11-05-2009, 11:09 AM | #1 | ||
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Dark Legions problem, please help
The problem is, the game freezes when I try to move a character on the strategic map. When I click a character I see the yellow squares but when I click on a square the cursor disappears, the game freezes and I have to kill Dosbox. I have been able to play the game a few times though (I don't know why it didn't freeze then).
I'm running the CD version of the game (from Abandonia) on Vista machine using Dosbox 0.72. Things i have tried: - mounting the CD-image with imgmount - using Daemon Tools and mounting as a cdrom drive - different sound configurations - different Dosbox configurations - patched and unpatched versions It seems the disk version doesn't have the same problem but I just don't like those copy protection questions. Does anyone know how to solve this problem or at least what might cause this in the first place? |
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11-05-2009, 10:36 PM | #2 | ||
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The only thing I could suggest would be to try a lower version of DOSBox...
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12-05-2009, 02:01 AM | #3 | ||
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12-05-2009, 11:45 AM | #4 | ||
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By the way, now I'm positive that the problem is somehow sound related. The game runs fine if I choose "no sound" from the sound configurator but I don't like playing without any sound. |
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12-05-2009, 10:23 PM | #5 | ||
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Then, when playing in DOSBox, make sure the game sound is configurated for the right SoundBlaster setting(s). It should help a lot.
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13-05-2009, 10:20 AM | #6 | ||
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EDIT: Just installed DOSBox 0.73 and tried running Dark Legions. I'm still having the same problem. Last edited by zirkoni; 27-05-2009 at 07:22 PM. |
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27-05-2009, 08:31 PM | #7 | ||
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I'll need to test this thoroughly - there must be some logic behind the behaviour.
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28-05-2009, 10:40 AM | #8 | ||
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- I have all the game files in C:\Users\My name\Documents\DOS\DLegions - DOSBox (0.72 and 0.73) installed in C:\Users\My name\DOSBox-0.7x - DOSBox configurations are all default (I haven't changed anything since all other games have run fine) - autoexec lines: mount c C:\Users\My name\Documents\DOS c: - And lines in a batch file I use to start the game: imgmount d C:\Users\My name\Documents\DOS\DLegions\DarkLegion.cue -t iso dl.exe And an image of the situation just to make things clear: the music is still playing but the mouse pointer has disappeared and keyboard commands won't work either. Thus, the only option is to exit DOSBox. Last edited by zirkoni; 25-07-2009 at 08:06 AM. |
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28-05-2009, 11:52 AM | #9 | ||
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mount c c:\ c: cd games\dlegions That might help it a bit. Also be sure to set the soundcard in the setup of the game to Soundblaster / Soundblaster PRO / Soundblaster 16 with the latter being the best option if available. The correct values with default DosBox configuration would be Port 220, IRQ 7, DMA 1, (if available for 16 bit sound) HDMA 5 |
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28-05-2009, 12:17 PM | #10 | ||
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