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Old 26-04-2005, 02:31 AM   #1
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Hi everyone. I think I may have posted about this before but I'm back because after totally giving up on this game, I've decided that I just can't do it. So, I'm looking for help, specifically someone who has the patience to deal with a newbie because I am really DOSbox challenged. (and apparently Ultima Underworld challenged too)

I've had a heck of a time trying to get this game to run (and I did see that there is a patch, but that was something else I couldn't get to work either. SIGH)

Here's how I have my game right now, I've extracted it into Program Files and it's in a folder titled Ultima Underworld-The Stygian Abyss. Inside I've got the UW.exe file and that is what I've tried to use in DOS box. I've tried moving the whole Ultima folder into my C: drive so that in DOS box I can go:
mount c c:\ultimaunderworld but when I do that it tells me that there is no such directory. I tried adding "the stygian abyss" at the end, not knowing if that mattered, and had the same message. Then I tried just doing: mount c c:\UW and again it tells me there is no such directory. So, I'm pretty sure at this point that I'm either not getting something, or am just doing it all wrong. :crazy:

So, I would love it if someone could walk me through this step by step and treat me as if I am a two year old who has never used DOS box. Because even though I have, for some reason, I just can't get it to work w/ this game.

Thank you so much in advance---it makes me crazy when I find old games that I never got to play and then have the chance to play them now, only to find that I can't get them to work.

PS I did try that thing where you move your .exe file right onto the DOSbox icon but I get an error message when I do that as well.

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Old 26-04-2005, 06:29 AM   #2
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if your directory name has spaces in it you have to use quotes in dosbox:
mount c "c:\Program Files\Ultima Underworld-The Stygian Abyss\"

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