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First post, by bluenose4

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Hi all. Before I start I'l just say that I've done a pretty thorough trawl of the net, and this forum, trying to find a solution to my problem. I've come across a couple of people having the same sort of issue as I am, but haven't found anyone who's remedied it yet, so any help would be appreciated.

Right, I've got the 8 floppy disk version of SC, and I'm trying to run it on DOSBox 0.63. I've used D-Fend as well and altered the EMS/XMS in config as suggested on a number of forums which finally got the game installing. Unfortunately, now when the installation reaches the very end of disk 8 (ie, all that is left to do is create 'SC.exe', DOSBox hangs on a blank, black screen. I've read on a forum somewhere that this is because the installation is trying to use an area of memory which is already in use, but can't find a solution to my problem. I'm wondering if by copying the file 'SC.exe' into the folder the game will run? Could somebody possibly send me a copy of that one file to try it out?

This my favourite game ever and I'd love to be able to play it again!

System spec:

P4 2.66GHz
1GB RAM
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Graphics
Windows XP
running game in DOSBox 0.63

Cheers

Reply 1 of 8, by HunterZ

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Don't know anything about this game or this problem, but here are a couple of ideas to try:
- Copy SC.exe like you suggested (couldn't hurt to try)
- Use a different core= setting in your dosbox.conf (e.g. dynamic or full instead of normal)
- Use a CVS build of DOSBox, which will have many fixes, improvments, and added features since 0.63 was released (see the development forum for more info)

Reply 3 of 8, by bluenose4

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Cheers guys. I've tried the downloading CVS but I'm still stuck with the same problem. Installation reaches the last part of disk 8, then hangs DOSBox. I would have copied SC.exe if I had a copy of the file, only it isn't on the floppy disks. I'm guessing it is created through the installation program?

Reply 6 of 8, by wd

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Works fine here. Be sure to create a new dosbox.conf when
using CVS-compiles ("config -writeconf dosbox.conf").
Copy all disks into one directory, mount that directory
as a: ("mount a d:\scinst") and install the game from a:

Copying sc.exe from another installation won't help as
several other files are missing as well (terrain data
which is generated during the installation).

hth

Reply 7 of 8, by Marauder

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Are you guys able to calibrate joystick with the game? I've had calibration error with Strike Commander and Privateer since I first tried them with Dosbox. Oh, and my joystick works just fine with Tornado, USNF, F-14 Fleet Defender...

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