Carol, the Dame was Loaded walkthrough works on .63, it's what I tested it on and did the walkthrough for not.62 (where did you see that in what I sent you?). Just follow my initial instructions I sent you as far as altering the Wintest file and then follow the Dosbox Setup I sent. For the desktop link just find the dosbox directory, right click on the exe file and choose "send to" and then desktop. That'll do it.
Any problems email me.
Bill

Folks, hi,

Jenny, Melanie, thanks very much for helping out in my absence. I've been very busy setting up the new forums over at Quandary *cough* Tough to be in two places at once...

OK, shortcuts... just follow Melanie's advice from a few posts above. Then you might want to make a batch file to save you having to type DOS commands every time you want to play a game. For example, say we want to set up a batch file to run Gabriel Knight (GK). To do this, open Notepad, and enter the two lines you would normally type to run GK from the DOSBox prompt, that is:

cd \sierra\gkcd
sierra

Then save that as:

c:\gk.bat

Then all you need to do to run GK is double-click on the DOSBox shortcut you created earlier, and then type:

gk

And you're up and running

Cheers,
metzomagic

Thanks Bill and Metzomagic for your advice. I will try the short cut later but right now I am just happy to be able to play my favorite older games.I am most happy to be able to play Fate Of Atlantis with sound. I even dug out Samnmax and Flight Of The Amazon Queen . I had almost forgotten how much fun the older games actually are. Beleive it or not I got Orion Burger to play in DosBox and that really put a smile on my face. I do have one last question concerning the removal of these games. I am planning to play Myst IV soon and that is a pretty large game and I know I will need a lot of space, can I remove these older games simply by doing a delete to the folder I installed them in?

Hi Carol,
First check to see if there's an actual uninstall for the programs. A good way to tell is there's a listing in Add/remove programs in your control panel or go to the "start menu then programs and see if they're listed. If not then there are no registry entries and you can just delete the game folders. If they're listed in add/remove get rid of them from there. If there listed in the program listings from the start button right click and see if there's an uninstall option, if so use that or as berfore if not just delete the folder. Hsve fun,
Bill

DOS game installs are tiny. I doubt you'll get enough space back by removing them to be worthwhile unless you have about a hundred DOS games installed.

Steve: I am having a lot of trouble installing the original version of Labyrinth of Time. I used Rae's setup walkthrough on Inferno's website and am having problems directing the player.exe file to my CD-Rom Drive (E). It wants to go to my zip drive (D) instead. Is it possible to use DOSBox to install this game and if so, how and where do I go to download the current version. I've also got Thief:The Dark Project on order through E-Bay and notice you're playing it now. Did you use DOSBox to install it too?

Hi Steve,

I have a question as it pertains to DosBox with Win ME. I thought Win ME didn't have the same kind of "true DOS" option that Win 98 has, yet apparently DosBox doesn't support Win ME. Does Win ME support true DOS, then? I have found Win ME to be by far the worst OS I have ever used and one of these days will get rid of it----but just thought I'd ask.

Hi Carol,
Your not alone.
I have got the shortcut to Dosbox on my desktop and can open it from there but when i type in the prompt accoding to instructions it tells me that i shouldn't do it as Dosbox knows it Sierra.
I have tried just typing in gkcd but it doesn't like that either.
Soooo as it still opens and i can run it - i just ignore the warning.
There must be an easier way to shortcut right into the game but i'm blowed if i know how.
Sorry - but at least we have company now

Hi Steve,
Welcome back.
I seemed to have skipped a page and just found your reply re the shortcut.
Cheers I'll give that a shot.
Thanks for helping us all, it's very much appreciated.
Cheers Jane

Has anyone played Under A Killing Moon using DosBox? I have played the game each year on my old W95 but thought I would like to play it on my new system. I can install and get everything going except the digital portion. I get ready to start the game and get this"waring the digital portion of the game has not been set return to configuration and set your sound card". I have tried all availabe possibilities and nothng. I can always return to my old system but just thought I would see if I could get it up and running on my XP.

Have you tried everything ***here*** ?

Jenny100,
Thanks for the link. If I would just remember to do a search before I post I could save a lot of time. I forget that there are gamers out there just as challenged as I am.(lol). Thanks again and I will give it one more try.

Hi There,
Me again - am finding Dosbox easier to get my head around but (of course there has to be one of those) am still playing Gabriel Knight 1 and getting nearer the end where I need Gab to RUN - but I cannot seem to do this - he just saunters merrily on his way and gets slaughtered in the process - is this caused by the age of the game? Can I alter something in Dosbox to get him to move faster?
This guy needs to get a wiggle on otherwise I will never be able to finish the game !!!
Thanks Guys

Look in the game's control panel (there's an icon for control panel that should be visible while you're playing). There's a speed control in there that controls Gabriel's walk speed.

Bill,
I have a question concerning The Dame was Loaded . Is it required to play Day 1 all the way before you can save? The reason I ask this is because I had played a lot of the events of Day 1 and attempted to save but my save slot froze and I had to abort. Could it be that the problem is with my computer? I wonder what adjustments, if I any, I need to make to save my games.

Hi Jenny,
Yup - got that have Gab going flat-nanna (fast) most of the time but in the caves he will not more faster than a snail no matter what speed he's on.
This means i will never be able to get past the boogie men and win - very frustrating to have to end it here.
Cheers

Jada,
I haven't heard of a problem with Gabriel's speed in the cave when playing on DOSBox. But there is a new GK1 installer for XP that can be downloaded here
http://www.gabrielknight2k.tk/

You might try that and see if you have the same problems. If you try it, and want to move your saved games, be sure to move the gksg.cat file along with the numbered gksg saves.

I have a 1.2 MB archive of saves from GK1 which includes a "got through mummies" save as well as some others. Let me know if you want it.

Oh Jenny,
Wonderful - yes please !!!
I have tried downloading the patch and am in touch with the author - i have a problem with it and it keeps hanging on me and will not open.
I would love your 'got thru mummies' save game - that is of course if u have done as well as me so far...ha ha ha (kiwi humour) let me know what i have to do - do you need my email address??
Cheers and thanks so much for your help.

Yes I need your email address in order to send you the saves.

Great,

Thank You so much.
Cheers Jane

The zip file I'm sending is saves from the GK1 that came in the GK Mysteries box. They may not work with earlier versions of GK1. In fact, chances are that they will not work with earlier versions.

So be sure to back up your own GK save files as well as your gksg.cat file before using these saves. Copy your own gksg saves to a folder outside the GK folder for safekeeping.

By the way, in the future don't post your email address in the forum where anyone can see it. Either email it directly to me or set your GB settings to allow your email to be visible to members. Then only GB members who are logged in will be able to view it.

You can change this setting by clicking the my profile link at the top of the page under the TOPIC and REPLY buttons. Then choose the Edit Preferences link. Then put the dot next to "Yes, keep my address visible to anyone." It won't really be visible to anyone - only to GB members who are logged in, who will be able to see it if they click the PROFILE button in your post.

Jenny100,
Would it be too much trouble for you to send me the same save file? I have played this game several times and always get stopped at Zombieville . I am determined that this year I will finish this game.

Sent.
Note that it's a large file - about 1.2 MB.
And the saves will only work with the GK Mysteries version of the game. If you have an earlier version, they probably won't work. Back up your current saves before unzipping the save file into your GK folder.

I'm giving this a try. Thanks for all of the help!

My first question is this: on the first page, you have this:
[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
mount D D:\ -t cdrom
mount C C:\
C:

and you say that if your CD-ROM drive is not D, substitute that letter (like F) for the D. However, in your example, you only changed the second D, so that it looked like this:
[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
mount D F:\ -t cdrom
mount C C:\
C:

Do you change both D's, or just the second one?

Thanks,
Beth