Re: The Dig
[Re: Bluto]
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05/22/17 01:11 PM
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Jenny100
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You should use ScummVM to play The Dig on anything later than Windows 95/98/ME. These are the files and folder you'll need to copy from the game CD to a folder on your hard drive: http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Datafiles#Dig.2C_TheVIDEO folder DIG.LA0 DIG.LA1 DIGMUSIC.BUN DIGVOICE.BUN LANGUAGE.BND (Non-English versions) After copying the files to the folder on your hard drive, start ScummVM and point it at the folder where you put The Dig files (use the Add Game button in the ScummVM menu). You'll be able to start The Dig from the ScummVM menu. If you don't already have ScummVM installed, you can get it here http://scummvm.org/frs/scummvm/1.9.0/scummvm-1.9.0.2-win32.exe
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Re: The Dig
[Re: Bluto]
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05/25/17 03:42 PM
05/25/17 03:42 PM
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Jenny100
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Download the scummvm-1.9.0.2-win32.exe file from http://scummvm.org/frs/scummvm/1.9.0/scummvm-1.9.0.2-win32.exeDouble-click the scummvm-1.9.0.2-win32.exe to install it (assuming it isn't already installed). Stick The Dig CD in your CD/DVD drive. Make a folder on your hard drive, for example C:\Games\TheDig Copy the following files from the Dig CD to the C:\Games\TheDig folder: DIG.LA0 DIG.LA1 DIGMUSIC.BUN DIGVOICE.BUN Copy the following folder (and all its contents) from the Dig CD to the C:\Games\TheDig folder: VIDEO Take the CD out of the CD/DVD drive. Start ScummVM by double-clicking the desktop shortcut the installer made. If the installer didn't make a shortcut, brows to the folder where ScummVM installed and create a desktop shortcut (right-click --> Create shortcut) from the scummvm.exe file. When you double-click the ScummVM shortcut (or the scummvm.exe file), you should see a button on the right side of the window for "Add Game..." Click that "Add Game" button and browse to the folder where you copied The Dig files. Highlight the folder and click "Choose". If you've copied files correctly, ScummVM should identify the game as ID: dig Name: The Dig Click OK. The game should now be selectable from the ScummVM menu. Highlight The Dig and click Start to start the game. If you want to edit default settings, like Windows size or fullscreen, choose Options from the ScummVM menu before starting the game. I have mine set to play in a 3x window. F5 gets you out of the game back to the menu.
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Re: The Dig
[Re: Jenny100]
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05/29/17 07:35 PM
05/29/17 07:35 PM
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Hi Jenny100 The dig is running quite good now by way of scumm.exe I Also have a 2nd game called Prisoner Of Ice Have you heard Of it? from I-Motion and I believe it is a dos game also Do you thing I will also run by way of Scumm.exe. It looks like a fun game to play. I though I would ask you this before I tried to install it.
Thank You
Bluto
Last edited by Bluto; 05/29/17 07:37 PM.
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Re: The Dig
[Re: Bluto]
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05/29/17 11:37 PM
05/29/17 11:37 PM
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Jenny100
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Windows XP doesn't have real DOS. That's why you have to use an emulator like DOSBox, which tricks the game into thinking it's on a DOS computer. Even if you got it running, it wouldn't have sound. A synopsis of what you do to install - Download the Windows 32 DOSBox installer from
https://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1 - If you want to use DOSBox on a different computer that's not on Internet, copy the installer to USB drive to transfer it. But DOSBox will work on modern computers so it just depends on what computer you want to play your games on.
- Install DOSBox -- you can instruct it where to install during the installation.
- Start DOSBox -- you will see what looks like a command prompt
- Type in the mount commands for your CD drive if you're using one
- Install the game as if you were using DOS.
- Play the game as if you were playing it on DOS.
It might be easier for you to use a FrontEnd like D-Fend Reloaded (also downloadable from the above webpage), but I've never used one myself. A DOSBox FrontEnd like D-Fend Reloaded would give you a graphic user interface for DOSBox. If your game is on CD, you have to either mount the CD drive in DOSBox or make a disc image of the CD and use imgmount command to mount the CD image. Mount commands are described here https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/MOUNTIt might help to check out these Guides at VOGONS 60 Seconds Guide https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=8933Pictorial Guide https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=2502As you can see, using DOSBox is a lot more involved than using ScummVM. But DOSBox is able to play a wider variety of DOS games than ScummVM.
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