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Old 20-01-2010, 06:37 PM   #1
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I bought Panzer General on CD from a second hand shop so i could get too see the clips in-game etc.

Anyway im having trouble getting it to work with vista, any ideas?
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Old 20-01-2010, 07:05 PM   #2
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Yup, DOSBox.
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Old 20-01-2010, 07:09 PM   #3
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Yeah, i thought of that. But whenever i try to run it, it says "Failed to load @:\lib\drv\VESA480.dll"
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Old 20-01-2010, 09:17 PM   #4
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Sounds like you've either got a path problem or a crippled copy (first being much more likely).
Did you install the game using DOSBox in the first place?
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Old 20-01-2010, 09:27 PM   #5
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No, first i actually copied the content on rom cd and placed it on my deskop, ofcourse i couldnt run it with vista so i put it in my "DOSSPEL" folder. (dosgames)
Then i installed it from Dosbox to C and then ran it through there..(with dosbox)
And the error occured.

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Old 20-01-2010, 09:33 PM   #6
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No, first i actually copied the content on the cd and placed it on my deskop, ofcourse i couldnt run it with vista so i put it in my "DOSSPEL" folder. (dosgames)
Then i installed it from Dosbox to C and then ran it through there..(with dosbox)
And the error occured.
*sigh*
Delete the game.
Mount the CD in DOSBox and install it from there. There should be a file named "install" or "setup" somewhere on the game disc.
Most likely the game needs to set some paths in its configuration file during the installation, and not having done so results in the mess you've got.
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Old 20-01-2010, 10:05 PM   #7
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Ok thx, i nearly got it working now. Ive done all that but when i try to install it says my Drives aint got enough drive space.. i tried both D and C.. any ideas?

btw: sorry for being a dosbox noob


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When the install shuts down it says
"Panzer General requires 3000000 bytes"

Another thing: I used "Mount C E:\ -t cdrom"
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Old 20-01-2010, 10:15 PM   #8
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When the install shuts down it says
"Panzer General requires 3000000 bytes"

Another thing: I used "Mount C E:\ -t cdrom"
Man man o manometer ... you really make a mess of things, really.

OK, Back to square one with you.

First read and apply this:
http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=19982
Then you'll have a properly mounted virtual c:\ in dosbox.


Next, mount your CD as D in dosbox.
mount d e:\ -t cdrom

Install the game from D: on C: in dosbox.
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Old 20-01-2010, 10:45 PM   #9
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Thx for everything, got it all working. For some reason the cinematics are going ridiculously fast.. But i'll tend to that matter myself.

Thanks for everything!
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Old 21-01-2010, 02:20 AM   #10
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Congratulation Z3rog. It is always great to see someone working hard to actually fix their own problems instead of waiting idly to be told what to do.

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