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satanicas
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Joined: 12 Sep 2011
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 Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 2:53 pm
Post subject: Need For Speed 1 SE Win7 DosBox 0.74 |
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hi there, ive got a problem to run nfs 1 se, i just normally installed it via dosbox mounted .iso, and instalation was succesful but when i try to run the game it just write the normal text :
DOS/4WG Protected mode runtime version 1.97
Copyright... etc.
and then nothing else happens.. i tried to mount image and then run the game and nothing changed..
Do some of u guys have an expirience with this matter please? I really would like to play Special edition  never knew it even exists and now i cant try it :\ btw normal version of NFS1 runs great with dosbox so thats why im confused and dunno what to do..
Thanx for any advices. ^^ |
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dosraider
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Joined: 15 Mar 2005
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Location: ROTFLMAO in Belgium.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 3:45 pm
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Game runs fine in dosbox. (Special Edition)
So, gonna need some info from you.
Dosbox ver is 0.74, that's one.
Next ones:
Did you alter something in dosbox config?
Your mount lines? (All of them, detailed please)
Install choices?
Inputs to launch the game? |
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satanicas
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Joined: 12 Sep 2011
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 2:51 pm
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umm ill try to write down my steps.. so :
1. mount c: c:\
mount d: e:\ -t cdrom
2. after that ive instaled it and instalation run fine.
3. c:\cd old\cd nfsse\nfs
and it writes what i wrote in first thread.. and about my changes in config i did some changes. I read it somewhere so ive changed :
core : dynamic
machine : svga_et4000
memsize : 32
and ive put some file named UNIVBE to folder with NFS SE.
I hope i said everything important  |
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dosraider
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 4:23 pm
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CD mount is ok .... but didn't you say
| satanicas wrote: | | ...it via dosbox mounted .iso.... |
ISO? So if I understand you swell you have a CD image, an ISO, why don't you mount it directly in dosbox with imgmount ???? Works much better then an extra virtual drive.
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1. mount c: c:\ |
Is always completely wrong, and even more completely wrong in Win7....
please read and apply this:
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13511
Will work much better in Win7, really.
Now reinstall the game, accept nfsse (the default dir)
To launch the game you must see c:\nfsse> as prompt, for this:
run dosbox, mount or imgmount the CD as D again and input:
cd nfsse
nfs
That is if you followed the link to install-run dosbox correctly with a proper virtual C: mounted.
Launching the game with your c:\cd old\cd nfsse\nfs is asking for all kinds of problems, that's NOT the way to do things, even if it works for some games, most games won't run that way.
A lot of dosgames need to be launched from their own folder ( prompt on C:\name> )as they need a specific dir (folder) structure, they can only work with absolute paths, not with relative paths (as most windows games), and thus can not be launched directly from c:\ as you tried.
OK?
Should you don't know the syntax for "imgmount", it is:
imgmount d "x:\path\name.iso" -t cdrom
Works also fine with BIN/CUE CD images
imgmount d "x:\path\name.cue" -t cdrom
You can eventually put them imgmount lines in a batch file saved on your virtual C, name it something as nfssecd.bat or something that you easily can remember.
UNIVBE should not be needed for NFSSE, but I'm not 100% sure of that as you set "svga_et4000", should you have graph glitches reset to "svga_s3".
Mem 32MB isn't also needed, the default 16 MB will do fine for 99% of the games, NFSSE included.
[Edit]
Sound should be set to SB16/AWE when installing the game. |
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