Hi!
I'm having a bit of a problem getting Corridor 7 (CD version) to install. I've downloaded the game from a related website. I'm not very proficient in PC jargon, so please bear with me. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
The game requires a Virtual Drive to run properly (it's an image file). I've downloaded Daemon Tools and MagicISO and managed to mount the game onto a virtual drive, which has popped up as drive H. My stock computer has only 2 stock drives - C and D.
After mounting the game to the virtual drive I tried to open the files within using DOSBOX to install the game. I successfully opened the install file by mounting drive H. This is where I'm stumped, however.
The installation drives can only be C or D and not H. If I try to install to C I get a message that reads "Switching to drive C: failed". The same goes for drive D.
How do I get around this problem? Any tips or advice?
Having trouble installing Corridor 7 CD version
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There are some wiki pages and guides available:
http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/MOUNT
http://www.sierrahelp.com/Utilities/Emu ... Mount.html
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The C and D drives that DOSbox will use are virtual drives and not your actual drives. You create these drives by using a 'mount' command with an image or a directory in a DOSbox dos window, or set them up in the GUI front ends for DOSbox (like D-fend Reloaded).
If you are using DOSbox directly it's a command like "mount c c:\some_existing_directory" which then will be used as C:\ inside DOSbox.
(With a CD rom drive you use an extra parameter to define the drive letter/image as a CD)
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In D-fend Reloaded, there is a 'drives' setup section on each game entry you make to setup and the C:\ is by default a pre-configured directory called 'VirtualHD'
The CD rom setup for images is setup by selecting a drive letter D and the game image file you need, and define the drive as being a CD rom.
http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/MOUNT
http://www.sierrahelp.com/Utilities/Emu ... Mount.html
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The C and D drives that DOSbox will use are virtual drives and not your actual drives. You create these drives by using a 'mount' command with an image or a directory in a DOSbox dos window, or set them up in the GUI front ends for DOSbox (like D-fend Reloaded).
If you are using DOSbox directly it's a command like "mount c c:\some_existing_directory" which then will be used as C:\ inside DOSbox.
(With a CD rom drive you use an extra parameter to define the drive letter/image as a CD)
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In D-fend Reloaded, there is a 'drives' setup section on each game entry you make to setup and the C:\ is by default a pre-configured directory called 'VirtualHD'
The CD rom setup for images is setup by selecting a drive letter D and the game image file you need, and define the drive as being a CD rom.
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Thanks for your quick reply and help. I've dug a little deeper since then and managed to install the game, but I've run into yet another roadblock. This is what I did:
1. In DOSBOX I mounted a folder in my drive C (mine being "c:\gog games") and successfully installed the game there.
2. I mounted my virtual drive H as drive D (the command being: mount d h:\corr7cd -t cdrom).
3. I then tried to run the game from my C drive... but I got this message:
1. In DOSBOX I mounted a folder in my drive C (mine being "c:\gog games") and successfully installed the game there.
2. I mounted my virtual drive H as drive D (the command being: mount d h:\corr7cd -t cdrom).
3. I then tried to run the game from my C drive... but I got this message:
I got closer, but am stumped yet again. What am I doing wrong?[/quote]CORRIDOR 7 CD not found in drive or MSCDEX not installed.
Look at the trouble shooting section here: there are a couple of CD related entries.
http://www.dosbox.com/DOSBoxManual.html#CantFindCD
I don't know how the GoG distributions are organised, (I thought they had a builtin DOSbox setup) but you may have to add extra parameters such as a 'label' - sometimes programs look for these things, use 'imgmount' instead of mount, (i.e. don't bother using daemon tools to make the image H:)
I've never played the Corridor7 game myself, so I don't know the exact details of its setup.
edit: I found a bin/cue version to try out, and using imgmount works fine.
(I first installed the game from a virtual drive using daemon tools, under dosbox - the path to the download was too long to write, so I got lazy.) Once installed, I use the imgmount within dosbox to play the game.
A snippet from my D-Fend start file:
mount C "C:\DOCUME~1\rwolf\D-Fend Reloaded\VirtualHD\"
imgmount D "C:\DOCUME~1\rwolf\MYDOCU~1\Downloads\c7\Corridor.7-Alien.Invasion-TransferCrew.cue" -t cdrom
There is a setup file to change the sound/music config, and keys - this game was made before the WASD standard.
http://www.dosbox.com/DOSBoxManual.html#CantFindCD
I don't know how the GoG distributions are organised, (I thought they had a builtin DOSbox setup) but you may have to add extra parameters such as a 'label' - sometimes programs look for these things, use 'imgmount' instead of mount, (i.e. don't bother using daemon tools to make the image H:)
I've never played the Corridor7 game myself, so I don't know the exact details of its setup.
edit: I found a bin/cue version to try out, and using imgmount works fine.
(I first installed the game from a virtual drive using daemon tools, under dosbox - the path to the download was too long to write, so I got lazy.) Once installed, I use the imgmount within dosbox to play the game.
A snippet from my D-Fend start file:
mount C "C:\DOCUME~1\rwolf\D-Fend Reloaded\VirtualHD\"
imgmount D "C:\DOCUME~1\rwolf\MYDOCU~1\Downloads\c7\Corridor.7-Alien.Invasion-TransferCrew.cue" -t cdrom
There is a setup file to change the sound/music config, and keys - this game was made before the WASD standard.
Last edited by Rwolf on Mon May 16, 2016 1:13 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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I assume your H:\ has a mounted image of the exact Corridor 7 CD, so it sounds like you need to do: mount d h:\ -t cdrom (without the extra path).SqueakyWheel wrote:I mounted my virtual drive H as drive D (the command being: mount d h:\corr7cd -t cdrom).
Or use imgmount on the ISO itself, as suggested.
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Thanks so much for the help guys. I honestly didn't expect people to help me out when I posted this topic, let alone so quick and in such detail. This really raises my hopes for humanity (said by a guy trying to basically pirate old software).
I got the game working! I couldn't get the image mounted as I don't have enough experience with DOSBOX yet, but I've done what dr-st said and it worked like a charm.
Only problem was that the game was choppy and laggy as hell. I had to raise the CPU speed fourfold (almost 12,000 cycles) to get it running properly. Is this normal? I just haven't had to fuss so much over getting a game to work since I discovered the basic DOSBOX commands. Talk about a mental workout!
I got the game working! I couldn't get the image mounted as I don't have enough experience with DOSBOX yet, but I've done what dr-st said and it worked like a charm.
Only problem was that the game was choppy and laggy as hell. I had to raise the CPU speed fourfold (almost 12,000 cycles) to get it running properly. Is this normal? I just haven't had to fuss so much over getting a game to work since I discovered the basic DOSBOX commands. Talk about a mental workout!
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Actually, this game isn't available on GOG.com. I just put all my old games into that directory. Wanted to get used to using quotes in DOSBOX.Rwolf wrote:
I don't know how the GoG distributions are organised, (I thought they had a builtin DOSbox setup) but you may have to add extra parameters such as a 'label' - sometimes programs look for these things, use 'imgmount' instead of mount, (i.e. don't bother using daemon tools to make the image H:)
Yeah, it's basically a Wolf 3d clone. Wanted to try it out cause it scared the $#!+ out of me when I was a little kid. Memories are strong things....Rwolf wrote:
There is a setup file to change the sound/music config, and keys - this game was made before the WASD standard.
Good you got it to work. Tuning the game to your PC is often needed with old games, they were often made to match a specific computer speed, and sometimes DOSbox runs too fast or too slow for specific tasks.
(A possible drawback of emulators like DOSbox is that your old memories can get a bit tarnished when you see those old gems pale in comparision with current titles.
But if you can see past the gnarly surface, they are often still enjoyable.)
(A possible drawback of emulators like DOSbox is that your old memories can get a bit tarnished when you see those old gems pale in comparision with current titles.
But if you can see past the gnarly surface, they are often still enjoyable.)