HELP: Using DosBox and D-Fend to play King’s Quest Collection (3 Cd set) on Windows XP.

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    • #24198 Reply
      Unknown,Unknown
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      Hello,

      I really need some help!

      I am having trouble using DosBox and D-Fend.

      I want to install and run the King’s Quest Collection on Windows XP, using the 3 Cd set.

      I know there has been a series of topics on this, as it is a widespread problem among XP users trying to run Sierra classic games.

      I have tried to follow the tutorials and advice from all the different Forums, but I just can’t get it configured.

      What I need is somebody to guide me step by step on how to install, configure, setup, and run the collection with DosBox and D-Fend. (Sorta like an idiots guide for DosBox.) Lol!

      From beginning to end. Complete, simple instructions from the time you insert Cd 1 untill all the games are completly configured in DosBox using D-Fend. (Each command prompt as if you were explaining to a child.)

      If someone could do this, I would be extremley greatful!

    • #24199 Reply
      Unknown,Unknown
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      I recommend you use the Boxer frontend with DOSBox. The following is my configuration file. Simply save it as Default.conf (to use with Boxer) or dosbox.conf (to use without Boxer) in the same directory as Boxer and DOSBox. It already mounts drive C: as a hard drive, and D:, E: and F: as CD-ROM drives. It also activates the 2x filter, which you can deactivate in Boxer or by changing the line scaler=advmame2x to scaler=normal2x.

      # Config file created by Boxer Version 0.61.6
      [sdl]
      fullscreen=true
      fulldouble=false
      fullfixed=false
      output=surface
      hwscale=1.00
      autolock=true
      sensitivity=100
      waitonerror=true

      [dosbox]
      language=
      machine=auto
      memsize=16

      [render]
      frameskip=0
      snapdir=C:aspect=false
      scaler=advmame2x

      [cpu]
      core=normal
      cycles=6000
      cycleup=500
      cycledown=20

      [mixer]
      nosound=false
      rate=22050
      blocksize=2048
      wavedir=C:
      [midi]
      mpu401=true
      device=default
      config=

      [sblaster]
      sblaster=true
      base=220
      irq=7
      dma=1
      sbrate=22050
      adlib=true
      adlibrate=22050
      adlibmode=adlib
      cms=false

      [gus]
      gus=false

      [speaker]
      pcspeaker=true
      pcrate=22050
      tandy=true
      tandyrate=22050
      disney=true

      [dos]
      xms=true
      ems=true

      [modem]
      modem=false

      [autoexec]
      mount c c:mount d d:\ -t cdrom
      mount e e:\ -t cdrom
      mount f f:\ -t cdrom
      c:

    • #24200 Reply
      Unknown,Unknown
      Participant

      Thanks, for your reply.

      I replaced the original DosBox.config with what you listed and it said this:

      Drive c doesn’t exist.

      I feel so helpless! I’ve tried everything and can’t for the life of me, seem to get anything to work!

      It is so frustrating…

      The King’s Quest games mean so much to me. It’s really crushing me that I can’t get them to run.

    • #24201 Reply
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    • #24202 Reply
      Unknown,Unknown
      Participant

      Ther is a mistake in the autoeexec section. it should be:

      mount c c:\
      mount d d:\ -t cdrom -ioctl

    • #24203 Reply
      Unknown,Unknown
      Participant

      Ok, now that seemed to set up my C: and D: drives.

      A little bit of progress. My hope is building back.

      However, a new problem has arrived.

      Everything I type in d: gets me this response:

      Can’t change to:

    • #24204 Reply
      Unknown,Unknown
      Participant

      Make sure that you have a CD in your D: drive.

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