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18-05-2005 05:40 PM
samtam90
Quote:
Originally posted by Flop@May 18 2005, 03:46 PM
It seems you're right about the ems. Sorry. I did find a couple of things that might help, though.

1) How do you start the game? Don't start it by dragging PRIV.exe onto the dosbox icon, but start from DOSbox itself.

2) One guy mentioned that the changes to his config didn't kick in until he restarted his computer. That doesn't make a lot of sense to me, but I thought I'd mention it anyway.

Beyond that I couldn't find anything on the VOGONS forums, which as samtam90 says, is probably the best place to find information about this.
Well, i think VOGONS is the best site if you have problems with old games. For privateer, i really have no other solutions. The error is very strange, but it seems there is something similar in the posts in Dosbox site.
18-05-2005 04:46 PM
Flop It seems you're right about the ems. Sorry. I did find a couple of things that might help, though.

1) How do you start the game? Don't start it by dragging PRIV.exe onto the dosbox icon, but start from DOSbox itself.

2) One guy mentioned that the changes to his config didn't kick in until he restarted his computer. That doesn't make a lot of sense to me, but I thought I'd mention it anyway.

Beyond that I couldn't find anything on the VOGONS forums, which as samtam90 says, is probably the best place to find information about this.
18-05-2005 04:11 PM
samtam90
Quote:
Originally posted by Flop@May 18 2005, 02:45 PM
Well, here is the technical guide to privateer (the cd version), and it indicates that you need EMS to run it. It may not work to set EMS to true, but it's worth a try (and it ought to work).
Maybe reading posts in http://dosbox.sourceforge.net may help
18-05-2005 03:45 PM
Flop Well, here is the technical guide to privateer (the cd version), and it indicates that you need EMS to run it. It may not work to set EMS to true, but it's worth a try (and it ought to work).
18-05-2005 03:35 PM
samtam90
Quote:
Originally posted by Flop+May 18 2005, 02:30 PM****
QUOTE (Flop @ May 18 2005, 02:30 PM)
******QuoteBegin-samtam90@May 18 2005, 04:26 PM
No, EMS must be false or the game won't work
Then why does he get the message to replace NOEMS with RAM? [/b][/quote]
I don't know, but if you set "true" for EMS the game doesn't work
18-05-2005 03:30 PM
Flop
Quote:
Originally posted by samtam90@May 18 2005, 04:26 PM
No, EMS must be false or the game won't work
Then why does he get the message to replace NOEMS with RAM?
18-05-2005 03:26 PM
samtam90
Quote:
Originally posted by Flop+May 18 2005, 02:26 PM****
QUOTE (Flop @ May 18 2005, 02:26 PM)
******QuoteBegin-Data@Apr 28 2005, 01:53 PM
open dosbox.conf
change ems=true to ems=false
save dosbox.conf
start dosbox.
play the game.

Short and simple
Shouldn't that be "change ems=false to ems=true"? [/b][/quote]
No, EMS must be false or the game won't work
18-05-2005 03:26 PM
Flop
Quote:
Originally posted by Data@Apr 28 2005, 01:53 PM
open dosbox.conf
change ems=true to ems=false
save dosbox.conf
start dosbox.
play the game.

Short and simple
Shouldn't that be "change ems=false to ems=true"?
18-05-2005 03:22 PM
samtam90 Try to change the core from "dynamic" to "normal".

With your configuration, Privateer works fine in my computer...

Maybe you have EMS actived on your priv.exe file? Set to 0 the EMS on that file and try. Otherwise, write your problem in Dosbox site: http://dosbox.sourceforge.net or see in VOGONS: http://vogons.zetafleet.com
18-05-2005 03:03 PM
Buwwelknurps same problem, my dosbox config:



[sdl]

fullscreen=false
fulldouble=false
fullfixed=false
fullresolution=1024x768
output=surface
hwscale=1.00
autolock=true
sensitivity=100
waitonerror=true
priority=higher,normal
mapperfile=mapper.txt

[dosbox]

language=
machine=vga
captures=capture
memsize=16

[render]

frameskip=0
aspect=false
scaler=normal2x

[cpu]

core=dynamic
cycles=5000
cycleup=500
cycledown=20

[mixer]

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

[midi]

mpu401=true
intelligent=true
device=default
config=

[sblaster]

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

[gus]

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

[speaker]

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

[bios]
# Nothing to setup yet!


[dos]

xms=false
ems=false

[modem]

modem=false
comport=2
listenport=23

[directserial]

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

[ipx]

ipx=false

[autoexec]


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