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domhnall4h (36 posts) Click to EMail domhnall4h Click to send private message to domhnall4h Click to view user profile Click to send message via ICQ Click to check IP address of the poster
May-24-04, 07:59 AM (Pacific)
"What?"
I'm having trouble getting this to read the saves. First, I tried to use c:\Bane\save. The game asked me to put the save disk into drive c:. Did the same for c:\bane. So I switch to A:, and it saved fine, but when I went to reload it, it couldn't find the save. What directory do you use for saving in Bane? I suppose I could try to run an Ironman game, not saving, and never shutting off DOS box.
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  • RE: What?, Kuli, 00:04 AM, May-25-04, (1)
    • RE: What?, domhnall4h, 08:43 AM, May-25-04, (2)
      • RE: What?, domhnall4h, 08:59 AM, May-25-04, (3)
        • RE: What?, Kuli, 10:50 PM, May-25-04, (4)
          • RE: What?, domhnall4h, 01:19 PM, May-26-04, (5)
 
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Kuli (206 posts) Click to EMail Kuli Click to send private message to Kuli Click to view user profile Click to check IP address of the poster
May-25-04, 00:04 AM (Pacific)
1. "RE: What?"
IIRC, you have to type in c:.

Explanation: When you use DOSBox, the folder that DOSBox is started in is considered as c: (unless you mount a different drive / folder in DOSBox). So if you start DOSBox in the Wiz6 - folder and type c:\Bane\save as saving-location, the program actually searches for c:\games\bane(or wherever Bane sits)\bane\save, which usually can't be found...

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domhnall4h (36 posts) Click to EMail domhnall4h Click to send private message to domhnall4h Click to view user profile Click to send message via ICQ Click to check IP address of the poster
May-25-04, 08:43 AM (Pacific)
2. "RE: What?"
Ok, thanks.
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domhnall4h (36 posts) Click to EMail domhnall4h Click to send private message to domhnall4h Click to view user profile Click to send message via ICQ Click to check IP address of the poster
May-25-04, 08:59 AM (Pacific)
3. "RE: What?"
Didn't work. It asks you to put a disk into Drive C. Also, I use DFend, so it mounts the entire C drive, instead of just the folder in question. I changed it to just mount the bane directory, but that failed to work as well. I'll try to use A drive again, My Computer locked up when I tried to copy my save, so it may be the disk is bad.
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Kuli (206 posts) Click to EMail Kuli Click to send private message to Kuli Click to view user profile Click to check IP address of the poster
May-25-04, 10:50 PM (Pacific)
4. "RE: What?"

That's strange. In these threads DOSBox is explained (including a topic opened by me, which had the same question - about Wiz7).

http://www.softwarespecialties.com/dcforum/DCForumID6/894.html#
http://www.softwarespecialties.com/dcforum/DCForumID6/896.html#
http://www.softwarespecialties.com/dcforum/DCForumID6/822.html#

Maybe you should use DOSBox instead of DFend (which I haven't heard of yet).

Good luck!
Kuli

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domhnall4h (36 posts) Click to EMail domhnall4h Click to send private message to domhnall4h Click to view user profile Click to send message via ICQ Click to check IP address of the poster
May-26-04, 01:19 PM (Pacific)
5. "RE: What?"
DFend is a front end for DB. It allows you to set profiles for each game, so that you don't have to re set everything when you change games (which is a problem if you have 50 or so games sitting there). It also lets you just scroll down a list and load them up quickly, rather than having to remount the dir every time. I still can't get the save to work on the hard disk, but it works on the A drive now. Thanks for your help.
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Kuli (206 posts) Click to EMail Kuli Click to send private message to Kuli Click to view user profile Click to check IP address of the poster
May-26-04, 11:09 PM (Pacific)
6. "RE: What?"
Oh, I think that I have that tool somewhere on my harddisk as well... But I usually start old games by copying DOSBox + config-files into the game-folder and drag the game-exe onto the DOSBox - file. The Exe is then automatically launched via DOSBox so there's no need for mounting drives etc.
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