| 17-09-2011 02:48 AM | ||||
| Eagle of Fire |
Yup... From your screenshot I noticed you forgot to add the \ in your command... DOS is unforgiving this way. 
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| 16-09-2011 11:47 PM | ||||
| brianjn |
OMFG The Fifth Horseman FUTURE SCIENCE BASTARD  you rockand dosraider love you guys lol the drive would not work under mount c: c:syndicate c: synd but would work under mount mount c: c:\syndicate c: synd now it saves and evrythin  i do realise i could have saved all this had i read your guide so im sry but thanks for you help (i was just a little excited to play it) |
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| 16-09-2011 10:39 PM | ||||
| The Fifth Horseman |
http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/att...0&d=1316207950 DOSBox is stating clearly what is wrong. There is no directory named "Syndicate" in the root of your C drive. The directory you moved there was named "SYND". On further note, you're ignoring the backslash after : . DOSBox fixes that for you, but I recommend that you remember to do that correctly from now on. The correct mount command is therefore mount c c:\SYND |
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| 16-09-2011 10:29 PM | ||||
| dosraider |
Ignore Arete, that's what we usually do anyway.  Now about your problems, I gonna advise you to delete everything that is syndicate related from your D: drive (in Windows) Next step: redownload the archive from Abandonia, extract the syndicate folder on your D:\oldgames\ (create \oldgames\ ), rename the syndicate folder to syndicat (8chars max for dos !) Your folder structure should be: d:\oldgames\syndicat\ and then run dosbox and input: mount c "d:\oldgames" c: cd syndicat main That's all you need to do to get the game running. In other words: start over from scratch, that's the easiest way to avoid making the same mistakes over and over again. BTW, you seem to miss some files, may I advise you to use http://www.7-zip.org/ ? [Edit] Something weird: You seem to have a lot of files that aren't present in the AB archive (smain, sintro .....) http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/att...9&d=1316207526 Did you get that game from AB or what ???? |
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| 16-09-2011 10:04 PM | ||||
| brianjn |
yea sry my drives ar a mess (and so am I) to many people use it to clean it up ok in the dos3 pic you can see drive D: and the syndicate folder it seems different to yours mine is 140MB. this game plays but wont save Quote:
I have gone through the properties of my files and yea they were set to read only but when i un check read only and click ok it changes back when i open the file propertys again your not goin to belive this but i cant rember the file type but the game still has sound Quote:
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| 16-09-2011 08:59 PM | ||||
| The Fifth Horseman |
No offence but you seem to have no idea what you're doing. Don't try things at random. We're here to help you, but you need to pay attention and follow our instructions carefully. Quote:
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1. The drive letter in DOSBox does not have to have anything to do with the actual location of the directories on your actual hard drive. I've been happily mounting F:\Oldgames\ as the C drive in DOSBox for last 7 years. 2. Your drive mounts should start with C That's how it was in DOS, and you really should do it that way. 3. The Beginner's Guide should help a bit. Quote:
What are you mounting in DOSBox? What error messages do you get? Screenshots, please. Also, make sure the directory is not set to "read only" (check its' properties in Windows). If it is, you've got your cause right there. |
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| 16-09-2011 07:26 PM | ||||
| arete |
Well done for making an old Belgian cry 
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| 16-09-2011 07:18 PM | ||||
| dosraider |
You're not making any sense at all. And your folder structure on your C: and D: looks like garbage. Know what, post a screenie of your dosbox running with the mount lines, something as this: Quote:
Fact: game runs fine in dosbox, saves and whatnots included. Really. |
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| 16-09-2011 07:07 PM | ||||
| brianjn |
I have found now that if in the syndicate folder i open the synd.exe file it creaits a synd folder in drive c: with save,save2 and a file that has this info in it i changed it to synd.inf to read it it contains (main /c0 /iirq7 /idma1 /iio220) but since then i have found that dos box even tho it is installed in the c drive it doesnt recognise it so if it is set to save in c:synd\save it cant how i have moved the syndicate file to c: but then the game wont run at all |
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| 16-09-2011 06:54 PM | ||||
| dosraider |
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Your mount lines should be mount c "d:\syndicate" c: cd syndicat main Notice: Even if the saves seems to work for me when mounted as D, you always will be better of to mount a virtual C, regardless what your HD drive letter is under Win. As for a pic of the folder structure, here ya go:  Gives in dosbox: 
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