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Fading Twilight (3 posts) Click to EMail Fading%20Twilight Click to send private message to Fading%20Twilight Click to view user profile Click to check IP address of the poster
May-18-08, 07:00 PM (Pacific)
"Installing with Dosbox"
I've recently gotten an itch to play Bane again, and have downloaded Dosbox. However, how do I install it?

I have my 3 1/2" or whatever disks A and B for Bane, and have also copied all of the information onto my hard drive, but when I try to run Winstall, it tells me to insert disk B into drive A, and I can't seem to figure out how to get it to run with Dosbox. Anyone have ideas or instructions?

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emeraldFN (80 posts) Click to EMail emeraldFN Click to send private message to emeraldFN Click to view user profile Click to check IP address of the poster
May-19-08, 00:54 AM (Pacific)
1. "RE: Installing with Dosbox"
Don't know about installing, but you could get an usable copy of the game from the various abandonware sites (with a clear consciousness...).
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Fading Twilight (3 posts) Click to EMail Fading%20Twilight Click to send private message to Fading%20Twilight Click to view user profile Click to check IP address of the poster
May-19-08, 05:55 AM (Pacific)
2. "RE: Installing with Dosbox"
Where could I find one, and how would I then install it using Dosbox or some such?
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emeraldFN (80 posts) Click to EMail emeraldFN Click to send private message to emeraldFN Click to view user profile Click to check IP address of the poster
May-20-08, 00:55 AM (Pacific)
3. "RE: Installing with Dosbox"
You could google for the abandonware sites. Then you would download packed files. I replaced my old copy of Master of Magic that way. It needed just unpacking into an appropriate folder. I guess these files are modified so that you don't need to install them. Then you would use Dosbox for playing the game. I still can't use Dosbox very well, but I think it isn't meant for installing, but running the old programs.

PS. I must have meant "conscience" in my first post...

PPS. Here's information on Dosbox:
http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Main_Page

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Fading Twilight (3 posts) Click to EMail Fading%20Twilight Click to send private message to Fading%20Twilight Click to view user profile Click to check IP address of the poster
May-20-08, 06:05 AM (Pacific)
4. "RE: Installing with Dosbox"
What would I google for, exactly? I've already downloaded and installed Dosbox, as I saw it recommended for getting Bane to run in other threads.
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emeraldFN (80 posts) Click to EMail emeraldFN Click to send private message to emeraldFN Click to view user profile Click to check IP address of the poster
May-20-08, 06:17 AM (Pacific)
5. "RE: Installing with Dosbox"
LAST EDITED ON May-21-08 AT 02:37 AM (Pacific)

"Abandonware" should do the trick. (Edit: Adding "bane wizardry 6" gave nice results. - Without the quotation marks, of course.)

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Sir Blue (10 posts) Click to EMail Sir%20Blue Click to send private message to Sir%20Blue Click to view user profile Click to check IP address of the poster
Jan-24-09, 09:18 AM (Pacific)
6. "RE: Installing with Dosbox"
Install DOS-Box (do not start it yet)

Create a folder for the game (c:\bane for example)

Open the Dos-Box Config-File with Editor

At the end of file add these lines:
MOUNT A A:
MOUNT C C:
C:
CD BANE
PLAYBANE

Put Installation Disk One in Drive A

Start DOS-Box (Dos Box starts, sets up the drives and tries to start bane, which is not there yet).

Enter A: (Return)

Enter Install (Return)

Follow Instructions.

Enter Exit (Return)

The installation is now finished. When starting DOS-Box Bane will start automatically. Enjoy.

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emeraldFN (80 posts) Click to EMail emeraldFN Click to send private message to emeraldFN Click to view user profile Click to check IP address of the poster
Jan-27-09, 11:42 AM (Pacific)
7. "RE: Installing with Dosbox"
I followed these instructions:

http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=14406

Now Dosbox starts Norton Commander, and there I can choose from the menu any one of the old games I have installed.

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Sir Blue (10 posts) Click to EMail Sir%20Blue Click to send private message to Sir%20Blue Click to view user profile Click to check IP address of the poster
Apr-02-09, 06:20 AM (Pacific)
8. "RE: Installing with Dosbox"
Perhaps this is of some interest:

My PC crashed from time to time when exiting DOSBox in Fullscreen Mode. So I played in Window mode. I set a large window size and enabled 2x scaling. Well, large window opens for DOSBox, but when I start the game the window resizes to a little one. Very annoying, always having to chance resolution before playing.

Well, the solution is rather easy. Change OUTPUT=SURFACE to OUTPUT=OVERLAY and the window no longer resizes. No idea what this actually means, but it works fine.

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