Help with dosbox gaming on Mac [Mac OS X]

Post by **dosraider** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:18 pm

Yes, and it shows where you get things wrong.
It's NOT mount c"/users/<christopher>/dos/" but

mount c "/users/christopher/dos/"
Mind the correct spaces and the " "
I presume you will use /users/christopher/dos/ as virtual C ?

chris m · Post by **chris m** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:22 pm

dont know what virtual c means? i suppose i'll try that link again and change that info in the preferences of the dosbox. where exactly are the space?

Post by **dosraider** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:27 pm

mount space c space "/users/christopher/dos/"

Dosbox needs a folder that you mount as HardDisk C:, it uses a 'virtual C: ', everything you do IN dosbox is restricted to that virtual C folder.

The folder that you see as /users/christopher/dos/ in OS X will be seen as C: in dosbox.
That's your root in dosbox.
Everything will start from there.

chris m · Post by **chris m** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:39 pm

ok so now i opened dosbox and it did recognize it as c drive...but now what do i do from there? how do i play games? and will the old ones still work? i can send more screen shots after what you tell me

Post by **dosraider** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:47 pm

One game at the time, one by one, or it will gow completely wrong here ......

As I said before, I need some details from you, you really must be more talkative or we won't get where you want, to play games.

Let's begin with Quake, shall we?
Did you downed it from dosgames.com?
If yes you got a zip file, quake106.zip, in that zip file there are 4 files, you'll need to extract them 4 files in
/users/christopher/dos/temp/
run dosbox and then input:

cd temp
install

follow the screens to install the game.
Remember: when asked where to install the game in dosbox it's c:\quake_sw\ you must have in dosbox.

quake_sw because it's the shareware version you can get here on dosgames.com.

chris m · Post by **chris m** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 4:00 pm

yes i did all of them except hugo and 1 other are from that website..how do i extract them exactly (not sure of the process and where i'm extracting them from) Might help if you used laymans terms. And when you mention that c:/quake/ is that a file i create myself as a reference....please go step by step with me thanks

Post by **dosraider** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 4:19 pm

A *.zip file is a compressed archive.
You will need to extract (unzip) the files that are in it.
So you'll need a soft that can handle zip files for Mac.
Or ask someone with a PC to do it for you and copy the extracted files on an USB key or such ....

The 4 files you need are:
deice.exe
install.bat
resource.1
resource.dat

Once you have the 4 files from the quake106.zip in your
/users/christopher/dos/temp/
run dosbox and then input:

cd temp
install
You will be asked on what drive to install, simply input
C
Next what dir, there is allready c:\quake_sw filled in, simply hit ENTER.
The installer will create the quake_sw directory (folder), you don't need to create it.

Let the thing run (takes some time ...) the game will be installed in c:\quake_sw\ (dosbox path ! ) and will start once all is done.

cm · Post by cm » Thu Sep 02, 2010 4:31 pm

now i already have them on my computer unzipped as you said. the four item i can see plain as day in a file labelled quake under a folder named games. but when you mention /users/christopher/dos/temp...is that a file i need to create, see this is where i'm lost.

Post by **dosraider** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 4:36 pm

yes, that /temp/ is something you must create yourself.
/temp/ is NOT a file but a folder.
Then put those 4 files in /temp/
the run dosbox and follow the instructions I posted.

BTW, you're or very young or very new to this stuff it seems...?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 4:56 pm

i figured out quake how about descent saturn?

Post by **dosraider** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 5:19 pm

Anonymous wrote:.... descent saturn?

??????
What's descent saturn?

chris m · Post by **chris m** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 5:41 pm

ok or duke nukem 2...i figured i would go in and change ...

mount c "/users/christopher/dos"
c:

...everytime i wanted to play quake.

and then take it out everytime i wanted to manually change the z drive to the c drive to play other games i know how to run with my own process but when i try that old process of mine with duke nukem 2 i end up running the first diece exe file and download to c drive and then hitting "dir" again and end up with this...

http://imgur.com/DGN9A.jpg
Edited link ~dosraider

so now what?

Post by **dosraider** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 11:46 pm

chris m wrote:ok or duke nukem 2...i figured i would go in and change ...

mount c "/users/christopher/dos"
c:

...everytime i wanted to play quake.

You're not making any sense here.

When you want to play quake:
Run dosbox and input:
cd quake_sw
quake
That's all, I don't understand what you meant with " i would go in and change" your mounts.

The Duke2 folder path on your Mac should be:
/users/christopher/dos/duke2/

The Quake folder path on your Mac should be:
/users/christopher/dos/quake_sw/

Makes that you ALWAYS mount
/users/christopher/dos/
as your virtual C
You do NOT change that mount.

For DN2:
run dosbox and input:
cd duke2
nukem2

If your prompt after playing DN2 is
c:\duke2>
and you directly want to play Quake without restarting dosbox input:
cd .. <- this brings your prompt back to C: root
cd quake_sw
quake <- this will launch quake.

[Edit]
Also:
Your dosbox window looks rather small in the pics, open dosbox conf file again and alter:

windowresolution=1024x768 *or 800x600*
output=ddraw *or overlay, or opengl*
!This needs a dosbox restart!