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[dosraider]

Originally Posted by Skyfly

In DOsbox 0.73, you need to run, or type, 'config -writeconfig localfile' to get your dosbox.conf file. Then you edit that file, with wordpad or other text editor, under the AUTOEXEC heading at the bottom.

XP: http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=19983
Vista: http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=19982

[Skyfly]

Originally Posted by The Fifth Horseman

Nope, there's a shortcut to it in the DOSBox entry in the Start Menu. Its' actual location is somewhere in your Documents and Settings directory.

Random: This should help.

I found the command line 'config.com' instructions in the Read.me for dosbox 0.73. It worked for me, but I suppose there is an easier way to get it. My bad.

[Skyfly]

Is this game limited to VGA256? I know some games like Blood and System Shock have 'patches' to increase resolution.

This game was released as free on a CD or DVD Rom that came with a magazine, I think PC Gamer. Deus Ex and Thief are examples of other games that were released 'free' with a computer magazine.


Another recap, with this ISO file, you need Daemon-Tools Lite or better.

Daemon-Tools (DT) installs and you have access to it via your taskbar, typically where you see your time of day and volume settings among other things. DT creates a virtual drive on your hard drive and you can point it to any ISO file, in this case you need to open the Wiz7.ISO file with DT and that will give you all the files you need and it will be located on the drive letter that DT opts to use, e.g. E:\, but it could be F:\ depending on what hardware you currently have on your system...

So now, you can use My Computer to access the files that are revealed on the virtual drive. In your E:\ drive, you should see:
W7 folder/directory
INSTALL.EXE
MANUAL.BAT
MANUAL.TXT
PASSWRDS.TXT (does not have all the passwords)
PW.BAT
README.BAT
VTOC.SYS

The W7 folder contains the bulk of the game files.

I copied all of these files into the directory that contained the WIZ.ISO file that you downloaded from Abandonia. E.G. D:\OldGames\WIZVII (The directory where all of your games are located, and the directory that you mount in DosBox)

So now you need to run install.exe.

I ran it using DosBox, but some have said to run it in Command Prompt. In DosBox, install.exe creates a folder in the directory that you have mounted. For example, it creates the folder WIZ-CD\7 in your mounted drive*, e.g. D:\OldGames\WIZ_CD\7... If you use Command Prompt, it creates the folder on your C:\ Drive... It contains the files:

PCFILE.DBS
SCENARIO.HDR

*When I say mounted drive, this is the drive you create for DosBox to use, e.g. mount c d:\OldGames.

Now I have two directories in my OldGames folder... WIZVII and WIZ-CD. Using Windows, My Computer, check the properties on these folders and remove the check from the 'read-only' check box to allow you to save your game.


Now everything should be set up properly. Get back to DosBox and go to the WIZVII\W7 directory and type play, or DS, or WIZARDRY. They all worked for me. Play.bat, DS.exe, Wizardry.exe.

You can set up your game options now. Choose Sound Blaster for voices and effects, choose Roland for Music and that's about it.

[dosraider]

May I ask why you don't simply use the imgmount command in dosbox to mount the ISO as D: ?
And install the game directly in dosbox from D: on C:
Why that complicated routine??????

[Skyfly]

Originally Posted by dosraider

May I ask why you don't simply use the imgmount command in dosbox to mount the ISO as D: ?
And install the game directly in dosbox from D: on C:
Why that complicated routine??????

Hmm, good question, , I was following the thread from the start and I just summed up what people were doing, and I guess all that is now archaic.

So no need for Daemon-Tools anymore? DosBox will handle the iso file?

Any idea if you can play Wiz7 with a higher resolution?

Readme for DosBox, for reference-
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IMGMOUNT
A utility to mount disk images and CD-ROM images in DOSBox.

IMGMOUNT DRIVE [imagefile] -t [image_type] -fs [image_format]
-size [sectorsbytesize, sectorsperhead, heads, cylinders]

imagefile
Location of the image files to mount in DOSBox. The location can
be on a mounted drive inside DOSBox, or on your real disk. It is
possible to mount CD-ROM images (ISOs or CUE/BIN) as well, if you
need CD swapping capabilities specify all images in succession.
The CDs can be swapped with CTRL-F4 at any time.

-t
The following are valid image types:
floppy: Specifies a floppy image or images. DOSBox will automatically
identify the disk geometry ( 360K, 1.2MB, 720K, 1.44MB, etc).
iso: Specifies a CD-ROM iso image. The geometry is automatic and
set for this size. This can be an iso or a cue/bin.
hdd: Specifies a harddrive image. The proper CHS geometry
must be set for this to work.

-fs
The following are valid file system formats:
iso: Specifies the ISO 9660 CD-ROM format.
fat: Specifies that the image uses the FAT file system. DOSBox will attempt
to mount this image as a drive in DOSBox and make the files
available from inside DOSBox.
none: DOSBox will make no attempt to read the file system on the disk.
This is useful if you need to format it or if you want to boot
the disk using the BOOT command. When using the "none"
filesystem, you must specify the drive number (2 or 3,
where 2 = master, 3 = slave) rather than a drive letter.
For example, to mount a 70MB image as the slave drive device,
you would type:
"imgmount 3 d:\test.img -size 512,63,16,142 -fs none"
(without the quotes) Compare this with a mount to read the
drive in DOSBox, which would read as:
"imgmount e: d:\test.img -size 512,63,16,142"

-size
The Cylinders, Heads and Sectors specification of the drive.
Required to mount hard drive images.

An example how to mount CD-ROM images:
1a. mount c /tmp
1b. imgmount d c:\myiso.iso -t iso
or (which also works):
2. imgmount d /tmp/myiso.iso -t iso

[dosraider]

Originally Posted by Skyfly

Readme for DosBox, for reference-
-------------

IMGMOUNT.......
lots of blah blah blah

Lets keep it simple if we want to help beginners, yes?

imgmount d x:\path\name.iso -t iso

[KrokodylPiotr]

this game is too hard, they just kill my team. after one minute of playing :laugh: i found a gold cd version of this game in my treasure box so i'll keep trying ......

Hey, I was just wondering... the Journey map kit, when I 'use' it, it comes up on the screen, but as soon as I try to move, it disappears Is that how it's supposed to work? I thought it'd just stay up to be used. I'm using the DOS version of Wizardry VII by the way, since Wizardry Gold doesn't like 64 bit systems

[Borodin]

Originally Posted by KrokodylPiotr

this game is too hard, they just kill my team. after one minute of playing :laugh: i found a gold cd version of this game in my treasure box so i'll keep trying ......

It's not easy, but it's also not that difficult if 1) you're careful in character creation/development, and 2) watch where you're traveling. Traditionally, the Wizardry series doesn't go easy on parties that explore without preparation. Stick to low level areas, and level up as much as possible before you decide to move on.

[Scatty]

Originally Posted by Incognito2me

Hey, I was just wondering... the Journey map kit, when I 'use' it, it comes up on the screen, but as soon as I try to move, it disappears Is that how it's supposed to work? I thought it'd just stay up to be used. I'm using the DOS version of Wizardry VII by the way, since Wizardry Gold doesn't like 64 bit systems

Yes this is how the map kit works, in this game there's no map staying all the time on your screen so it's more realistic. The higher your level in mapping, the more details are shown with the map kit too, btw. It's worth increasing it.