Re: replacementdocs?

Posted on 2011-07-09, 15:08

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You do realize that game manuals are covered under copyright laws just like the games they go with, right? Blockbuster video got sued years ago by Nintendo for making copies of the game manuals when the originals would get lost or damaged and Nintendo won. A site distributing old manuals is just as …

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Re: replacementdocs?

Posted on 2011-07-09, 14:22

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@DosFreak. And 5 years later you would still only have 1% of the manuals replacementdocs had! Much better that the original Replacementdocs get back online!

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Re: Battlespire in XP

Posted on 2011-05-01, 22:03

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Another thing you need to keep in mind when you use schortcuts with dosbox is that dosbox will view the folder of the file you are running is in C:\ If you did not change the path in the config file it will say something like "could not find 0 C:\M" I changed the path to C:\ and the cdpath to C:\CD …

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Re: Return of the Phantom - CD install solution

Posted on 2010-05-31, 17:40

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Thank you thank you thank you! Another Microprose Classic (aren't they all?!) and I now count Jiri as part of Microprose!!!! 😀

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Re: Battlespire in XP

Posted on 2010-01-13, 20:19

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Did use the .cue. Made another bin/cue this time using PowerISO got the music this time. Only small problem is music volume in-game doesn't work and I need to Alt-Tab out and manually change the wave volume in the volume controls! Could be worse, so I will live with it! :) Thanks for the help anyway …

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Re: Battlespire in XP

Posted on 2010-01-13, 17:57

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Decided to play the game again and I cannot get music in the game unless I use my original cd. I have tried copying the waves file and the movie folder, but that doesn't work. I have created a bin file and tried that and it didn't work. I can get sound effects, but no music unless I use my precious …

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Re: When is DOSBox going to have a GUI front end?

Posted on 2010-01-03, 16:31

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Well,to be honest, I didn't expect much support, never got much support when I suggested a front-end in threads either. I sometime have felt like a traitor for even suggesting a front-end! I don't know if DOSBox programmers come to this forum, but I wrote what I did hoping they read it. In any event …

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Re: Help with Spellcross

Posted on 2010-01-03, 15:05

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@WD - I wouldn't say just because I remember it for XP that it wouldn't work in Windows 7, but probably not Linux. But developers who provide these patches long after the game was released is still a great thing.

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Re: When is DOSBox going to have a GUI front end?

Posted on 2010-01-03, 15:00

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ripa, the whole point of a front end is you click in one box, and if it doesn't work you click in another. Front Ends also allow for Templates, and once a template or two is made most DOS games need little front-end tweaking. Tabs and mouse clicks can represent every option you have within the DOS …

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Re: Help with Spellcross

Posted on 2010-01-03, 14:19

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I may be mistaken, but I do believe there is a patch from the developers that allows the game to run in XP. I have the game and remember being able to play full screen in XP at the normal gamespeed (no slow down needed). I may be wrong though.

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Re: When is DOSBox going to have a GUI front end?

Posted on 2010-01-03, 14:07

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I would disagree about the interest, over 150,000 gamers downloaded Daggerfall when it became available - in the first week! From posts on the Bethsoft forums I doubt many ever got the game working because of DOSBox not being a GUI utility. If DOSBox isn't the saviour of retro gaming, then why the 5 …

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When is DOSBox going to have a GUI front end?

Posted on 2010-01-03, 13:01

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AS retro PC gaming grows in leaps and bounds, it's about time DOSBox came with a GUI. It is not good enough to have third parties making GUI's, as the lack of knowledge about them proves. Wherever I go on the web ion relation to retro PC gaming I see dozens and dozens of gamers pleading for help …

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Re: Fade To Black CD rom speed problem

Posted on 2009-11-18, 23:55

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Reversed headphone is a good idea for anyone! But I don't have/use headphones - so no good for me, but might be a lightbulb for others who didn't think of that - so thanks!

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Re: Battlespire and DOSBox sound issue

Posted on 2009-08-13, 20:52

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Not sure about speech, but the music at least is supposed to be on audio tracks on the CD. Well, I mounted the cd and got the intro movie. I suppose the waves.bsa is the speech then,never had a problem with DOSBox not reading music tracks off CD before! Obviously reading the disk for other things! …

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Battlespire and DOSBox sound issue

Posted on 2009-08-13, 20:13

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had to start a new thread as moderator closed the Battlespire problem thread, so here is a new one.... I get good framerates, the intro plays fine, all in DOSBox 0.73, I can hear the creatures when they hit each other and when they cry out out, but I get no speech when I go into dialogue and I have …

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Re: Getting Battlespire to run

Posted on 2009-08-13, 19:47

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My only problem is I cannot get speech or music! I get all the weapon sounds and creature cries, but have never heard music in game and when I get to the conversation screen I see the words but the creatures have no speech! Should I put the waves.bsa somewhere rather than leaving them on the CD? I …

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Re: Battlespire in XP

Posted on 2009-08-12, 23:21

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Solved my digital artefact problem by downloading the 1.9 Rad program, as the movies are SMK (Smacker) files. Thanks for the help! Hopefully this info might help others! EDIT: Now I have a game crash when I get to the scamps to start the conversation. Seems the conversation screen is a different …

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Re: Battlespire in XP

Posted on 2009-08-12, 22:52

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Well, in the first intro movie, at the centre it's clear, but as the 'waves' move from the centre to the edge they leave different size squares behind from a couple mm to 200mm in size over the outer 1/3 of the screen. If you have Battlespire you must know that first movie. I bring it up as I have …

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Re: Battlespire in XP

Posted on 2009-08-12, 22:31

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Got Battlespire working in 0.73 with no problem, but any suggestions on how to stop those little squares appearing in the game movies (I think they're called digital artefacts)?

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Re: Daggerfall

Posted on 2009-07-31, 23:02

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Well, just for you, code120, I tried the game with 0.72 (easy with a GUI front end!) and couldn't get the mouse to connect with the game, still had the windows cursor and the game cursor on screen. so horses for courses, 0.72 better for you, 0.73 better for me.

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