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Old 10-08-2006, 01:35 AM   #1
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Hi there Im having problems running my Police Quest 4
I know how to use DosBox however it will not run it says it cannot be run in Dos mode
here is the problem when i dont try running it in Dosit says "Your Current display driver is not supported by this game. You can install a different driver by selecting the appropriate from windows setup. You may also exit windows and play the game under Dos."

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Old 10-08-2006, 02:41 AM   #2
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Are you sure you are running the right file? If it's a Windows port, there should be a Win and a DOS version.
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Old 10-08-2006, 02:58 AM   #3
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Yes im totally positive all I have in my files is a sierraw.exe bat and other files that i cant read
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Old 10-08-2006, 12:56 PM   #4
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Right-click on the executable. [PROPERTIES]-->[COMPATIBILITY]. Check Windows 95, 640x480 resolution, 256 colors.
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Old 11-08-2006, 02:54 AM   #5
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New Error
when chester goes to take the pictures a popup comes up saying

waveoutunprepareheader1
An invalid parameter was passed to a system function
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Old 11-08-2006, 01:12 PM   #6
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Try going through that part of the game several times.
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Old 20-08-2006, 05:42 AM   #7
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i get a cursor to big error win ruin the win version and the dos version places sound but no speeach and i have the cd version btw
                       
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Old 21-08-2006, 05:42 PM   #8
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QUOTE(branden @ Aug 20 2006, 04:42 AM) [snapback]249695[/snapback]
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i get a cursor to big error win ruin the win version and the dos version places sound but no speeach and i have the cd version btw
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I run the game in dos box 0.65 and the setup dosnt work i copyed the cd files to my HD
VDM sound wont run iti tryed editing my config files n such nothing works m really stuck
                       
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Old 15-07-2010, 01:57 AM   #9
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I cant get this program to run with DosBox .74 The game keeps thinking that I need the CD-ROM which is in the drive, I installed from the CD but when it comes to playing the game my CD-ROM keeps reporting that there is no CD in the drive! What the hell?

Why couldnt they just make technology backwards compatible to begin with?
                       
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Have you mounted the CD-Rom using the -t cdrom argument?
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