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[Slevin]

Originally Posted by _r.u.s.s.

i remember that in the windows or system directory, there is a .PIF file somewhere called "ms-dos games with support of EMS and XMS memory.pif" or something like that.

when you edit it (properties), there is a full description of how does it work. i don't have win 98 installed anywhere right now, so i can't tell

hope that helps

I made it work! There really is a .pif file called "ms-dos games with support of EMS and XMS memory.pif", it was in the windows directory, so here is my newbie procedure:
i ran that file, and from this DOS mode i could only acess the files in the C:\Windows directory, and i dont know how to come back to C:\ (i mean, i dont know how to go to C:\ from C:\windows, or from C:\games\darklands
to C:\games), so i ctrl+c ctrl+v my darklands directory to C:\windows\games, and ran the game file. And it worked.

thanks everyone

[_r.u.s.s.]

"cd .."

[Slevin]

Uh..........:P

[Driderman]

I am having an issue with this game. I'm running it in dosbox, the version here from abandonia. Everything seems to be running smoothly, but after 10-15 minutes of play my game stalls and I have no option but to Ctrl+Alt+Delete to get back to my desktop.

Any suggestions on how to fix this, I'm really interested in playing this

[Mighty Midget]

First: Have you tried Alt + Enter to exit full screen mode, and then close the DosBox window?

Second: Have you experienced the same problem with other games via DosBox?

Third: (if no): Try disableing sound before launching the game, just to see if the game still freezes.

[Driderman]

Games run through dosbox usually works, I've been using it for years so I'm not a complete moron at it... Anymore

Okay, I can alt+enter as well, but that really doesn't help with game performance since it's still frozen...

Actually, I enabled sound and that has helped a bit

[Mighty Midget]

Umm, you ENABLED sound and it helped? Usually, it's the other way around... Anyway, looks like this is out of my league. Stick around and someone might be able to help

[Driderman]

Yes, I enabled sound and it helped. I was pretty surprised too. Just had another crash, but if it doesn't get worse than this I guess I can play it as it is

[_r.u.s.s.]

how did it "help a bit"? (you mean it freezes less frequently? or you never run it with sound when it freezed) then, what are your core and cycles settings?

[Driderman]

I enabled sound and now it rarely freezes. I'm cycling it at 12000 and have my dosbox set to dynamic core, if I remember correctly.

Anyone else by me think the copy protection on this game is a bit over the top? I mean, I have to consult the manual every 5 minutes or so...