YUd5WUJA&feature=related

That's all :whistling: Enjoy playing this awesome game :max: If you do everything exactly the same as I wrote it above, you ain't gettin a single problem ;)

[ayoeness]

yepyep..
got it working allright (thanks to reading the posts :idea:) and played it through.
A bit dissapointing without the ending though.. :oh:

I looked, but it was nowhere to be found.

Nice game though. :)

[Stinkin_Cheeze]

I'm going to buy the game

[Luchsen]

Where?, I dare to ask.

[socketbind]

If anyone is interested I might be able to find the original game disc and share the movies with you. Just drop me a line if interested.

[Luchsen]

There is a CD image of Alien Incident in the ISO Cellar which opens to posting members after a while.

[ayoeness]

That sounds great.

[autopilot]

This is a great game so far. Thanks for providing it.

I wish games like this had audio voice acting. It's the only was my sister will play a game, and I'm always hunting for games for her. We both loved BASS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beneath_a_Steel_Sky), and we measure these types of games by it.

/and there's my life story

[hunvagy]

This is a great game so far. Thanks for providing it.

I wish games like this had audio voice acting. It's the only was my sister will play a game, and I'm always hunting for games for her. We both loved BASS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beneath_a_Steel_Sky), and we measure these types of games by it.

/and there's my life story

There is a CD image of Alien Incident in the ISO Cellar which opens to posting members after a while.
Only correction is that the ISO Cellar is now open to everyone. The CD Image has voice acting ;)

[nlmdejonge]

Everyone who has played (and finished) this game knows the maze sections can be a pain. To make life a bit easier, there are maps of the two maze sections. Here are the links: the first (http://www.pnvd.nl/dvnp/images/Alien_Incident_maze_map_1.png) map, the second (http://www.pnvd.nl/dvnp/images/Alien_Incident_maze_map_2.png) map. Hopefully this will help out a lot of people. :OK:

[_r.u.s.s.]

hey i see you are the maker, do you want me to put them on site under extras?

[nlmdejonge]

hey i see you are the maker, do you want me to put them on site under extras?

Sounds good!

[_r.u.s.s.]

okay, done (you are attached as contributor, so you will have a link to the games, for which you contributed extras, on your site profile)

[Panzerfaust04]

I have followed every single step of the "how to run AI" post on my computer (vista) and it just refuses to run. I've put that code into the autorun section of my config file, and I've run the setup program. No matter how many times I do it, it just gives me a bit of information and the same "mouse drivers found, no cd rom drive found" that I've been getting since I started trying.

Is there anyone who knows a way for me to get this god forsaken game working?

[axm]

RUNTIME ERROR 003 at 11ED:00FA
THANKS FOR PLAYING ALIEN INCIDENT!

... the game hosted here just did not work for me. Got it someplace else, worked without trouble.

I am using ubuntu, but I haven't had an ubuntu related dosbox (currently 0.73 by the way) issue yet, but since the game obviously works for other, I thought I should at least mention it. But other posters with the same problem were using windows, or so it seems.

PS: I forgot to check, wether a re-download from abandonia would work. It did.

[axm]

no cd rom drive found"

Obviously it does not find the cd-rom data as expected. Care to mention how you were trying to mount the cd-rom? Reminder, the relevant lines in this case are:

mount c <your path to game dir>
mount d <your path to game dir> -t cdrom
c:
AI.COM

[AI.COM]

I made a "patched" version of AI.COM -file, which removes cd-check.

It's below as base64 encoded text (so you have to decode it with some tool, eg. openssl):

+ozIjtC8AAH7u5AEwesEQ4zIjsC0Ss0hjB4qA4wOLgOMDjIDxw YsA1wAxwYwA2wA
uCQ1zSGJHj4DjAZAA7gkJboqAs0huCM1zSGJHkIDjAZEA7gjJb pTAs0huDMELqM8
A7iOBLp2BOgNAYTAdAzplQBHQU1FLkVYRQCQkJCEwOsGAAAAAA AAuBYELqM8A7iO
BLqBBOjgADLAuPwDLqM8A7hXArrxAejOADLAuNUDLqM8A7gNA7 pxAei8ADx7dSiQ
kJCQkOsPuAAJupQDzSG4AAjNIevquPwDLqM8A7gtArrxAeiSAD LAuAAJukcEzSHr
H0FOSU1QTEFZLkVYRQDdOsju4HPmAIzIjti0Cc0hsP+0TFAuxR Y+A7gkJc0hLsUW
QgO4IyXNIVjNIbADzyAgICBDREFcQUxJRU5ELkNEQSAvQUxJRU 5JTkNJIC9JTkZP
MSAAnficzyAgICBDREFcQUxJTlRSTy5DREEgL0FMSUVOSU5DSS AAoygDjNiOwLsm
AzPJuABLzSEuixY8Aw+Cdf+0Tc0hLosWPAMK5A+FZv/DsAC4ABUz280vukYDC9sP
hFP/gMFBiA5sBIvLUbpsBLgAPc0hWXMI/gZsBOLu61OL2LQ+zSGgbASidQSiWAKi
LgKi/gHGBgACXLgAPLr+AWYzyc0hchOL2LQ+zSG0Qbr+Ac0huvwD6fz +sADDIC1I
QUNLSU5HX0FfR0FNRV9IVUg/ALD/wwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAATm8gQ0QtUk9NIGRyaXZlcyBmb3VuZC4KDSRDYW4ndC BmaW5kIEFsaWVu
IEluY2lkZW50IENEIGluIGFueSBDRC1ST00gZHJpdmUuCg0kUG xlYXNlIGluc2Vy
dCBBbGllbiBJbmNpZGVudCBDRCBiYWNrIHRvIGRyaXZlIGFuZC BwcmVzcyBlbnRl
ci4NCiRVbmFibGUgdG8gc3RhcnQgZ2FtZSAoZXhlYyBmYWlsdX JlKS4KDSRDb3Vs
ZCBub3QgcnVuIGFuaW1wbGF5LgoNJENvdWxkIG5vdCBydW4gbG FuZ3VhZ2UuZXhl
Cg0kCg0kR2FtZSBhYm9ydGVkLgoNJABUaGFua3MgZm9yIHBsYX lpbmcgQUxJRU4g
SU5DSURFTlQuDQokPzpcQUkuQ0QAP1NZU1RFTS5FWEUATEFOR1 VBR0UuRVhFACAA

You just have to copy-paste text to notepad and save it to AI.txt -text file (without any blanklines) and decode it. Then copy AI.COM to Alien Incidents -directory.

For example:

1. Download and install OpenSSL for windows (its free) from http://www.slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html (I suggest this: http://www.slproweb.com/download/Win32OpenSSL-1_0_0c.exe)
2. Save text -file to C:\AI.txt
3. Open windows command-prompt and goto openssl -directory and decode text-file to an COM-file:

C:\OpenSSL-Win32\bin>cd \

C:\>cd OpenSSL-Win32\bin

C:\OpenSSL-Win32\bin>openssl base64 -d -in C:\AI.txt -out C:\AI.COM

4. Now you got patched version of AI.COM. So copy this AI.COM -file to Alien Incident -directory (you have to overwrite the old file)

5. Run game


If you got games animation-files, just copy them to Alien Incidents CDA-directory and watch them. It works without CD. :)

[catchaserguns]

I downloaded the cd version and according to the walkthrough on your site at the crypt there is supposed to be a mummy but on my version of the game which I downloaded from the ISO cellar its not there. What gives?

[catchaserguns]

I finally finished this game.XD

[guest]

I made a "patched" version of AI.COM -file, which removes cd-check.

It's below as base64 encoded text (so you have to decode it with some tool, eg. openssl):

+ozIjtC8AAH7u5AEwesEQ4zIjsC0Ss0hjB4qA4wOLgOMDjIDxw YsA1wAxwYwA2wA
uCQ1zSGJHj4DjAZAA7gkJboqAs0huCM1zSGJHkIDjAZEA7gjJb pTAs0huDMELqM8
A7iOBLp2BOgNAYTAdAzplQBHQU1FLkVYRQCQkJCEwOsGAAAAAA AAuBYELqM8A7iO
BLqBBOjgADLAuPwDLqM8A7hXArrxAejOADLAuNUDLqM8A7gNA7 pxAei8ADx7dSiQ
kJCQkOsPuAAJupQDzSG4AAjNIevquPwDLqM8A7gtArrxAeiSAD LAuAAJukcEzSHr
H0FOSU1QTEFZLkVYRQDdOsju4HPmAIzIjti0Cc0hsP+0TFAuxR Y+A7gkJc0hLsUW
QgO4IyXNIVjNIbADzyAgICBDREFcQUxJRU5ELkNEQSAvQUxJRU 5JTkNJIC9JTkZP
MSAAnficzyAgICBDREFcQUxJTlRSTy5DREEgL0FMSUVOSU5DSS AAoygDjNiOwLsm
AzPJuABLzSEuixY8Aw+Cdf+0Tc0hLosWPAMK5A+FZv/DsAC4ABUz280vukYDC9sP
hFP/gMFBiA5sBIvLUbpsBLgAPc0hWXMI/gZsBOLu61OL2LQ+zSGgbASidQSiWAKi
LgKi/gHGBgACXLgAPLr+AWYzyc0hchOL2LQ+zSG0Qbr+Ac0huvwD6fz +sADDIC1I
QUNLSU5HX0FfR0FNRV9IVUg/ALD/wwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAATm8gQ0QtUk9NIGRyaXZlcyBmb3VuZC4KDSRDYW4ndC BmaW5kIEFsaWVu
IEluY2lkZW50IENEIGluIGFueSBDRC1ST00gZHJpdmUuCg0kUG xlYXNlIGluc2Vy
dCBBbGllbiBJbmNpZGVudCBDRCBiYWNrIHRvIGRyaXZlIGFuZC BwcmVzcyBlbnRl
ci4NCiRVbmFibGUgdG8gc3RhcnQgZ2FtZSAoZXhlYyBmYWlsdX JlKS4KDSRDb3Vs
ZCBub3QgcnVuIGFuaW1wbGF5LgoNJENvdWxkIG5vdCBydW4gbG FuZ3VhZ2UuZXhl
Cg0kCg0kR2FtZSBhYm9ydGVkLgoNJABUaGFua3MgZm9yIHBsYX lpbmcgQUxJRU4g
SU5DSURFTlQuDQokPzpcQUkuQ0QAP1NZU1RFTS5FWEUATEFOR1 VBR0UuRVhFACAA

You just have to copy-paste text to notepad and save it to AI.txt -text file (without any blanklines) and decode it. Then copy AI.COM to Alien Incidents -directory.

For example:

1. Download and install OpenSSL for windows (its free) from http://www.slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html (I suggest this: http://www.slproweb.com/download/Win32OpenSSL-1_0_0c.exe)
2. Save text -file to C:\AI.txt
3. Open windows command-prompt and goto openssl -directory and decode text-file to an COM-file:

C:\OpenSSL-Win32\bin>cd \

C:\>cd OpenSSL-Win32\bin

C:\OpenSSL-Win32\bin>openssl base64 -d -in C:\AI.txt -out C:\AI.COM

4. Now you got patched version of AI.COM. So copy this AI.COM -file to Alien Incident -directory (you have to overwrite the old file)

5. Run game


If you got games animation-files, just copy them to Alien Incidents CDA-directory and watch them. It works without CD. :)


Is there a way to make this patch work for mac os x?

[AI.COM]

Is there a way to make this patch work for mac os x?

If you use dosbox to play the game on your mac, it should work like it works on a windows machine.

You need working base64 decoder to "rebuild" AI.COM file.
Openssl for macintosh or maybe some other program.
There are actually some websites which can do decoding for you, use them if you trust them :)

[twillight]

Not working.

started DosBox, mounted game's directory, ran setup.exe -> autodetect (sets itself to Soundblaster16), ran ai.exe
Result: does some requirement-check, says at the last line "No CD-Rom drivers found", and sets back to normal dos-mode.

It doesn1t start, doesn't do anything.

The "how to run the game" says this:
"Before you can play the game, you must first configure it with setup.exe. I found choosing the Sound Blaster 16 option worked well with DOSBox. Then, when the game is configured properly, you start it by selecting a file called AI. The game should start and play smoothly from then on."

Am I missing anything?

[zirkoni]

Result: does some requirement-check, says at the last line "No CD-Rom drivers found", and sets back to normal dos-mode.
.
.
.
Am I missing anything?
Install MSCDEX in DOSBox (mount any drive, folder or CD-image as CD-ROM).

[trevtherev]

Got the game to work after reading the posts and mounting the cd rom..however when I run the game I cannot seem to move the cursor out of the game environment? in other words I cannot close dosbox down...well I can but only by using the ctrl+f9 command! This has also happened in other games...any ideas as to what is happening?

[The Fifth Horseman]

It's normal. ALT+TAB to another program and the mouse will work.

[XZ03]

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[XZ03]

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