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Old 06-06-2009, 03:51 AM   #1
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Default Sim Tower Troubles (DOSBOX, Mac OS X)

I'm sure there's a simple solution to this, but I can't find it and I've looked all over the forums and used google, so here it is:

I downloaded Dosbox (whatever the newest version is) and Abandonia's version of Sim Tower. I followed the directions so that my screen looks like this:

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/9797/picture2pr5.png

But the files in the SimTower download, unzipped, are .ex_ which means they need to be expanded. When I type in "expand simtower.ex_" it says "illegal command: expand." How do I expand the files so that I can run the program?

Thank you so much.
                       
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Old 06-06-2009, 04:05 AM   #2
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Was there an install program in the folder with the files?

If so, THAT would be what you would use, not simply typing "expand".
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Old 06-06-2009, 05:40 AM   #3
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Doesn't SimTower work without DOSBox? Go get Parallels or Bootcamp.
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Old 06-06-2009, 06:03 AM   #4
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Dosbox is for running Dosgames.
Sim Tower is a Windows game, will NOT work directly in dosbox.
What you can do is install W3.x in dosbox, then it works.

A complete how to:
http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=9405
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Old 06-06-2009, 06:05 AM   #5
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Doesn't SimTower work without DOSBox? Go get Parallels or Bootcamp.
Yeah, it does, but the whole point was to do this for free.


Okay, so now I'm trying to run the "setup.exe" file and it says "this program requires microsoft windows" a forum (http://www.dosgames.com/forum/about10598.html) says I can still use dosbox, but I'm not understanding their instructions.
                       
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Old 06-06-2009, 06:19 AM   #6
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.....a forum (http://www.dosgames.com/forum/about10598.html) says I can still use dosbox, but I'm not understanding
their instructions.
Read the whole thing, you can NOT run it directly in dosbox, you need W3.x to run it.
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Install W3.x in dosbox, the game runs fine in it.
Yes, you can run W3.x perfectly in dosbox, if you didn't know that.
And as Simtower IS a W3.x game ........
The same as I posted in the post above yours:
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Dosbox is for running Dosgames.
Sim Tower is a Windows game, will NOT work directly in dosbox.
What you can do is install W3.x in dosbox, then it works.

A complete how to:
http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=9405
Once again:
Sim Tower is a Windows game, not a dosgame.


Also: @#@@#@#Mac.
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Old 06-06-2009, 07:02 AM   #7
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I will bother you one more time-- I have setup windows 3.0, run it on dosbox, setup simtower, and now it says it is the wrong version of windows. So which version of windows should I be running?
                       
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I will bother you one more time-- I have setup windows 3.0, run it on dosbox, setup simtower, and now it says it is the wrong version of windows. So which version of windows should I be running?
Never mind. 3.1 it is, then.
                       
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