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Cant open games - system does not support fullscreen mode !
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 10:45 am
by ishab
I have windows vista home edition.
I downloaded DOS game Mega lo Mania, and Cannon fodder.
I installed DOSbox and followed instruction regarding mount.
When i open the the folder and click the install.exe file it says 'THIS SYSTEM DOES NOT SUPPORT FULLSCREEN mode'.
I don't know what else to do. If i press alt/enter when DOSbox is open that becomes full screen. I just dont know if the games will open and if they will how to open them
Please help
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:27 pm
by dosraider
Your Dosbox version is .....?
ishab wrote:I installed DOSbox and followed instruction regarding mount.
And your mount lines are ....?????
ishab wrote:
When i open the the folder and click the install.exe file it says 'THIS SYSTEM DOES NOT SUPPORT FULLSCREEN mode'.
This is
not a dosbox error message, but a Windows Vista command window error message.
Simply means you do not trying to run the games in dosbox but you are still in Vista's NTVDM.
So:
Your dosbox version?
Your mount lines?
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 5:10 pm
by ishab
My dosbox number is 0.74
i have opened DOSbox options - and in the typepda dox i have put
mount c "c:\users\(username)\oldgames"
c:
after autoexec...
i have unzipped the game folder contents into the oldgames folder inside a folder named 'megalomania' and another game into a folder called cannonfodder.
now when i open DOS box it says
z:\mount c "c:\user\(username)\oldgames"
z:\>c
x:\>
i have no idea what to type into this DOSbox to start up the game??????
Thanks for your help
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 11:57 pm
by dosraider
ishab wrote:now when i open DOS box it says
z:\mount c "c:\user\(username)\oldgames"
z:\>c
x:\>
x:\> ?????? Should be
C:\>
Anyway:
ishab wrote:
i have unzipped the game folder contents into the oldgames folder inside a folder named 'megalomania' and another game into a folder called cannonfodder.
megalomania and cannonfodder are too long, max 8 chars.
So rename to
megalo and
cannon.
To run mega lo mania:
run dosbox and input:
cd megalo
mega
Cannon fodder:
run dosbox and input
cd cannon
cannon
If that doesn't do it, you will have to ask where you downed the games, means they've altered the games somehow.