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[raymondobasildon]

Installing and running DW2 in Dosbox 0.74 on Windows 7 if you have the discs

First I'd like to thank The Fifth Horseman and dosraider who provided all the main information. All I did was consolidate what they've posted make a few changes because I had the original discs.

Download "Windows 0.74 Win32 installer" from http://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1
Run the installer. Accept everything.

Create a folder in c:\users\MyName called OldGames

Copy disc 2 to created directory:
C:\users\MyName\OldGames\dw2\cd2\
Place cd1 in dvd drive.

From Start Menu – DOS Box
find the Dosbox conf edit in 'options'.

At the bottom of the config file after [autoexec]
add the lines
mount c "c:\users\MyName\OldGames\dw2"
mount k "c\:users\MyName\OldGames\dw2\cd2"
mount d f:\ -t cdrom
c:

run DOS Box
k:
install

select first Soundblaster

dw2


I'm now going to try to achieve the same with Discworld Noir

[raymondobasildon]

I had this working but was unhappy about the sound quality from time to time. And wanted to write up what I'd done concisely.

So I uninstalled it, and installed it again trying different soundcard options. Eventually settling on Soundblaster emulation as it appeared to be the only one that allowed recognition. Though there are 3 soundblaster options and I'm not sure which I used earlier.

I'm using an HP Pavilion with AMD high def audio.

The sound through the intro is fine.

Now it gets to the prompt -

Place disc 1 in CDROM drive and press any key

and just hangs there. Apparently never seeing the disc.

I've checked this over and over and cannot find what I've written differently. It was working just this morning.

And I thought I was being so helpful and now I've become a victim

[Smiling Spectre]

Do you have this disc in drive?

[raymondobasildon]

Originally Posted by Smiling Spectre

Do you have this disc in drive?

Yes - and checked that it was the right one.

Also have now tried changing the audio settings with setsound but the result is still the same.

[raymondobasildon]

I have additionally tried making an image of the cd (bin/cue - as my burner says it can't do iso on this type of cd), and using the imagemount (of the cue file) approach.

The dosbox system each time shows that it has correctly mounted to d but the game then can't seem to find it.

[raymondobasildon]

So the end of my DOSBox options currently looks like:

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
# You can put your MOUNT lines here.
mount c "c:\users\Raymond\OldGames\DW2"
# mount k "c:\users\Raymond\OldGames\DW2\cd2"
# mount d f:\ -t cdrom 0 -label DW2_CD1_ENG
imgmount d c:\users\Raymond\OldGames\DW2\cd1img\DW2_CD1_ENG.c ue -t cdrom

c:

I've hashed out lines I was not currently trying.

When opened, DOSBox reads:

Z:\>SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 H5 T6

z:\>mount c "c:\users\Raymond\OldGames\DW2"
Drive C is mounted as local directory c:\users\Raymond\OldGames\DW2\

Z:\>imgmount d c:\users\Raymond\OldGames\DW2\cd2img\DW2_CD1_ENG.c ue -t cdrom
MSCDEX installed
Drive D is mounted as c:\users\Raymond\OldGames\DW2\cd2img\DW2_CD1_ENG.c ue

Z:\>c:

C:\>


I type in dw2 to start (dw2 is a batch file that basically is @ECHO OFF; dwb)

All the intro runs fine with sound (a little distorted - it varies).

When I click on NEW GAME it prompts for CD1

[Smiling Spectre]

And last possible (simple) problem: did you try to install game in exactly that config? I.e. from D: that mounted right now?

[raymondobasildon]

Originally Posted by Smiling Spectre

And last possible (simple) problem: did you try to install game in exactly that config? I.e. from D: that mounted right now?

No. I installed it from k: where I'd copied cd2. It entirely installs from that disc then requires cd1 to run.

[Smiling Spectre]

Hmm... Now you lost me. But as I remember, there _was_ some problems for me when I installed DW2... Need to check it. I will tell you results later.

[Smiling Spectre]

Well, sorry for long wait. I was... somewhat engaged in last weeks at home.

I tried today to install and run game from my cds. It works.

So, I can guess several problems.

1. Try to use the same disc for run as you did for install. I.e., install from D, if you are mounting D afterwards.

2. Try to use exactly the same dir that you did used during install. As I remember from my WinXP days, game was very picky about where to install. You can select anything, but game would work only if installed on C:\DW2. Any other dir returns error on run (and maybe it was exactly "Insert disc 1", I cannot remember now).

In your case you are (obviously) installed to DW2, but trying to run the game from C:. Change your string
mount c "c:\users\Raymond\OldGames\DW2" to
mount c "c:\users\Raymond\OldGames\", and try again. (You'll need, of course, do "CD DW2" after "c:" before run the game.