DOS Games Discussion

Hey people. I have been able to install the game, but whenever I close DOSbox, I have to install it every time to play it. I also get a message saying 'cannot save config file' when I try to change the sound driver.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I have it in a .bin file.

OS?
Dosbox version?
Mount lines?
Commands to install/run game?

theotter wrote:I have it in a .bin file.

Only a *.bin file? This can't be good.

Oh sorry, I'm running DOSbox 0.74 and I have Win 7 64bit

MOUNT C C:\DOSGAMES -t dir -freesize 400
IMGMOUNT D C:\DOSGAMES\IHNMAIMS.cue -t iso
D:
INSTALL

this is what I use to install

Virtual C: mount sux big under Win7 64
Read and apply:
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13511

Also:
Why the freesize????????
What's that "-t dir" doing there?????????

Also²
Resize your avatar or I will delete it.

I don't know why those other commands are there mate, but betting help from the DOSbox forums was an exercise in fultility. One bloke just gave me these commands and they allowed me to install.

theotter wrote:....One bloke just gave me these commands and they allowed me to install.

Seems that didn't go swell:

theotter wrote:Hey people. I have been able to install the game, but whenever I close DOSbox, I have to install it every time to play it.

Read my post, apply how to install dosbox correctly in Win 7, install the game from D on C in dosbox.
No need for freesize with that game, and please forget all the other -t dir stuff.

Ok I have read your post and it now loads to C instead of Z and dosbox seems to have installed correctly. I have moved the .bin file to the oldgames folder. What is the next step?

You need the BIN and CUE file together.
You mount the CD image as D:\ in dosbox pointing to the CUE file
Go to your D: prompt
Input install

Accept C:
Accept \scream
Choose full install size ( 115MB)

After install sound config
MIDI: SB 16 -> autoconfig
DIGI: SB16 or AWE32 -> autoconfig
-> done

Installer will leave you in c:\scream, input:
s.exe vesa
to run the game

To run the game after you closed /reopen dosbox:
mount your CD image again as D: and input on your dosbox C:\ prompt:

cd scream
s.exe vesa


That's it, runs fine, no problems.

should you have problems:
Mount lines
And eventually error messages.

[Edit]
BTW, you can create a batch file to mount that CD image.
If you don't know what I mean by that you also simply can add the full CD imgmount line under your virtual C: mount line in dosbox conf under the [autoexec] header.
Should you want to disable that imgmount later simply put a # in front of the line, dosbox will ignore it.

I typed IMGMOUNT D C:\users\hayden\oldgames\nomouth.bin -t iso
D:
INSTALL

and that has gotten me to the install screen. Its installed now.
Mate its all well and good to say mount and whathaveyou but I find it easier if you tell me the commands.

Batch files and all that stuff are not something I use at all. So saying that is not really useful unless you tell me exact commands

theotter wrote:I typed IMGMOUNT D C:\users\hayden\oldgames\nomouth.bin -t iso

Should be:
imgmount d "c:\users\hayden\oldgames\nomouth.cue" -t iso
Always point to the cue file.
however, maybe it will work correctly with this specific game as it isn't a mixed mode CD, but when you try to mount a mixed mode CD pointing to the BIN file it won't work
BTW, did you alter the name of that CD image....? Carefull when you do that with a CUE/BIN image, names are stored in the CUE file, if they don't match anymore you gonna get troubles.

theotter wrote:Mate its all well and good to say mount and whathaveyou but I find it easier if you tell me the commands.

To be able to tell you the exact commands I need all the exact info from you.

theotter wrote:Batch files and all that stuff are not something I use at all. So saying that is not really useful unless you tell me exact commands

Read my post again, if you don't understand what I mean simply add the imgmount line under [autoexec] in dosbox config.

OK i have it working and all that but I cannot get any speech and if I try to play it full screen the colours get all messed up.

Full screen is usually a bad idea on modern hardware with dosgames.
Look in dosbox config under header [SDL]

Alter the settings as this:
fullscreen=false
fulldouble=false
fullresolution=original
windowresolution=1024x768
output=ddraw

windowresolution=1024x768 can be anything you prefer, as long you keep 4/3 ratio and keep it below your windows desktop resolution.
output can also be something else, openGL or watever, not surface! , as you prefer, try things out.

Speech problem is probably related to your BIN mount or you have a faulty CD image, if you follow my instructions the game works flawless.

OK thanks mate, is there anyway to change the sound drivers?

Because I was getting speech before when I was messing with the sound drivers

Two possibilities:
or rerun install from D:
Or better:
run dosbox and input:

cd scream
cd drivers *your prompt must change to \scream\drivers\ here*
setsound


[Edit]
Seems there is a third (and also the easiest) possibility:
run install from c:\scream\ prompt in dosbox, you'll get a menu with an option to set the sounddrivers.