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[The Fifth Horseman]

As far as I can tell, the game is trying to read data from its' CD. One it cannot find because it hasn't been mounted in DOSBox yet.
What you need to do is mount your CD-Rom drive in DOSBox for the game to read its data from the CD. Since it seems its' drive letter is E, that would be:
mount E E:\ -t cdrom
I also suggest you reinstall the game under DOSBox (first move the saves somwhere else so you don't lose them), in case it's actually a file corruption problem.

Are you able to download Xcom on this site and should I just do that and see if that works? I know it is not illegal to download a ROM of a game that you already own. Also, where do I download it?[/b]

1. No, because it's sold.
2. Is it? Far as I know, it is only legal to make a backup from the copy you yourself posess.
3. Can't tell you. ESA would have our heads on pikes the next day after.

[riostyx]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Jul 3 2007, 06:45 AM) [snapback]297757[/snapback]</div>

As far as I can tell, the game is trying to read data from its' CD. One it cannot find because it hasn't been mounted in DOSBox yet.
What you need to do is mount your CD-Rom drive in DOSBox for the game to read its data from the CD. Since it seems its' drive letter is E, that would be:
mount E E:\ -t cdrom
I also suggest you reinstall the game under DOSBox (first move the saves somwhere else so you don't lose them), in case it's actually a file corruption problem.

1. No, because it's sold.
2. Is it? Far as I know, it is only legal to make a backup from the copy you yourself posess.
3. Can't tell you. ESA would have our heads on pikes the next day after.
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I should mount the CD like I was using Daemon Tools, but using DOSbox instead? I will try and thank you very much.

[The Fifth Horseman]

I thought you were talking about a real CD-ROM in your computer's optical drive.

If you mounted an ISO image with Daemon Tools, then you'll have to use DOSBox' IMGMOUNT utility for this purpose:
imgmount E:\ (location of your ISO) -t iso

[riostyx]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Jul 3 2007, 08:27 AM) [snapback]297775[/snapback]</div>

I thought you were talking about a real CD-ROM in your computer's optical drive.

If you mounted an ISO image with Daemon Tools, then you'll have to use DOSBox' IMGMOUNT utility for this purpose:
imgmount E:\ (location of your ISO) -t iso
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I do have a real cd in an optical drive.I know you use isos with daemon (that is not what I have), I just meant... I'm not sure what I meant. Anyways, IT WORKS!
I can now walk down stairs. However it is lagging tremendously. Do I increase the frameskip?

[The Fifth Horseman]

You do a few things about that:
1. Open Dosbox.conf and set core to dynamic
2. Change starting cycles to 10000 and the cycleup/cycledown values to 1000.
3. Change output to ddraw or overlay (surface is the slowest one there is)

Now in DOSBox experiment with frameskip and increasing/decreasing cycles until it runs at a satisfactory speed.
CTRL+F7 / F8 increase and decrease frameskip, CTRL+F11 / F12 increase/decrease cycles. I don't recommend setting frameskip too high - 1 or 2 should be more than enough.

Remember to use DOSBox v0.70 for that, BTW, since it's a fair bit faster than the previous versions (and more stable with dynamic core).

[riostyx]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Jul 3 2007, 09:05 AM) [snapback]297784[/snapback]</div>

You do a few things about that:
1. Open Dosbox.conf and set core to dynamic
2. Change starting cycles to 10000 and the cycleup/cycledown values to 1000.
3. Change output to ddraw or overlay (surface is the slowest one there is)

Now in DOSBox experiment with frameskip and increasing/decreasing cycles until it runs at a satisfactory speed.
CTRL+F7 / F8 increase and decrease frameskip, CTRL+F11 / F12 increase/decrease cycles. I don't recommend setting frameskip too high - 1 or 2 should be more than enough.

Remember to use DOSBox v0.70 for that, BTW, since it's a fair bit faster than the previous versions (and more stable with dynamic core).
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uh oh...
norton commander will no longer auto run.

[riostyx]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(riostyx @ Jul 3 2007, 09:11 AM) [snapback]297787[/snapback]</div>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Jul 3 2007, 09:05 AM) [snapback]297784[/snapback]

You do a few things about that:
1. Open Dosbox.conf and set core to dynamic
2. Change starting cycles to 10000 and the cycleup/cycledown values to 1000.
3. Change output to ddraw or overlay (surface is the slowest one there is)

Now in DOSBox experiment with frameskip and increasing/decreasing cycles until it runs at a satisfactory speed.
CTRL+F7 / F8 increase and decrease frameskip, CTRL+F11 / F12 increase/decrease cycles. I don't recommend setting frameskip too high - 1 or 2 should be more than enough.

Remember to use DOSBox v0.70 for that, BTW, since it's a fair bit faster than the previous versions (and more stable with dynamic core).
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uh oh...
norton commander will no longer auto run.
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I fixed nc.

[riostyx]

I fixed everything and all I need to do is tweak the cycles and frames until it runs perfectly. Thanks.

ok this is an ABANDONWARE site so if a game is esa protected or u have to buy it u should take it off the games list...instead of dashing peoples hopes you guys arent to bright and this site is crappy

[velik_m]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Jul 7 2007, 02:10 AM) [snapback]298284[/snapback]</div>

ok this is an ABANDONWARE site so if a game is esa protected or u have to buy it u should take it off the games list...instead of dashing peoples hopes you guys arent to bright and this site is crappy
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Your insight is much appreciated.