Subj : Re: DOSemu
To   : ACCESS DENIED
From : URBAN NIGHTMRE
Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 07:20 pm

Access Denied wrote to Urban Nightmre:
AD> Hello Urban,
AD> 
AD> On 21 Aug 14 10:02, Urban Nightmre wrote to All:
AD> 
AD>  UN> Hello all.  I run MBSE on SolydK Linux (Debian variant).  It works
AD>  UN> great for the most part and only took a little hacking to get door
AD>  UN> games working.  But I'm having a problem with Operation Overkill II.
AD>  UN> It just doesn't seem to like DOSemu.  Anybody else run this door?
AD> 
AD> I don't think dosemu is the problem. I run it here just fine in dosemu I 
AD> believe. Are you running ooinfo as well as maintoo?
AD> 
AD>  UN> Also some games seem to need a patch as the processor is to fast and
AD>  UN> with out the patch will give a divide by zero error.  Is this still
AD>  UN> the norm or is there a way to slow DOSemu down enough that you don't
AD>  UN> need to patch?
AD> 
AD> Some games have never been patched, so yes some of them will still need 
AD> it. I just keep a handy tppatch.exe and patchcrt.exe in an accesible 
AD> directory in my dosemu sessions so I can use it whenever I need to.
AD> 
AD>  UN> Finally should I be using a FOSIL driver?  I'm asuming no since the
AD>  UN> games work (except of OOII).
AD> 
AD> It's still pretty common to need a fossil driver. So I would just load one 
AD> in your autoexec.bat every time dosemu loads up. I personally use 
AD> bnu170.zip (bnu.com is the executable), and haven't had a worry with games 
AD> not running since. The game will either use it if it needs it, or it won't 
AD> if it doesn't.
AD> 

Thanks for the advice.  I'll give those ideas a try and see what happens.  I
relly like MBSE but I'm considering a WinXP or Win7 32 install to try out
Mystic or Sync and see if the doors run any better.

Urban Nightmare
Living the Dream...
  

---
The Bit Bucket BBS - telnet://bbs.thebitbucket.ca

.... "Keyboard?  How quaint!" - Scotty

--- MBSE BBS v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux-x86_64)
 * Origin: The Bit Bucket BBS (46:1/139)
 þ Synchronet þ thePharcyde_ >> telnet://bbs.pharcyde.org (Wisconsin)

.