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Old 17-08-2008, 02:17 AM   #1
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hi, i am having trouble playing the game ecoquest 2: lost secrets of the rainforest. I am using dosbox on vista and when i try to start the game dosbox freezes and i have to shut it down, no error message comes up. I have no clue about computers what so ever so its probably something really obvious that i dont get.

I would really appreciate any help as this is my fav game from childhood!

oh also, for other games how do you figure out the command to actually start the game?

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Old 17-08-2008, 03:20 AM   #2
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Dosbox 0.72.
Unzipped all files in folder eco2.
No problems at all, runs fine when inputting sierra or rain.

So maybe you could give some details?
Like:
Dosbox version?
Your mount lines?
How you try to run the game?
If you runned install? (If you did: delete your folder and start over from scratch, you probably screwed the configuration file).

As how to launch 'all' the games: look for a *.bat, *.exe.
You can search them by inputting
dir *.exe and dir *.bat
whilst in the game folder in dosbox. usually a start, go, or something looking as the game name or related to.
There isn't a 'magical' input, look and you'll find.

As most games on AB are ready to run in dosbox you'd better don't run install or setup. Not all, but most will run directly.
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Old 17-08-2008, 04:30 AM   #3
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your right i screwed up the configuration! so simple! works perfectly now!

thanks so much for your help!!!
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I need help! I installed VDMSound to run EcoQuest 2, but it comes up with an error about VDMSound's CPU? I don't have the exact error message with me (left it at home), but do you suggest I rather use DosBox?
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Old 11-05-2010, 11:17 AM   #6
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Unzipped all files in folder eco2.
No problems at all, runs fine when inputting sierra or rain.
As stated 3 posts (3 !!) above yours, run the game in dosbox.

DOSBOX
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Old 13-05-2010, 06:29 PM   #7
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Sorry! Jeez...have some patience for the newb!
Thanks, have downloaded it and will try now.
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